Aug—Nov 2023

Last week The Hallé conducted by Thomas Adès premiered my new orchestral piece Man with a Limp Wrist, and I'm thrilled to share that we got some nice reviews: "delicate and intricate textures" (The Telegraph), "[its] charm... there was a troubled haunting quality to these skew-whiff chorales" (The Telegraph), "distinctive and strangely touching" (The Times): more info here.

Our Indifferent Century, with pianist Natalie Burch and singers Fleur Barron and Francesca Chiejina, and a track by me, is now available, in digital and physical. Listen here.

I'm honoured to announce I've been nominated for a Ivor Novello Award for my 2022 composition Why Do You Grieve, in the chamber ensemble. The piece was commissioned by Oliver Zeffman to accompany the Hawking Exhibition at the Science museum, and was performed there last summer as part of Music X Museums. In the chamger category I'm up alongside Thomas Adès, Jasper Dommett, Luke Bedford, and Hannah Kendall. Stiff competition! The winners are announced in November -- more info here.

Circadian Nocturne by Anna Ridler is playing every night in Times Square -- my track plays out loud there on the 13th, or download the app and hear it there... preview below!

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A brand new orchestral piece, originally commissioned by the LA Phil, now finally delivered to the Hallé for it's world premiere next month, 26 October. Tickets here.

My full orchestra arrangement of the Cristobal Tapia de Veer's White Lotus theme just made it to youtube, watch it here! 

Recently announced: Anna Ridler's Circadian Nocturne, for which I composed an accompanying sampled orchestral piece, will be shown every night at three minutes in Time Square. The music will be heard in the square on the night of 13 October, and will play every night on the accompanying app. Announcement and info here.

My orchestral piece, first commissioned by LA Phil but delayed since covid, will be premiered in Manchester on 26 October, conducted by Thomas Ades alongside his own music and Janacek's Sinfonietta. Details here.