selected works
vertical seconds
for orchestra
2022- [In Progress]
c.12 minutes
for orchestra
2022- [In Progress]
c.12 minutes
honour thy error as a hidden intention
for 6 instruments
2020- [In Progress]
c.12 minutes
fl, cl, vln, vla, vc, pno
for 6 instruments
2020- [In Progress]
c.12 minutes
fl, cl, vln, vla, vc, pno
focal
for orchestra 2019 c.9 minutes commissoned by Trinity Laban Shapeshifter Orchestra 2.2.2.2, 2.2.1.0, timp, perc, strings score and parts |
performances:
8 february 2019, blackheath halls, london, uk Trinity Laban Shapeshifter Orchestra conducted by Kwamé Ryan 25 august 2019, triple karolina hall, ostrava, cz. Ostrava New Orchestra conducted by Petr Kotík |
performances:
27 november 2018, old royal naval college chapel, greenwich, uk. conducted by KC Cheng |
tectonics
for orchestra 2018 c.6 minutes 2.2.2.2, 2.2.1(b.tbn).0, timp, perc, hp, strings score and parts |
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saudade
chamber opera in seven stills for soprano, baritone, dancer and orchestra 2021-22 c.25 minutes Commissioned by Petr Kotik for NODO 2020 Libretto by Jack Burnham score available upon request |
performances:
28 june 2022, NODO festival 2022, antonin dvorak theatre, ostrava, czech republic Ostravská banda, soprano: Markéta Schaffartzik, baritone: Vojtěch Šembera, dancer: Patryk Zamojski, conducted by Bruno Ferrandis director: Marek David, stage design: Adéla Szturcová, light design: Filip Horn |
straight lines and not-straight lines
for clarinet, cello and accordion
2022 [In Progress]
c. 32 minutes
written for Madara Mežale, Elizabeth Hall-Keough and Noël Rubli
for clarinet, cello and accordion
2022 [In Progress]
c. 32 minutes
written for Madara Mežale, Elizabeth Hall-Keough and Noël Rubli
i love the whole world
for string quartet
2021
c. 5 minutes
score available upon request
for string quartet
2021
c. 5 minutes
score available upon request
performances:
29 october 2020, Front Room Concerts [online concert]. by Fira Duo 13 october 2022, levinsalen, norges musikkhøgskole, oslo, no, by Anja Sandvoll and Mathias Liodden |
performances:
november 2021, freiberg, de. by Kompass Ensemble |
music for pubs
open score 2018 c. 10 minutes score available upon request |
performances:
18 june 2018, The Ivy House, Nunhead |
performances:
24 may 2019, st alfege church, greenwich, uk. by MESHD Brass |
so many many many of my fellow creatures
for solo baritone
2022- [In Progress]
c. 8 minutes
Written for Vojtěch Šembera
for solo baritone
2022- [In Progress]
c. 8 minutes
Written for Vojtěch Šembera
after calder
for solo guitar
2022
c. 8 minutes
Written for Ondrej Veselý
score available upon request
for solo guitar
2022
c. 8 minutes
Written for Ondrej Veselý
score available upon request
the end is in the beginning and yet you go on
for piano solo
2020- [In Progress]
c. 20 minutes
for piano solo
2020- [In Progress]
c. 20 minutes
i needed colour
version for piano solo
2020
c. 9 minutes
score available upon request
version for piano solo
2020
c. 9 minutes
score available upon request
performances:
10 feb 2020, university college hospital, london, uk. by Stephen Upshaw 18 feb 2020, edouard malingue gallery, london, uk. by Stephen Upshaw 18 apr 2020, Themselves Online Concert. by James Layton 6 may 2020, Solem Quartet Online Concert. by Stephen Upshaw june-october 2020, The Place, Aora Online Gallery , recording by Stephen Upshaw 13 october 2022, levinsalen, norges musikkhøgskole, oslo, no, by Laura Madaliso Beer Kumwenda recordings: Into the Ocean: The Viola [2020] recorded by Stephen Upshaw |
performances:
13 october 2022, levinsalen, norges musikkhøgskole, oslo, no, by Revaz Abramia |
performances:
8 june 2017, st alfege church, greenwich, uk. by Stephen Upshaw |
are we on other, less concrete shores?
2022 bowed electric guitar, bowed acoustic guitar and field recordings c. 10 minutes |
all parts performed, recorded and mixed by James Layton
mastered by Sean Kiley appears on Meditation Objects, Supplement, and Sequences (MOSS) Vol.2 [RGMS-012] |
these memories are not my own, they’re borrowed from my past
2021 piano and electric guitar c. 32 minutes |
all parts performed and recorded by James Layton
mixed and mastered by Sean Kiley Released by RGMS - these memories are not my own, they’re borrowed from my past [RGMS-008] live performances:
20 october 2022, levinsalen, norges musikkhøgskole, oslo, no, by James Layton and Ferdinand Schwarz |
jean, you forgot to pay the electric bill!
2020 ebowed zither, lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar and cassette tapes c. 12 minutes |
all parts performed, recorded and mixed by James Layton
mastered by Sean Kiley appears on Meditation Objects, Supplement, and Sequences (MOSS) Vol.1 [RGMS-004] |
performances:
19 january 2023, levinsalen, nmh, oslo, no. by Elias Schomers, Noel Rubli, Ferdinand Schwarz and James Layton - version for pino, cello, accordion, trumpet, melodica, pitch-pipe and voices |