Sung by the wonderful Soprano Christine Westhoff, this piece is dedicated to two dear friends of mine, Russel and Sian Pinchen, who looked after me one […]
Since Arnold Schoenberg coined the phrase “Emancipation of dissonance”, composers have, unapologetically , deviated from conventional tonalism, which is no bad thing. However, whilst the 12 tone school […]
Recently I had the privilege of speaking to the brilliant violist Brett Douglas Deubner. We spoke at length about his wonderful playing, music and my compositional […]
Like most composers, my inspiration comes from multiple sources. Shostakovich’s 2nd movement of his 8th String quartet remains one of my favourite String Quartet pieces of […]
Inspired by the fantastic Vespasian series of books, written by the novelist Robert Fabbri, this piece commemorates the invasion of Britain in 43AD. The Second Augusta […]