On the Desk
Figures Outside a Dacha, with Sunrise for solo piano, an extended work for Nicolas Hodges, drawing on the iconic dream sequences from Tarkovsky's Nostalghia. The pre-compositional plans for this piece gave birth to a series of shorter Studies for Figures Outside a Dacha, which are embedded into the fabric of the larger piece, as well as performable separately.
In Development
Dürerschleifen, a series of eight interlocking "chamber concertos" for ensemble with electronics based on Sigmar Polke's extraordinary Schleifenbilder series. Designed as a modular work, the solo parts will be performable in isolation with and without electronics, with each section of the piece performable as a standalone concerto, as well as in a full performance of the whole work projected at around 60 minutes duration.
Works in Chronological Order
Microscopic Negatives (2007) 10’
String Quartet (2Vln, Vla, Vc)
Première: 16th February 2008, Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, London; Arditti Quartet
Elusive Tangibility II: firelife (2008) 6’
Cl, Vln, Vla, Vc
World Première: 3rd November 2012, Casa della Musica, Parma; Ensemble Recherche
UK Première: 23rd November 2017, Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield; Explore Ensemble
Elusive Tangibility V: Zugunruhe (2008) 6’
1(+AFl).1.1.BCl.1. / 2.1.1.0 / 2Perc (Xylo, Crot, Vib, Almglocken, 2Chinese Opera Gongs, Holzkante, ChineseCymb, BD) / Hp / Pno / Strings (1.1.1.1.1)
Première: 30th April 2008, Royal Festival Hall, SouthBank Centre, London; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Clement Power (Cond.)
Exotic Vapour (2008) 3’30”
Piano Solo
Première: 9th October 2018; Morat Institut, Freiburg; Klaus Steffes-Holländer
Elusive Tangibility IV: 月見 (Tsukimi) (2008) 10’30”
1(=AFl).0.1(=BCl).1 / 0.0.0.0 / 2Perc (Vib, Almglocken, Tuned Gongs, 2Chinese Opera Gongs, Holzkante, 5TBl, 2SD, BD) / Mezzo-Soprano Solo / Pno / Strings (1.1.1.1.0)
World Première: 15th May 2009, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London. RCM New Perspectives Ensemble; Emilie Alford (M-S), Tim Lines (Cond.)
Russian Première: 9th June 2009, Rachmaninov Concert Hall, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow. Studio for New Music Ensemble; Ekameruna Kichigina (M-S), Igor Dronov (Cond.)
Halation (2010) 3’30"
Viola d'amore sola
Première: TBA
Elusive Tangibility III: Clandestine Haze (2011) 8’
AFl(+BFl) BCl(+CbCl), Tbn, 1Perc(Xylo, Vib, Almglocken, SplCym, MedCym, LgeCym, ChCym, Gongs, Opera Gongs, 2TBl, LogDrum(4pitch), Holzkante), Vla, Vc
World Première: 24th May 2011, Cuvilliès Theatre, Munich; Ensemble Recherche
UK Première: 5th November 2011, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London; London Sinfonietta, Martyn Brabbins (Cond.)
Russian Première: 13th February 2020, Rakhmaninov Hall, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow; Studio for New Music, Igor Dronov (Cond.)
Commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Schattenwanderer (2011) 7’
Part 5 of The Navidson Record
Cl Solo, Fl, Hn, Tbn, Hp, Vln, Vc, Cb
Première: 9th June 2011, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London; Mark van de Wiel (Cl.), Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Clark Rundell (Cond.)
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2011 Music of Today Series
Escher’s Pharmacy (2011) 12’30”
Part 3 of The Navidson Record
AFl, BOb, Cl, Pno, Vln, Vla, Vc
World Première: 20th November 2011, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield; Ensemble Recherche
German Première: 16th November 2012, Morat Institut, Freiburg; Ensemble Recherche
Commissioned by Ensemble Recherche for the 2011 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Katabasis (2012) 6’
Part 1 of The Navidson Record
Cl(+EbCl, BCl), Vln(+Vla), Vc, Pno w/ Assistant
Première: 19th March 2012, The Forge, London; The Mercury Quartet
Commissioned by the Mercury Quartet for their RADAR Series at The Forge, Camden
Three Rivers from The Navidson Record (2012) 7’
Parts 2, 4, and 6 of The Navidson Record
String Quartet (2Vln, Vla, Vc)
Première: 15th July 2012, Orangerie, Darmstadt; Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by the Hepner Foundation for the Arditti Quartet
Limaçon (2012) 30”
Part 7 of The Navidson Record
Mezzo-Soprano Solo
Première: TBA
The Navidson Record (2011/12) c.36’
A Cycle in Seven Parts for Soloists and Ensembles
1. Katabasis
2. Acheron
4. Phlegethon
6. Cocytus
7. Limaçon
1.1(BOb).1(=Eb,BCl).0 / 1.0.1.0 / Pno (+Assistant). Hp. / Solo Cl. Solo Sop. Str4tet (2Vln.Vla.Vc) / Strings (1.0.1.1.1)
Première: TBA
Filonov’s Microscope (2013) 24’
Fl(+AFl, BFl), Ob(+Bob), Cl(+BCl, CbCl), Perc, Pno, Vln, Vla, Vc
Première: 11th May 2014, Saalbau Witten, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik; Ensemble Recherche
Commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and WDR for Ensemble Recherche
Giacometti’s Razor (2014) 7’30”
Violin Solo
World Première: 17th February 2014; St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield. Ashot Sarkissjan
US Première: 26th February 2018; Commonwealth Avenue Concert Hall, Boston, MA. Ashot Sarkissjan
German Première: 6th June 2019; Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg. Ashot Sarkissjan
(Revised version of Face of Blades (2009), now withdrawn)
Pegasus (2014) c.10’ (currently withdrawn pending revision)
Female Voice, BCl, Perc, Kbd, Live-Elec, e-Zither, Vc
Première: 14th August 2014, CentralStation, Darmstadt Ferienkurse; Decoder Ensemble
Commissioned by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation for Decoder Ensemble
Arkanar: A Report From The Interior (2016, rev. 2018) 12'
Tuba and Live Electronics
World Première: 13th August 2016, Lichtenbergschule, Darmstadt; Jack Adler-McKean (Tuba), Steven Daverson (Electronics)
US Premiere: 10th February 2017, Spectrum, New York, NY; Jack Adler-McKean, Steven Daverson
World Première (Revised Version): 23rd July 2018, Lichtenbergschule, Darmstadt; Jack Adler-McKean, Steven Daverson
UK Première: 31st October 2019, Carole Nash Recital Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester; Jack Adler-Mckean, Steven Daverson
Commissioned by Jack Adler-McKean
Figures Outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background (2020-2022) 22'
Large or Small Orchestra, with Amplified Soloists and Live Electronics
Instrumentation: 2(1+Picc,2=AFl+BFl). 0. 2(1+BCl,2=BCl+CbCl). 2(2=Cbsn). ASax. TSax. / 2. 2(2=Flug). 2 (2+ATbn). 1 / EGuit. Pno. 2Perc. / Strings 9. 9. 6. 6. 6. / Live Electronics
World Première: 21st January 2023; WDR Funkhaus Wallrafsplatz, Köln; WDR Sinfonieorchester, Manuel Nawri (cond.); Carl Faia, Steven Daverson (elec.)
UK Première: February 2025; Barbican Centre, London; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (cond.); Carl Faia, Steven Daverson (elec)
Co-commissioned by WDR Sinfonieorchester and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
La Nitroglycérine des Lumières (2017-2023) 12'
Sax, eGuit, Pno, Perc, Live-Elec
Première: 19th November 2023, St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield; Ensemble Nikel, Steven Daverson (elec.)
Co-commissioned by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and the PRSF Composers' Fund