• Anthem
• setting of a prayer of St Aidan of Lindisfarne, in English and Italian
• written as an 80th birthday present to Roxanna's Godfather 
• premiered by the choir of Holy Redeemer Church Chelsea, with Roxanna's son Ben as treble soloist
• approx 3'30"

• Introit
• Verse 2 from Psalm 5
• written as a raffle prize for and first performed by Westminster Abbey Choir, 28.11.15
• approx 2 mins

• commissioned by Dean Close School for the dedication of their new organ
• texts taken form Dryden's Ode to St Cecilia
• dramatically upbeat...
• first performed by Dean Close Chapel & Chamber choirs, Tewkesbury Abbey Schola, Carleton Etherington (organ), Simon Bell (cond.), 24.04.15 
• approx 6 minutes

• motet commissioned by The Tablet Magazine for their 175th anniversary Mass, at Westminster Cathedral
• words from Proverbs (New Revised Standard Version Bible)
• approx. 4'30"

• Commissioned by ORA for a recording
• meditation on the Kyrie melody from Byrd's 5 part Mass
• approx 3 mins

• commissioned by Ex Cathedra
• texts by Robert Bulwer-Lytton & Kathleen Coates
• about long-distance love between a woman at home and a man at the World War I front
• premiere 31.01.15 at Birmingham Town Hall
• approx 10 mins

• commissioned by London Festival of Contemporary Church Music for live Evensong broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 14th May 2014
• in Latin
• lasts approximately 7' 30"

• setting of poem by Jennifer Powers
• written for and premiered by VOCES8 02.12.13
• approx 5 mins

• commissioned by Portsmouth Grammar School for Rememberence Day concert
• libretto by Norman Lebrecht, based on his novel of the same title - about 2 Jewish boys in WWII
• premiered on 11th November 2012 at Portsmouth Cathedral with baritone Nigel Cliffe, the trebles of Portsmouth Cathedral, Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir and London Mozart Players
• approx 20 mins

• part of Dance of Life - just the Latin Mass movements
• based on Estonian folkmusic
• approx 18 mins

• commissioned by Tallinn Philharmonic to celebrate Tallinn's tenure of European Capital of Culture
• oratorio with Latin Mass text with 19 poems (in Estonian or English) by Doris Kareva & Jürgen Rooste
• incorporating Estonian folk songs
• Mass parts availble independently, as "Tallinn Mass"
• premiered 29th June 2011 at St John's Church Tallinn
• to be recorded on the Warner Classics label for release in the US end of 2013 and in the UK Spring 2014
• approx 60 mins

• setting of the Latin text and incorporating the original plainsong by Hermman the Lame
• commissioned and premiered by Chappelle du Roi, 07.12.12
• dedicated to my mother on her 75th birthday (on which the premiere took place)
• approx 3'30"

• commissioned by St Alfege Church, Greenwich to commemorate the millennium anniversary of St Alfege's death
• text is a translation and adaptation by Stephen Macklow-Smith of the final words of Osbern's Life of St Alfege
• premiered 19th April 2012, at St Alfege Church with their resident choir
• approx 5 mins

• Latin Happy Birthday tribute to Cappella Nova, commissioned to celebrate their 30th anniversary
• to be premiered in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 30th and 31st May 2012
• approx 3 mins

• setting of psalm 135 (136) using Spanish Sephardic chant
• commissioned by Soli Deo GLoria INc. for Westminster Cathedral Choir
• world premiere 13.05.12, vespers, Westminster Cathedral
• approx 5 mins

• Setting of the famous texts in English, with the Magnificat having a Marion twist...
• Co-commissioned by St Mark's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia and the Exultate Singers, Bristol
• world premiere 25.03.12 St Mark's Philadelphia and UK premiere 19.05.12 the Exultate Singers at the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
• Magnificat approx 6 mins, Nunc Dimittis approx 4 mins

• Dramatic account of Jesus's childhood, as told by the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, adapted by Jessica Duchen
• incorporates traditional Yemenis Mourner's Kaddish (Jewish prayer) in its original Aramaic
• commissioned by Chanticleer to start a programme about Jesus's life
• premiere will be 26th March 2011, San Francisco, USA with Chanticleer and conductor Matthew Oltman
• approx 10 minutes

• Advent carol setting of George Herbert
• commissioned by St John's College Cambridge for their Advent service
• premiered by the choir, conductor Andrew Nethsinga and harpist Alison Martin 27.11.10, with another performance on 28.11.10 which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
• approx. 4 minutes

• setting of text by Wendy Cope
• Commissioned by Juice Vocal Ensemble as a part of a series of short love songs
• premiered at Vale of Glamorgan Festival, 10.09.10
• approx 3 mins 30 seconds

• setting of the Latin Mass, incorporating Missa de Angelis plainsong (words in Latin and English)
• commissioned by the London Oratory School Schola
• Other versions: organ; string orchestra sccomp.; simplified congregational with organ
• Premiere will be on 7th May 2010 at St James' Church, Spanish Place, London
• Approx 20 mins

• Commissioned by Cork International Choral Festival
• Tongue-in-cheek settings of two Wendy Cope poems the homeless hammer and Some Rules
• Premiere 30th April 2010 with conductor Paul Hiller and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland
• Approx. 5 mins 

• Commissioned by the Exultate Singers for a concert marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• Setting of Julian of Norwich’s famous “All Shall be Well” chapter 32 from her “Divine Revelations”, combined with medieval Polish battle hymn “Bogurodzica”
• Premiere 8th November at Clifton Cathedral, conducted by David Ogden with ‘cellist Richard May.

Approx. 8 mins.

• Commissioned by the Waynflete Singers, with an orchestration version of Spring (1997)
• Setting of poem by Christina Rosetti
• Premiere will be on 28th March 2009 with London Mozart Players, cond. Andrew Lumsden
• Approx. 7 – 8 mins

• Words: Ikkyū Sōyun (15th century Zen master, mostly in English with some Japanese)
• Commissioned and premiered by Kiku Day and the Nonsuch Singers
• First performed 13th March 2008 at St John’s Smith Square, London
• Approx. 20 mins

• Words: Padre Pio, trans. Stephen Macklow-Smith, adapted by Jessica Duchen
• Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation alongside other settings of the same prayer by Will Todd and James Macmillan
• Premiered at Westminster Cathedral with The Sixteen 3rd June 2008
• available on CD "Padre Pio: Prayer" on The Sixteen's CORO label
• Approx. 10 mins

• (see Chamber/Instrumental page for details)

• Words: Rumi
• Commissioned by Downe House Choral to celebrate the school's centenary
• Premiered by them with Anthony Cain (cond.) and Kate Milne (harp) on 1st November, 2007 at St Paul's Cathedral, London
• Approx 5 mins

• Words: from Psalm 110
• Commissioned by the Waltham Singers to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Andrew Fardell as their conductor.
• Premiere will be with the artsites above, accompanied by the Maggini Quartet (plus a double bass) on 1st March, 2008)
• Approx. 10 mins

• Amalgamated texts from Book of Prayer and the Bible (Authorised Version)
• Commissioned by St Edmundsbury Cathedral
• Premiere 06.05.07
• 5 -6 mins

• Christmas Carol (words: Anon)
• Commissioned by Newhall School Choir to be premiered by them at the Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Helen, Brentwood, Essex 9th December, 2005
• Approx. 3mins

• Commissioned by & for Downe House Choral
• Latin text
• Approx. 4 minutes

• See instrumental page for details
• Approx 15 minutes

• Commissioned by the John Studzinski Foundation for Westminster Cathedral Choir, on the occasion of Cardinal Basil Hume's 75th Birthday.
• First performance by Westminster Cathedral Choir and the City of London Sinfonia at Westminster Cathedral on 21st May 1998 (also with organ accompaniment; or one harp, tubular bells & organ)
• Recorded by Teldec/Warner Classics
• 28 minutes {N.B. also version with organ accompaniment)

• Everything that spring symbolizes a riotous celebration of lush new life.
• Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts for the Summer Exhibition
• First performed by the choir of St. James's Church, Piccadilly, London 21st May 1997
• 8 minutes

• Arrangement of traditional Polish Christmas carol, Lulajze Jezuniu, for BBC Singers Christmas CD.
• Approx 3 minutes

• Words by George Herbert
• Commissioned by the Festival of St Cecilia for combined choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster and St Paul's Cathedrals
• First performance St. Paul's Cathedral 22.11.00
• Approx 5 minutes

• Commissioned by Madeleine Mitchell & The Joyful Company of Singers
• Based on Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquoy
• Approx 9 minutes

• Commissioned by and dedicated to Douai Abbey Choir
• Mass text in Latin - Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei - with optional acclamation and doxdology
• 14 minutes

• Words: Thomas Nashe
• Commissioned by ABRSM publishing (ltd.)
• Approx 5 minutes

• Commissioned by Worth School, Surrey
• First performance: 9th December, 2002

• Words: Two Chorale-Preludes by Geoffrey Hill and Psalm 96(95) O Sing to the Lord verses 1 - 6
• Commissioned and premiered by Cappella Nova at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh 09.06.06
• Approx. 14 mins

• Words: 1 Corinthians 13 and Love is the Master by Rumi, trans. Andrew Harvey
• Commissioned and to be premiered by the Choral Arts Society, Philadelphia, USA on 24.03.07
• Approx. 20 mins

• 7 minutes for Treble or Soprano Solo and SSAATTBB a cappella choir

• Commissioned and performed by the Ealing youth choir and Ealing symphony orchestra 5th December 1998
• 12 minutes

• Commissioned by the Vasari Singers for their 21st birthday celebration at St. John's, Smith Square (5.5.01)
• Approx 3 minutes

• Two movements: first is a setting of Rumi's Love is the Master (click here to see animation)
• commissioned and first performed by Choral Arts Philadelphia, with conductor Matt Glandorf 24.03.06
• recorded in a CD of the same title, Warner Classics
• approx 20 mins