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Performances


Forthcoming
Encroaching Shadows
(extracts)
St Mary-at-Hill, London
5 November 2025, 1-1.30pm.
Jelena Makarova (piano).
 
Encroaching Shadows
Fallen • Echo
RECORDING for Resonus Classics
Suffolk, 10-12 November 2025
James Gilchrist (tenor), Philippa Mo (violin), Jelena Makarova (piano).
For release Autumn 2026.
 
Refugee Carol
First performances
University of Exeter Chapel Choir
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel, Exeter University
10 & 11 December 2025, 7pm.
 
Lacrima
First performance
Barkham, Exmoor
18 January 2026, 3.0pm.
Philip Lancaster (baritone), Alex Wilson (piano), with Leonie Anderson (viola).

 

Performances, 2015-present
Into the TombUniversity of Exeter Chapel Choir
Buckfast Abbey
15 March 2025, 7.30pm.
First performance
Encroaching Shadows (final set)University of Manchester Lunchtime Concert
Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester
24 October 2022, 1.10pm.
Jelena Makarova (piano).
Encroaching Shadows: CompleteChapel Royal, Brighton, Lunchtime Concert
15 November 2022, 1.10pm.
Jelena Makarova (piano).
First complete performance.
Encroaching Shadows: VIII–XVIIBeldam Gallery, Eastern Gateway, Brunel University
21 October 2022, 13.10pm.
Jelena Makarova (piano).
First performance of set II.
Encroaching Shadows: XIII–XVIIAylesbury Lunchtime Music
St. Mary’s Church, Ayesbury, 23 June 2022, 12.45pm.
Jelena Makarova (piano).
First performance of set III.
Carol of the PassionJAM, Music of Our Time,
St. Bride’s, Fleet Street, London, 23 March 2022.
The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge (dir. Sarah MacDonald); Michael Bawtree (cond.). Première
Carol of the PassionSelwyn College, Cambridge, 13 March 2022.
The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge; Sarah MacDonald (cond.). Initial run prior to première, 23 March 2022.
FallenLudlow English Song Weekend.
St. Laurence’s Parish Church, Ludlow, 30 October 2021, 2.30pm
Ted Black (tenor); Michael Foyle (violin).
First performance
Encroaching Shadows (extracts)St. Marylebone Festival,
St. Marylebone Parish Church, London, 21 July 2021, 1.0pm
Gavin Roberts (piano).
First performance of haiku I, VI, VII, XII & XIII.
Carol of the PassionSelwyn College, Cambridge, 8 March 2020.
The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge; Sarah MacDonald (cond.).
Initial run (in service) prior to formal première on 19 March 2020 [cancelled].
Miriam’s ExileGloucester Music Festival, 14 June 2019.
Charlotte Newstead (soprano); Stefan Hofkes (piano).
Miriam’s Exile‘Songs of Refuge and Exile’, St. Paul’s Church, Clifton, Bristol, 9 June 2019.
Charlotte Newstead (soprano); Stefan Hofkes (piano).
First Performance, supported by the Finzi Trust
Lament for ÆthelflædGloucester Music Festival
Gloucester Cathedral Lady Chapel, 26 June 2018.
Gaudeamus Voices and Youth Strings.
First performance
Bach and the SentryThe Ivor Gurney Society Spring Weekend
Churchdown, Gloucestershire, 3 June 2017.
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); Libby Burgess (piano).
A Noiseless Patient SpiderLudlow Weekend of English Song
St. Laurence’s Parish Church, Ludlow, 20 May 2017.
Soraya Mafi (soprano); Iain Burnside (piano). First performance
Bach and the SentrySong in the City. Spring 2017.
Jonathan Hyde (baritone); Gavin Roberts (piano).
War PassionThree Choirs Festival. Cirencester Parish Church, 24 July 2016.
Anna Gullingham (soprano); Juliet Curnow (alto); Peter Harris (tenor); James Geidt (baritone); The St. Cecilia Singers; The Bristol Ensemble; Jonathan Hope (cond.)
First performance
Bach and the SentrySt Marylebone Festival, 22 July 2016.
Jonathan Hyde (baritone); Gavin Roberts (piano).
London première
Bach and the SentryThe English Choral Experience, July 2015.
Philip Lancaster (baritone); Mark Opstad (piano).
First performance
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