Composition
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BBC Radio 3 Broadcast
The King James Bible Composition Awards final is to be featured on Aled Jones’ programme ‘The Choir‘ on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 19th June. There is a chance that you may hear an excerpt of my piece, Hast thou not known?, or me talking about composing it, so listen in! On the night, composer… Continue reading
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A new commission
Hast thou not known? was premiered on Tuesday 17th May by the Royal College of Music Junior Department Chamber Choir at the beautiful Temple Church, London, in the finals of the King James Bible Composition Awards. It was a lovely evening of new choral music, each piece very different but equally exciting. I love listening… Continue reading
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King James Bible Composition Awards: Final
I received some exciting news last week: ‘Hast thou not known?’ has been shortlisted for the final of the King James Bible Composition Awards! It will be performed alongside the seven other shortlisted works (three others in the same category as me and four in the other category) at the beautiful Temple Church, London, on… Continue reading
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Experiments in form
Work began a few weeks ago on the third of my King James Bible 400th anniversary trilogy, When thou passest through the waters. This was to be an antedote to the whirlwind of Hast thou not known? and I decided on a simple melody. To make things interesting, this time the main area for experimentation… Continue reading
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Complete!
It’s done, it’s finished! I spent an intensive weekend making all the little finishing touches to ‘Hast thou not known’, following up on the advice from the organist and checking over notational issues: articulation, lines of various types (slurs, ties, triplet bars), respelling accidentals, and so on. I submitted it to the King James Bible… Continue reading
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Get an expert’s opinion
I met up with an organist yesterday evening to talk through the accompaniment for ‘Hast thou not known?’. It was extremely helpful, as I have not written for the instrument before and do not play it myself. I would recommend that any new piece involves (as a minimum) consultation with a performer, if you aren’t… Continue reading
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First draft complete
I have finally completed the first draft of ‘Hast thou not known?‘ and what a relief it is! I am quite pleased with the final section and hope it has the energy of the beginning. I need to finish sketching in the organ part now and there’s not much time – I have an appointment… Continue reading
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A productive evening!
I’ve really been able to make some progress the last few days. Choir restarted on Monday after the break for Christmas and I got chatting to a fellow alto about my plans for ‘Hast thou not heard’ (I was hoping she might play the organ part through for me once it’s complete!). It’s not often… Continue reading
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Hast thou not known?
‘Come Unto Me‘ is currently on hold – sadly, due to full-time work in a ‘regular’ job and various other issues, lately I haven’t had as much time to dedicate to composing as I’d have liked. I find it difficult to come back to a half-completed piece if I’ve not been able to look at… Continue reading
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