Question 1

two Purcell fragments | vioce, piano, pre-recorded sounds

Accepted Answer

6' 30''
 
Commissioned by Vache Baroque for Tristan Hambleton and Simon Lepper. Premiered in Buckinghamshire (UK) in November 2021.

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Question 2

Soneto XIII | higher voices

Accepted Answer

4'
 
dedicated to Daphne Caruana Galizia (Maltese journalist, 1964-2017). Premiered by Thalia Female Chorus and Natalia Carrasco Vargas at St Mary-at-Hill Church (London, UK) in May 2018.

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Question 3

I hear | chorus, brass quartet, timpani

Accepted Answer

5'
 
for Quay Voices and Young Sinfonia. Commissioned by the Glasshouse International Music Centre through the PRSF Artist Development Scheme. Premiered by Quay Voices, Young Sinfonia and Matt Beckingham at the Glasshouse International Music Centre (Newcastle, UK) in June 2018.

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Question 4

Eurydice | chorus, brass quartet, timpani

Accepted Answer

11'
 
for Waterloo Festival 2017, based on 'Eurydice' by Sue Hubbard. Premiered by Ben Vonberg-Clark and the Children's Choir of St John's Divine at St John's Waterloo (London, UK) in June 2017.

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Question 5

There is no rose of such virtue | choir

Accepted Answer

3'
 
a Christmas Carol for the Royal Academy of Music. Premiered by singers from the Royal Academy of Music (conductor: Jonathan Schranz) at Marylebone Parish Church (London, UK) in December 2016.

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Question 6

Oxford Canticles | choir, organ

Accepted Answer

12'
 
Commissioned by the Old Hispanic Office at the University of Bristol through the European Research Council. Premiered by Christ Church Cathedral Choir of Oxford (conductor: Stephen Dartington) at Bristol Cathedral (Bristol, UK) in May 2017.

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Question 7

Il-gimgha tibda bil-fdalijiet | mezzo soprano, piano

Accepted Answer

12'
 
for the BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation.  Based on poems by Adrian Grima. Premiered by Marvic Monreal and Christine Zerafa in London (UK) in May 2017.

Question 8

Iz-zmien hekk jaghmel | baritone, trombone

Accepted Answer

7'
 
for Julian Chou-Lambert and Huw Evans. Based on haiki by Oliver Friggieri (1947-2020). Recorded at the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK) in 2017. Produced by Stephen Bennett and engineered by David Gleeson.

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compositions

orchestra / solo(s) with orchestra

aria | violin, orchestra

after Mahler | orchestra

three pieces for ochestra and pre-recorded sounds | orchestra, pre-recorded sounds

Partita | oboe, clarinet, orchestra

Hypogea | orchestra

large ensemble (7+)

alde initials | chamber orchestra

kimika | winds, brass, percussion

Rulina | winds, brass, percussion

How space breaks up around every cherry tree | chamber ensemble

chamber

Dwawar | violin, viola, violoncello, piano and tape

bhal tafal | wind quintet

The woman with the forget-me-nots | quartet

duo / solo

ghanjiet | guitar duo

two short pieces | cello

medea | piano, pre-recorded sounds

for piano, vibraphone and pre-recorded sounds | piano, vibraphone, pre-recorded sounds

Hieronymus | guitar

the one was the other | alto flute, bass clarinet

Forest and dove | two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart

vocal / choral

two Purcell fragments | vioce, piano, pre-recorded sounds

Soneto XIII | higher voices

I hear | chorus, brass quartet, timpani

Eurydice | chorus, brass quartet, timpani

There is no rose of such virtue | choir

Oxford Canticles | choir, organ

Il-gimgha tibda bil-fdalijiet | mezzo soprano, piano

Iz-zmien hekk jaghmel | baritone, trombone

opera / theatre

Splashing Through Water | clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, animateur, fixed media

Il-Qtates ta' Max-Xatt | chamber opera

electronics

ciklu | pre-recorded sounds

Children of the Undeground | soundtrack