New Work (2027-2029)

Large-scale multimedia performance installations and audiovisual artworks, based on the history of the Aldeburgh Festival.

O Suns—O Grass of Graves (2026)
David Zucchi

Concert work for saxophone and live electronic processing.

Earth of Shine and Dark Mottling (2026)
Liam Byrne

Concert work, immersive recording, and 360-degree virtual reality film for three microtonal bass viols.

You & i are Earth (2025)
Tom Dilley

Concert work for augmented virginal, created as part of Guildhall School of Music and Drama Research Residency.

Earth of the Slumbering and Liquid Trees (2024)
Zubin Kanga

Concert work for sampled historical organs, MIDI keyboards, and ROLI Seaboard Rise 2 MPE keyboard. Premiered at The National Gallery, London (January 2024); additional performance at Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam (March 2025).

A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time (2023)
Benjamin Tassie, Rebecca Lee, & Rob Bentall

Album, film, and interactive smartphone app for water-powered historical instruments, lap steel guitar, Medieval rebec, bass viol, and Nyckelharpa.

Glass Coloured (2023)
Jamie Savan

Concert work for 3D-printed Renaissance cornett & live electronic processing.

Bad Death Ghosts (2022)
Benjamin Tassie

Concert work for microtonally-tuned spinet and lap steel guitar.

Quartet for a Landscape (2021)
Nordic Affect

Concert work and filmed installation for Baroque strings and harpsichord. Premiered at Mengi, Reykjavik (16 October).

Accrete (2021)
Mary Duggan Architects

Studio composition for multitracked Medieval rebec and two sopranos. Premiered as sound installation at London Festival of Architecture (19 June).

Solo for Computer and Tape (2020)
The National Gallery, London

Filmed installation for reel-to-reel tape machines, analogue synthesisers, laptop, and guitar pedals.

British Baroque: Power & Illusion (2020)
Tate Britain

Concert performance for bass viol, baryton, analogue synthesisers, and live electronics.

Victoria: Woman & Crown (2019)
Historic Royal Palaces

Multichannel installation soundtrack for exhibition at Kensington Palace. Recorded by Ligeti Quartet, Siwan Rhys, and Jonathan Mayer.

After Violence (2018)
Royal Academy of Arts, Dulwich Picture Gallery, & the National Trust

Music-theatre performance for analogue synthesisers, lute, soprano, and drag queen. Performed by Benjamin Tassie, Ella Taylor, Sam Brown, and Rhys Hollis. Premiered at Sutton House (11 August).

Salvage (2018)
National Opera Studio

Aria for countertenor and piano as part of 12:40, celebrating the National Opera Studio’s 40th anniversary. Text by Jaqueline Saphra. Premiered at Hoxton Hall (15 June).

Five Pop Songs for Orchestra (2017)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Arrangements of songs by Björk, Radiohead, and others for period orchestra. Premiered at Kensington Palace (26 August).

Silvertown (2017)
Musarc

New choir work performed in a disused factory in East London. Text by Annie Freud. Premiered at London Festival of Architecture (10 June).

Sun (2017)
Juice Vocal Ensemble

Song for three voices. Text by Annie Freud. Premiered at Tate Modern (8 January) with live broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Body (2016)
Liam Byrne & Rambert Dance

New music for bass viol and electronics with dance. Premiered at Wilderness Festival (5 August).