‘for George Shirley’ (20 mins) For tenor and piano Poems by Dachine Rainer Birthday Sonnet January thaw Epithalamium Season Spears and fiddleheads Encounter August Here Summer ends Sonnet on the descent from heaven Death First performance August 1994 Aspen Festival, Colorado, USA by George Shirley and Ann Schein Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M…
Vocal and choral works
Two cautionary tales
for medium voice and guitar (7 mins) Words by Rhoda Levine Tom Cats Barn Dance First Performance 30 June 1990 London (St Peter’s Festival, Hammersmith) Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M 708045 81 6
Op 52 Woefully arrayed
‘for Michael Ashcroft’ (27 mins) For soprano, baritone, choir SATB, boys choir a2 Poem by John Skelton (1460-1529) 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.2.1.0 – timp, perc (1) – piano – strings First performance 17 January 1993 London (Dulwich College) by Mari Williams, David Crown, Vassan Singers Boys choir and orchestra of Dulwich College conducted by Michael Ashcroft Contact us for more…
Op 40a Love’s Fool
Older (Dachine Rainer) (12 mins) The Fool by the Roadside (W. B. Yeats) Du, meine welt (Dachine Rainer) Contact us for more information on this work i. for soprano, flute, guitar First performance 27 May 1981 Berlin (British Centre) by Edith Urbanczyk, Marianne Koch-Hoffer, Rolf Kaise Score ISMN M 708046 17 2 ii. for soprano, flute, piano First…
Op 40 Songs of Dachine Rainer
‘for Deborah Cook’ (8 mins) For high voice and piano Older Hymn to Winter Night music First performance 17 January 1988 London (Wigmore Hall) by Deborah Cook and Jonathan Hinden Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M 708046 16 5
Op 39 Songs of Sir Walter Scott
For baritone and piano (12 mins) Norman’s song on the night before battle Funeral song on the death of Duncan Soldier’s song First performance 22 October 1981 London (South Bank) by Andrew Knight and Ian Watson Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M 708046 15 8
Op 38 Vocalise
For soprano, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello (15 mins) Moderate Lively Slow Fast Moderate Lively First performance 12 July 1979 London (City of London Festival) by Jane Gregson, Redcliffe Ensemble Contact us for more information on this work Vocal score ISMN M 708046 14 1
At the round earth’s imagined corners
For unaccompanied choir (S M-S A T B) (4 mins) Words by John Donne Commissioned by the North Hertfordshire Guild of Singers, conductor John Railton Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M 708045 91 5
Op 30 On a deserted shore
For soprano, semi-chorus (M-S T B), choir (SSAATTTBB), two pianos and percussion (3) (36 mins) A sequence of poems by Kathleen Raine First performance 8 December 1975 London (South Bank, BBC Radio 3) by Felicity Lott, Caroline Friend, Philip Langridge, Christopher Keyte, BBC Singers, Redcliffe Ensemble, John Constable, Roger Vignoles, conducted by by John Poole Contact us for more…
Op 25 The Death of Iphigenia
Words from Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, translated by Gilbert Murray (15 mins) i. for mezzo soprano and piano First performance 14 March 1973 London (Wigmore Hall) by Janet Strickland and Paul Hamburger ii. for soprano and thirteen instruments flute (=picc), oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone percussion (1), harp, piano, violin, viola, violoncello, c-bass First performance 13 December 1978 London (South Bank)…