Works in Opus Number Order

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1968

Music for 8 Cellos and 5 Timpani Opus i (1968)

1973

Casterbridge Fair (song cycle) Opus 1 (1973)
O Magnum Mysterium (motet & mass SATBB) Opus 2 (1973)

1974

Sonatina for Piano Opus 3 (1974)
Christmas Cantata (for school choir & orchestra) Opus 4 (1974)
What can I do to show how much I love her (song AATTBB) Opus 5 (1974)
Ave Maria (motet AATTBB) Opus 6 (1974)

1975/6

Toccata for Brass Band Opus 7 (1976)
Overture for St Cere Opus 8 (1975)
Symphonic Fanfare: In a Modern City Opus 8a (1975)
Prelude, Fanfare & Postlude for Organ Opus 9 (1975)
Five Movements for Piano & String Orchestra Opus 10 (1976)
Five Holy Songs (song cycle) Opus 11 (1976)
Piano Sonata no 1 Opus 12 (1976)

1977

Fanfare for a Ceremony Opus 13 (1977)
String Quartet No.1 Opus 14 (1977)
Lost Love (song cycle) Opus 15 (1977)

1978

Sonata for 13 Brass Instruments Opus 16 (1978)
The Death of Goliath (cantata - soloists & piano) Opus 17 (1978)

1979

Veni Emmanuel (choral arrangement with brass) Opus 18 (i) (1979)
The Coventry Carol (unaccompanied SATB) Opus 18 (ii) (1979)

1980

The Temple of Solomon (SATB chorus, brass band, soloist) Opus 19 (1980)
Series 3 Mass for Church Congregation Opus 20 (1980)

1981/2

Cain and Abel (cantata - soloists, SATB chorus, piano) Opus 21 (1981)
Sonata for 4 Horns Opus 22 (1982)
O Vos Omnes (unacc. SSA) Opus 23 (1981)
A Child is Singing (cantata - SATB choir & piano) Opus 24 (1981)
Odysseus and the Cyclops (children's opera) Opus 25 (1981)
Toccata for Small Orchestra Opus 26 (1982)
Symphony No.1 (for organ, brass, percussion & strings) Opus 27 (1982)

1983

Suite No.1 for Brass Quintet Opus 28 (1983)
Old Love's Domain (song cycle) Opus 29 (1983)

1984

Symphony No.2 (for chamber orchestra) Opus 30 (1984)
O Love the Lord all ye His Saints (anthem SATB) Opus 31 (i) (1984)
The Souls of the Righteous (anthem SATB) Opus 31 (ii) (1984)
In Peace I will lie down and sleep (anthem SATB) Opus 31 (iii) (1984)

1985

'Piano' (part song SSA) Opus 32 (1985)
The Marshes of Glynn (soloist, SATB chorus, orchestra) Opus 33 (1985)
Festival Fanfare Opus 34 (1985)

1986

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills (anthem SATB & organ) Opus 35 (1986)
In the Cotswolds (overture) Opus 36 (1986)
Preces and Responses (SATB) Opus 37 (1986)
Meditations for Solo Trumpet Opus 38 (1986)
Songs from Spoon River (song cycle) Opus 39 (1986)

1987

Sonata for Two Pianos Opus 40 (1987)
String Quartet No.2 Opus 41 (1987)

1988/9

Dreamland (soprano soloist, soprano saxophone, piano) Opus 42 (1988)
Centenary Firedances (symphony orchestra) Opus 43 (1988)
Song of the Prairies (SATB soloists, chorus, semi chorus, orchestra) Opus 44 (1988)

1990-94

Symphony No.3 (full symphony orchestra) Opus 45 (1992)
The Last Trumpet (solo trumpet) Opus 46 (1990)
Earth Dances (saxophone quartet) Opus 47 (1991)
The Dancers of Huai Nan (high voices) Opus 48a (1992)
Gibraltar, our Homeland (high voices) Opus 48b (1994)
Ballads for Christmas (high voices & harp) Opus 49 (1992)
A St Luke Passion (baritone soloist, SATB chorus, orchestra) Opus 50 (1992)
O Praise the Lord (anthem SATB & Organ) Opus 51 (1993)

1994/5

Sonata No.1 for Violin & Piano Opus 52 (1994)
Sonata for 8 Horns Opus 53 (1995)
String Quartet No.3 Opus 54 (1994)
Sonata for Oboe & Piano Opus 55 (1994)
Fanfare for Madam Speaker Opus 56 (1995)
Brass Quintet No.2 Opus 57 (1995)
Mela Kamavadhani Opus 57(a) - Indo-Jazz Ensemble

1996

Sonata for 8 Flutes Opus 58 (1996)
Symphony No.4 (scored for concert wind band) Opus 59 (1996)
Concert Overture: "Towards a New Age" Opus 60 (1996)

1997/8

Concerto for Two Pianos & Strings Opus 61 (1997)
Concerto for Guitar, Bass Guitar & Strings Opus 62 (1997)
Fantasia for Alto & Bass Flute Solos with 5 Part Concert Flute Choir Accompaniment Opus 63 (1998)
Concerto for Native American Flute (or Alto Flute) & Strings Opus 64 (1998)
Runnymede Millennium Evensong Service (SSAATTBB & organ) Opus 65 (1997)
O Sing unto the Lord a New Song (anthem - SSAATTBB & organ) Opus 66 (1997)
Sonata for Flute & Piano Opus 67 (1998)
Sonata for Horn & Piano Opus 68 (1998)

1999/2000

Suite for 6 Horns Opus 69 (1999)
New Dawn (SATB soloists, SATB chorus, symphony orchestra) Opus 70 (1999)
Song of the Eagle (for flute choir) Opus 71 (1999)
The God Marduk (violin & piano) Opus 72 (1999)
Sonata for Brass Sextet Opus 73 (1999)
Sonata for Piccolo & Piano Opus 74 (1999)
Sacred Mass for Solo Violin Opus 75 (2000)
Sonata for 8 Pianists Opus 76 (1999)
Concerto for 4 Solo Horns and Symphony Orchestra Opus 77 (2000)

2000-03                                                                                                              

The Forest at Dawn (organ solo) Opus 78a (2000)
The Mercies of our Lord (anthem SATB, 2 trumpets, organ) Opus 78b (2001)
Symphony No.5 (flute orchestra) Opus 79 (2001) 
Five Dramatic Pieces for 8 Wagner Tubas Opus 80 (2002)
Celtic Rhapsody (soprano soloist, symphony orchestra) Opus 81 (2002)
Piano Sonata No.2 Opus 82 (2002)
Anna's Bridal March (2 horns, 2 trumpets, organ) Opus 83 (2003)
Mountain Song (flute choir, harp or piano, string bass) Opus 84 (2003)
Songs of Autumn (children's voices with instrumental ensemble or CD) Opus 85 (2003)
Sonata for Cello & Piano Opus 86 (2001)  

2004-2005                                                                                                            

Far from the Madding Crowd - opera (soloists, chorus, chamber ensemble) Opus 87 (2005)
Songs of the Skies (children's voices with instrumental ensemble or CD) Opus 88 (2005)
7 Preludes for Piano  Opus 89 (2005)

2006                                                                                                           

Sonata for Double Bass & Piano Opus 90 (2006)
Songs of Love (song cycle) Opus 91 (2006)
Sonata for Organ Opus 92 (2006) 

2007                                                                                                                      

Sonata for Violin, Horn and Piano Opus 93 (2007)
Introduction and Allegro for Solo Organ Opus 94 (2007)
Finished Fields (song cycle) Opus 95 (2007)
Sacred Mass for Solo Voice Opus 96 (2007)

2008                                                                                                                       

In Memoriam Herbert Howells (for solo piano) Opus 97 (2008)
Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra  Opus 98 (2008)
Sonata for Contrabass Flute and Piano  Opus 99 (2008)

2009                                                                                                          

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano  Opus 100 (2009)



2012

Concerto for French Horn & Symphony Orchestra  Opus 101 (2012)



2013

O be Joyful in the Lord all ye Lands  Opus 102 (2013) soprano soloist, SATB choir
The Ballad of St Kenelm  Opus 103 (2013) soprano, narrator, small orchestra, actors
Butterfly  Opus 104 (2013) high voices, piano

2014

The Four Songs of Bluebeard's Wife  Opus 105 (2014) soprano, piano 

2015

Drake's Fantasy  Opus 106 (2015) for alto flute and piano
7 Postludes for Piano  Opus 107 (2015)

2016

The Door of Winter  Opus 108 (2016) for soprano voice, violin, viola and piano

2017

Concerto for Treble Recorder and Strings  Opus 109 (2017)

Te Deum for High Voices Opus 110 (2017) 8 parts

2018

Symphony No.6 scored for Small Orchestra Opus 111 (2018)

2019

Kinver Landscape - tone poem for solo piano Opus 112 (2019)

3 Shakespeare Songs Opus 113 (2019) soprano, piano

2020

'Une Promenade' for Piano Opus 114a (2020)

Songs of Persephone Opus 114b (2020)

Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra Opus 115 (2020)

Brass Quintet no 3 Opus 116 (2020)

2021

Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano Opus 117 (2021)

"Trees" Opus 118 (2021)



2022

The Magical World of Emilia Opus 119 (2022)

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Opus 120 (2022)

Sonata for Bassoon and Piano Opus 121 (2022)

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