The Thief of Songs I
Four of the full set in a version for mezzo and singing bowls, premiere 10.88. Ca
12 mins
The Thief of Songs II
Song-cycle for mezzo, flute,
clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion.
Commissioned by Lontano,
conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, sung by Maria Huesca.
Premiere 11.2.92, St John Smith's Square. Ca 20 mins
The
mezzo Maria Huesca was the flamboyant soloist in this raw, vigorous cycle drawn from poems in nahuatl, the language of the
aztecs The Independent
The Thief of Songs
III
Three of the above recomposed for mezzo and piano.
Recorded on CD Turquoise Swans (Sargasso SCD 28035).Four of the full set in a version for mezzo and singing bowls, premiere
10.88. Ca 12 mins
Three Songs for Sylvia
Commissioned by London Festival
Orchestra with funds from Southern Arts. Premiere Bristol Cathedral, 1.7.94, Sarah Leonard, cond Ross Pople Poems by Sylvia
Plath, ca 17 mins. Broadcast on Classic FM.
Version for Piano and voice recorded
by Sarah Leonard and the composer on Sargasso SCD28035
Some
Dirty Tricks
Three arias for soprano and piano transcribed from
the opera Dirty Tricks, performed in Mexico City 2000, by Sarah Leonard with Paul Barker. Recorded on CD Turquoise Swans (Sargasso
SCD 28035).
Songs
Men Don't Hear
3 songs for mezzo and percussion, commissioned by
the new music forum in Mexico, 2001, performed by Maria Huesca and Diego Espinoza. Recomposed from the opera, The Marriages
Between Zones 3, 4 & 5.
