Premiere of In Paradisum (for Colin Mawby)
March 5, 2025 12:31 pmIn Paradisum is to get its premiere performance by the brilliant chamber choir, Commotio, on Saturday 22 March 2025 in... View Article
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tears falling (october ’23)
October 7, 2024 2:51 pmFollowing the dreadful events of 7 October 2023, I wrote this song. A small act to help break the cycle... View Article
Psalm 23: premiere
April 22, 2024 1:25 pmJohn’s setting of Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd will be premiered in Tewkesbury Abbey at evensong at 5.30... View Article
Triptych
August 31, 2023 11:43 amYou can now listen to Triptych from here!
New release: Triptych
August 16, 2023 1:53 pmtriptych: three sound paintings is a new release by John Duggan on Bandcamp The work consists of three extended soundscapes... View Article
Memento mei
July 22, 2023 11:14 amJohn has composed an exciting new piece for the Musica Deo Sacra Festival of Liturgical Music, which takes place at... View Article
Lamentations in Cincinnati
September 22, 2022 2:27 pmJohn’s setting of texts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah is getting another North American performance. The work is scored for... View Article
In the Bleak Midwinter: world premiere
September 22, 2022 12:42 pmCommotio, the chamber choir that champions new choral music, is giving the world premiere of John’s setting of ‘In the... View Article
The angel Gabriel on the BBC
April 14, 2022 4:22 pmJohn’s arrangement of the well-known Basque carol ‘Gabriel’s Message’ or ‘The angel Gabriel’ was broadcast on the BBC late last... View Article
New work on Bandcamp
March 6, 2022 1:06 pmJohn’s music is now available on Bandcamp under the moniker ‘Polymodal’. The first release, Sacred Sketches, features works from John’s... View Article