White Fox Woman
2003 Filed in: With Cecelia
McDowall
This was specially written for Paul Goodey (oboe) and
Linda Hirst (voice) and recorded by them for a CD
which was released in 2003 by the Oboe Classics label
(New Ground CC 2003) White Fox Woman is a dark
mini-opera for middle to low voice and oboe, inspired
by an Oriental myth.
Inferno
1999 Filed in: With Cecelia
McDowall
For countertenor, trumpet and percussion,
commissioned by the Fibonacci Sequence and first
performed at St John’s, Smith Square, 1999, with Paul
Archibald on trumpet. INFERNO is a dramatic musical
piece for orchestra and male soprano, based on
writings of Dante and Rimbaud. It has been performed
at St. John’s, Smith Square, and elsewhere.
Play Ground
1999 Filed in: With Cecelia
McDowall
For orchestra, 7 narrators, countertenor/mime, rap
artist and children’s voices, based on children’s
playground rhymes. Commissioned by London Musici and
HAPA (adventure play for children with disabilities
and special needs). First performed at St. John’s,
Smith Square, 1999, PLAY GROUND is a chanted-not-sung
cantata. At its first performance, the narrators were
played by Humphrey Burton, Susannah Simons, Edward
Petherbridge, and Lady Solti, among others.