WORKS LIST
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CHORAL
THE ASCENSION स्वगार्रोहण
P.C. Devassia’s Kristubhāgavatam is a Mahākāvya which chronicles the life of Jesus Christ. The poem consists of 33 ‘Cantos’ where each Sanskrit verse is accompanied by an English translation.
The Ascension , which narrates Christ’s departure from Earth as told by his eleven apostles, forms the final Canto of the poem. This work contains the final three verses from this Canto and are performed in both English and Sanksrit
Forces: Double SATB choir, organ, alto saxophone
Duration: c. 5′ 30″
A GREAT AND MIGHTY WONDER
A hymn written for the Choir of St Wilfrid’s, Harrogate, which combines Gibbons’s poignant motet Drop, drop slow tears in antiphony.
Commissioned by Anthony Gray and the Choir of St Wilfrid’s Church, Harrogate for first performance with Ensemble Pro Victoria at the Advent Procession of the Harrogate Advent Festival, 2021.
Forces: Double SATB choir
Duration: c. 6′ 30″
LORD, I CRY UNTO THEE
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was commissioned by Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, to write an Introit.
This piece is dedicated all my fellow students, choirs and congregations who were tested in those difficult times.
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141
First performed in May 2021.
Forces: SATB choir
Duration: c. 3′
CHAMBER
Dhyāna
Dhyāna is a contemplative meditation inspired by the serene Raga Marwa, traditionally performed at sunset. In loving memory of my late grandmother, Suryakala Shantilal Shah, this composition serves as a musical homage, encapsulating the essence of her spirit and the profound impact she had on my life.
First performed by Fenella Humphreys and Mahan Esfahani at the Cheltenham Composer Academy 2022.
Forces: violin and harpsichord
Duration: c. 7′ 30″
ENNUI
As human beings, we have become more distant and self-absorbed both during and after the pandemic. Our interaction with the world has drastically changed and we now live in constant anxiety and unease because, at any given moment, measures can be imposed which force us back into isolation. Ennui represents how my perception of time as a process has transformed, but it also serves as an inner reflection of the fluctuations in my sanity and wellbeing during that period.
Originally written in March 2021 for players of the BCMG and has since been adapted into a version for string trio which was recorded by members of the Piatti Quartet as part of the final of the Clements Prize 2021.
Forces: trio
Duration: c. 5′ 30″
Video recording performed by members of the LSO available on request
DREAM OF SPRING
The title is a phrase taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem Work without Hope, a sonnet where seasonal imagery permeates as both a reflection of the natural world and as a reference to the narrator’s psychological state. The narrator is isolated in a world of spring beauty with her graceful melodic lines, starkly contrasting the vitality heard in the ensemble that surrounds her.
Forces: soprano, violin, viola, violoncello, flute, clarinet, piano
Duration: c. 10′
VOCAL
THE BIRTHNIGHT: TO F
A setting of Walter de la Mare’s poem of the same name.
Forces: mezzo-soprano, piano
Duration: c. 4′
THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
A setting of words from Lewis Carroll’s poem of the same name. Commissioned for publication in the 2023 Trinity College London Initial Grade Singing Syllabus
Forces: voice, piano
Duration: c. 2′
ORCHESTRAL
AUXOCHROME : CHROMOPHORE
The title is named after two words which are repeated throughout Frida Kahlo’s diary. ‘AUXOCHROME’ describes Kahlo herself, the one who captures colour, and ‘CHROMOPHORE’ refers to her husband, Diego Rivera, the one who gives colour.
The two movements are named after the respective paintings by Kahlo which have made a particularly great impression on me.
Forces: 1.2.2.2.1.2. 4.4.3.1, timp, 5 perc., str (Vln1/Vln2/Vla/Vlc div a2,Db)
Duration: c. 12′
solo
vasanti
Meaning ‘Spring’, Vasanti displays the warmth and gradual growth associated with the season, together with the odd burst of vitality. The work is replete with personal references and also honours the influence which Olivier Messiaen’s music has had on me.
First performed by my friend, Samuel Huston, at the ‘New Music Series’ at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in November 2019.
Forces: clarinet in Bb
Duration: c. 4′ 30″