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THE JOURNEY
70-minute Opera-Oratorio for Soprano, Baritone, Community Choirs and small orchestra.
Commissioned by Welsh National Opera 2009.
Libretto by Alan Harris.
THE RIVER BEGINS
12-minute piece for Soprano, Baritone, SA choir, ensemble (cl, trp, pno, perc, vln, cello) and electronics.
Commissioned by Opera North in 2010.
BIRDSONG BRINGS RELIEF (THREE FEMALE VOICES AND CD)
This mesmirising 15-minute piece breaks new ground for vocal music. It was written for Juice vocal ensemble in 2007. So far, it has been performed in London, Bristol, York, Cardiff, Belfast and Finland.
"Juice... have enchanted all who have heard them since their South Bank debut last year...what's striking is their virtuosity... they put over even the most complex new compositions with verve." (The Times, 2009)
It is entirely based on blackbird song, recorded, slowed down and transcribed for human voice. The electronic sounds are all vocal recordings of the three singers using the blackbird’s melodies. No other sounds are used apart from the human female voice. The piece uses a short text by Rumi of the same title.
See http://www.myspace.com/juicevocalensemble for an excerpt of the piece and other juice favourites.
AT THE BORDER (SATB, SATB SOLOISTS, PRIMARY CHOIR, ORCHESTRA, ELECTRONICS) - COMPOSED WITH STUDENTS FROM ST MARY REDCLIFFE AND TEMPLE SCHOOL
A 50-minute Oratorio, composed as part of a year-long project with the BBC Singers, St Mary Redcliffe School and writer Peter Spafford.
Exploring themes of migration, persecution and the Refugee, it received a hugely successful first performance with all 24 BBC Singers, 2 school choirs and the Temple Orchestra.
"A triumph. The audience loved it and it sounded so fabulous" Garth MacArthur - BBC Singers
THREE RAVENS (SOP, MEZZO, ALTO, VLN, CELLO, DB)
Original highly effective setting of a traditional english text.
First performed by Juice and the Emerald Ensemble, Colston Hall, Bristol: May 2008.
O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM (SS/SATB)
THE BOAT (SS, PNO, PERC [OPTIONAL])
REDEMPTION PRAYER (SS, SOP SAX, ORG, PERC.)
Commissioned by Christian Forshaw.
I SING OF A MAIDEN / IUDICII SIGNUM (S SOLO, SS, ORG)
Comissioned by Bristol Cathedral.
Alternative version for S Solo, SS, Org with Soprano Saxophone
