New works from Cornwall.....

Sing! An exciting and entertaining anthology of fifty arrangements, editions and compositions, with illustrations by Jonathan Owen. This book will be launched in January aboard M.V. Discovery, and on dry land in workshops during 2010.
Mistral Lyrics New for 2010! A cantata for narrator, children's choir, soprano solo, SATB chorus and chamber ensemble. Based on the beautiful poetry of the Chilean Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral, this work traces the passage of time throughout the day as the course of life, interwoven with the poet's tragic relationship with her adopted son. Scoring for flute, flugelhorn, vibraphone, piano and double bass. Duration c. 80 mins.
Missa Alme Pater
A complete setting of all the musical parts of the mass for trumpet, organ, choir and congregation, including the use of the beautiful plainchant of Mass X from the missal. The work also includes two new hymns; Videmus Nunc, a motet for unaccompanied choir setting 1 Corinthians 13, 12-13; That we may be healed: a beautiful prayer calling for a transformation of the way we perceive others; Alme Pater, Jesu magne: a setting of words from an 11th century Beneventan Troporum. The complete mass was first performed on 17th May 2008, as part of the Daphne du Maurier Festival.