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Saturday, 3rd of October 2026 #MyHolyPlace I am nervous, the day before the première of My Holy Place. I shouldn't be. I know the choir – Voces Desuper – sounds fabulous. And I know they really like the piece. But I am still nervous! Nervous before premiere.mp4 Nervous before première of My Holy Place

Thursday, 1st of October 2026 #MyHolyPlace That was a great rehearsal of My Holy Place. Even in the small rehearsal room in the Doyenne (Cathedral House), the chords were buzzing, thanks to Voces Desuper attention to voicing. I can’t wait to hear it in Brussels Cathedral on Sunday. It will be sung (a World Première) at the Offertory in the Mass to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Cathédrale des Saints Michel et Gudule. Premiere preview.mp4 Brussels Cathedral – the pe

That was a great rehearsal of My Holy Place.

Next Sunday (4th October), it’s the 800th anniversary of Brussels Cathedral. And it’s being marked by a new piece I wrote specially for the occasion, My Holy Place.

That was a loud start to the season! Ride Of The Valkyries and 1812 Overture with the massed ranks of wind and brass

Inspired by talking to poet collaborator Euan Tait, I am in the zone.

Composers and songwriters rarely meet so it was great to see so many at the Ivors Academy AGM.

What a joyful and heartfelt première!

Thursday, 10th of September 2026 #JohnAdams #OnTheTransmigrationOfSouls Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I am singing in what appears to be the only memorial concert for 9/11 in the UK. It features the powerful John Adams On The Transmigration Of Souls. The piece takes words from the missing persons' board at Ground Zero and turns them into the most impassion expression of grief and plea for peace. It is scored for large orchestra, choir and children's choir.

Monday, 7th of September 2026 #RorateCaeli #SetMeAsASeal I have just received the recording of the LFCCM Festival Singers performance of Rorate Caeli, from this year's festival in May. They sound radiant (again), producing the beautiful flowing lines, like the Gregorian plainchant that inspired them. Rorate Caeli will be recorded by Recordare Chamber Choir at World Heart Beat Studios, London on 19/20 October and will be released on the choral album Set Me As A Seal in May 2

Sunday, 30th of August 2026 #SeaSymphony #SetMeAsASeal #CathedralSymphony You can hear I am enjoying talking to Jannie Rawlinson on Sound Radio Wales. She wanted to know where it all began, how the music appears in my head and what's behind the Cathedral Symphony. I don't know the answer to the middle question! I remember sitting in the choir of Beauvais Cathedral and hearing the first sounds of the Cathedral Symphony coming into my head. I remember jotting them down in m

It's finished! And what a journey – two years of composing