A hymn for the Golden Jubilee

For choir in various configurations, various accompaniments from piano alone to orchestra.

Written jointly with Poet Laureate Andrew Motion at the request of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen.

Performances include: The choirs of St George’s Chapel Windsor and the Chapel Royal, conducted by Andrew Gant, in the presence of H.M. The Queen, Windsor;
National Cathedral, Ottawa, Canada; Royal School of Church Music, Australia; recorded on the official Golden Jubilee tribute CD by the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, London Brass, conducted by John Scott.
 

Evening Canticles: The St John’s service

Choir and organ. Commissioned by St John’s College, Cambridge.
St John’s College Choir, cond Christopher Robinson, live broadcast BBC Radio 3, 1994.
Performances include Three Choirs Festival 1999 (joint choirs cond Roy Massey), a second live broadcast.
 

Evening Canticles: The Hendon service

Choir and organ.
Commissioned by the choir of St Mary’s Church, Hendon, north London,
f.p. St Alban’s Abbey, St Mary’s choir, cond Richard Morrison.
 

Ave Verum Corpus

Choir a cappella
Performances include: The Joyful Company of singers, cond Peter Broadbent, at the American Choral Directors’ Association, San Antonio, Texas 2001;
The Choir of H.M.Chapel Royal, cond Andrew Gant, St Paul’s Cathedral, 2002.
Published as choral supplement in Choir and Organ magazine, 2001
 

A Goodnight

Choir a cappella. Poem by Francis Quarles. Composed on the death of H.M.Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Sung at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, March 31 2002.
 

The strength of the Hills

Choir and organ. Psalm 95 (the canticle Venite exultemus)
Commissioned by Professor Paul Nelson for the choir of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey.
f.p. Middlebury College, Vermont, St Margaret’s choir; Simon Over, conductor; Thomas Trotter, organ 2000.