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Choral & Vocal Works

2022    Three Songs on Music & Time (Dedicated to Professor E. Malcolm Symonds on the occasion of his 88th birthday, commissioned by his son, Matthew Symonds)
  for tenor & piano [dur. 3’43’’]
    I. Faut de Mieux (Dorothy Parker)

    II. The House of Hospitalities (Thomas Hardy)
    III. Music when Soft Voices Die (To --) (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
    Total Duration: approx. 11 minutes

2021    
A Thorn Was Given To Me (commissioned by the Rev. Matthew James Williams for St James' Old Cathedral)
  for solo baritone & piano [dur. 3’43’’]

2020    
A Lenten Cantata (version for orchestra)
  for Soloists (SATB), SATB Choir, Orchestra [Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (bass drum, suspended cymbal, triangle), Harp, Strings]
        I. Prelude: Meditation on Aberystwyth [dur. 2’30’’]
        II. As for me, I will call upon God [dur. 3’35’’]
        III. Evening, and morning, and at noon [dur. 3’55’’]
        IV. Jesu, lover of my soul [dur. 1’40’’]
        V. Cast thy burden upon the Lord [dur. 2’55’’]
        VI. Other refuge have I none [dur. 1’40’’]
        VII. Come unto me [dur. 4’00’’]
        VIII. Plenteous grace with Thee is found [dur. 4’00’’]

2020    I Gave My Lord an Apple (version for orchestra)
  for Mezzo soprano and orchestra [Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (suspended cymbal), Harp, Strings] [dur. 5’20”]

2019    
I Sing In My Heart (commissioned by Brett Weymark for the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
  unaccompanied SSAATTBB with soloists and/or semichorus [dur. 3’55’’] 

2019    
Carol (Why are you sleeping?)
  unaccompanied SSATB choir [dur. 3’08’’]

2019    
There Is One Body (commissioned by the Rev. Matthew James Williams for St James' Old Cathedral)
  unaccompanied SATB choir [dur. 1’45’’]

2019    
Songs of Sleep  (commissioned by Alexandra Mathew)
  for Voice & Piano
    I. The Land of Nod (Robert Louis Stevenson)
    II. Lullaby of an Infant Chief (Sir Walter Scott)
    III. Only in Sleep (Sara Teasdale)
    IV. One in a Rush (Traditional)
    V. Sleep (John Fletcher)
    VI. The Awakening (Enid Derham)

  Total Duration: approx. 16 minutes

2018    
He Gives His Beloved Sleep (commissioned by the Rev. Matthew James Williams for St James' Old Cathedral)
  unaccompanied SATB choir, with Soprano & Baritone solos [dur. 3’25’’]

​2018    
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
  SATB choir & organ [dur. 8'00'' (= 5'05'' & 3'55'')]

2018    
Then Shall the King Say
  unaccompanied SATB choir [dur. 3’45’’]

2017    
Advent Collect (commissioned by the Very Revd Dr Andreas Loewe, for the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne)
  unaccompanied SAATTBB choir [dur. 3’50’’]

2016    In Black Ink  (commissioned by Gloria Gamboz)
  Three Shakespeare Sonnets for Voice & Piano
    I. Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
    II. Those lips that Love's own hand did make
    III. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea
  Total Duration: approx. 11 minutes

2016    A Lenten Cantata  (commissioned by the Consort of Melbourne and St James' Old Cathedral)
  for Soloists (SATB), SATB Choir, String Orchestra (Vln I & II, Vc) & Organ
    I. Prelude: Meditation on Aberystwyth - Organ [dur. 2’30’’]
    II. As for me, I will call upon God - Choir, String Orchestra & Organ [dur. 3’35’’]
    III. Evening, and morning, and at noon - Alto & Tenor solos, String Orchestra & Organ [dur. 3’55’’]
    IV. Jesu, lover of my soul - Choir & Violin solo [dur. 1’40’’]
    V. Cast thy burden upon the Lord - 
Soprano solo, String Orchestra & Organ [dur. 2’55’’]
    VI. Other refuge have I none - Choir, String Orchestra & Organ [dur. 1’40’’]
    VII. Come unto me - Bass solo, String Orchestra & Organ [dur. 4’00’’]
    VIII. Plenteous grace with Thee is found - Choir, String Orchestra & Organ [dur. 4’00’’]
  Total Duration: approx. 25 minutes

2015    Here I Stand, The Keeper of the Inn
  unaccompanied SATB choir [dur. 5’20’’]

2014    This is My Son  (commissioned by St James' Old Cathedral)
  unaccompanied SATB choir [dur. 3’50’’]

2014    Once for All : Two Communion Anthems: No.2  (commissioned by St James' Old Cathedral)
  unaccompanied SATB choir [dur. 2’00’’]

2014    On the Road : Two Communion Anthems: No.1  (commissioned by St James' Old Cathedral)
  SATB choir & organ [dur. 4’45’’]

2010    To Whomever Finds This Note  (commissioned by the Consort of Melbourne)
  for SSAATB Choir & Piano [dur. 8’00’’]

2003    Augustana Vespers
  for 3 Cantors, Choir (SATB), Organ, Piano & English Handbells
    I. Service of light [dur. 4’55’’]
    II. Psalmody [dur. 3’45’’]
    III. Gospel Canticle (Espressivo) [dur. 3’40’’]
    IV. Litany [dur. 3’40’’]
  Total Duration: approx. 16 minutes

2002    When I Awake
  for Mixed Choir (SAATBB), Organ, Piano & English Handbells [dur. 4’45’’]

1998    Gabriel’s Message
  SATB motet (unaccompanied) [dur. 1’10’’]

​1998    Sleep, Thou Little Child
  SATB motet (unaccompanied) [dur. 2’10’’]
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