TREVOR 
                HOLD
                
              
1939 – 2004 
              
CATALOGUE OF COMPOSITIONS 
              
 
              
Performance material enquiries should 
                be sent to 9 St Christopher’s Drive, 
                Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4HU 
              
Obituary 
                March 2004 -Lewis Foreman
              
Contents 
               
              
 
                
                  Foreword 
                    by Lewis Foreman			 
                  
                  
Orchestral 
                    						 
                  
Instrumental						 
                  
                  
Keyboard						 
                  
                  
Vocal					 
                     
                  
Choral						 
                     
                  
Dramatic						 
                  
                  
For children					 
                  
                  
Arrangements					 
                  
                  
Other publications				 
                     
                  
Chronological 
                    list of works			 
                  
Alphabetical 
                    list of works			  
                
              
                
              
              
Foreword 
                 
              
 
              
The composer Trevor Hold was born at 
                Northampton on 21 September 1939. He 
                read music at Nottingham University 
                and afterwards was Head of Music at 
                Market Harborough Grammar School, before 
                becoming assistant lecturer in music 
                at Aberystwyth (1963-5). Lecturer in 
                Music at Liverpool University from 1965 
                to 1970, he returned to the East Midlands 
                in 1970 as Lecturer and Staff Tutor 
                in Music in the Department of Adult 
                Education at the University of Leicester, 
                later becoming Senior Lecturer. With 
                his family he lived at Wadenhoe for 
                more than 30 years. He became widely-known 
                in the world of East Midlands’ music, 
                composing for local schools and choirs, 
                conducting, accompanying and running 
                adult education classes. Like Britten, 
                one of Hold’s beliefs was that the composer 
                should be writing for the community 
                in which he lived, and he received many 
                local commissions. This is music that 
                was widely enjoyed in his lifetime and 
                is relished by both performers and audiences 
                alike. 
              
Hold identified closely with the county 
                of his youth. ‘I was born at Northampton, 
                the town where the poet John Clare spent 
                the last 23 years of his life’ he said. 
                ‘Clare was my local poet, writing about 
                a landscape I knew, in a dialect I myself 
                used. When he walked down hollow and 
                up hill to the village of Kingsthorpe, 
                he took the same road that I took every 
                day to and from primary school. The 
                asylum where he lived was next door 
                to the grammar school that I attended.’ 
              
Hold enjoyed a succession of BBC performances 
                of his latest works, notably his song 
                cycles, given with leading artists more 
                or less as they appeared. In fact because 
                his name has tended to be associated 
                with his many song cycles we may not 
                realise the extent of his output, now 
                documented for us in the present catalogue. 
                Individual songs from these can certainly 
                be sung separately, and I would like 
                to nominate my favourite for a Hold 
                encore, the jazzy ‘Lout’ from Gathered 
                From the Field. There are many others. 
                His song cycle The Image Stays, 
                written to his own words during the 
                summer of 1974, deals with various aspects 
                of love, some directly some more obliquely, 
                rounded by ‘His Portrait’ and ‘Her Portrait’. 
                ‘Solo vocal music is my natural métier’ 
                he concluded, confessing in a programme 
                note ‘I am a hopelessly compulsive songwriter 
                – perhaps I should say ‘song cycle-writer’, 
                for I have written very few separate 
                solo songs…to me, the song cycle is 
                as important a medium as the instrumental 
                sonata’. 
              
Hold’s output included rewarding piano 
                music, chamber music, orchestral, choral 
                music and dramatic music. He also wrote 
                much worthwhile music for school and 
                local performance, remarking ‘When I 
                got into adult education in 1970, I 
                wanted to bridge this terrible gap between 
                modern music and the local audience.’ 
                He certainly succeeded. 
              
His orchestral works – and there are 
                nineteen of them – as well as several 
                song cycles with orchestral accompaniment 
                all repay attention. Overtures, music 
                for strings, orchestral works including 
                two symphonies, a piano concerto and 
                two short concertante works for violin 
                (Sestina) and for organ (Time 
                Passes) mean that conductors looking 
                for something new and approachable will 
                find material rewarding for both audience 
                and performers. If in doubt why not 
                start with one of the two delightful 
                suites of folk-tune arrangements for 
                strings, taken from The Lilford Owl, 
                or Folksongs from Sark for full 
                orchestra. There were other orchestral 
                works; try the prize-winning overture 
                My Uncle Silas, as well as the 
                witty Lucky Jim and Keele 
                Overture.  Northampton commissions 
                include the concentrated Chaconne 
                for orchestra and the atmospheric Twelfth 
                Night: Music for an Imaginary Masque, 
                both commissioned and performed by the 
                Northampton Symphony Orchestra, and 
                the twelve-minute Concerto for String 
                Orchestra, commissioned by Northampton 
                Borough Council to mark Malcolm Arnold’s 
                70th birthday. Among this varied catalogue 
                the two compact and persuasive symphonies 
                stand out as eloquent examples of the 
                British symphony in their time. When 
                the First Symphony was produced by the 
                BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted 
                by Odaline de la Martinez in 1988, it 
                was apparent that here was a personal 
                sound-world that had something to say 
                and successfully embraced a language 
                to reach a wide audience without compromising 
                his vision. In the traditional four 
                movements, its lyricism owes much to 
                the use of ideas from his song cycle 
                The Image Stays. Odaline de la 
                Martinez highlighted ‘a wonderful scherzo 
                – full of life, this continual sense 
                of rhythmic pulse which is changing 
                all the time’. 
              
Hold’s large catalogue of instrumental 
                works includes music for violin (Sonata, 
                Kemp’s Jig), viola (The Weathercock) 
                and cello (Canticle, Two Diversions, 
                Three Folksongs from Sark). For 
                cello there are also ensemble works: 
                the Variations on a Popular Song 
                for two cellos and the Triptych 
                for 8 cellos. Although written for the 
                concert hall Hold’s music for woodwind 
                is repertoire that amateurs will enjoy 
                playing. This engagement with his players 
                is immediately apparent in the pieces 
                for recorders – the busy overture Rutterkin 
                for 7 recorders and Gammer Gurton’s 
                Garland for treble recorder and 
                piano written for the celebrated player 
                John Turner. Equally attractive are 
                the pieces for flute (Pastoral and 
                Caprice), oboe (Air and Dance, 
                and with guitar the late Variations 
                on ‘Caleno Custurame’) and flute/oboe 
                duet, seven short Inventions. 
                Perhaps he most related to the clarinet, 
                producing not only various short pieces 
                (The Blue Firedrake, Solemn Blues 
                and Canonic Boogie, and A Winter 
                Firedrake for unaccompanied clarinet) 
                but also a full-blown clarinet quintet, 
                one of his most outstanding works. Inhabiting 
                much the same world is the Tango 
                and Charleston 
                for alto sax (in homage to the Czech 
                composer Martinů) and a Lullaby 
                that should be on every saxophonist’s 
                list of encores. For bassoon and piano 
                Hold wrote the Dovecote Suite, 
                five delightful movements evoking the 
                family home at Dovecote House in Wadenhoe. 
              
For non-instrumentalists perhaps Hold’s 
                piano music is the best starting point 
                for exploring his music. With its personal 
                voice and varied technical difficulty 
                there is something for everyone. As 
                well as four sonatas and his best known 
                work Kemp’s Nine Daie’s Wonder 
                there are also easier pieces including 
                the folk-tune preludes The Lilford 
                Owl. Kemp’s Nine Daie’s Wonder 
                is published in a handsome edition by 
                Basil Ramsay. Hold’s piano music, notably 
                championed by the pianist Peter Jacobs, 
                encompassed four sonatas on which he 
                was engaged in the last two years of 
                his life, revising his first sonata 
                written in 1959 and producing the third 
                and fourth sonatas, remarkable for their 
                concision and eloquent voice. 
              
With his vast knowledge of English 
                literature, particularly of regional 
                poets, and long experience of vocal 
                settings it is no surprise to find that 
                Hold wrote a substantial catalogue of 
                works for choir, both unaccompanied 
                and with organ, piano or small ensemble. 
                There are also a number of very attractive 
                pieces for children’s voices. 
              
Hold’s dramatic music includes much 
                practical music for church performance 
                and for schools and children’s groups. 
                One must draw attention to possibly 
                his most potentially important work, 
                unfortunately not yet produced, his 
                full length opera The Second Death. 
                Running a little over an hour and a 
                half this would make an ideal focus 
                of a summer festival. The Second 
                Death concerns time and the break 
                in time, with alternating scenes set 
                in the twentieth century and the civil 
                war. Here Hold’s lifelong obsession 
                with character and with communication 
                found a persuasive synthesis in haunting 
                music and imagery of a very personal 
                vision. 
              
It had been inevitable that he would 
                move towards opera as the song cycles 
                became more dramatic, like little monologues. 
                ‘I can see actual characters’ he said, 
                adding ‘rather than a singer in a monkey 
                suit’. Most of his operas were practically 
                conceived for known performers, including 
                The Falcon for church performance, 
                the Christmas opera The Two Nativities 
                after a Wakefield Mystery play and Through 
                the Secret Gate for Northampton 
                High School for Girls. Later came the 
                children’s opera Ask No Questions, 
                commissioned by Eastern Arts for the 
                1985 Broadland Junior Singers Children’s 
                Camp. Shorter works for children’s groups 
                include Lark Rise, an atmospheric 
                setting of texts by Flora Thompson, 
                Herrick and Clare and Jabberwocky 
                after Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. 
              
This is a remarkable life’s work which, 
                now that we are able to see it as an 
                entity, something not possible in the 
                composer’s lifetime, reveals a distinctive 
                personality with a loveable view of 
                Hold’s corner of England yet of universal 
                appeal. Although he found a quite personal 
                low key colloquial voice, he was capable 
                of embracing the big moment and in his 
                inimitable way celebrated places, people 
                and history, notably the local poet 
                John Clare and his wife, Sue, the subject 
                of many love poems. 
              
  
              
Lewis Foreman, 
                2007  
              
 
              
Orchestral 
              
RONDO (1964)  
              
for string orchestra 
              
a suite in 6 movements: Prelude – Waltz 
                – Foxtrot – Galop – Nocturne - Finale	 
              
26 minutes 
              
OVERTURE, MY UNCLE SILAS (1967) 
                 
              
for small orchestra 
              
(3222/2100/timp/perc/harp/strings) 
              
5 minutes 
              
A KEELE OVERTURE (1971)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(2222/4231/timp/S.D./piano/strings) 
              
7 minutes 
              
commissioned for its 21st anniversary 
                by University of Keele 
                 
              
CALENDAR (1965-72)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(2222/2221/perc.(3)/strings) 
              
in 12 linked sections 
              
30 minutes 
              
TIME PASSES (1972)  
              
for small orchestra and organ 
              
(2222/2200/perc./strings/organ) 
              
in 3 movements 
              
18 minutes 
              
SYMPHONY (1974-77)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(3333/4331/perc.(4)/harp/piano/strings) 
              
in 4 movements 
              
25 minutes 
              
THE LILFORD OWL (1977)  
              
for string orchestra 
              
a suite of 5 folk-tune preludes 
              
9 minutes 
              
CLARE’S GHOST (1978)  
              
for small orchestra 
              
(2222/2000/perc.(1)/strings) 
              
10 minutes 
              
CHACONNE (1982)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(3223/4231/timps/perc.(3)/celesta/strings) 
              
11 minutes 
              
commissioned by Northampton Symphony 
                Orchestra  
              
OVERTURE, LUCKY JIM (1963/1983) 
                 
              
for orchestra 
              
(222sax2/4231/timp/perc.(4)/harp/str) 
              
11 minutes 
              
OVERTURE IN THE ENGLISH STYLE (1986) 
                 
              
for string orchestra 
              
8 minutes 
              
commissioned by Corelli Strings 
                 
              
TWELFTH NIGHT: MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY 
                MASQUE (1986-92)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(3222/4231/timp/perc.(4)/celesta/harp/str) 
              
15 minutes 
              
commissioned by Northampton Symphony 
                Orchestra  
              
FOLKSONGS FROM SARK (1987)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(2222/4231/perc.(3)/celesta/harp/str) 
              
9 minutes 
              
SESTINA (1988)  
              
for solo violin and string orchestra 
              
6 minutes 
              
commissioned by Corelli Strings 
                 
              
CONCERTO FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (1990) 
                 
              
for string orchestra 
              
12 minutes 
              
commissioned by Northampton Borough 
                Council for Malcolm Arnold’s 70th birthday 
                  
              
PIANO CONCERTO (1992)  
              
for piano and orchestra 
              
(3333/4231/timp/perc.(2)/str) 
              
30 minutes 
              
FOUR LANDSCAPES (SYMPHONY No. 2) 
                 
              
(1993-95)  
              
for orchestra 
              
(3333/4231/perc.(6)/harp/str) 
              
25 minutes 
              
BERCEUSE (1997)  
              
for string orchestra 
              
3 minutes 
              
MY ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE 
                (2000)  
              
for string orchestra 
              
3 minutes 
              
THE LILFORD OWL, SUITE 2 (1977/2001) 
                 
              
for string orchestra 
              
a suite of 5 folk-tune preludes 
              
10 minutes 
              
  
              
Instrumental 
              
VIOLIN SONATA (1964)  
              
for violin and piano 
              
10 minutes 
              
THE WEATHERCOCK (1965)  
              
for viola and piano 
              
Theme and Variants 
              
12 minutes 
              
STRING QUARTET (1965/revised 1982) 
                 
              
in 4 movements 
              
25 minutes 
              
TAPESTRY (1966)  
              
for flute (piccolo), oboe, violin, 
                cello, 
              
guitar and percussion 
              
in 3 movements: The Falcon – Minstrels 
                – 
              
Tournament 
              
15 minutes 
              
RUTTERKIN (1968)  
              
an overture for recorders 
              
(descant, 2 treble, 2 tenor, 2 bass) 
              
4½ minutes 
              
commissioned by the Nene Consort 
              
pub. Tomus Publications 
              
THE BLUE FIREDRAKE (1969)  
              
for clarinet and piano 
              
8 minutes 
              
CINQUEFOILS (1970)  
              
for piano and string quartet 
              
in 5 movements: Rainbow Arc – Cinque 
                – Colloquy – Foil – Grainger-in-the-Sands, 
                or Mock-Mock-Morris 
              
20 minutes 
              
Commissioned by University of 
                Lancaster  
              
KEMP’S JIG (1972)  
              
for violin and piano 
              
6 minutes 
              
THE FOX (1972)  
              
divertimento for 2 horns, 2 violins, 
                viola and d.bass 
              
in 3 linked sections 
              
12 minutes 
              
commissioned by Orchestra da 
                Camera  
              
CANTICLE (1973)  
              
for cello and piano 
              
in 4 linked sections: Introduction 
                – Scherzo – 
              
Song – Finale 
              
18 minutes 
              
TWO DIVERSIONS (1974)  
              
for cello and piano: Serenade – Lamentation 
              
7 minutes 
              
WIND QUINTET (1973-5)  
              
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and 
                bassoon 
              
in 5 movements: Prelude – Pastoral 
                – Scherzo – Nocturne – Finale 
              
17 minutes 
              
 VARIATIONS ON A POPULAR SONG (1975)	 
              
for two cellos 
              
7 minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
INVENTIONS (1976)  
              
for flute and oboe 
              
in 7 short movements 
              
10 minutes 
              
TRIPTYCH (1978)  
              
for 8 cellos 
              
in 3 sections: Prelude – Fugue – Chorale 
              
7 minutes 
              
THE EARLIER SERVICE (1978)  
              
for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba 
                and organ 
              
5 minutes 
              
PIANO TRIO (1978)  
              
in 3 movements: Sonata – Rondeau – 
                Finale 
              
18 minutes 
              
THE OCTAVE (1980)  
              
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string 
                quartet and d.bass 
              
13 minutes 
              
CLARINET QUINTET (1983)  
              
in 4 movements: Variations – Scherzo 
                – 
              
Romance – Finale			 
              
24 minutes 
              
DOVECOTE SUITE (1985)  
              
for bassoon and piano	 
              
in 5 movements: March – Song – Gavotte 
                – 
              
Minuet – Jig 
              
11 minutes 
              
pub: Thames Publishing			 
              
TRIANGULAR LODGE (1985)  
              
for 9 players (fl/ob/cl/hn/pf/vln/vla/cello/db) 
              
18 minutes 
              
AIR AND DANCE (1986)			 
              
for oboe and piano 
              
5 minutes 
              
pub. Thames Publishing 
              
THREE FOLKSONGS FROM SARK (1987) 
                 
              
for cello and piano 
              
5 minutes 
              
FIREWORKS (1988)  
              
for flute, cor anglais, clarinet and 
                bassoon 
              
8 minutes 
              
TANGO AND CHARLESTON (Homage to 
                Martinů) (1990) 				 
              
for alto saxophone and piano 
              
5 minutes 
              
pub. Thames Publishing 
              
PASTORAL AND CAPRICE (1992)  
              
for flute and piano 
              
6 minutes 
              
SOLEMN BLUES AND CANONIC BOOGIE 
                (1992)  
              
for clarinet and piano 
              
5 minutes 
              
STRING TRIO (1992)  
              
in 3 movements: Sestina – Madrigal 
                – Finale 		 
              
13 minutes 
              
STRING QUARTET No. 2 (1992)  
              
in 3 movements: Sestina – Canzona – 
                Danza 		 
              
14 minutes 
              
THE SHOEMAKER (1995)  
              
variations on a cobbler’s patch for 
                piano trio 
              
8 minutes 
              
commissioned by Kate Bown 
              
GAMMER GURTON’S GARLAND (1996)			 
              
suite based on nursery tunes 
              
for treble recorder and piano 
              
10 minutes 
              
commissioned by John Turner  
              
pub. Forsyth Brothers 
              
A WINTER FIREDRAKE (2000)  
              
elegy for solo clarinet 
              
3 minutes 
              
LULLABY (2001)  
              
for alto saxophone and piano 
              
3 minutes 
              
 
              
HORN TRIO (1962, rev. 2001)  
              
for violin, horn and piano 
              
in four movements Prologue – Scherzo 
                – Theme and Variations – Finale 
              
21 minutes 
              
VARIATIONS ON ‘CALENO CUSTURAME’ 
                (2001)  
              
for oboe and guitar 
              
4½ minutes 
              
  
              
Keyboard 
              
VARIATIONS (1963)  
              
for piano duet 
              
16 minutes 
              
WOODCUTS (1967)  
              
3 pieces for piano: Catweazle – The 
                Carp 
              
Pond – Autolycus 
              
8 minutes 
              
CHURCH PRELUDES (1969)  
              
5 pieces for organ: Stained Glass – 
                Gargoyle I (Song of the Green Man) – 
                Effigy – 
              
Gargoyle II (Complaint of the Man with 
                Toothache – Bells 
              
15 minutes 
              
KEMP’S NINE DAIES WONDER (1970)			 
                	 
              
9 dances for piano 
              
26 minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
BELFRY MUSIC (1973)  
              
for piano 
              
8 minutes 
              
JIG MUSIC (1974-5)  
              
for piano 
              
11 minutes 
              
PERIOD PIECES (1975)  
              
Rags, Blues, Foxtrots and other dances 
              
and drolleries for piano, 
              
in 4 graded albums 
              
THE LILFORD OWL (1977)				 
                 
              
15 folk-tune preludes for piano 
              
21 minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
SONATINA (1980)  
              
for piano duet 
              
in 3 movements: Sonata – Rondeau – 
                Finale (March) 
              
10 minutes	 
              
THE WADENHOE CLAVICHORD BOOK (1987) 
                 
              
21 short pieces for clavichord 
              
30 minutes 
              
FOLKSONGS FROM SARK (1987)  
              
for piano duet 
              
9 minutes 
              
A BIRTHDAY BOUQUET (1988)  
              
for piano 
              
2 minutes 
              
KALEIDOSCOPES (1989)  
              
six sestinas for piano 
              
33 minutes 
              
HYMN-TUNE PRELUDE, ‘RICHMOND’ (1991) 
                 
              
for organ 
              
3 minutes 
              
EPITAPH (for George Ward Hunt) (1993) 
                 
              
for organ [version for brass ensemble 
                and timpani] 
              
3 minutes 
              
PIANO SONATA No. 2 (1994)  
              
in four movements: Sonata – Nocturne 
                1 – Scherzo –Nocturne 2 – Finale 
              
21 minutes 
              
MEDITATION (1996)  
              
for organ 
              
4 minutes 
              
AFTER HENRY (1996)  
              
a choice collection of lessons, after 
                Henry Purcell 
              
for piano 
              
16 minutes 
              
SONG–TUNE PRELUDE ON Peter Warlock’s 
                ‘Sweet-and-twenty’ (1999) 
              
for organ			 
              
3 minutes 
              
pub. Thames Publishing 
              
OLD WINE/NEW BOTTLES (2000)  
              
11 preludes on British folk-tunes 
              
for piano 
              
24 minutes 
              
FOUR-AND-SEVEN BLACKBIRDS (2000) 
                 
              
11 preludes on English nursery-songs 
              
for piano 
              
15 minutes 
              
PIANO SONATA NO.3 (2002)  
              
in 1 movement 
              
12½ minutes 
              
MUSIC FOR A JOYFUL OCCASION (2003) 
                 
              
for organ 
              
6 minutes 
              
PIANO SONATA NO.4 (‘Sonatina’) (2003) 
                 
              
in 3 movements: Fancy (in the 
                manner of a Sestina) – Song (in the 
                style of a Blues) – Dance (in the shape 
                of a Sonata) 
              
8 minutes	 
              
  
              
Vocal 
              
  
              
THE UNRETURNING SPRING (1962-3)		 
              
for soprano, baritone and small orchestra 
              
(1111/1000/strings) 
              
to poems by James Farrar 
              
15 minutes 
              
pub. University of Wales Press 
              
FOR JOHN CLARE (1964)  
              
for tenor and instrumental ensemble 
              
(1111/perc/piano/string quintet) 
              
to poems by John Clare 
              
15 minutes 
              
EARLY ONE MORNING (1966)  
              
5 songs for high voice and guitar 
              
to poems by Edward Thomas 
              
15 minutes 
              
SEVENS (1967)  
              
7 short songs for high voice (or unison 
                voices) 
              
and piano 
              
to poems by Eleanor Farjeon, James 
                Reeves, 
              
Alfred Tennyson and Anon. 
              
10 minutes 
              
LANDSCAPES (1968)  
              
5 songs for baritone and piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
14 minutes 
              
THREE COLLECTS (1968)  
              
for high voice and instrumental ensemble 
                (flute, clarinet, horn, harp, violin, 
                viola and d.bass) 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
8 minutes 
              
WINTER’S TALE (1970)  
              
5 songs for soprano and piano 
              
to poems by Lilian Bowes Lyon 
              
12 minutes 
              
IN PRAISE OF MUSIC (1971)  
              
4 songs for baritone and ensemble (clarinet, 
                horn, violin, cello and harp) 
              
to poems by A J Symons, Thomas Campion, 
                Laurence Whistler and the composer 
              
10 minutes 
              
commissioned by the BBC Transcription 
                Service for the 1971 Cheltenham Festival 
                 
              
THREE SONGS FROM ‘THE COMPLEAT ANGLER’ 
                (1971)  
              
for baritone (or tenor) and piano 
              
to poems by Chalkhill, Donne and Basse 
              
9 minutes 
              
SIGH NO MORE, LADIES (1972)  
              
for baritone (or tenor) and piano (or 
                harpsichord) 
              
to the poem by Shakespeare 
              
2½ minutes 
              
ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE 
                (1973)  
              
for baritone and piano 
              
to the poem by William Cowper 
              
5½ minutes 
              
FOR THE RAIN IT RAINETH (1973)  
              
for tenor and piano 
              
to the poem by Shakespeare 
              
2½ minutes 
              
THE SONG OF THE GREEN MAN (1973-4) 
                 
              
a sequence of 15 songs for tenor and 
                piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
40 minutes 
              
THE IMAGE STAYS (1974)  
              
7 love-songs for baritone and piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
23 minutes 
              
VOICES FROM THINGS GROWING IN A 
                CHURCHYARD (1974)  
              
for 6 soloists (soprano, mezzo, contralto, 
                tenor, 
              
baritone, bass) and piano 
              
to the poem by Thomas Hardy 
              
12 minutes 
              
GATHERED FROM THE FIELD (1975)  
              
7 songs for tenor and piano 
              
to poems by John Clare 
              
20 minutes 
              
commissioned by West Midland 
                Arts  
              
TWO DRYDEN SONGS (1975)  
              
for tenor and piano 
              
to poems by John Dryden 
              
5 minutes 
              
SONG AT THE YEAR’S TURNING (1976) 
                 
              
for high voice, horn and piano 
              
to poems by Hopkins, Edward Storey, 
                Clare, 
              
Hardy and the composer 
              
17 minutes 
              
SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE (1976)				 
                 
              
3 songs from Shakespeare’s The Tempest 
              
for high voice and piano 
              
5 minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
GLASGERION (1977)  
              
song-cycle for tenor and harp 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
20 minutes 
              
RIVER SONGS (1978)  
              
song-cycle for soprano, baritone and 
                piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
23 minutes 
              
OVERHEARD ON A SALTMARSH (1978) 
                 
              
for soprano and baritone 
              
to a poem by Harold Munro 
              
1½ minutes 
              
WORLD WITHOUT END (1978)  
              
lullaby for mezzo-soprano, flute (or 
                alto flute) and piano 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
5 minutes 
              
commissioned by the Crispian 
                Trio  
              
OPHELIA (1979)  
              
song-cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
18 minutes 
              
IN SWEET MUSIC (1980)  
              
song for high voice, flute and string 
                orchestra 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
5 minutes 
              
A JOHN CLARE SONGBOOK (1980)  
              
9 songs for high voice and piano 
              
to poems by John Clare 
              
27 minutes 
              
commissioned by Sylvia Davies 
                .  
              
SONG AT NIGHT (1981)  
              
for medium or high voice and piano 
                (or harpsichord) 
              
to a poem by Norman Nicholson 
              
3 minutes 
              
ECCE PUER (1981)  
              
for tenor and piano 
              
to a poem by James Joyce 
              
2½ minutes 
              
OUT OF BATTLE (1982)  
              
duologue for tenor, baritone and piano 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
15 minutes 
              
commissioned by John Potter and 
                Alan Fairs  
              
VOICES FROM THE ORCHARD (1983)  
              
Song-cycle for baritone and piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
25 minutes 
              
A BOOK OF BEASTS (1984)  
              
songcycle for high voice and piano 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
14 minutes 
              
WHEN THE THORN BLOWS (1985)  
              
songcycle for high voice and piano 
              
to poems by Mary Webb 
              
11 minutes 
              
commissioned by Leasowes Bank 
                Festival  
              
SEVEN TRANSLATIONS OF A LOST POEM 
                (1985)  
              
for bass voice and string quartet 
              
to a poem by George Mackay Brown 
              
11 minutes 
              
commissioned by the Rasumovsky 
                String Quartet  
              
ECHOES (1986)  
              
four songs for high voice and harpsichord 
                (or piano) 
              
to poems by de la Mare, Marot, Hennell 
                and Herrick 
              
12 minutes 
              
commissioned by Warren Hoffer 
                  
              
I’LL SING (1988)  
              
songs and sonnets of e. e. cummings 
              
for baritone and piano 
              
20 minutes 
              
AFTERNOON SERVICE AT MELLSTOCK (1989) 
                 
              
for high voice and piano 
              
to a poem by Thomas Hardy 
              
3 minutes 
              
A LITTLE SONGBOOK FOR JOHN CLARE 
                (1993)  
              
five songs for soprano and piano 
              
to poems by John Clare 
              
14 minutes 
              
VILLANELLE (1994)  
              
for high voice and piano 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
5 minutes 
              
THE SCHOLAR’S LAMENT (‘Solutions’) 
                (1996)  
              
for tenor and piano 
              
to a poem by Edmund Blunden 
              
2 minutes 
              
commissioned by Gordon Pullin 
                for the Blunden Centenary Concert, Long 
                Melford  
              
THREE CAUSLEY SONGS (1997)  
              
for tenor and piano 
              
to poems by Charles Causley 
              
8 minutes. 
              
TOPSYTURVEY WORLD (1999)  
              
for contralto, viola and piano 
              
to a poem by William Brighty Rands 
              
2 minutes 
              
A DISCOED TAPESTRY (2000)  
              
for speaker and solo oboe 
              
to poems by Edward Storey 
              
9 minutes (music only) 
              
FANFARE FOR THE MAKERS (2001)  
              
for baritone and piano 
              
to a poem by Louis MacNeice 
              
4½ minutes 
              
DAY OF THESE DAYS (2001)  
              
for baritone and piano 
              
to a poem by Laurie Lee 
              
2½ minutes   
              
  
              
Choral 
              
FOUR SONNETS OF GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS 
                (1965-7)  
              
for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
10 minutes 
              
AN INVOCATION TO MUSIC (1967)  
              
for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
to words by the composer 
              
2½ minutes 
              
MEASURE FOR MEASURE (1967)  
              
choral suite for SSA, piano duet and 
                percussion (2) 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
18 minutes 
              
LYVEDEN NEW BIELD (1968)  
              
for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
4½ minutes 
              
MISSA BREVIS (1969)  
              
for SS and organ 
              
9 minutes 
              
REQUIESCAT (1970)  
              
for mixed chorus, speaker, brass sextet 
                and organ ad lib 
              
to texts by various authors 
              
12 minutes 
              
TRIANGULAR LODGE (1970)  
              
for mixed chorus and organ 
              
2 minutes 
              
LARK RISE (1972-3) 
                [See MUSIC 
                FOR CHILDREN] 
              
OUT IN THE DARK (1974)  
              
for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
to the poem by Edward Thomas 
              
1½ minutes 
              
A CANTATA FOR ST CRISPIN (1976)			 
                 
              
for mixed chorus and piano duet 
              
to a libretto compiled from various 
                sources by the composer 
              
14 minutes 
              
commissioned by Kettering Chamber 
                Choir 
              
pub. Thames Publishing   
              
THE RIDGEWAY CAROL (1976)				 
                 
              
for mixed chorus and organ 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
3 minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
WEDDING INTROIT (1963/78)  
              
for mixed chorus and organ 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
1 minute 
              
MOMENTS IN TIME (1979)  
              
choral-cycle for mixed chorus and organ 
              
to poems by Thomas Hardy 
              
25 minutes 
              
commissioned by Northampton Bach 
                Choir  
              
THE WAKEFIELD CAROL (1979) (Hail, 
                Comely and clean!) from THE TWO NATIVITIES 
                 
              
for mixed chorus and organ 
              
to words from The Second Shepherd’s 
                Play (Wakefield Cycle) 
              
2½ minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
HOSHORO, SHORO, MY BABY (1980)  
              
a cradle-carol for unaccompanied mixed 
                choir 
              
to words by the composer 
              
2½ minutes 
              
pub. Basil Ramsay 
              
OLD SCARLETT (1981)  
              
cantata for baritone, treble, mixed 
                chorus, semi-chorus and organ (ad 
                lib timps.) 
              
to a libretto by Edward Storey 
              
32 minutes 
              
commissioned by Eastern Arts 
                for the Peterborough Cathedral Organ 
                Week 1982  
              
THE SEASONS OF MAN (1983)  
              
choral-cycle for unaccompanied mixed 
                chorus 
              
to poems by Blake, Eliot, R S Thomas, 
                Skelton, Aldington, Campion and Peele 
              
15 minutes 
              
commissioned by the Cheltenham 
                Bach Choir  
              
CHANTONS NOEL! (1984) [see 
                arrangements]   
              
THE THORNLESS ROSE (1984)				 
              
carol for unison voices (or solo voice) 
                and keyboard 
              
to a poem by Mary Webb 
              
2 minutes 
              
pub. Oecumuse 
              
CHARMS AND SPELLS (1985)  
              
choral suite for mixed voices and harp 
              
to poems by George Mackay Brown, Kathleen 
                Raine and Anon. 
              
22 minutes 
              
 VERSES FROM ST. MATTHEW (1989) 
                			 
              
anthem for mixed chorus and organ 
              
text from St. Matthew (‘Beatitudes’) 
              
3 minutes 
              
commissioned for its 1990 Patronal 
                Festival by St. Matthew’s Church, Northampton 
                 
              
pub. Oecumuse 
              
 JABBERWOCK (1991) [see 
                FOR CHILDREN]   
              
THREE LITTLE CANTATAS (1994)  
              
                  
                - COUNTRY CRIES, for mixed chorus 
                  and horn
 
                - SUNDIAL MOTTOS, for mixed chorus 
                  and piano
 
                - GOD’S ACRE, for mixed chorus, horn 
                  and piano
 
              
              to librettos compiled by the composer 
              
(a) 5 minutes (b) 6 minutes (c) 11 
                minutes 
              
THE DISCOED BELL (2003)  
              
hymn tune (SATB) 
              
AN EPIGRAM (2003)  
              
introit for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
to a poem by Ben Jonson 
              
1½ minutes 
              
  
              
Dramatic 
              
THE FALCON (1970-1)  
              
a dramatic work for church performance 
              
for tenor, baritone, organ, percussion(2) 
                and tape 
              
to a libretto by the composer 
              
40 minutes 
              
THROUGH THE SECRET GATE (1977)  
              
a masque for soprano solo, girls’ chorus, 
                2 pianos and percussion 
              
to a libretto compiled from various 
                sources by the composer 
              
25 minutes 
              
commissioned by Northampton High 
                School for Girls  
              
THE TWO NATIVITIES (1979)  
              
a nativity opera for soloists, mixed 
                chorus and orchestra 
              
(2121/1100/timps/perc/strings) 
              
to a libretto by the composer based 
                on The Second Shepherd’s Play (Wakefield 
                cycle) 
              
60 minutes 
              
THE SECOND DEATH (1980-3)  
              
opera in 3 acts, for nine soloists 
                and orchestra 
              
 (2222/2221/timps/perc(4)/piano (doubling 
                celesta)/strings; off-stage band: flute/clarinet/tenor/sax/perc/d.bass) 
              
to a libretto by the composer 
              
98 minutes 
              
CHANTICLEER (1983)  
              
a comedy for three soloists (mezzo-soprano, 
                tenor, baritone), mixed chorus and piano 
              
to a libretto by the composer based 
                on Chaucer’s ‘Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ 
              
20 minutes 
              
commissioned by the Market Harborough 
                Singers  
              
ASK NO QUESTIONS! (1984)  
              
a children’s opera in a prologue and 
                five scenes 
              
for 10 soloists (5 adults/5 children), 
                girls’ choir, male chorus, fl/cl/hn/ 
              
str quintet/piano/timps/perc.(4/5 children) 
              
to a libretto by the composer 
              
45 minutes 
              
commissioned by Eastern Arts 
                for the 1985  
              
Broadland Junior Singers Children’s 
                Camp  
              
  
              
For 
                Children 
              
ORPHEUS WITH HIS LUTE (1962)		 
                 
              
for 2 equal voices and piano 
              
to the poem by Shakespeare/Fletcher 
              
2 minutes 
              
 pub. Chappell 
              
BAGATELLES (1962)				 
                 
              
20 short pieces for young pianists				 
              
12 minutes				 
              
10 published as FUN WITH 12 NOTES 
              
by Stainer and Bell 
              
FARNDON ANTHEMS (1962)			 
                 
              
for SAB chorus unaccompanied				 
              
to poems by various authors 
              
8 minutes 
              
3 published as THREE MOTETS 
                by Chappell 
              
THREE SONGS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE (1962)				 
                 
              
for 2 equal voices and piano 
              
to poems by ‘BB’, John Clare and the 
                composer 
              
7 minutes 
              
pub. Novello 
              
 TWO CAROLS (1963) (1.Mary’s 
                Lullaby 2.Good-day, My Lord!)			 
              
for unison voices and piano 
              
to texts by the composer and Anon. 
              
5 minutes 
              
pub. Universal Ed. 
              
A SONG FOR EACH SEASON (1963)  
              
4 songs for unison voices and piano 
              
to poems by Stevenson, Shakespeare 
                and Nashe 
              
8 minutes 
              
SEVENS (1967) [see VOCAL 
                MUSIC] 
              
LARK RISE (1972-3)  
              
for tenor solo, children’s chorus, 
                ensemble (1111/1000/celesta/harp/piano) 
                and tape 
              
to a libretto compiled from texts by 
                Flora Thompson, Herrick, Clare and Anon. 
              
26 minutes 
              
THE PIED PIPER (1973)  
              
an entertainment for children to perform 
              
to a libretto by the composer 
              
20 minutes 
              
ALMANACK (1974) [see 
                KEYBOARD MUSIC] 
              
ANY MORE FOR THE ARK? (1976)  
              
an entertainment for children to perform 
              
to a libretto by the composer 
              
30 minutes 
              
JABBERWOCK (1991)  
              
for children’s chorus and piano 
              
to poems by Lewis Carroll and Edward 
                Lear 
              
13 minutes 
              
commissioned by Leasowes Bank 
                for the Shrewsbury Children’s Chorus 
                 
              
SCARECROW SONGS (1996)  
              
for children’s voices and piano, with 
                ad lib. recorders/perc 
              
to poems by the composer 
              
9 minutes 
              
THE CHRISTMAS TREE CAROL (1997) 
                 
              
for unison voices and keyboard 
              
to a poem by the composer 
              
2 minutes 
              
  
              
Arrangements 
              
FIVE AIRS FROM ‘THE BEGGAR’S OPERA’ 
                (1975)  
              
for tenor and piano 
              
to texts by John Gay 
              
7 minutes 
              
THREE ENGLISH FOLKSONGS (1977) 
                (1. ‘When I was 
              
young’ 2. ‘Hush, little babbie’ 3. 
                ‘The little ball of yarn’) 
              
for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
7 minutes 
              
commissioned by the Market Harborough 
                Singers  
              
TWO ENGLISH FOLKSONGS (1979) (1. 
                ‘The Sprig of 
              
Thyme’ 2. ‘Oliver Cromwell’) 
              
for unaccompanied girls’ choir (SSAA) 
              
5 minutes 
              
 CHANTONS NOEL! (1984) 		 
              
five French Christmas carols 
              
for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
9 minutes 
              
pub. Oecumuse 
              
  
              
Other 
                publications 
              
 
              
TIME AND THE BELL	Outpost 
                Publications (1971) 
              
poems 1958-70 
              
THE WALLED-IN GARDEN		Triad 
                Press (1978) 
              
a study of the songs of Roger Quilter		2nd 
                ed. Thames Publishing 
              
CAUGHT IN AMBER		Autolycus 
                Publication (1981) 
              
poems and lyrics 
              
 A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GARLAND	Northamptonshire 
              
an anthology of Northamptonshire poets		Libraries 
                (1989) 
              
 MERMAIDS AND NIGHTINGALES		Dovecote 
                House Press (1991) 
              
poems and lyrics			 
              
CHASING THE MOON		Dovecote 
                House Press (2001) 
              
poems and lyrics			 
              
PARRY TO FINZI: TWENTY ENGLISH SONG-COMPOSERS	The 
                Boydell Press (2002) 
              
  
              
A 
                chronological list of works 
              
		1962  
              
1.	BAGATELLES, for piano solo 
              
2.	FARNDON ANTHEMS, for SAB chorus 
                unaccompanied 
              
3.	THE UNRETURNING SPRING, a song-cycle 
                for soprano, baritone and small orchestra 
              
4.	THREE SONGS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, 
                for SS and piano 
              
		1963  
              
 -	SONGS AND CAROLS for children 
              
5.	VARIATIONS, for piano duet 
              
		1964  
              
6.	FOR JOHN CLARE, song-cycle for 
                tenor and instrumental ensemble 
              
7.	RONDO, suite for string orchestra 
              
 -	VIOLIN SONATA, for piano and 
                violin 
              
		1965  
              
8.	THE WEATHERCOCK, for viola and 
                piano 
              
9.	STRING QUARTET 
              
		1966 
              
10.	EARLY ONE MORNING, for high 
                voice and guitar 
              
11.	TAPESTRY, for six players 
              
		1967  
              
12.	SEVENS, 7 songs for high voice 
                (or unison voices) and piano 
              
13.	OVERTURE, MY UNCLE SILAS, for 
                small orchestra 
              
14.	FOUR SONNETS OF GERARD MANLEY 
                HOPKINS, for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
 -	AN INVOCATION TO MUSIC, for unaccompanied 
                mixed chorus 
              
15.	MEASURE FOR MEASURE, choral 
                suite for SSA, piano duet and percussion 
              
16.	WOODCUTS, for piano solo 
              
		1968  
              
17.	LANDSCAPES, song-cycle for baritone 
                and piano 
              
 -	RUTTERKIN, an overture for recorder 
                consort 
              
18.	THREE COLLECTS, for tenor and 
                instrumental ensemble 
              
		1969  
              
19.	MISSA BREVIS, for SS and organ 
              
20.	CHURCH PRELUDES, for organ 
              
21.	THE BLUE FIREDRAKE, for clarinet 
                and piano 
              
		1970  
              
22.	WINTER’S TALE, song-cycle for 
                soprano and piano 
              
23.	CINQUEFOILS, for piano and string 
                quartet 
              
24.	REQUIESCAT, for mixed chorus, 
                speaker, brass sextet and organ ad 
                lib. 
              
25.	LYVEDEN NEW BIELD and TRIANGULAR 
                LODGE, for mixed chorus and organ 
              
26.	KEMP’S NINE DAIES WONDER, for 
                piano solo	 
              
		1971  
              
27.	THE FALCON, a dramatic work 
                for church performance 
              
28.	IN PRAISE OF MUSIC, four songs 
                for baritone and ensemble 
              
29.	THREE SONGS FROM ‘THE COMPLEAT 
                ANGLER’, for baritone (or tenor) and 
                piano 
              
30.	A KEELE OVERTURE, for orchestra 
              
 -	SIGH NO MORE, LADIES, for baritone 
                (or tenor) and piano 
              
		1972  
              
32.	CALENDAR, for orchestra (begun 
                in 1965) 
              
33.	KEMP’S JIG, for violin and piano 
              
34.	TIME PASSES, for small orchestra 
                and organ 
              
35.	THE FOX, divertimento for 2 
                horns, 2 violins, viola and d.bass 
              
 -	SIGH NO MORE, LADIES, for baritone 
                (or tenor) and piano 
              
		1973  
              
36.	LARK RISE, for tenor, children’s 
                chorus, ensemble and tape 
              
37.	BELFRY MUSIC, for piano solo 
              
38.	THE PIED PIPER, an entertainment 
                for children to perform 
              
39.	ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE, 
                for baritone and piano 
              
40.	CANTICLE, for cello and piano 
              
 -	FOR THE RAIN IT RAINETH, for 
                tenor and piano 
              
		1974  
              
41.	THE SONG OF THE GREEN MAN, song-cycle 
                for tenor and piano 
              
42.	ALMANACK, 9 piano duets for 
                children 
              
 -	OUT IN THE DARK, for unaccompanied 
                mixed chorus 
              
43.	TWO DIVERSIONS, for cello and 
                piano 
              
44.	THE IMAGE STAYS, song-cycle 
                for baritone and piano 
              
45.	VOICES FROM THINGS GROWING IN 
                A CHURCHYARD, for 6 soloists and piano 
              
		1975  
              
46.	JIG MUSIC, for piano solo 
              
47.	GATHERED FROM THE FIELD, song-cycle 
                for tenor and piano 
              
48.	AT THE SIGN OF THE BLUE FOX, 
                for piano solo 
              
49.	TWO DRYDEN SONGS, for tenor 
                (or soprano) and piano 
              
 -	FIVE AIRS FROM ‘THE BEGGAR’S 
                OPERA’, for tenor and piano 
              
50.	WIND QUINTET 
              
51.	VARIATIONS ON A POPULAR SONG, 
                for 2 cellos 
              
		1976  
              
52.	A CANTATA FOR ST CRISPIN, cantata 
                for mixed chorus and piano duet 
              
53. 	INVENTIONS, for flute and oboe 
              
54.	SONG AT THE YEAR’S TURNING, 
                song-cycle for high voice, horn and 
                piano 
              
55.	SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE, 
                for high voice and piano 
              
56.	ANY MORE FOR THE ARK?, an entertainment 
                for children to perform 
              
		1977  
              
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG, a Bedfordshire 
                folksong arranged for unaccompanied 
                mixed chorus 
              
58.	THROUGH THE SECRET GATE, a masque 
                for soprano solo, girls’ chorus, mimers 
                and dancers 
              
59.	THE LILFORD OWL (a) 15 folk-tune 
                preludes for piano solo 
              
 (b) 5 folk-tune preludes for string 
                orchestra 
              
	 ((c) Suite 2, 5 folk-tune preludes 
                for string orchestra – see 2001) 
              
60.	GLASGERION, song-cycle for tenor 
                and harp 
              
61.	SYMPHONY, for orchestra (begun 
                in 1974) 
              
 -	THE LITTLE BALL OF YARN, an English 
                (gypsy) folksong arranged for unaccompanied 
                mixed chorus 
              
 -	HUSH, LITTLE BABBIE, an English 
                (gypsy) folksong arranged for unaccompanied 
                mixed chorus 
              
		1978  
              
62.	PIANO TRIO 
              
63.	TRIPTYCH, for eight cellos 
              
64.	THE EARLIER SERVICE, for brass 
                ensemble and organ 
              
65.	RIVER SONGS, for soprano, baritone 
                and piano 
              
 -	WEDDING INTROIT, for mixed chorus 
                and organ 
              
 -	OVERHEARD ON A SALTMARSH, for 
                soprano and baritone 
              
66.	WORLD WITHOUT END, for mezzo-soprano, 
                flute (or alto flute) and piano 
              
67.	CLARE’S GHOST, for small orchestra 
              
		1979 
              
-  TWO ENGLISH FOLK-SONGS, arr. 
                for unaccompanied girls’ choir (SSAA) 
              
68.	THE TWO NATIVITIES, opera for 
                soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra 
              
-	THE WAKEFIELD CAROL (Hail, comely 
                and clean!) from The Two Nativities, 
                for mixed chorus and organ 
              
69.	OPHELIA, song-cycle for mezzo-soprano 
                and piano 
              
70.	MOMENTS IN TIME, choral-cycle 
                for mixed chorus and organ 
              
		1980  
              
-	HOSHORO, SHORO MY BABY, carol 
                for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
72.	IN SWEET MUSIC, song for high 
                voice, flute and strings 
              
73.	THE OCTAVE, for clarinet, bassoon, 
                horn, string quartet and d.bass 
              
74.	SONATINA, for piano duet 
              
75.	A JOHN CLARE SONGBOOK, for high 
                voice and piano	 
              
		1981  
              
76.	OLD SCARLETT, cantata for baritone 
                and treble soloists, mixed chorus, semi-chorus 
                and organ (timps ad lib.) 
              
 -	SONG AT NIGHT, for medium or 
                high voice and piano (or harpsichord) 
              
 - 	ECCE PUER, for tenor and piano 
              
		1982  
              
77.	OUT OF BATTLE, duologue for 
                tenor, baritone and piano 
              
78.	CHACONNE, for orchestra 
              
		1983 
              
79.	THE SEASONS OF MAN, choral-cycle 
                for unaccompanied mixed chorus 
              
80.	THE SECOND DEATH, opera in three 
                acts (begun in 1980) 
              
81.	CHANTICLEER, a comedy 
              
82.	CLARINET QUINTET 
              
83.	VOICES FROM THE ORCHARD, song-cycle 
                for baritone and piano 
              
84.	OVERTURE, LUCKY JIM, for orchestra 
              
		1984  
              
85.	A BOOK OF BEASTS, song-cycle 
                for high voice and piano 
              
86.	ASK NO QUESTIONS!, an opera 
                for children and adults 
              
 -	CHANTONS NOEL!, 5 French Christmas 
                carols 
              
 -	THE THORNLESS ROSE, carol for 
                solo voice (or unison voices) and keyboard 
              
		1985  
              
87.	WHEN THE THORN BLOWS, song-cycle 
                for high voice and piano 
              
88.	DOVECOTE SUITE, for bassoon 
                and piano 
              
89.	CHARMS AND SPELLS, for mixed 
                chorus and harp 
              
90.	TRIANGULAR LODGE, for nine players 
              
91.	SEVEN TRANSLATIONS OF A LOST 
                POEM, for bass and string quartet 
              
		1986  
              
92.	ECHOES, four songs for tenor 
                and harpsichord 
              
93.	OVERTURE IN THE ENGLISH STYLE, 
                for string orchestra 
              
94.	TWELFTH NIGHT: MUSIC FOR AN 
                IMAGINARY MASQUE, for orchestra 
              
 -	AIR AND DANCE, for oboe and piano 
              
		1987  
              
95.	THE WADENHOE CLAVICHORD BOOK 
              
96.	FOLKSONGS FROM SARK (a) for 
                orchestra (b) for piano duet (c) for 
                cello and piano 
              
		1988  
              
97.	FIREWORKS, woodwind quartet 
              
98.	I’LL SING, songs and sonnets 
                of e. e. cummings for baritone and piano 
              
99.	SESTINA, for solo violin and 
                string orchestra 
              
 - 	A BIRTHDAY BOUQUET, for piano 
                solo 
              
		1989  
              
100.	KALEIDOSCOPES, six sestinas 
                for piano solo 
              
101.	VERSES FROM ST. MATTHEW, anthem 
                for mixed chorus and organ 
              
 -	AFTERNOON SERVICE AT MELLSTOCK, 
                for high voice and piano 
              
		1990  
              
102.	CONCERTO FOR STRING ORCHESTRA 
              
103.	TANGO AND CHARLESTON, for alto 
                saxophone and piano 
              
104.	JABBERWOCK, for children’s 
                voices and piano 
              
 -	HYMN-TUNE PRELUDE, ‘RICHMOND’, 
                for organ solo 
              
		1992  
              
105.	PIANO CONCERTO 
              
106.	PASTORAL AND CAPRICE, for flute 
                and piano 
              
107.	STRING TRIO 
              
108.	STRING QUARTET No.2 
              
 -	SOLEMN BLUES AND CANONIC BOOGIE, 
                for clarinet and piano	 
              
		1993  
              
109.	FOUR LANDSCAPES (SYMPHONY No.2) 
              
110.	A LITTLE SONGBOOK FOR JOHN 
                CLARE, for soprano and piano 
              
111.	EPITAPH FOR GEORGE WARD HUNT 
                (a) for organ solo (b) for brass and 
                timpani 
              
			1994  
              
112.	THREE LITTLE CANTATAS, for 
                mixed chorus, horn and piano: 
              
		(a) Country Cries (b) Sundial 
                Mottos (c) God’s Acre 
              
113.	VILANELLE, for high voice and 
                piano 
              
114.	PIANO SONATA No.2 
              
			1995  
              
115.	THE SHOEMAKER, for piano trio 
              
			1996  
              
116.	SCARECROW SONGS, for unison 
                voices and piano (perc. ad lib) 
              
117.	AFTER HENRY, for piano solo 
              
118.	GAMMER GURTON’S GARLAND, for 
                treble recorder and piano 
              
 -	THE SCHOLAR’S LAMENT, for tenor 
                and piano 
              
 -	MEDITATION, for organ solo 
              
			1997 
              
119.	THREE CAUSLEY SONGS, for tenor 
                and piano 
              
 -	BERCEUSE, for string orchestra 
              
 -	THE CHRISTMAS TREE CAROL, for 
                unison voices and piano 
              
			1998  
              
			1999  
              
- SONG-TUNE PRELUDE ON PETER WARLOCK’S 
                ‘SWEET-AND-TWENTY’, for organ solo 
              
- TOPSYTURVEY WORLD, for contralto, 
                viola and piano 
              
			2000  
              
- A WINTER FIREDRAKE, elegy for solo 
                clarinet
              
120.	OLD WINE/NEW BOTTLES, for piano 
                solo 
              
121	FOUR-AND-SEVEN BLACKBIRDS, for 
                piano solo 
              
 -	MY ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD 
                GONE, for string orchestra 
              
122.	A DISCOED TAPESTRY, for speaker 
                and solo oboe 
              
			2001  
              
(59c)	THE LILFORD OWL, SUITE 2, 
                5 folk-tune preludes for string orchestra 
                (see op.59) 
              
			2002  
              
125.	PIANO SONATA No.3 
              
			2003  
              
126.	MUSIC FOR A JOYFUL OCCASION, 
                for organ solo 
              
127.	PIANO SONATA No.4 
              
 -	THE DISCOED BELL, a hymn tune 
              
 -	AN EPIGRAM, for unaccompanied 
                mixed chorus 
              
 
              
 
              
Alphabetical 
                index of compositions 
              
 
              
[Note: 
                C = Choral, D = Dramatic, FC = For Children, 
                I = Instrumental, K = Keyboard, O = 
                Orchestral, V = vocal] 
              
 
              
After Henry (K) 117.1996 
              
Afternoon Service at 
                Mellstock (V) -, 101/102.1989 
              
Air and Dance (I) -, 
                94/95.1986 
              
Almanack [All the Year 
                Round] (K) 42.1974 
              
Any More for the Ark? 
                (D/FC) 56.1976 
              
Ask No Questions! (D) 
                86.1984 
              
At the sign of The 
                Blue Fox (K) 48.1975 
              
Bagatelles (K) 1.1962 
              
Belfry music (K) 37.1973 
              
Berceuse (O) -, 119/120.1997 
              
Birthday Bouquet, A 
                (K) -, 99/100.1988 
              
Blue Firedrake, The 
                (I) 21.1969 
              
Book of Beasts, A (V) 
                85.1984 
              
Calendar (O) 32.1972 
              
Cantata for St Crispin, 
                A (C) 52.1976 
              
Canticle (I) 
              
Chaconne (O) 
              
Chanticleer (D). 81.1983 
              
Chantons Noel! (C) 
                -, 86/87.1984 
              
Charms and Spells (C) 
                89.1985 
              
Christmas Tree Carol, 
                The (FC) -, 119/120.1997 
              
Church Preludes (K) 
                20.1969 
              
Cinquefoils (I) 23.1970 
              
Clare’s Ghost (O) 67.1978 
              
Clarinet Quintet (I) 
                82.1983 
              
Concerto for String 
                Orchestra (O) 102.1990 
              
Day of These Days (V) 
                -, 124/125.2001 
              
Discoed Bell, The (C) 
                -, 127/ .2003 
              
Discoed Tapestry, A 
                (V) 122.2000 
              
Dovecote Suite (I) 
                88.1985 
              
Earlier Service, The 
                (I) 64.1978 
              
Early One Morning (V) 
                10.1966 
              
Ecce Puer (V) -, 76/77.1981 
              
Echoes (V) 92.1986 
              
Epigram, An (C) -, 
                127. 2003 
              
Epitaph (for George 
                Ward-Hunt) (K/I) 111.1993 
              
Falcon, The (D) 27.1971 
              
Fanfare for the Makers 
                (V) 123.2001 
              
Farndon Anthems (C) 
                2.1962 
              
Fireworks (I) 97.1988 
              
Five Airs from The 
                Beggar’s Opera (V) 
              
-, 49/50.1975 
              
Folksongs from Sark 
                (O/K) 96.1987 
              
For John Clare (V) 
                6.1961 
              
For the rain it raineth 
                (V) -, 40/41.1973 
              
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds 
                (K) 121.2000 
              
Four Landscapes (see 
                Symphony No 2) (O) 109.1993 
              
Four Sonnets of Gerard 
                Manley Hopkins 
              
(C) 14.1967 
              
Fox, The (I) 35.1972 
              
Gammer Gurton’s Garland 
                (I) 118.1996 
              
Gathered from the Field 
                (V) 47.1975 
              
Glasgerion (V) 60.1977 
              
Hoshoro, Shoro, My 
                Baby (C) -, 1980 
              
Hymn-tune Prelude, 
                Richmond (K) -, 104/105.1990 
              
I’ll Sing (V) 98.1988 
              
Image Stays, The (V) 
                44.1974 
              
In Praise of Music 
                (V) 28.1971 
              
In Sweet Music (V) 
                72.1980 
              
Inventions (I) 53.1976 
              
Invocation to Music, 
                An (C) -, 14/15.1967 
              
Jabberwock (FC) 104.1990 
              
Jig Music (K) 46.1975 
              
John Clare Songbook, 
                A (V) 75.1980 
              
Kaleidoscopes (K) 100.1989 
              
Keele Overture, A (O) 
                30.1971 
              
Kemp’s Jig (I) 33.1972 
              
Kemp’s Nine Daies Wonder 
                (K) 26.1970 
              
Landscapes (V) 17.1968 
              
Lark Rise (C/FC) 36.1973 
              
Lilford Owl, The (O/K) 
                59.1977 and 2001 
              
Little Songbook for 
                John Clare, A (V) 110.1993 
              
Lullaby (I) 124.2001 
              
Lyveden New Bield (C) 
                25.1970 
              
Measure for Measure 
                (C) 15.1967 
              
Meditation (K) -, 118/119.1996 
              
Missa Brevis (C) 19.1969 
              
Moments in Time (C) 
                70.1979 
              
Music for a joyful 
                occasion (K) 126.2003 
              
My Robin is to the 
                Greenwood Gone (O) -, 121/122.2000 
              
Octave, The (I) 73.1980 
              
Old Scarlett (C) 76.1981 
              
Old Wine/New Bottles 
                (K) 120.2000 
              
On the Loss of The 
                Royal George (V) 39.1973 
              
Ophelia (V) 69.1979 
              
Orpheus with his Lute 
                (C/FC) 1962 
              
Out in the Dark (C) 
                -, 42/43.1974 
              
Out of Battle (V) 77.1982 
              
Overheard on a Saltmarsh 
                (V) -, 65/66.1978 
              
Overture in the English 
                Style (O) 93.1986 
              
Overture, Lucky Jim 
                (O) 84.1983 
              
Overture, My Uncle 
                Silas (O) 13.1967 
              
Pastoral and Caprice 
                (I) 106.1992 
              
Piano Concerto (O) 
                105.1992 
              
Piano Sonata No 1 [K] 
              
Piano Sonata No 2 (K) 
                114.1994 
              
Piano Sonata No3 (K) 
                125.2002 
              
Piano Sonata No4 (K) 
                127.2003 
              
Piano Trio (I) 62.1978 
              
Pied Piper, The (D/FC) 
                38.1973 
              
Requiescat (C) 24.1970 
              
Ridgeway Carol, The 
                (C) 57.1976 
              
River Songs (V) 65.1978 
              
Rondo for Strings (O) 
                7.1964 
              
Rutterkin (I) -, 17/18.1968 
              
Scarecrow Songs (C) 
                116.1996 
              
Scholar’s Lament, The 
                (V) -, 118/119.1996 
              
Seasons of Man, The 
                (C) 79.1983 
              
Second Death, The (D) 
                80.1983 
              
Sestina (O) 99.1988 
              
Seven Translations 
                of a Lost Poem (V) 91.1985 
              
Sevens (V) 12.1967 
              
Shoemaker, The (I) 
                115.1995 
              
Sigh No More, Ladies 
                (V) -, 35/36.1972 
              
Solemn Blues and Canonic 
                Boogie (I) -, 108/109.1992 
              
Something Rich and 
                Strange (V) 55.1976 
              
Sonatina (K) 74.1980 
              
Song at Night (V) -, 
                76/77.1981 
              
Song at the Year’s 
                Turning (V) 54.1976 
              
Song for Each Season, 
                A (FC) -, 1963 
              
Song of the Green Man, 
                The (V) 41.1974 
              
Song-tune Prelude on 
                Peter Warlock’s 
              
Sweet-and-Twenty 
                (K) -, 119/120. 1999 
              
String Quartet No 1 
                (I) 9.1965 
              
String Quartet No 2 
                (I) 108.1992 
              
String Trio (I) 
                107.1992 
              
Symphony No 1 (O) 61.1977 
              
Symphony No 2 (Four 
                Landscapes) (O) 
              
Tango and Charleston 
                (Homage to Martinu) (I) 103.1990 
              
Tapestry (I) 11.1966 
              
Thornless Rose, The 
                (C) -, 86/87.1984 
              
Three Causley Songs 
                (V) 119.1997 
              
Three Collects (V) 
                18.1968 
              
Three English Folksongs, 
                mixed choir (C) -, 57/62. 1977 
              
Three Folksongs from 
                Sark (I) 96.1987 
              
Three Little Cantatas 
                (C) 112.1994 
              
Three Songs from The 
                Compleat Angler (V) 29.1971 
              
Three Songs of the 
                Countryside (C/FC) 4.1962 
              
Through the Secret 
                Gate (D/FC) 58.1977 
              
Time Passes (O) 34.1972 
              
Topsyturvey World (V) 
                -, 119/120.1999 
              
Triangular Lodge (C) 
                (see Lyveden New Bield). 25.1970 
              
Triangular Lodge (I) 
                90.1985 
              
Triptych (I) 63.1978 
              
Twelfth Night (O) 94.1986 
              
Two Carols (FC) 1963 
              
Two Diversions (I) 
                43.1974 
              
Two Dryden Songs (V) 
                49.1975 
              
Two English Folksongs, 
                girls’ choir (C) -, 67/68.1979 
              
Two Nativities, The 
                (D) 68.1979 
              
Unreturning Spring, 
                The (V) 3.1962 
              
Variations on ‘Caleno 
                Custurame’ (I) -, 124/125.2001 
              
Variations for Piano 
                Duet (K) 5.1963 
              
Variations of a Popular 
                Song (I) 51.1975 
              
Verses from St Matthew 
                (C) 101.1989 
              
Villanelle (V) 113.1994 
              
Voices from the Orchard 
                (V) 83.1983 
              
Voices from Things 
                Growing in a 
              
Churchyard (V) 45.1974 
              
Wadenhoe Clavichord 
                Book, The (K) 95.1987 
              
Wakefield Carol, The 
                (C) 1979 
              
Weathercock, The (I) 
                8.1965 
              
Wedding Introit (C) 
                -, 65/66.1978 
              
When the Thorn Blows 
                (V) 87.1985 
              
Wind Quintet (I) 50.1975 
              
Winter Firedrake, A 
                (I) -, 119/120.2000 
              
Winter’s Tale (V) 22.1970 
              
Woodcuts (K) 16.1967 
              
World Without End (V) 
                66.1978