James Willshire gives the premiere of 'the forest, the strand, the sea' for solo piano, on Saturday March 26th 2022, 4pm at St Philip and St James' Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham.

On March 17th, Aleksander Szram played 'Chiaroscuro' in a recital at Trinity Laban.

 March 3rd, 2022, 'On the Wind' (SATB) was broadcast on BBC R3 by the BBC Singers. A fine new CD recording of Misterium Mirabile (SSA) has been made by the In Mulieribus choir from Portland, Oregon; and there is also a link to a lovely performance of it on the website of the Chapter House Choir of York Minster.

Live performances of solo voice pieces include  March 5th, Anna Snow in York (from 'A Penny for a Song'), March 19th, James Gilchrist in Oxford (Auden, 'Lullaby') and April 5th, Cardiff,  Heloise Werner (Rossetti, 'The Bourne').

 Triptych  received its live premiere on 26/11/2021, Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) with the Welsh Chamber Orchestra, conductor Anthony Hose. Triptych sets three poems by Rowan Williams.

There are further performances at Rhyl, Holyhead and Blackwood. 

The Holyhead performance on December 4th will be live-streamed: https://www.facebook.com/ucheldre.holyhead

Quintet for strings 

Premiere: Sacconi Quartet with Tim Lowe, cello. BMS Commission

Friday October 1^st, York, Lyons Concert Hall

In the Forests of the Night, for saxophone orchestra. 

Premiere: Megalopolis saxophone orchestra commission 

Saturday October 9^th Di Menna Center, New York City

(live and live-streamed) 

Sunday Oct 10^th – Roulette, Brooklyn, NY.

(live and live-streamed) 

The Bourne arr. Denholm, for soprano and small ensemble

Tuesday October 19^th, Hermes Ensemble 

Oxford, JdP.

(live and live-streamed)

The Moth Ghost for soprano and piano. Text: James Harpur

Premiere: Gabriella Di Laccio and Clelia Iruzun;  Di Laccio commission

Thursday October 21^st London, St James's Church, Surrey Gardens

Wednesday Oct 27^th Oxford, Wolfson College.

 'Harlequin Memories' for bassoon and string quartet has two performances on Saturday Sept. 25th at the Oxshott and Cobham Music Society: Holy Trinity Church Claygate, 5pm and 8pm. Catriona McDermid, bassoon, with the Florian quartet.

'Three Piano Miniatures' - after Bach's Goldberg Variations - will be played by Rachel Fryer in her 'Variations Down the Line' project. Sept. 10th, Brighton, Sept. 20th, Hurstpierpoint and Sept 25th, Trunch (Norfolk).

 Sir Harlequin for solo bassoon receives a superb performance from Nanci Belmont and is featured at the International Double Reed Society. It will be streamed live on July 29th 2021, 15.45 UK time. (10.45 EST), on this link:

https://www.idrs.org/events/sir-harlequin-2/

 After Lindisfarne for solo horn was premiered by Joseph Longstaff on June 8th at RAM, and is available on their youtube site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzzLujwcs5o&t=2536s

 "The Hidden Landscape' is broadcast in BBCR3 Afternoon concert, around 3.15pm, 11/03/2021. BBCSO, conductor del Mar; from NMC D255, my orchestral CD.

 Two new recordings of my chamber music have been released. 

Songs without Words is on Metier mss 28608 'for clarinet and strings', a new cd from Gemini, director Ian Mitchell.

Abstracts and a Frame (Malu Lin, violin; Giles Swayne, piano) is on Resonus RES10271 'Relationships: Maconchy, LeFanu and Swayne.

Triptych, for baritone and chamber orchestra, received its 'virtual' premiere on December 30th 2020.  The Welsh Chamber Orchestra, who commissioned it, was conducted by Anthony Hose. The baritone soloist was Jeremy Huw Williams, the dedicatee. Triptych sets three poems by Rowan Williams. The link below is available until January 27th 2021.

https://www.beaumarisfestival.org