Al Hanisim
(alto voice, clarinet, strings and optional percussion)
Amol iz geven a Mayse
(solo voice - soprano/treble or tenor - with two violins)
Amol iz geven a Mayse
(solo voice - soprano/treble or tenor - with two violins - simplified version)
Barbara Allen (alto or baritone and orchestra)
Dawn in the Room (with strings)
(alto (or baritone), string orchestra)
Dreaming
(narrated poem, guitar and orchestra)
The centipede - Le Mille-Pattes
(mezzo soprano and bassoon)
The Elves (after Leconte de Lisle)
(alto/baritone solos, A/T chorus, A/T recorders, guitar, cello(s))
En Province (Georges Rodenbach / S N Solomons
(alto solo, guitar and optional bass instrument and bells)
Les Eléphants (The Elephants)
(poem by Leconte de Lisle)
(spoken voice (or choir or solo voice), clarinet, flute and string quartet)
Letter to Lydia (modernised version)
(soprano, electric guitar, keyboard and bass)
Letter to Lydia (original version)
(alto, flute, classical guitar, cello)
Little Bo Peep (vocal version)
(voice, flute and piano)
Madness of a headmistress
(a mock children’s song poem by Gavin Ewart)
(alto, recorder, guitar)
My Gentle Words
(soprano, flute, piano)
Three Nursery rhyme arrangements
(alto voice, recorder and guitar)
Ophelia’s Mad scene
(alto, guitar, alto recorder, great bass recorder, bassoon and contrabassoon)
Romanza
(alto voice and bandoneon)
Rose (after a poem by Iskan Acikca)
(alto (or bass), strings)
(tenor (or soprano), strings)
(tenor (or soprano), piano)
Rupert the chocolate angel - various versions in English
(voice(s) and piano or guitar)
Rupert l’ange au chocolat - various versions in French
(voice(s) and piano or guitar)
Ruprecht der Schoko-Engel - various version in German
(voice(s) and piano or guitar)
Saturnalia Song
(voices, percussion, wind, brass)
Sleep wayward thoughts (after John Dowland)
(alto voice, guitar, with optional added alto recorder part)
Solstice Song
(flute, alto voice, alto recorder, harp)
Ta Maman
(poem by Paul Maertens)
(alto, cello and guitar)
The Birding Song (from Wildlife in the Nursery)
(voice, flute, piano and optional bird songs)
The Elephant (from Wildlife in the Nursery)
(alto or baritone voice and various instruments and optional elephant calls)
The Grasshopper and the ant
(flute (or recorder or clarinet),
alto voice, guitar)
The learnèd hippopotamus
(voice (alto or tenor), recorder and guitar)
The quiet way you move me
(alto, chorus and guitar)
The Stripper
(based on “Their aid I thus disclaim” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida)
(alto, piano and excitable chorus)
Upon my bed by night
(alto and baritone solos with SATB chorus and guitar)
The Venerable Cat
(alto voice, guitar and optional additional instrument)