List of works

Choral and vocal music

Title/Text/Resources

Commission/Premiere/Venue

CD/Score

2017

De profundis/

Psalm 130/ATB

Leeds Cathedral/2017/unperformed work Shorter House collection

From Music for Lay Clerks

2016

Jubilate Deo/

Psalm 100/ATB

Leeds Cathedral/2016/ Shorter House collection

From Music for Lay Clerks

Mass of St Edward/
(Congregational, Catholic English Rite)

Voices & Organ

The monks of Douai Abbey/2016/

Published by Shorter House

Spiritus Domini/

Luke 4/ATB

Leeds Cathedral/Leeds Cathedral Choir/Leeds Cathedral Shorter House collection

From Music for Lay Clerks

2015

The Lord is kind/

Psalm 103/SATB

uncommissioned work/wedding choir/
St Joseph’s, Pontefract
Score available from the composer

Magnificat Septimi Toni/

Canticle/SATB

Private commission/Leeds Cathedral Choir/Leeds Cathedral Score available from the composer

In Memoriam (Easter 1915)/

Edward Thomas/TTBarB

uncommissioned work/Commotio/SJE Arts, Oxford Score available from the composer

Missa Brevis: Petrus et Orbis/
(co-written with Teena Lyle)

SATB & Organ

uncommissioned work/St Mary Magdalen, Oxford (liturgical); Cecilia Consort, Newbury (concert)

Published by Shorter House

Recording available for preview and purchase on Bandcamp

2014

Nine Choral Tweets/

Leo Mercer/Various

uncommissioned work/Isaiah Choir (Tweets 1 & 2)/ Wolfson College, Oxford Work in progress

Magnificat Primi Toni/

Canticle/SATB

Leeds Cathedral/Leeds Cathedral Choir/Leeds Cathedral Shorter House

The Owl and the Pussy-cat/

Edward Lear/Soprano & Piano

uncommissioned work/Susanna Fairbairn (soprano), Matthew Schellhorn (piano)/Wolfson College, Oxford

Score available from the composer

Break Fant’sy from thy cave of cloud/

Ben Jonson/SATB

Commotio/Commotio/SJE Arts, Oxford Score available from the composer

Ave Maria/

liturgical/SATB

uncommissioned work/Isaiah Choir/Wolfson College, Oxford Score available from the composer

2013

Nativitie/

John Donne/SATB

uncommissioned work/OSP Choir/Old St Paul’s, Edinburgh Score available from the composer

Vox in Rama/

Matthew 2:18/

SAATBarB (with SATB 4tet)

uncommissioned work/Commotio/SJE Arts, Oxford Score available from the composer

The Wondrous Bells/

John Duggan/SATB

uncommissioned work/Isaiah Choir/Wolfson College Score available from the composer

Church-music/

George Herbert/

SATB and Brass Quintet

uncommissioned work/unperformed work Score available from the composer

I dream of water (Water Culture)/

John Duggan/marimba, soprano, electronics

Water Culture: Women’s Work(s)/2013/
Ivana Bilic (marimba) and Susanna Fairbairn (soprano)/
Merton College, Oxford
 

Score available from the composer

The empty page/

Wilfred Owen and John Duggan/

Piano Trio, soprano, tenor

uncommissioned work/unperformed work

CD: A Multitude of Voices
(Convivium Records)

Score available from the composer

As it was/

Edward and Helen Thomas/

Piano Trio, soprano, tenor

uncommissioned work/unperformed work

CD: A Multitude of Voices
(Convivium Records)

Score available from the composer

Urtod/

August Stramm/

SSAATTBarB with Sop/Ten solos

Sospiri/unperformed work

CD: A Multitude of Voices
(Convivium Records)

Score available from the composer

The Lord hath spoken/

Psalm 50/

SATB

Shorterhouse/unperformed work From The Book of New Introits
Shorter House

As kingfishers catch fire/

Gerard Manley Hopkins/

SSATBarB with SATB solos

Commotio/Commotio/Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford Score available from the composer

Asperges me/

Psalm 51/

TBarB (or SSA)

uncommissioned work/The Victoria Consort/St Augustine’s, Ramsgate Shorter House collection

From Music for Lay Clerks
Shorter House

Alma Redemptoris Mater/

liturgical/

SAATBarB with Sop solo

Magdalen College School/MCS choir/Magdalen chapel

CD: Vespers (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1282V2)

From the collection Four Marian Antiphons by Shorter House

The angel Gabriel/

Basque Noël/

SATB, children’s chorus and piano

The Carnegie Trust/Thame Chamber and Children’s Choirs

Published by Novello

Song/

Isaac Rosenberg/

SSA or TTB

uncommissioned work/unperformed work

Score available from the composer

2012

Advent Antiphons/

Liturgical/

SATB, sop and baritone solos

Janet Lincé/Choros/Oxfordshire

Score available from the composer

King’s Carol/

John Duggan/

SATTBarB

Competition piece/Sospiri/Oxford

Score available from the composer

Over the Moon/

John Duggan/

SAATB

Blossom Street/unperformed work

CD: Down by the Sea (Naxos: 8573069)

Score available from composer

O Sacrum Convivium/

Thomas Aquinas/

SATB

uncommissioned work/Sospiri/Canterbury Cathedral

Published by Shorter House

Domine salvam fac/

Liturgical/

SATB

uncommissioned work (for the Queen and Prince Philip)/Sospiri, Merton College, Oxford

Score available from the composer

Two Cherubim/

Exodus 37: 7–9/

SSATB

Private commission/Choir of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

Score available from the composer

As the Rain/

Edward Thomas/

SSSAA

Private commission/Commotio/SJE Arts, Oxford

Score available from the composer

The Tiger/

William Blake/

Brass ensemble, SATB

East Oxford Community Choir/EOCC

Score available from the composer

2011

Missa Brevis/

Liturgical/

SA, organ

Leeds Cathedral/Children’s Choirs/Leeds Cathedral

Score available from the composer

Lamentations/

Prophet Jeremiah/

SAATB/soprano solo and trumpet

Sospiri/Sospiri, Roujan, France (European premiere 2011);
Cantata, Ottawa (N America premiere, 2016)

CD: The Lost City (Naxos, 2013)

Score available from the composer

Magnificat à 12/

Canticle/

SSSAAATTTBBB

Shorter House/Sospiri/Oxford

From The Book of New Canticles Volume II

Shorter House

Dance/

Rumi/

SATB/tamtam

Cecilia Macfarlane/Oxford Polyphonix/Pegasus Theatre, Oxford

Score available from the composer

Breathe/

(John Duggan)/

SSA/tamtam

Namasté Women’s Choir (competition)/Commotio/Oxford

Score available from the composer

Psalm 62/

Liturgical/

SATB

Choir of St. Mary Magdalen/Choir of St. Mary Magdalen/Oxford

Score available from the composer

Ave verum/

Communion Antiphon/

SATB

Edward Rowntree/Douai Abbey Singers/Douai Abbey

CD: Catholic Collection III (HAVPCD368)

Published by Novello

Angelus Domini/

Easter Response/

SSATB

LFCCM/Choir of St. Mary Magdalen/Oxford

Score available from the composer

2010

Salve Regina/

Marian antiphon/

SSATTB

Kenneth Garbett/2010/Sospiri/Douai Abbey

CD: Vespers (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1282V2)

From the collection Four Marian Antiphons by Shorter House

Magnificat Tone VIII/

Canticle/

SATB

uncommissioned work/Sospiri/Merton College chapel, Oxford

Score available from the composer

Pied Beauty/

(Gerard Manley Hopkins)/

SSATBarB

uncommissioned work/Sospiri/Merton College chapel, Oxford

Score available from the composer

De Brassica Quod Concoquit/

(Cato the elder)/

SATBarB

Commotio/Commotio/St Barnabas Church, Oxford

Score available from the composer

Nunc Autem Manet/

Corinthians 13:13/

SAATB

Paul & Angharad de Cates/Sospiri/Corpus Christi College chapel, Oxford

Published by Novello

Regina Coeli/

Marian antiphon/

SSATBarB

uncommissioned work/Sospiri /Merton College chapel, Oxford

CD: Vespers (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1282V2)

From the collection Four Marian Antiphons by Shorter House

2009

Requiem/

(Ivor Gurney)/

SAATTBB

Commotio/Commotio/Oxford

CD: Requiem (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1245), 2010

From the collection The Singing Will Never Be Done by Shorter House

Everyone Sang/

(Siegfried Sassoon)/

SAATTB

Commotio/Commotio/Oxford

CD: Requiem (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1245), 2010

From the collection The Singing Will Never Be Done by Shorter House

Returning, We Hear the Larks/

(Isaac Rosenberg)/

SAATTB

Commotio/Commotio/Oxford

CD: Requiem (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1245), 2010

From the collection The Singing Will Never Be Done by Shorter House

The Send Off/

(Wilfred Owen)/

Baritone solo/SATB (also available for baritone with string 4tet)

Commotio/Commotio/Oxford

CD: Requiem (Sospiri/The Gift of Music CCL CDG1245), 2010

From the collection The Singing Will Never Be Done by Shorter House

Lament (from The Pied Piper)/

(John Duggan; German, English)/

Sop solo SATB

Oxford Youth Dance/East Oxford Community Choir (EOCC) with Sospiri, Oxford Playhouse

Score available from the composer

Darkness, Light (from The Pied Piper)/

(John Duggan)/

Sop solo, oboe, piano, SATB

Oxford Youth Dance/East Oxford Community Choir (EOCC) with Sospiri, Oxford Playhouse

Score available from the composer

2008

Congratulamini mihi/

Liturgical/

SSAATTBB

The Parish of St. Mary Magdalen/Choir of St. Mary Magdalen/Oxford

Score available from the composer

Matilda/

(Helen Ganly)/

SAATB, Trumpet

Oxford–Grenoble Association/EOCC/Salle Olivier Messaien, Grenoble

Score available from the composer

Psalm 95/

Liturgical/

SSATB

Edington Festival/ Edington Festival Consort/The Priory Church, Edington

Score available from the composer

Psalm 31/

Liturgical/

SSA

Choir of St. Mary Magdalen/Choir of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford

Score available from the composer

Anthem/

(Wilfred Owen)/

SAATTB

Commotio/Commotio/Oxford

CD: Requiem (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1245)

Published by Shorter House

Ave Regina Caelorum/

Marian antiphon/

SATB

uncommissioned work/Westminster Cathedral Choir

CD: Vespers (The Gift of Music CDG1282V2)

From the collection Four Marian Antiphons by Shorter House

2007

La Ballade de Jésus Christ (arr.)/

(Traditional French carol)/

SATB

uncommissioned work/Commotio/Oxford

Published by Novello

CD: Videte Miraculum (a.m.e CD936)

Futility/

(Wilfred Owen)/

Tenor solo, cello, SATB, chime

Commotio/Commotio/Merton College chapel, Oxford

CD: Night  (Herald HAVPCD340) and

Requiem (The Gift of Music CCL CDG1245)

Published by Shorter House

Tu Excitas/

St. Augustine, Confessions/

SATB

uncommissioned work/Sospiri/Grenoble, France

Score available from the composer

2006

O Babe Born Bare/

(John Duggan)/

SSA or TTB

uncommissioned work/Commotio/Oxford

Published by Shorter House

CD: Sleep Holy Babe (Blossom Street/Naxos, 2011)

The Sick Rose/

(William Blake)/

SATB

uncommissioned work/unperformed

Score available from the composer

Veni Sancte Spiritus/

Sequence (Pentecost)/

Sop solo SAATB

East Oxford Community Choir/EOCC/Grenoble, France

CD: The Light of Unexpected Angels (Sospiri, 2007)

Score available from the composer

Nunc Dimittis/

Canticle (Luke 2:29–32)/

SSSAAATTTBBB

Uncommissioned/Magdala with Quire of Voyces (Santa Barbara)/Magdalen College chapel, Oxford

Published by Shorter House

CD: The Light of Unexpected Angels (Sospiri, 2007)

2005

O Viridissima Virga/

(Hildegard of Bingen)/

Sop solo, SSA

The Hildegard Choir/The Hildegard Choir/Exeter College chapel, Oxford

CD: The Light of Unexpected Angels (Sospiri, 2007)

Score available from the composer

Pater Noster/

Liturgical/

SATB

Magdala/Magdala/Magdalen College chapel, Oxford

CD: The Light of Unexpected Angels (Sospiri, 2007)

Score available from the composer

2004

O Magnum Mysterium/

Matins of Christmas/

TTBB, cello, percussion, Chapman Stick

EOCC/EOCC/SS Mary and John’s Church, Oxford

Score under revision

2003

Three Faces of Mary/

Marian/

Choir, orchestra, electronica, soloists (SST)

EOCC/with

The East Oxford Community Orchestra, Restless Blue and Interlude (Grenoble)/ Merton College chapel

CD available from the composer


Instrumental & Electronic

Title/Text/Resources

Commission/Date/Premiere/Venue

CD/Score

2014

Seven Meditations/

Instrumental/Piano Trio

Wolfson College/Fournier Trio/Wolfson College, Oxford Score available from the composer

Listen on Soundcloud

2013

Wolfscape I/

Audio-visual collage (with Geoff J Harris)
Wolfson College

Wolfscape I on Vimeo

Wolfscape II /

Audio-visual collage (with Geoff J Harris)
Wolfson College

Wolfscape II on Vimeo

Wolfscapes III/

Audio-visual collage (with Geoff J Harris)

Wolfson College

Wolfscape III on Vimeo

2011

Too Bright/

Paul Hillier/

Sound collage

Uncommissioned/2011

Sonic Cage/

Paul Hillier/

Sound collage

Futura Festival, France (competition)/2011

2009

The Pied Piper

John Duggan/

Dance piece (choir, oboe, piano, electronic soundscapes)

Cecilia Macfarlane/Oxford Playhouse

Choral scores available from the composer

Lifeline (album)/

songs and instrumentals

Restless Blue

Listen on Soundcloud

2007

Dragon’s Tale (Restless Blue)/

Dance piece (drums, Chapman Stick and Electric Wind Instrument)

Crossover Intergenerational Dance Group/Tour of SE England

2006

Turpentine (Restless Blue)/

Dance piece (drums, Chapman Stick and synthesisers)

Oxford Youth Dance and Cecilia Macfarlane/Oxford Playhouse

Life, the Universe … and Dinner (Restless Blue)/

Dance piece (drums, Chapman Stick and synthesisers)

Oxford Youth Dance and Cecilia Macfarlane/Oxford Playhouse

2005

Legacy/

Film score (voices, Chapman Stick, electronica)

Stampede Films Ltd/Cannes Film Festival

2002

Supplication (Restless Blue)/

Dance piece (drums, Chapman Stick and synthesisers)

Jess Hall/Pegasus Theatre, Oxford