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Some recent and forthcoming performances:

Rippled Surface (after M.C. Escher)
Contemporary Consort; Leeds, 29/10/2008.

Abstractions II
Helen Paskins (bass clarinet), Ivana Gavrić (piano); Reading University, 28/10/2008.

Wind Quintet
Aurora Ensemble; University of Chichester; 06/10/2008

Fantasy
Michael Bonaventure (organ); All Saints' Church, Blackheath, London SE3, 14/09/2008.  All Saints' Church, Blackheath, London SE3, 11/02/2007; McEwan Hall, Edinburgh University, 17/11/2006; (1st performance),

Chameleon (Saxophone Concerto)
Amy Dickson (saxophone), Minehead and Exmoor Festival Orchestra, Richard Dickins (conductor); All Saints Church, Dulverton, Somerset, 29/07/2008, St Georges Church, Dunster, Somerset, 28/07/2008 (1st performance),    Minehead Festival

Mondrian Pictures
Andrew Harper (clarinet), Joseph Middleton (piano); Deal Festival, Deal Town Hall, 08/07/2008; Park Lane Group recital, Purcell Room, 09/01/2008.

Firefly
Kerem Hasan (piano); St John's Smith Square, London, 21/04/2008; Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01/09/2007 (1st performance).

Chimera
Alexandra Wood (violin), Timothy Salter (piano); St Giles Cripplegate, Barbican,  08/03/2008.

The white and the walk of the morning
The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter (conductor); St Giles Cripplegate, Barbican, 08/03/2008;  All Saints' Church Music Festival, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, 13/10/2007.

Moonmarks
Sounds Positive; The Warehouse, Theed Street, London, 10/02/2008.

Out of your sleep
The Burning Babe
The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter (conductor); All Saints' Rosendale Road, Dulwich, 08/12/2007.

Mosaics
Contemporary Consort;  Skipton, 16/10/2007; Petworth Festival, 19/07/2007.

English folk song arrangements:
  Barbara Allen
  O rare Turpin
  The cuckoo
  Bridgwater Fair
The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter (conductor); All Saints' Church Music Festival, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, 13/10/2007; Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common, 30/06/2007.

Three Night Pieces
Pandora Ensemble; All Saints Church, Blackheath, London, 20/05/2007.

Echoes and Challenges
Huw Watkins (piano), Daniel Becker (piano); Durham University, 10/05/2007.

A Poem of Dancing
The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter (conductor), Jessica Townsend (clarinet/bass clarinet); St Giles Cripplegate, Barbican, London EC27, 10/03/2007.
(1st performance)

Piano Quartet
Ensemble na Mara: Tom Hankey (violin), Fiona Winning (viola), Eilidh Martin (cello), Alasdair Beatson (piano); Wigmore Hall, London, 16/02/2007 (1st London performance); Galashiels, 06/02/2007; Ayr, 03/02/2007; Dumfries, 02/02/2007;  Gatehouse of Fleet  (1st performance) 01/02/2007.

Shadows I and II
Aquilon Trio: Eulalie Charland (violin), Massimo di Trolio (bass clarinet), Maiko Mori (piano); Park Lane Group concert, Purcell Room, London SE1, 09/01/2007 (Shadows I 1st performance)

Eternity
The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter (conductor); Sæby Kirke, Denmark, 28/07/2006 (recorded by Danish Radio);  Herning Kirke, Denmark, 27/07/2006; Thisted Kirke, Denmark, 26/07/2006;  Hambleden Concerts, 24/06/2006; The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, 06/05/2006.

English folk song arrangements:
  O waly, waly
  The Coasts of High Barbary
  Blow the wind southerly
The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter (conductor); Sæby Kirke, Denmark, 28/07/2006 (recorded by Danish Radio); Herning Kirke, Denmark, 27/07/2006; Thisted Kirke, Denmark, 26/07/2006.

Prelude and Fugue
Contemporary Consort: Oliver Wilson (viola), Huw Watkins (piano); Petworth Festival, 23/07/2006.

Three Night Pieces
Carla Rees (alto flute), Rosie Banks (cello); St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch High Street, London, 01/07/2006.

The Vine about the Elm (violin & organ)
Alexandra Wood (violin), Timothy Salter (organ);  Hambleden Church Concert Series, 24/06/2006.

Scintilla
Sarah Suckling (cello); Dumfries and Galloway Festival, 03/06/2006; The Square Chapel, Halifax, 11/03/2006.

Shadows
Contemporary Consort; Dumfries and Galloway Festival, 03/06/2006; Leamington Festival, Leamington, 07/05/2006; The Square Chapel, Halifax 11/03/2006.

The Emissaries
Natalie Raybould (soprano), Paul Ayres (organ); The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, 09/05/2006.

Oration
Alexandra Wood (violin); The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, 06/05/2006.

Humours I
Albrecht String Quartet; Norden Farm, Maidenhead, 20/04/2006.

Arias for Percussion
Rhythm Attack (percussion quartet); "Fresh" series, Purcell Room, London, 30/03/2006.

New recordings

Chimera
Alexandra Wood (violin), Huw Watkins (piano)
(Usk Recordings) USK 1226CD