organ improvisation

2020


archive

Hello and welcome to my archive. There are a range of different types of creations here: poetry, improvisation, Soundaubs, performance, composition. Some are performed by me and some by others. The timeline above can help navigate. Dates relate to the date published, not the date created. delve deep x

2024

organ improvisation. recorded on the Frobenius organ of Robinson Chapel, Cambridge.

24.1029

poem and reading. my first published poem and public reading, at Morocco Bound.

24.0830

Soundaub. written for my dad to thank him for all he has taught me, the deep hope and trust in the beauty of the universe.

24.0715

24.0519

piano improvisation. recital exploring dualities at Church of Holy Innocents, Hammersmith.

Soundaub. the reminiscences of spring underlay a variation on Bach’s C major prelude

24.0320

composition & premiere. performed and written for the exceptional Daisy Livesey.

24.0316

piano accompaniment. with Elizabeth Hardman as part of the Donne music celebration Guinness world record 2024.

24.0223

2023

23.1206

piano performance. Liszt’s Sonetto 123 del Petrarca in a London Church.

23.0927

film rescore. about a man looking for a way forward, who finds it in the symbol of a piano.

23.0828

transcription. Ethan Gruska Prelude III for piano solo.

23.0406

poem. and the sea was a thousand dreams washed upon the shore.

23.0316

poem. in this city of weight, the green still grows between the cracks.

23.0215

i, sea

poem. i am a wave of the sea, inner ripples confound me.

2022

22.0830

poem. huddle me warm among the shells on the shore.

22.0829

Soundaub. a summer in St Ives made into sound.

22.0529

organ improvisation. recorded on the historic organ of Christ Church, Spitalfields.

22.0211

poem. Suspended in a ray of sunlight – wings of a hummingbird.

22.0113

composition. for Sergey Malov, violoncello da spalla and loop pedal.

2021

poem. how easy the tree, how wide its tread

21.1125

poem. although the air may shimmer with fear

21.1026

performance. an exuberant piece for oboe and piano by the young Nielsen

21.0701

aleatoric ensemble, electro-acoustic. exploring the macrocosm in the microcosm

21.0620

jazz band. arrangements from porgy and bess, blue skies and tophat

21.0613

piano improvisation. late night in a chapel, exploring the silence

21.0521

poem. buds, soft uncurling of winter duvets

21.0501

poem. the sun is cracked its rays are splintered in my phone

21.0425

string quartet. exploring the half-waking state and its connection to Source.

21.0330

–2020

poem. what happened in the blackness when everything was invisible?

20.1115

poem. Celestial Banquet, feast of the stars.

20.0123

poem [forest]. Unconditional laughter woven in green and sunlight.

19.0821

poem. hope, with wings of laughter, held me.

19.0730

poem. violonic shimmering, half-strewn sunlight, the wordless quivering.

19.0201

poem. A bruised banana bruised in brutal combat with my bag.

18.0601

poem. procrastination is when we crunch our day away.

18.0426

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