Solo Flute (with voice)
Programme Notes
Lesser Trefoil was commissioned by Clare Whistler as part of Where the Wildflowers Are, a celebration of wildflowers through poetry and music. The Lesser Trefoil is a common garden plant, also known as Yellow Suckling Clover. I wanted to explore Lesser Trefoil as a weed, linking its determination to survive with the exhaustion someone of trying, unsuccessfully, to get rid of it. I worked very closely with flautist Hannah Watts to develop a vocal part that could be sung at the same time as playing the flute. Lesser Trefoil was premiered on 30 June 2012 at the City of London Festival, by Hannah Watts.
Performance Instructions
Standard notation: play as you would per instructions
Diamond note-head: blow air soundlessly through the flute, either using ‘pah’ or ‘hah’ sounds, with key clicks
Divisi to flute (standard note-head) and voice (circles with dots). Try to keep the feeling and emotion of the score’s performance instructions in mind regardless of the end result sound.
Duration: 2 minutes
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Songs for Marvellous | Voice, Piano, Harp, Horn, Cymbals and SSA
(Including 9th October 2014, Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep, - then the letting go - (Sibling), Child and Mother and Song For My Children, 2014-18)
Lamplight | Soprano and Piano
(Poet May Wedderburn Cannan)
Breake of Day | Soprano and Piano
Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep | SSA
(Performed by BBC Singers 2015 & 2016)
Heigh Ho - The Holly! | SSA
(Performed by BBC Singers 2016)
Lucky | Solo Tuba
(Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 2020 )
...And You Know We'll Be Alright? | Full Orchestra
(Performing parts available to hire separately)
I Remember. Like I'm The Only | wind orchestra
(Commissioned as part of the Adopt a Composer Scheme, 2012. Performing parts available to hire separately)
A Domani, People. A Domani | Guitar Ensemble
(Commissioned by Royal Philharmonic Society for Bicentenary Celebrations 2013. Inclusive of performing parts)
Lesser Trefoil | Solo Flute
(Commissioned by City of London Festival, 2012)
Flute/Piccolo, Guitar, Viola & Cello
Programme Notes
A Domani, People. A Domani was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of RPS200, a year-long celebration of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Bicentenary in 2013, and premiered on 1st November 2013 as part of the ‘Guildhall Artists in the Barbican’ series.
This piece broke a year’s worth of self-imposed, yet impenetrable, composers’ block and despite its origins being in anger and frustration, the end result is joyful and even playful at times. This piece is dedicated to my ‘Self’; to that person who is so easy to take for granted, yet sometimes you just need to be a little kinder to.
Instrumentation
Flute / Piccolo
Guitar
Viola
Cello
Duration: 5 minutes
Performance Parts Included
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