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

' Prelude after Grinling Gibbons' for solo violin, played by Peter Sheppard Skaerved, will be streamed tonight on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykvhokOQkZQ

The recital of Beethoven sonatas and new works will remain available on this Link: 

You can hear Jenny Duck-Chong sing my 'Songs for Jane' at this link: https://youtu.be/JGsljzIdCeo

NMC have released an album of my orchestral music. There are four works, from 'The Hidden Landscape' written for the 1973 Proms, to 'The Crimson Bird,' (RPS commission, 2017). The recordings are by the BBCSO and the RTE NSO. The album was supported with a grant from the  PRSF Composers Fund.

This link has all the details for the album - NMC D255:

 https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/recording/crimson-bird

Three Piano Miniatures after Bach’s Goldberg Variations have their ‘virtual’ première at the JAM festival  at 7.30 on Wednesday August 12^th. They were composed for  Rachel Fryer as part of her project Variations Down the Line.

Here is the link to the live stream:

https://jamconcert.org/rachel-fryer-variations-ii

The first of her two recitals will be streamed on Sunday August 9^th.