JAM Commissions
(new commission)
Joseph Phibbs
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (20′)
To be premiered
6 July 2024 · St Nicholas Church, New Romney
(new commission)
John Frederick Hudson
Tenor · Horn · String Orchestra · Piano · Percussion (30′)
To be premiered
5 July 2024 · St Nicholas Church, New Romney
Illumination
Isabelle Ryder
Organ · 2 Trumpets (6′)
To be premiered
20 March 2024 · St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street
ONYX 23
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Brass Quintet (12′)
Premiered by Onyx Brass
21 March 2023 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street
The Sky Engine
Richard Peat · libretto by Timothy Knapman
Community Oratorio (60′)
Premiered by St Nicholas & Brookland Primary Schools (prepared by Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek) Canterbury Boys Choir (David Newsholme · conductor) London Mozart Players, Ruth Rogers · leader, Community Players, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones · mezzo-soprano, Julian Close · bass, Kudzanayi Chiwawa · narrator, Michael Bawtree · conductor.
July 14, 2023 · St Nicholas, New Romney
The Song I Came to Sing
Tara Creme
SATB divisi · Brass quintet · Organ (9′)
C0-winner of the 2022 Masterclass Series with VOCES8
Premiered by the Chapel Choir of Welwyn College, Cambridge, Michael Bawtree · conductor, Simon Hogan · organ, Onyx Brass
21 March 2023 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street
Evening Star
Christopher Churcher
SATB divisi unaccompanied (6′)
Co-winner of the 2022 Masterclass Series with VOCES8
Premiered by the Delaware Choral Scholars, Paul D Head · conductor
13 July 2023 · St Leonard’s, Hythe
Concerto for Clarinet
Judith Bingham
String Orchestra · Clarinet solo (18′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Nicholas Cleobury · conductor, Robert Plane · clarinet
July 15, 2023 · St Nicholas, New Romney
Up in the Morning Early
Janet Wheeler
Brass Quintet (5′)
Winner of the 2021 Masterclass Series with Onyx Brass
Premiered by Onyx Brass
23 March, 2022 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street
Between the Stormclouds and the Sea
Jack Oades · text by Grahame Davies
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
Premiered by the Caritas Choir, Onyx Brass, Simon Hogan · organ, Paul Mealor · conductor
St Leonard’s, Hythe
Piano Concerto
Paul Mealor
String Orchestra · percussion · piano solo (17′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Michael Bawtree · conductor, John Frederick Hudson · piano
Virtual Premiere 15 August, 2020 · St Leonard’s, Hythe
Soliloquy
Daniel Seleeb
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
Silent Shadows
James Aburn
String Orchestra (8′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Michael Bawtree · conductor
13 July, 2019 · St Nicholas, New Romney
Songs from the Marshes
Rory Boyle
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
Voices of Vimy
Tom Harold and Stuart Beach (with text by Grahame Davies)
SATB divis Choir · Cello Solo (34′)
The Shadows of War
Paul Mealor (with text by Grahame Davies)
SATB Choir · Strings · Percussion (20′)
A Mass to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, 1916-2016
O Great Beyond
Thomas LaVoy
SATB divis Choir · Soprano solo (13′)
The Voices of Our Ancestors
Thea Musgrave
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (30′)
Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
Giles Swayne
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet · Percussion (18′)
The Farthest Shore
Paul Mealor
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (40′)
Body of Water
Julian Phillips
SATB Choir · Tenor · Organ · Brass quintet (15′)
All Things Wear Silence
Philip Cashian
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (21′)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Paul Mealor
SATB Choir (12′)
The Night's Untruth
Tarik O’Regan
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (16′)
Fundamental
Hannah Kendall
SATB Choir · Brass quintet (10′)
Fiery the Angels
Richard Peat
Baritone · Brass quintet (10′)
Darwin
Steve Martland
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
The Spacious Firmament
Gabriel Jackson
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (20′)
Thoughts Scribbled on a Blank Wall
Adam Gorb
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
My Heart Strangely Warm'd
Judith Bingham
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (14′)
Fifth Continent
Paul Patterson
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (27′)
Songs of the Garden
John McCabe
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
The Far Theatricals of Day
Jonathan Dove
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
No Answer
Timothy Jackson
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet