October 2023 was another good month for the development of projects and composing. I pushed further ahead with the piano concerto, which currently has two movements complete, and as part of the composition process I will be workshopping sections of the piece with Matthew Schellhorn in the coming months.

I was delighted that my piece Ave sanctissima Maria has received further performances, and you can hear a new live version by Luxensemblen below:

I have also been working on the following projects, all of which are tremendously exciting!

A new string quartet work for friends based on prints by Hokusai
A new commission from a variety of accordion orchestras based in Switzerland, which will be setting texts by Pablo Neruda
An expansion of my two piano work ‘Daylight’, one movement of which was originally composed for the celebration of wonderful piano teacher Ruth Nye’s 90th birthday, which we celebrated at the Yehudi Menuhin School last year.
A new wind quintet based on the work of fabulous visual artist Ellie Cliftlands, whom I have known since I can’t remember. Her wonderful engravings capture tiny insights into beautifully complex moments. The engravings I am basing my movements on are ‘Drummond Greenhouse’, ‘Anglesey Abbey’, and ‘Attingham Park, Kitchen garden’. Her work can be found here: https://www.elliecliftlands.co.uk/printmaking

Above on the right you will see a link to a score video of my first opera Rothschild’s Violin, I was able to upload the score follower videos again, so I hope you enjoy hearing the performance!