orchestra / solo(s) with orchestra
new work
violin solo and orchestra (4')
Release: 2022
after Mahler
orchestra (5')
3 fl ob, 2 cl, bcl, bsn, 4 hn, 3 trbn, tba, timp, perc, storch (+click track)
for Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
Dubai Opera (UAE), February 2022
three pieces for orchestra and pre-recorded sounds
orchestra and pre-recorded sounds (14')
2 fl (I=picc, II=afl), 2 ob, 2 cl (II=bcl), 2 bsn (II=cbsn), hn, tpt, 2 trbn, pno, tm, 2 perc, storch + elec
for Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and Navona/Parma Recordings, distributed by Naxos
Robert Samut Hall (Malta), Jan/Feb 2020
Release: November 2020 (Spotify, Apple Music)
Partita
oboe, clarinet and orchestra (18')
ob (solo), cl (solo) + fl (afl), ob (ca), cl (bcl), tsax, bsn, hn, trbn, timp, 2 perc (BD, Tam-t, 3 tpl.bl, 3 wdbl, 3 TD, vib, 2 c.bell, Sus.cym), pno/cel, storch
for Valletta International Baroque Festival
Diego Dini Ciacci, Fabrizio Meloni, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (dir. Riccardo Bianchi)
Teatru Manoel (Valletta, Malta), January 2018
Hypogea
orchestra (8')
3 fl (III=picc), 3 ob (II=ca), 2 cl, bcl, 2 bsn, cbsn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 trbn, btrbn, tuba, timp, 2 perc (BD, cong, glsp, mar, Sus-cym, Tam-t, t.bells, vib, wdbl), hp, pno, storch (12, 10, 8, 6, 4)
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (dir. Christopher Austin)
Royal Academy of Music (London, UK), September 2018
large ensemble (7+)
new work
chamber orchestra (5')
fl (afl), ob, cl (bcl), bsn (cbsn), hn, tpt, trbn, pno, 2 perc, 2 vln, vla, vcl, db
for Aldeburgh Festival, as part of Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Snape Maltings (UK), TBA in 2022
kimika
winds, brass, percussion (15')
2 fl (II=picc), ob, Eb cl, 3 cl (5, 5, 5), bcl, asax, tsax, 3 hn, 4 tpt, 3 trbn, bar, euph, 2 tuba, timp, 2 perc (BD, Tam-t, vib, t.bells)
for 12th May Symphonic Band, as part of 'Huggiega', supported by Arts Council Malta
Universita' ta' Malta (Malta), November 2019
tunes of maybe-elation
chamber orchestra (5')
fl (afl), ob, cl (bcl), bsn (cbsn), hn, tpt, trbn, pno, perc (II), 2 vln, vla, vcl, db
as part of Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Snape Maltings (UK), July 2019
Rulina
28 wind/brass/percussion players (25')
(fl, Eb cl, 2 Bb cl, hn, euph, perc) + (ob, tsax, tpt, trbn, bar, tuba, perc) + (fl, 2 cl, bcl, hn, euph, perc) + (ssax, asax, tpt, trbn, bar, tuba, perc)
for Valletta 2018 European City of Culture
Palazzo Vilhena (Mdina, Malta), May 2018
How space breaks up around every cherry tree
chamber ensemble (6')
fl (alt), ob (ca), cl (bcl), bsn, hrn, tpt, trbn, perc (tpl.bl, vib), vln, vla, vcl, db
(dir. Benjamin Glassberg)
Royal Academy of Music (London, UK), April 2017
chamber
bhal tafal
wind quintet (5')
for Magnard Ensemble
as part of the Vale of Glamorgan's Peter Reynolds Composition Studio
Cardiff, September 2021
Participation at the Peter Reynolds Composition Course was supported by Arts Council Malta.
The woman with the forget-me-nots
alto recorder, bass recorder, viola da gamba, baroque cello (6')
Department of Historic Performance (RAM)
Royal Academy of Music (London, UK), January 2017
duo / solo
duet
violin and viola (4')
for Solem Quartet
as part of the Vale of Glamorgan's Peter Reynolds Composition Studio
Cardiff, September 2021
Participation at the Peter Reynolds Composition Course was supported by Arts Council Malta.
for piano, vibraphone and pre-recorded sounds
piano, vibraphone and prerecorded track (3' 30")
for George Barton and Siwan Rhys
as part of the Vale of Glamorgan's Peter Reynolds Composition Studio
the one was the other
alto flute and bass clarinet (4')
for Psappha Ensemble
Manchester (UK), April 2018
Forest and dove
two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (3')
for Royal Academy of Music's Piano Festival
Joseph Havlat, Thomas Ang
Royal Academy of Music (London,UK), June 2017
Hieronymus
guitar (7')
Saki Kato
Royal Academy of Music (London, UK), November 2016
vocal / choral
two Purcell fragments
voice, piano and pre-recorded sounds (6' 30")
for Tristan Hambleton and Simon Lepper
commissioned by The Vache Baroque Festival
Buckinghamshire, November 2021
Soneto XIII
for female choir (4')
for Natalia Carrasco Vargas, based on 'Soneta XIII' by Garcilaso de la Vega
dedicated to Daphne Carauna Galizia (Maltese journalist, 1964 - 2017)
St. Mary-at-Hill Church (London, UK), May 2018
I hear
chorus, brass quartet & timpani (5')
2 hn, 2 tpt, timp
for Quay Voices/Young Sinfonia, based on verses by Schiller and Whitman
Sage Gateshead (UK), June 2018
Eurydice
tenor, children's choirs and organ (11')
for Waterloo Festival, based on 'Eurydice' by Sue Hubbard
Ben Vonberg-Clark, Children's Choir of St. John's Divine
St. John's Waterloo (London, UK), June 2017
There is no rose of such virtue
choir (3')
for the Royal Academy of Music
(dir. Jonathan Schranz)
Marylebone Parish Church (London, UK), December 2016
Nunc Dimittis, Magnificat
choir, organ (12')
for Old Hispanic Office, Univeristy of Bristol
Christ Church Cathedral Choir (Oxford) (dir. Stephen Dartington)
Bristol Cathedral (Bristol, UK), May 2017
Il-gimgha tibda bil-fdalijiet
soprano and piano (12')
for BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation, based on poems by Adrian Grima
Marvic Monreal, Christine Zerafa
London (UK), May 2017
baritone and trombone (7')
based on haiki by Oliver Friggieri
opera
Il-Qtates ta' Max-Xatt
chamber opera (35')
5 singers + 1 actor + cl (bcl), pno, perc (wdbl, BD, TD, SD, tgl, Sus-cym, xylo), vln, vcl
for Teatru Malta, in collaboration with Three Palaces Festival, based on a libretto by Clare Azzopardi
Birgu (Malta), February 2019
electronics
music to Leanne Wijsnma's documentary Children of the underground
electronic tracks
for Leeuwarden-Fryslân 2018 | Valletta 2018
Blokhuispoort (Leeuwarden, The Netherlands), May 2018