Classical Music

A Hymn of Hope by Emily Dickinson (1830-1899) describes hope as 'the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words'. It is strong enough to supply the soul with warmth...

Early in 2007, while staying at the Old Rectory in Bemerton, I set four verses of George Herbert's poem The Flower at the suggestion of Canon Judy Rees of the George Herbert in Bemerton Group, who had...

The words for this piece were taken from two French poems: LHeure du Berger, by Paul Verlaine, and Le Lac by the ultra-Romantic Alphonse de Lamartine. It was important for me to think of the age gap b...

With a text that includes both Swahili and English, this energetic a cappella SSA piece celebrates our Mother Earth. The shaker and hand drum make a perfect rhythmic accompaniment. The descant part fo...

With a text that includes both Swahili and English, this energetic a cappella SSA piece celebrates our Mother Earth. The shaker and hand drum make a perfect rhythmic accompaniment. The descant part fo...

“This feathered species which I love – how numerous they are!” This is the introduction to Birdsongs, a cycle for polyglot singers to be sung by an unaccompanied choir a cappella or soloists (SSA). Sp...

A mixture of exuberant joy, a chorale and the blackbird that awakens our longing to life. For SSAA a cappella.

Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger - ein Virtuose auf der gerade frisch erfundenen Theorbe - schrieb zahllose Kompositionen für dieses Instrument, dessen Platz wohl heute die E-Gitarre eingenommen hat. Die...