Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
British composer born 8 September 1934 in Salford; died 14 March 2016 in Sanday (Orkney Islands).
Born in Salford, near Manchester, Peter Maxwell Davies studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the Royal Northern College of Music) alongside a number of other musical luminaries, including composers Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Alexander Goehr (a former student of Schoenberg and the son of conductor Walter Goehr), pianist John Ogdon, and trumpet player Elgar Howarth. Maxwell Davies and his classmates would go on to found New Music Manchester in 1953, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of their own music, as well as contemporary European works and “classics” of 20th century repertoire, notably the music of the Second Viennese School. The group’s sole concert in London (on 9 January 1956) included a performance of Maxwell Davies’ Sonata for Trumpet (written for Howarth), which was praised by critics. Upon completing his studies in Manchester, he moved to Rome for further study with Goffredo Petrassi. From 1962 to 1964, he was a Harkness Fellow at Princeton University, where he studied with Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt, and Earl Kim. He subsequently returned to Great Britain and embarked on a career as a composer and conductor.
In 1964, with his former classmates from Manchester, he co-founded the first of the two Wardour Castle Summer Schools (based on the format of the Darmstadt Summer Courses) in which contemporary music was performed, taught, and promoted. In 1967, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, clarinettist Alan Hacker, and pianist Stephen Pruslin created their own ensemble, the Pierrot Players (in reference to the work by Schoenberg), which allowed them to workshop various projects, and notably, small-scale theatrical forms. This collaboration gave rise to the composition of a number of striking neo-expressionist works from Maxwell Davies’ early period: Revelation and Fall, Missa Super L’Homme Armé, Vesalii Icones, and, most significantly, Eight Songs for a Mad King. During this time, his larger-scale works were also performed (albeit to more conservative audiences who were generally less receptive to music of this nature), including Worldes Blis, described by Paul Griffiths as a “vast symphonic meditation,” conducted by the composer at its premiere at the BBC Proms, and his first opera, Taverner, premiered at the Royal Opera House in London.
In the early-1970s, Maxwell Davies moved to the Orkney Islands, where he lived and worked for the remainder of his life. The natural landscape and culture there were sources of inspiration for major works such as Black Pentecost, Image, Reflection, Shadow and The Lighthouse. It was also there that he met poet George Mackay Brown, whose work proved to be another source of inspiration, and with whom he would collaborate on numerous projects, including Into the Labyrinth, Westerlings, Solstice of Light, The Beltane Fire, and the chamber opera The Martyrdom of St. Magnus. In 1977, Maxwell Davies founded the annual St. Magnus Festival in Kirkwall, which has since become one of the most important new music festivals (within a broader artistic setting) in the United Kingdom. Settling in the Orkney Islands also gave rise to a significant change in Maxwell Davies’ creative aesthetic: he began to reflect on and “reinterpret” the major forms of tonal music in his works. In 1973, he embarked on the composition of a cycle of symphonies (for which the Orcadian landscape, as well as the symphonies of Sibelius, were major sources of inspiration) which he would work on, periodically, for the remainder of his life. The First Symphony was premiered in London in 1978 by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by a young Simon Rattle.
In addition to working with his own ensemble, “The Fires of London” (he had essentially rebranded the Pierrot Players with this name in 1970, assuming sole control of the group), with whom he toured extensively over a period of some twenty years, he established long-lasting relationships with a number of other groups, both as a composer and conductor, including the London Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Manchester Philharmonic, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh. He composed the series of ten Strathclyde Concertos for soloists from the latter orchestra. Another ambitious project was a cycle of ten quartets for the Maggini Quartet, started in the early 2000s and subsequently recorded and released on the Naxos label (as a consequence, the works were nicknamed the “Naxos Quartets”). The extra-musical dimensions of these quartets provide a sort of summary of Maxwell Davies’ various fields of interest during this period in his life: politics (No. 3), the landscape of the Orkney Islands (No. 5), music of the Renaissance (No. 8), etc.
In addition to collaborations with professional performers, Maxwell Davies regularly worked with amateur and young musicians. From 1959 to 1962, he taught at Cirencester Grammar School in the west of England. This experience led him to advocate strongly for the importance of musical education for all. Formerly a critic of the monarchy, in 2004 he accepted the post of “Master of the Queen’s Music,” ostensibly on the grounds that the position could serve as a platform from which to denounce the political tendency at the time towards austerity and privatisation which was having a severe impact on funding for the arts in general, and on the quality of music programmes in British schools in particular. Throughout his life, he composed dozens of works for children and for specific communities (notably in Scotland) in the form “musical representations” of places, including Five Klee Pictures, Songs of Hoy, Kirkwall Shopping Songs, and the children’s opera Cinderella, among others. The Hogboon (2015), a children’s opera based on an Orcadian folk tale, is his last major work.
Maxwell Davies served as Artistic Director of the Dartington Summer School of Music from 1979 to 1984, where he also led masterclasses in composition. In 1987, he received the title of “Knight Bachelor,” and in 2014, the Queen made him a “Companion of Honour”. In the final decade of his life, he was a guest professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Modernisme, tradition, paysage, communauté : le monde musical de Peter Maxwell Davies
By Jonathan Cross
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L’œuvre de Maxwell Davies la mieux connue et la plus souvent jouée est son monodrame de 1969 pour baryton et ensemble, Eight Songs for a Mad King (« Huit chansons pour un roi fou ») – un véritable classique du théâtre musical dans la tradition de Pierrot lunaire op. 21 et d’Erwartung op. 17 de Schoenberg. Les chansons en question sont une représentation frappante de la folie de George III, roi d’Angleterre à la fin du XVIIIe siècle et au début du XIXe. L’écriture vocale est extraordinaire. Le compositeur demande au baryton des techniques étendues, de la mélodie au bruit brut, du grave (profond) au (très) aigu. L’écriture de l’ensemble instrumental (six musiciens, à l’instar de Pierrot lunaire op. 21 mais avec un percussionniste supplémentaire) est également saisissante : un kaléidoscope de citations et de parodies, une musique tantôt atonale, tantôt aléatoire, des imitations de chants d’oiseaux à la flûte qui est placée dans une grande cage à oiseaux sur la scène (cage également figurée dans la notation musicale), et même la destruction bouleversante d’un violon pendant le spectacle. La musique représente l’esprit délirant du roi. Au milieu de la pièce, l’auditeur entend le roi qui chante (en falsetto) l’air « Comfort Ye » du Messie d’Haendel (contemporain du personnage historique), accompagné au piano dans un style « jazz », ensuite métamorphosé en un foxtrot, et enfin détruit : encore une expérience inquiétante. Dans le contexte des changements rapides de la société à la fin des années 1960, il s’agit là d’une critique explicite des idées reçues sur la normalité sociale, la folie, le pouvoir politique, la religion, etc. Fils d’un ouvrier, élève d’un lycée public (et non d’une grande école privée comme la plupart des compositeurs anglais avant et autour de lui), homosexuel, polémiste, républicain, athée, Maxwell Davies n’a pas hésité à adopter l’attitude du « jeune homme en colère » pendant les années soixante.
Dans le contexte d’un pays comme le Royaume-Uni où les avant-gardes musicales tendent à se développer plus tardivement qu’ailleurs en Europe, les Eight Songs constituèrent une « déclaration d’intention » déterminante. Plus généralement, Maxwell Davies contribua fortement, pendant ces années, à l’émergence d’un nouveau genre de théâtre musical engagé, parallèlement à d’autres grandes figures telles que Berio, Henze, Kagel et Ligeti. En l’occurrence, sa démarche consista à capter la force expressive de la musique austro-allemande du début du XXe siècle pour la mettre au service d’une exploration de la notion de la trahison (politique et religieuse notamment), comme on le voit dans Revelation and Fall (1966) sur un texte de Georg Trakl, dans la Missa Super L’Homme Armé (1968) etdans Vesalii Icones (1969) pour danseur et ensemble.
Maxwell Davies poursuit également ces thèmes sur une plus grande scène. Son premier opéra, Taverner (1970), sur un livret rédigé par ses soins, raconte plusieurs épisodes de la vie du compositeur anglais du XVIe siècle et souligne ses conflits avec l’église dans le contexte de la Réforme anglaise. Ici encore, la notion centrale est l’hypocrisie ; l’hostilité de Maxwell Davies vis-à-vis de la religion est manifeste. Comme dans ses œuvres de théâtre musical, c’est au moyen de parodies et citations qu’il parvient à exprimer ce thème. Le deuxième acte, par exemple, est une grande parodie musicale et dramatique du premier acte – une version noire comme un cauchemar. Un aspect remarquable de l’œuvre est la présence de la musique de la Renaissance, à travers les pastiches de danses et de fantaisies de l’époque de Taverner jouées sur instruments d’époque. En effet, Maxwell Davies s’intéresse à la musique des XVe et XVIe siècles depuis sa formation à Manchester, puis à Rome où, poursuivant ses études avec Petrassi, il découvre les messes de Palestrina (et d’autres) chantées dans leur cadre liturgique. Rien de plus naturel, dès lors, que son intérêt pour la forme de la messe-parodie du XVIe siècle (une œuvre composée sur la base d’une autre). De même, il y a pour lui des liens forts entre les structures complexes de la polyphonie de la Renaissance et les structures sérielles qu’il étudie à l’Université de Princeton auprès de Milton Babbitt. Plusieurs autres opéras jalonnent le parcours de sa vie créatrice. Les opéras de chambre The Martyrdom of St. Magnus (1976) et The Lighthouse (1979) abordent des sujets plus intimes concernant les personnes et les lieux qui l’environnent en Écosse. Les grands opéras prolongent sa veine polémique : Resurrection (1987) reprend les thèmes et les comportements musicaux de Taverner mais dans un tout autre contexte dramatique ; même vers la fin de sa vie il continue, dans Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!) (2011), de critiquer les idéologies par des parodies musicales pour mieux fêter le triomphe de l’esprit humain.
On peut découvrir un aspect très différent de l’identité créatrice de Maxwell Davies dans une pièce délicieuse pour orchestre, An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (1984), issue de sa vie dans les Orcades, où il s’est installé au début des années 1970. L’œuvre est un hommage chaleureux aux gens et traditions de ces îles écossaises : la musique présente des strathspeys et des reels (des danses écossaises traditionnelles), presque comme si la musique elle-même était ivre, jusqu’au moment de l’arrivée théâtrale (au lever métaphorique du soleil) d’un joueur de cornemuse qui clôture la fête de mariage. C’est une musique pleine de joie et de candeur, dont l’élégance est évidemment tout à fait différente de la surface fragmentée des Eight Songs. Mais pour Maxwell Davies il n’y a jamais de contradiction entre sa musique complexe et atonale, voire avant-gardiste, et sa musique plus tonale et directe. En effet, l’attitude du compositeur face à ses matériaux (trouvés, inventés) ne change guère : il peut transformer de la musique du XVIIIe siècle aussi bien que de la musique folklorique afin de transmettre une idée ou un endroit avec une expression puissante.
Tout au long de sa vie, Maxwell Davies a associé sa musique à des lieux particuliers. Pour lui, la musique n’est jamais une chose abstraite, même quand il écrit une symphonie ou un quatuor à cordes. Il décrivait souvent ses symphonies, par exemple, en référence au paysage dans lequel il vivait. Après avoir rencontré le poète « orcadien » George Mackay Brown, il compose nombre d’œuvres inspirées par les contes, les traditions et les gens du nord de l’Écosse. Sa première œuvre sur un texte de Brown est From Stone to Thorn (1971) pour soprano, clarinette de basset, clavecin, guitare et percussion. Cette chanson (loin des hurlements et déclamations des œuvres théâtrales des années 1960) inaugure alors un monde expressif tout à fait inédit pour lui. Selon Paul Griffiths, c’est la première fois qu’il interprète un texte sans ironie. Into the Labyrinth (1983) est une interprétation douce et recueillie des mots de Brown pour ténor et ensemble. L’œuvre traite des changements occasionnés par la technologie dans la vie traditionnelle des peuples des Orcades. The Beltane Fire (1995) – qui devait être une partition pour ballet mais devint finalement un « poème chorégraphique » imaginaire pour orchestre – est aussi inspiré par les écrits de Brown mais cette fois, l’œuvre est forte, rythmique et souvent violente. C’est une sorte de « Sacre celtique du printemps », un commentaire moderne sur les anciennes traditions comme l’était le Le Sacre du Printemps de Igor Stravinsky à l’égard de ses sources folkloriques.
En se confrontant à des lieux particuliers, Maxwell Davies s’engage aussi auprès des musiciens amateurs et des jeunes. Il écrit, à partir des années 1960, de nombreuses pièces pour enfants, insistant sur le fait qu’il ne s’agit jamais d’une musique simpliste, « enfantine », mais bien d’une musique du même niveau artistique que celle destinée aux musiciens professionnels, seulement un petit peu plus facile à jouer. L’opéra Cinderella (1979) en est un bon exemple. Inscrite dans la tradition anglaise de la pantomime, l’œuvre, qui conte l’histoire familière de Cendrillon (transposée au XXe siècle), confie à des enfants tous les rôles et toutes les parties musicales (flûtes à bec, percussion, instruments à cordes, une trompette et un piano). Une fois encore, le compositeur fait référence à des musiques hétérogènes (les reels écossais, la musique disco, etc.), cette fois non pas pour parodier de manière polémique, mais afin d’attirer l’attention des enfants et de les faire rire. À ce titre, il se place dans la tradition anglaise du compositeur engagé dont le grand protagoniste est Britten avec son œuvre pour les enfantsNoye’s Fludde (1958). Ce type d’engagement reste vivace jusqu’à la fin de sa vie avec notamment The Hogboon (2015), grande œuvre dramatique pour chœurs d’adultes et d’enfants et orchestre professionnel, adaptée d’un conte folklorique des Orcades. Le gamin Magnus sauve sa communauté d’un monstre géant (le « Nuckleavee ») en chantant et dansant (il s’agit d’une sorte de réinterprétation de L’Orphée de Monteverdi). L’harmonie de la communauté est symbolisée par la tonalité glorieuse de ré majeur, conformément à son usage traditionnel pour représenter le triomphe.
Au cœur esthétique du parcours de Maxwell Davies se trouvent les dix symphonies. Pour un compositeur qui, dans sa jeunesse, cultivait la réputation d’un enfant terrible luttant contre les traditions et les institutions de la culture savante, cela sembla une volte-face inattendue. En réalité, Maxwell Davies s’est toujours immergé dans la tradition classique, présente en filigrane dans toutes ses œuvres. Il se réfère volontiers à Bach, Haydn et Beethoven. À Manchester déjà, il avait lu le traité théorique de Heinrich Schenker Der freie Satz, notamment ses analyses des Cinquième et Neuvième symphonies de Beethoven, et pendant ses travaux préparatoires pour Taverner il prend conscience de la nécessité d’un « long-term thinking over a long span of time » (« penser à long terme, longtemps »). Rappelons qu’il choisit d’étudier auprès de Petrassi, un compositeur qui n’adopta jamais le dodécaphonisme (ce qui ne l’empêcha pas d’encourager le travail de son élève sur Prolation pour orchestre, une grande œuvre sérielle à l’ombre de Pierre Boulez et Luigi Nono) et qui dialogua avec la musique du passé dans un style néoclassique / néobaroque marqué par Igor Stravinsky et Paul Hindemith. Ce n’est donc pas une grande surprise de voir Maxwell Davies commencer un projet à grande échelle pour l’orchestre symphonique peu après avoir achevé son opéra – ainsi que la vaste méditation symphonique Worldes Blis (1966–69). (Cette évolution stylistique coïncide également avec son déménagement en Écosse, matrice d’une remise en cause plus large.)
Il est évident que l’influence structurelle de Beethoven est partout dans la Première symphonie (commencée en 1973, achevée en 1976, créée en 1978 à Londres), au même titre que l’est « l’approche à long terme » de Sibelius dans la Cinquième – deux influences d’égale importance pour Maxwell Davies. Le défi pour lui est de trouver les moyens de réinterpréter la symphonie – forme typique du XIXe siècle – dans le contexte de la fin du XXe siècle. Les brillants appels du cor et les longues lignes pour violons du début du premier mouvement n’évoquent pas que Beethoven mais également le paysage des Orcades – les hautes falaises et les cris des mouettes –, le tout étant ponctué par le son mystique ou rituel des crotales. La musique se construit autour de « centres » (des moments de repos ou de focalisation) à la manière des centres tonals des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, mais au sein d’une architecture qui n’a plus qu’une relation lointaine avec la tonalité. La Cinquième symphonie (1994) est une grande forme symphonique en un seul mouvement. On y trouve des triades, mais débarrassées de leur connotations tonales. On y trouve également des processus de développement (quasi-sibéliens) : il s’agit d’un voyage musical et métaphorique, procédant par vagues. Sa dernière symphonie, la Dixième (pour baryton, chœur et grand orchestre), créée en 2014 à Londres, a un air plus mélancolique, plus nostalgique, qui jette un regard rétrospectif vers les mondes musicaux de Mahler et Berg. La vulnérabilité, la fragilité de cette musique sont évidentes, témoignage peut-être du fait qu’il compose la plupart de l’œuvre tout en luttant contre le cancer – maladie qui causera sa mort, deux ans plus tard. Intitulée « Alla ricerca di Borromini », la symphonie aborde la vie et la mort de Francesco Borrimini, architecte romain du XVIIe siècle. Maxwell Davies avait déjà composé une œuvre, le Septième quatuor « Naxos », dont les mouvements étaient nommés d’après les églises de Borromini. De même, saTroisième symphonierendait hommage à Brunelleschi. Ainsi, quand le compositeur parle de l’architecture de ses œuvres, il ne pense pas seulement à Beethoven et Sibelius, mais aussi aux monuments magnifiques du baroque romain. La structure (entendue comme structure à grande échelle) demeure son mot-clé jusqu’à la fin de sa vie – mais une structure toujours au service de l’expression.
Malgré les changements stylistiques qui se sont succédés à la surface de la musique de Maxwell Davies – réponse éblouissante à la complexité du monde tel qu’il le voit –, le fil rouge qui traverse toutes ses œuvres est son interprétation du passé lointain, notamment les musiques du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance. On rencontre du chant grégorien au détour de beaucoup de ses œuvres. Paul Griffiths caractérise Alma Redemptoris Mater (1957), par exemple, comme la parodie d’une parodie (du Maxwell Davies sur un motet de Dunstable sur un chant). On peut aussi citer l’Ave Maris Stella (1975), une de ses premières pièces importantes écrites en Écosse (et en tant que telle œuvre de transition), où le choix du chant éponyme est un hommage à la mer des Orcades (la Vierge comme « étoile de la mer »). L’Ave maris stella est la source de l’harmonie, de la mélodie et des rythmes : il est transformé en un réseau de hauteurs et de valeurs à la façon sérielle, « projeté à travers le carré magique de la lune », selon le compositeur. On peut retrouver un processus parallèle dans A Mirror of Whitening Light (1976/77) sur le chant « Veni sancte spiritus ». Un chant grégorien caché soutient aussi la structure de la Cinquième symphonie. Maxwell Davies cherche toujours les moyens d’établir des liens entre le temps présent et le lointain historique – comme chez Schoenberg, chez Webern, chez Stravinsky, entre autres – alors même qu’il reconnaît la rupture violente entre le présent et le passé. Bref, il nous parle, à sa façon tout à fait personnelle, de la modernité.
Des œuvres expressionnistes enragées des années 1960 jusqu’aux douces compositions tonales fêtant les habitants des Orcades, la gamme du parcours musical de Maxwell Davies est étendue. Bien qu’il semble parler avec plusieurs voix, les thèmes et questions qu’il aborde restent cohérents : un engagement tout au long de sa vie contre l’hypocrisie et l’injustice ; l’importance du rôle du compositeur dans sa communauté en tant qu’animateur et porte-parole ; une approche originale des structures musicales ; une attitude critique et créatrice face à l’histoire musicale ; un ton volontiers joyeux et humoristique.
L’apport de Maxwell Davies au développement de la musique au Royaume-Uni pendant la seconde moitié du XXe siècle est incontestable. Avec ses contemporains Birtwistle et Goehr, dont il était proche, il joua un rôle très important en insufflant des idées avant-gardistes à un pays jusqu’alors généralement sceptique vis-à-vis d’un modernisme fort. Dans le contexte des années 1960, avec ses révolutions sociales et ses bouleversements dans le domaine de la musique populaire britannique (des Beatles aux Rolling Stones), Maxwell Davies apporta à la musique savante une perspective tout aussi révolutionnaire et internationale. Il montra qu’il était possible d’adopter une pensée musicale dérivée du Schoenberg des années 1920 et de Babbitt, Boulez et Nono dans les années 1950, tout en gardant un accent britannique (voire écossais) et un sens de sa propre appartenance à des traditions et à des lieux singuliers. C’est de cette façon que son legs s’inscrit finalement dans la longue tradition de la musique européenne des derniers siècles.
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- Solo (excluding voice)
- Early Morning Echoes for piano (1942)
- Moderato in E Flat for piano (1942)
- Two-Key Melody for piano (1942)
- Nocturne in Ab for piano (1945)
- Easter Lyric for piano (1946)
- Incantations for piano (1947)
- Fantasy Suite No. 1 for piano (1948)
- Funeral March in B Major (for a Pig) for piano (1948)
- Shangri-La for piano (1948)
- Spring Pastorale for piano (1948)
- The Cloud for piano (1948)
- The River for piano (1948)
- Fantasy Suite No. 2 for piano (1949)
- Parade for piano (1949)
- Polyphonic Study on Diatonic Scales in B flat for piano (1949)
- Prelude for piano (1949)
- Sonata in C sharp Minor for piano (1949)
- (Tale) in Seven Wags for piano (1950)
- Andante in E Major for piano (1950)
- Das Ausgebildete Geschöpf for piano (1950)
- Alice for piano (1951), 12 mn
- Dance for piano (1951)
- Dance of the Kittens for piano (1951)
- Alle Vogel Sind Schonda arrangement on a popular German song, for celesta (1952)
- Vaughan Williams prelude for organ (1953)
- Sonata for piano (1954)
- Five Pieces for Piano for piano (1956), 15 mn, Schott
- Carol at Christmastime '58 for Julian for guitar (1958)
- Organ Fantasia from O Magnum Mysterium for organ (1960), 14 mn, Schott
- Prelude for harpsichord (1961)
- Five Little Pieces for Piano (1964), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Cauda Pavonis after Schubert, for piano (1969)
- Solita for flute (1969), between 8 mn and 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Sub Tuam Protectionem (Beneath thy protection) for piano (1969), 6 mn, Chester Music
- Turris Campanarum Sonatium - The Bell Tower for percussion (1971)
- Ut Re Mi (Doh Re Mi) for solo piano (1971), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Lullaby for Ilian Rainbow for guitar (1972), Boosey & Hawkes
- Slow Waltz for piano (1974)
- Three Voluntaries for solo organ (1974), 7 mn
- Yesterday (Lennon and McCartney) for guitar (1974), 3 mn
- Stevie's Ferry to Hoy for piano (1975), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Door of the Sun for viola (1975), 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Seven Brightnesses for clarinet (1975), 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Door of the sun for viola (1976), 8 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun for flute (1976), 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Ye Olde English Lullabye for clarinet (1976)
- Ice Walk in Sheldon's (Borrowed) Boots for piano (1977)
- Nocturne for alto flute (1979), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Farewell to Stromness for guitar (1980), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Farewell to Stromness interlude of The Yellow Cake Revue, for piano (1980), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Yesnaby Ground interlude of The Yellow Cake Revue, for piano (1980), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Hill Runes for guitar (1981), 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Piano Sonata for piano (1981), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Sonatina for trumpet (1981), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Organ Sonata for organ (1982), 22 mn, Chester Music
- Sea Eagle for horn (1982), 9 mn, Chester Music
- Gigue for piano (1984)
- Guitar Sonata for guitar (1984), 11 mn, Chester Music
- We Met in St. Louis for cello (1985)
- Highbury Fling for piano (1990)
- First Grace of Light for oboe (1991), 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Journey for piano (1991)
- The Lagavulin of Riberac for piano (1991)
- Christmas Greetings for piano (1993)
- Six Secret Songs for piano (1993), 7 mn, Chester Music
- Colleran's Currant for piano (1994)
- Drummond's Dumpe for piano (1994)
- Reliqui Domum Meum for organ (1996), 3 mn, Chester Music
- A Little Enigma in Vancouver for piano (1997)
- An Orkney Tune for piano (1998), 2 mn, Chester Music
- Mrs Linklater's Tune for violin (1998), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Litany - for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore for trumpet (1999), 11 mn, Chester Music
- Sighs upon the Glacier for piano (2000)
- Lux in Tenebris for double bass (2001), 4 mn 50 s, Chester Music
- Remo et Aura for piano (2002)
- Veni Creator Spiritus for organ (2002), 6 mn, Chester Music
- Between Ebb and Flow for piano (2003), Inédit
- Snow Cloud over Lochan for piano (2003), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Judas Mercator for trombone (2004), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Loom of Winter, Shadow for two pianos (2004)
- Marlow’s Fanfare for trumpet (2006), Inédit
- Three Sanday Places for piano (2007), 7 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fanfare – Salute to Dennis Brain for solo horn (2009-2007), 5 mn, Chester Music
- A Postcard from Sanday for solo piano (2012), 3 mn 30 s, Schott
- Bist du bei mir ... oder? for solo piano (2012), Chester Music
- Six Sorano Variants for solo viola (2012), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Capstone for organ (2013), between 10 mn and 12 mn, Chester Music
- Sonata for Violin Alone (2013), 18 mn, Schott
- Sonatina for Violin Alone (2014), 10 mn, Chester Music
- Chamber music
- Elegy for violin and piano (1951)
- (Tale) in Seven Wags arrangement for two pianos (1952)
- Allegretto, con Moto for two pianos (1952)
- Phantom of the Winds for violin and piano (1952)
- Quartet Movement for string quartet (1952), 2 mn 50 s, Chester Music
- Ye Olde English Lullabye for violin and piano (1952)
- Trio for violin, viola and cello (1953)
- Octet for wind instruments (1954)
- Sonata for Trumpet for trumpet and piano (1955), Schott
- Stedman Doubles for clarinet and three percussions (1955), variable, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Womb with a View for trombone, percussion, piano and violin (1956)
- Clarinet Sonata for clarinet and piano (1956), 15 mn, Chester Music
- Alma Redemptoris Mater for wind sextet (1957), 7 mn, Schott
- The Hour of Contempt for violin and piano (1957)
- Sextet for ensemble (1958)
- String Quartet (1961), 13 mn, Schott
- Aloha Hunter three duets of clarinet and trombone (1966)
- Hymnos for clarinet and piano (1967), 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Epistrophe for two pianos (1968)
- Stedman Doubles for clarinet and percussion (1968), variable, Boosey & Hawkes
- Zwischenspiele for flute, cello and celesta (1969)
- Music for a silent film for two pianos and percussion (1972)
- Septet for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar, piano, violin and cello (1971-1972)
- Untitled work for flute and marimba (1972)
- Birthday Canon for Richard Hall's 70th Birthday for wind quintet (1973)
- Song of the Forest Bird (after Wagner: Siegfried, Act 2) for flute and celesta (1973)
- Christmas Card for Judith and Roger for flute and bassoon (1974), 12 mn
- Fanfare for Richard (Duffalo) for five trumpets (1976)
- Four Lessons for two keyboards (1978), 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Quiet Memory of Bob Jennings for violin, viola, cello (1979), 12 mn
- Yesnaby Ground arrangement for two guitars (1980), 3 mn
- Brass Quintet (1981), 25 mn, Chester Music [program note]
- March: The Pole Star for brass quintet (1981), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Gesualdo: Two Motets for brass quintet (1982), 5 mn
- Little Quartet No. 1 for string quartet (1982), 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Tallis: Four Voluntaries for brass quintet (1982), 9 mn, Chester Music
- Birthday Music for John for flute, violin and cello (1983), 9 mn, Chester Music
- Sonatina for violin and cymbalum (1984), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Little Quartet No. 2 for string quartet (1987), 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Little Christmas Music for oboe and piano (1990)
- Lullaby for violin and cello (1991), 2 mn, Schott
- Two Dances from Caroline Mathilde arrangement for flute and harp (1993), 8 mn, Chester Music
- Joey's Tune for clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano (1996)
- Midhouse Air for violin and viola (1996), Chester Music
- In osculum leonis for two violas (1999)
- Midhouse Air for clarinet, violin, cello and harpsichord (1999), Inédit
- Trumpet Quintet for string quartet and trumpet (1999), 28 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare for Lowry for two trumpets (2000), 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Dove, Star-Folded for string trio (2001), 8 mn, Chester Music
- Economies of Scale for clarinet, piano, violin and cello (2002), 8 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 1 for string quartet (2002), 30 mn, Chester Music
- Piano Trio: A Voyage to Fair Isle for piano, violin, cello (2002), 19 mn, Chester Music
- Veni Creator Spiritus for flute and bass clarinet (2002), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 3 for string quartet (2003), 33 mn, Chester Music
- A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes for string quartet (2004), 7 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare for Carinthia for four trumpets (2004), 4 mn, Schott
- Hymn to Artemis Locheia for clarinet and string quartet (2004), 30 mn, Schott
- Musikgeschichte in einem Satz, Kurz for string quartet (2004), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 4: Children's Games for string quartet (2004), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 5: Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland for string quartet (2004), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Tecum Principium for marimba and flute (2004), 3 mn, Schott
- Telos 135 for four baroque trumpets and two timpani (2004), 6 mn, Schott
- A Little Thank You to Dave for two violins (2005)
- Naxos Quartet No. 6 for string quartet (2005), 40 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 7: Metafore sul Borromini for string quartet (2005), 56 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 8 for string quartet (2005), 15 mn, Chester Music
- Lumen Cognitionis for flute, clarinet and string quartet (2006), 4 mn, Schott
- Naxos Quartet No. 9 for string quartet (2006), 30 mn, Chester Music
- A Little Trowie Music for cello ensemble (2007), 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Naxos Quartet No. 10 for string quartet (2007), 21 mn, Chester Music
- Piano Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello (2007), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Sonata for Cello and Piano – Sequentia Serpentigena for piano and cello (2007), 17 mn, Schott
- String Trio for violin, viola and cello (2008), 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Violin Sonata for violin and piano (2008), 20 mn, Schott
- The Last Island for string sextet (2009), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Two Nocturnes for piano, violin, viola and cello (2010), 6 mn, Schott
- Stormwatch, Stormfall for horn, piano and violin (2011), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Oboe Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello (2012), 15 mn, Schott
- Processional for trumpet and piano (2012)
- Quintette à cordes (2014), 20 mn, Schott
- Military March No.2 for string quartet (2015), 2 mn, Chester Music
- Mouvement de quatuor à cordes (2016)
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Burchiello for sixteen percussions (1955)
- Opus Clavicembalisticum (Sorabji) for orchestra (1955)
- Work on a theme by Thomas Tompkins for orchestra (1955)
- St. Michael sonata for seventeen wind instruments (1957), 17 mn, Schott
- Prolation for orchestra (1958), 20 mn, Schott
- Stedman Caters for ensemble (1958), 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Pavan and Galliard for amateur orchestra (1959)
- Ricercar and Doubles for ensemble (1959), 12 mn, Schott
- Richard II for oboe, english horn, horn, two trumpets and snare drum (1959)
- Variations on a Theme for Chords for amateur orchestra (1959)
- William Byrd: Three Dances arrangement for amateur orchestra (1959), 4 mn
- Benedicam Domino (Johnson) for wind ensemble (1960)
- Mouvement Perpetuel No. 1 (Poulenc) for amateur orchestra (1960)
- Now Thank We All Our God (‘Nun Danket’) for amateur orchestra (1960)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem ('Forest Green') for amateur orchestra (1960)
- Pavan from the Mulliner Book (Newman) for wind ensemble (1960)
- Prelude from ‘Jack-in-the-box’ (Satie) for amateur orchestra (1960)
- Romance from 'Trois Rag-Caprices' (Milhaurd) for amateur orchestra (1960)
- Three German Folk Songs for amateur orchestra (1960)
- Three Pieces for orchestra (1960)
- Watkins Ale (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) for amateur orchestra (1960)
- Andantino and Allegro from 'Les Cinq Doigts' (Stravinsky) for amateur orchestra (1961)
- Fantasy on the National Anthem for amateur orchestra (1961)
- Lord, thy word abideth (Ravenshaw) for amateur orchestra (1961)
- Melancholy Galliard (Dowland) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1961)
- Canzon 14 from 'Canzone e Sonate', 1615 (Gabriele) arrangement for ensemble (1962)
- First Fantasia on an In Nomine of John Taverner for orchestra (1962), 11 mn, Schott
- Forth in Thy Name O Lord (Song 34) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1962), 12 mn
- In Nomine (Tallis) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1962)
- King Christian Galliard (Dowland) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1962)
- Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, Book 1 (Grieg) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1962)
- March (Stravinsky) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1962)
- Polka (Stravinsky) arrangement for amateur orchestra (1962)
- Sinfonia for chamber orchestra (1962), 23 mn, Schott
- Shakespeare Music for ensemble (1964), 11 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine for orchestra (1965), 39 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Seven In Nomine for ensemble (1965), 14 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Pagoda Fugue for ensemble (1965)
- Antechrist for ensemble (1967), 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Purcell: Fantasia and Two Pavans for ensemble (1968), 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Stedman Caters for ensemble (1968), 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Gabrieli: Canzona for ensemble or orchestra (1969), 12 mn, Chester Music
- St Thomas Wake foxtrot for orchestra (1969), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Worldes Blis motet for orchestra (1969), 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for ensemble (1971), Boosey & Hawkes
- Kontaktion arrangement after Tylman Susato, for ensemble (1971)
- Suite from The Boy Friend for ensemble or orchestra (1971), 25 mn
- Suite from The Devils for ensemble (1971), 25 mn, Chester Music
- The Boyfriend film music for orchestra (1971)
- Dunstable: Veni Sancte - Veni Creator Spiritus for ensemble (1972), 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Four Quartets for ensemble (1972)
- Walton Tribute for orchestra (1972)
- All Sons of Adam for ensemble (1973), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Purcell: Fantasia upon One Note for ensemble (1973), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Renaissance Scottish Dances for instrumental ensemble (1973), Boosey & Hawkes
- Si Quis Diligit Me motet for ensemble (1973), 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- J.S. Bach: Two Preludes and Fugues for ensemble (1974), 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Nach Bergamo-Zur Heimat for ensemble (1974)
- O God Abufe motet after John Fethy, for ensemble (1974), 12 mn
- Psalm 124 motet for ensemble (1974), 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Ave Maris Stella for ensemble (1975), 32 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Three Studies for Percussion for eleven percussionists (1975), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Five Klee Pictures for orchestra (1976), 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Kinloche his Fantassie after William Kinloch, for ensemble (1976), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (1976), 58 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Mirror of Whitening Light for ensemble (1977), 22 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fiftieth Birthday Greeting for Ernst Widmer for ensemble (1977)
- Our Father Whiche in Heaven Art motet for instrumental ensemble (1977), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Runes from a Holy Island for ensemble (1977), 10 mn, Chester Music
- Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society's Silver Jubilee Salute (1979), 12 mn
- Salome: Concert Suite from the Ballet for orchestra (1979)
- A Welcome to Orkney for ensemble (1980), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 2 for orchestra (1980), 55 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Bairns of Brugh for ensemble (1981), 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Well for ensemble (1981)
- Bessie Millie's Wind Shop for ensemble (1982)
- Gesualdo: Two Motets for brass ensemble (1982)
- Image, Reflection, Shadow for ensemble (1982), 37 mn, Chester Music
- March: The Pole Star for brass ensemble (1982)
- Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes for ensemble (1982)
- Island of the Saints for ensemble (1983)
- Sinfonietta Accademica for orchestra (1983), 32 mn, Chester Music
- Symphony No. 3 for orchestra (1984), 58 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Unbroken Circle for ensemble (1984), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Dowland: Farewell a Fancye for ensemble (1986), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Jimmack the Postie for orchestra (1986), 9 mn, Chester Music
- Music in Camera for instrumental ensemble (1986)
- Mishkenot for ensemble (1988), 7 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 4 for orchestra (1989), 42 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner for orchestra (1989), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Ban: Vanitas (1991), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Caroline Mathilde: Concert Suite from Act I of the Ballet for orchestra (1991), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Ojai Festival Overture for orchestra (1991), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Road to Colonnus for ensemble (1991)
- Witch for ensemble (1991)
- Sir Charles his Pavan for orchestra (1992), 4 mn, Schott
- Chat Moss for orchestra (1993), 5 mn 50 s, Chester Music
- Birthday Greeting for orchestra (1994)
- Carolisima serenade for ensemble (1994), 19 mn, Schott
- Sunday Morning for orchestra (1994)
- Symphony No. 5 for orchestra (1994), 26 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Thaw for ensemble (1995), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Beltane Fire choreographic poem for orchestra (1995), 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Time and the Raven for orchestra (1995), 10 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 10 concerto for orchestra (1996), 31 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 6 for orchestra (1996), 48 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Throstle's Nest Junction for orchestra (1996), 15 mn, Chester Music
- Mavis in Las Vegas themes and variations for orchestra (1997), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Orkney Saga I: Fifteen keels laid in Norway for Jerusalem-farers for orchestra (1997), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Orkney Saga II: In Kirkwall, the first red Saint Magnus Stones for orchestra (1997), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Reel of Seven Fishermen for orchestra (1998), 30 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fanfare - Musis Aurora Benigna for brass ensemble (1998), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights for orchestra (1998), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Roma Amor for orchestra (1998), 40 mn, Chester Music
- High on the Slopes of Terror for orchestra (1999), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Jubilate Deo for brass ensemble (1999), Schott
- Spinning Jenny (A Portrait of Leigh, Lancashire, circa 1948) for orchestra (1999), 18 mn, Chester Music
- A Glass of Frontignac for ensemble (2000), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Antarctic Symphony (Symphony No. 8) for orchestra (2000), 40 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 7 for orchestra (2000), 45 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Crossing De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis for ensemble (2001), 28 mn, Chester Music
- Crossing Kings Reach for ensemble (2001), 18 mn, Chester Music
- Six Sanday Tunes for violin ensemble (2001), 12 mn, Chester Music
- A Glass of Shiraz for ensemble (2002), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Seven Skies of Winter for ensemble (2003), 18 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Fall of the Leafe for string orchestra (2004), 8 mn, Schott
- Beacons of Hope for military band (2005), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Military March for ensemble (2005), 7 mn, Schott
- Das Rauschende der Farbe for orchestra (2006), 30 mn, Schott
- Kettletoft Inn for bagpipe (Northumbrian pipes), English horn, string quartet and double bass (2006), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Start Point (Four Sanday Tunes) for string ensemble (2006), 8 mn, Schott
- Fanfare – Salute to Dennis Brain for horn ensemble (2007), 7 mn, Chester Music
- Port Lockroy, Antarctica for orchestra (2007), 11 mn, Schott
- A Birthday Card for Prince Charles for string orchestra (2008), 5 mn, Schott
- Last Door of Light for chamber orchestra (2008), 20 mn, Schott
- Overture, St. Francis of Assisi for orchestra (2009), 12 mn, Schott
- A Reel of Spindrift, Sky for youth orchestra (2011), 10 mn, Schott
- Fanfare: Her Majesty's Welcome for wind and percussion ensemble (2011), 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Hadrian's Villa, Hadrian's Wall for bagpipe (Northumbrian pipes), piano and string quartet (2011), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Symphony No. 9 for symphony orchestra (2012), 25 mn, Chester Music
- The Trojan Games after Virgil's Book V of the Aeneids, for chamber orchestra (2012), 14 mn, Schott
- Concert Overture: Ebb of Winter for chamber orchestra (2013), 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fanfare – Saffron Walden for ensemble (2013), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare: Portsmouth for wind ensemble (2014), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Concertant music
- stage Vesalii Icones musical theater for dancer, cello and ensemble (1969), 40 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Dances from The Two Fiddlers for violin and ensemble (1978), 7 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Sinfonia Concertante for wind quintet and orchestra (1982), 36 mn, Chester Music
- An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise for Highland bagpipe and orchestra (1984), 13 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1985), 30 mn, Chester Music
- An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise for Great Highland bagpipe and chamber orchestra (1986), 13 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 1 for oboe and orchestra (1987), 27 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra (1987), 33 mn, Chester Music
- Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (1988), 30 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 3 for horn, trumpet and orchestra (1989), 31 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 4 for clarinet and orchestra (1990), 27 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 5 for violin, viola and string orchestra (1991), 33 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 6 for flute and orchestra (1991), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 7 for double bass and orchestra (1992), 21 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances for violin and orchestra (1993), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 8 for bassoon and orchestra (1993), 28 mn, Chester Music
- Cross Lane Fair for bagpipe (Northumbrian pipes) and orchestra (1994), 14 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 9 for six wind instrument and strings (1994), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Piccolo Concerto for piccolo flute and orchestra (1996), 15 mn, Chester Music
- Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra (1997), 33 mn, Chester Music
- Temenos, with Mermaids and Angels for flute and orchestra (1998), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Horn Concerto for horn and orchestra (1999), 23 mn, Chester Music
- Orkney Saga III: An Orkney wintering Stone poems in Orkahowe: "great treasure ...", for alto saxophone and orchestra (1999), 33 mn
- Linguae Ignis (Tongues of Fire) for cello and ensemble (2002), 12 mn, Chester Music
- The Dream of St. Ursula (after Carpaccio) for solo bassoon and ensemble (2006), 3 mn, Chester Music
- The Seas of Kirk Swarf for bass clarinet and string orchestra (2007), 16 mn, Schott
- Manacus super Dona Nobis - A Greetings Card to MANA for solo trumpet, timpani and strings (2008), 2 mn, Chester Music
- Sea Orpheus for flute, piano, violin and organ (2009), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Violin Concerto No. 2 : Fiddler on the Shore for violin and orchestra (2009), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Concerto Accademico for string quartet and string orchestra (2012), 20 mn, Schott
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Birds for voice and ensemble (1947)
- Five Songs for soprano and ensemble (1950)
- Come down O love divine arrangement for unison voices and strings (1953)
- O Magnum Mysterium for choir and ensemble (1960), 40 mn, Schott
- Te Lucis ante Terminum (before the ending of the light we beseech thee) for choir and ensemble (1961), 11 mn, Schott
- Leopardi Fragments for soprano, mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1962), 16 mn, Schott
- Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) for solo voices, choir and orchestra (1963), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Five Motets for solo voice, choir and ensemble (1964), 11 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Shall I Die for Mannis Sake? for choir and piano (1965), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Shepherds' Calendar for choir and instruments (1965), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Notre Dame des Fleurs musical theater for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor and ensemble (1966), 6 mn, Chester Music
- Revelation and Fall monodrama for soprano and ensemble (1966), 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Songs to Words by Dante for baritone and small orchestra (1967)
- Epitaph for soprano, flute, piano and handbells (1968)
- Ecce Manus Tradentis for solo voices, choir and ensemble (1969), 24 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Eight Songs for a Mad King musical theater for male voice and ensemble (1969), 30 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Buxtehude: Also Hat Gott die Welt Geliebet interlude for soprano and ensemble (1970), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Nocturnal Dances: Ballet for soprano and ensemble (1970), 12 mn
- stage Taverner opera in two acts (1970), 2 h 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- From Stone to Thorn cantata for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1971), 13 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Hoquestus David (Machaut) for soprano and ensemble (1971)
- Missa Super L'Homme Armé for narrator for singer and ensemble (1971), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Pussycat for voice and piano (1971)
- The Devils film music for soprano and orchestra (1971)
- Blind Man's Buff for voice, dancer, mime and ensemble (1972), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fool's Fanfare for reciter and ensemble (1972), 7 mn, Chester Music
- Hymn to St Magnus for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1972), 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Song for voice and guitar (1972)
- Tenebrae super Gesualdo motet for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1972), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Tenebrae super Gesualdo motet for choir and ensemble (1972), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Wedding Telegram for Gary Kettel for soprano and ensemble (1972)
- Fiddlers at the Wedding song cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1973), 19 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Stone Litany: Runes from a House of the Dead for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1973), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Black Furrow, Gray Furrow for voice, alto flute and marimba (1974)
- Dark Angels song cycle for mezzo-soprano and guitar (1974), 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Miss Donnithorne's Maggot musical theater for soprano or mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1974), 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Der Heisse Ofen collaborative opera (1975), Hans Sikorski
- Lullabye for Jenny's Baby for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1975)
- My Lady Lothian's Lilt for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1975), 6 mn 50 s, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Blind Fiddler song cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1975), 43 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Anakreontika song cycle for mezzo-soprano (1976), 15 mn, Chester Music
- stage The Martyrdom of St. Magnus chamber opera in nine scenes (1976), 1 h 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Cantata Profunda Op. 2002 for tenor and harpsichord (1977)
- Norn Pater Noster for choir and organ (1977), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Salome ballet in two acts (1978), 2 h, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Two Fiddlers opera in two acts for young musicians (1978), 50 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Black Pentecost for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra (1979), 53 mn, Chester Music
- stage Cinderella opera in two acts for young musicians (1979), 50 mn, Chester Music
- Kirkwall Shopping Songs for children's choir and ensemble (1979), 16 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Le Jongleur de Notre Dame for mime-juggler, baritone, ensemble and children's group (1979), 50 mn, Chester Music
- Solstice of Light for tenor, choir and organ (1979), 46 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Lighthouse one-act chamber opera with prologue (1979), 1 h 12 mn, Chester Music
- The Yellow Cake Revue for singer or narrator and piano (1980), 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Rainbow musical theater for young musicians (1981), 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Songs of Hoy song cycle for children's voices and instruments (1982), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Into the Labyrinth cantata for tenor and chamber orchestra (1983), 22 mn, Chester Music
- Agnus Dei motet for voices, violin and cello (1984), 4 mn, Chester Music
- stage The No. 11 Bus musical theater for mime, singers, dancers and instrumental ensemble (1984), 45 mn, Chester Music
- The Peat Cutters cantata for children's choir, youth choir and brass instruments (1985), 21 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Excuse Me for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1986), 20 mn, Chester Music
- School's Music Association Grace I for voice and instruments (1986)
- Winterfold song cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1986), 11 mn, Chester Music
- stage Resurrection one-act opera with prologue (1987), 1 h 19 mn, Chester Music
- Six Songs for St. Andrew's song cycle for children's voices and instruments (1988), 15 mn, Chester Music
- stage Dinosaur At Large musical theater for young musicians (1989), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Hallelujah! The Lord God Almightie for choir and organ (1989), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Hircus Quando Bibit for mezzo-soprano and piano (1989)
- stage Jupiter Landing musical theater for young musicians (1989), 25 mn, Chester Music
- stage The Great Bank Robbery musical theater for young musicians (1989), 30 mn, Chester Music
- stage Caroline Mathilde ballet in two acts (1990), 2 h 25 mn, Chester Music
- stage Computer Chaos musical theater for children (1990)
- stage Dangerous Errand musical theater for very young musicians (1990), 15 mn, Chester Music
- Tractus Clausum et Reconditum for mezzo-soprano and guitar (1990)
- stage The Spiders' Revenge musical theater for young musicians (1991), 25 mn, Chester Music
- stage A Selkie Tale musical theater for young musicians (1992), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Caroline Mathilde: Concert Suite from Act II of the Ballet for orchestra (1992), 32 mn, Chester Music
- The Turn of the Tide for children's choir, orchestra and young instrumentalists (1992), 25 mn, Chester Music
- Seven Summer Songs song cycle for unison children's voices and instruments (1993), 20 mn, Chester Music
- Shepherds of Hoy piece for children's voice in unison and piano (1993), 2 mn, Chester Music
- Invocation to Mercurius for choir and rattlesnakes (1994), 4 mn, Chester Music
- stage The Doctor of Myddfai opera in two acts (1995), 1 h 35 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Three Kings for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra (1995), 50 mn, Chester Music
- A Birthday Card for Hans for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble (1996), 3 mn, Schott
- Amor Ritorna for baritone and piano (1996)
- Job oratorio for solo voices, choir and orchestra (1997), 1 h 10 mn, Chester Music
- The Jacobite Rising for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra (1997), 40 mn, Chester Music
- Sea Elegy for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra (1998), 16 mn, Chester Music
- Jubilate Deo for choir, organ and brass ensemble (1999), Schott
- Jubilate Deo for choir and organ (1999), Schott
- stage Mr. Emmet Takes a Walk musical theater for soprano, baritone, bass and ensemble (1999), 60 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Songs of Sanday song cycle for children's voices and instruments (1999)
- Orkney Saga V: Westerly Gale in Biscay, Salt in the Bread Broken for choir and orchestra (2000), 14 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Canticum Canticorum for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra (2001), 50 mn, Chester Music
- Two Songs for Firth School, Finstown, Orkney for unison voices and piano (2001), Inédit
- A Dance on the Hill for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002), 23 mn, Chester Music
- Mass for choir and organ (2002), 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Missa Parvula for choir and organ (2002), 20 mn, Chester Music
- To the Lord Belong the Earth for choir and organ or piano (2002), Chester Music
- Dum Complerentur for choir and organ (optional) (2003), 6 mn, Chester Music
- Mrs Johnson's Tunes for children's voices and piano (2003), 10 mn, Schott
- Otter Island cantata for children's voices in unison and piano accompaniment (2003), 7 mn, Schott
- Step by Circle for choir and piano (2003), 13 mn, Chester Music
- The Kestrel Road for choir and piano (2003), 18 mn, Chester Music
- Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) for choir and organ optional (2003), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Lullay, my child, and weep no more for choir and optional piano (or organ) accompaniment (2004), 4 mn, Schott
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Edinburgh Service) for choir and organ (2004), 20 mn, Schott
- An Heavenly Song for choir and organ (2005), 3 mn, Schott
- Commemoration Sixty for children's choir, mixed choir, military band and orchestra (2005), 20 mn, Schott
- O Verbum Patris for choir and organ (2005), 6 mn, Schott
- Prayer of Thanksgiving in Times of Terror for choir and organ (2005), 6 mn, Schott
- Suscipe Quaesumus for choir and organ (2005), 2 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Golden Rule for choir and organ (2005), 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Golden Rule for choir and orchestra (2005), 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Light of the Lord for choir and organ (2005), 4 mn, Schott
- A Little Birthday Music for choir and orchestra (2006), 16 mn, Chester Music
- Almighty God, We Beseech Thee for choir and organ (2007), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Tales from the Golden Slipper (incidental music) for voice, flute, traditional violin, accordion, piano (2007), 15 mn, Inédit
- The Birds for solo voice and ensemble (2007), 14 mn, Chester Music
- The Yule-tide Bell for choir and organ (2007), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Tondo di Michelangelo for baritone and piano (2007), 15 mn, Schott
- Hymn to the Spirit of Fire for choir and organ (2008), 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Labyrinth to Light for soprano and piano (2008), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Wells Service) for choir and organ (2008), 8 mn, Schott
- The Five Acts of Harry Patch for mezzo-soprano, baritone, choir and ensemble (2008), 15 mn, Chester Music
- Ave Plena Gracia for choir and optional organ (2009), Schott
- The Sorcerer's Mirror for choir and orchestra (2009), 15 mn, Schott
- Blake Dreaming (Goodison Quartet No. 5) for baritone and string quartet (2010), 10 mn, Chester Music
- stage Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!) opera in two acts (2010), 1 h 30 mn, Chester Music
- Proverb for choir and string orchestra (2010), 3 mn, Schott
- Advent Calendar for choir and organ (2011), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Musica Benevolens for choir, symphony orchestra and audience participation (2011), 8 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Whispering Gallery for choir and organ (2011), 12 mn
- In a Wintered Byre for choir and optional organ (2012), 4 mn, Schott
- Symphony No. 10: Alla ricerca di Borromini for baritone, choir and orchestra (2013), 45 mn, Schott
- A Sea of Cold Flame for baritone, solo cello and string quartet (2014), 18 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Wall of Music for children's choir and ensemble (2014), 7 mn, Chester Music
- A Torrent of Gold for piano (or organ) and choir (2015), 2 mn, Chester Music
- stage The Hogboon children's opera (2015), 55 mn, Schott
- The Golden Solstice for organ and SATB choir (2016)
- A cappella vocal music
- Stehn am Fuss des Gebirgs for choir (1950)
- Illa Autem Arbor for choir (1955)
- Amor Gesu for choir (1961)
- Ave Maria, Hail Blessed Flower for choir (1961), 2 mn, Chester Music
- Four Carols for choir (1961), 8 mn, Schott
- Hodie Christus natus est for choir (1961)
- O Haupt Voll Blut und Wunden for choir (1961)
- Oggi è nato un bel bambino for choir (1961)
- There is No Rose of Such Virtue for choir (1961)
- The Lord's Prayer for choir (1962), 2 mn, Schott
- Ave Plena Gracia for solo voice and choir (1964), 26 mn, Oxford University Press
- Five Carols for choir (1966), 8 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- I Can't Compose Today two canons for solo voices (1966)
- Illuxit Leticia for two solo voices (1966)
- Canon ad Honorem Igor Stravinsky for choir (1967)
- A Puzzle-Canon for Gay News for male choir (1972)
- Song for Jenny and Her New Baby for choir (1974)
- Ave Rex Angelorum for choir (1976), 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Westerlings four songs and a prayer, with seascapes for choir (1977), 17 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Lullabye for Lucy for choir (1981), 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Seven Songs Home cycle of songs for children's voices (1981), 12 mn, Chester Music
- The Medium monodrama for mezzo-soprano (1981), 50 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- One Star at Last for choir (1984), 3 mn, Chester Music
- House of Winter song cycle for choir or vocal sextet (1986), 10 mn, Chester Music
- Sea Runes cycle of songs for vocal choir or sextet (1986), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Apple Basket: Apple Blossom for choir (1990), 7 mn, Chester Music
- Hymn to the Word of God for choir and tenor (1990), 5 mn, Chester Music
- Omnibus Voluptatem for choir (1992)
- A Hoy Calendar for choir (1994), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse for choir (1993-1994), 18 mn, Chester Music
- Il Rozzo Martello for choir (1997), 12 mn, Chester Music
- Song for Roderick for choir (1999)
- Wedding Anthem for choir (1999), Inédit
- A Dream of Snow for children's choir (2000), 10 mn, Chester Music
- Una Balena Azzurra (A Blue Whale) for choir (2000), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Musica Serva Deiz for choir (2001), Inédit
- Schools Music Association Grace II for four voices (2001)
- A Calendar of Kings for vocal quartet (2002), 6 mn, Chester Music
- Angelus for choir (2003), 8 mn, Schott
- Michael Archangelus for choir (2004), 4 mn, Chester Music
- Laudate Dominum for choir (2005), 6 mn, Chester Music
- St. Bartholomew's Prayer for choir (2005), 2 mn, Chester Music
- Wonder Tidings for choir (2006), 4 mn
- Kings and Shepherds for choir (2008), 2 mn 50 s, Schott
- Gray's Pier for children's choir (2009), 3 mn, Chester Music
- Fleecy Care Carol for choir (2010), 3 mn, Schott
- Child of the Manger for choir (2011), 4 mn, Schott
- Carol : A Winter Lamb for choir (2012), 3 mn, Schott
- Unspecified instrumentation
- Life! (1953)
- 2016
- Mouvement de quatuor à cordes
- The Golden Solstice for organ and SATB choir
- 2015
- A Torrent of Gold for piano (or organ) and choir, 2 mn, Chester Music
- Military March No.2 for string quartet, 2 mn, Chester Music
- stage The Hogboon children's opera, 55 mn, Schott
- 2014
- A Sea of Cold Flame for baritone, solo cello and string quartet, 18 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- A Wall of Music for children's choir and ensemble, 7 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare: Portsmouth for wind ensemble, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Quintette à cordes, 20 mn, Schott
- Sonatina for Violin Alone, 10 mn, Chester Music
- 2013
- Capstone for organ, between 10 mn and 12 mn, Chester Music
- Concert Overture: Ebb of Winter for chamber orchestra, 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fanfare – Saffron Walden for ensemble, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Sonata for Violin Alone, 18 mn, Schott
- Symphony No. 10: Alla ricerca di Borromini for baritone, choir and orchestra, 45 mn, Schott
- 2012
- A Postcard from Sanday for solo piano, 3 mn 30 s, Schott
- Bist du bei mir ... oder? for solo piano, Chester Music
- Carol : A Winter Lamb for choir, 3 mn, Schott
- Concerto Accademico for string quartet and string orchestra, 20 mn, Schott
- In a Wintered Byre for choir and optional organ, 4 mn, Schott
- Oboe Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello, 15 mn, Schott
- Processional for trumpet and piano
- Six Sorano Variants for solo viola, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 9 for symphony orchestra, 25 mn, Chester Music
- The Trojan Games after Virgil's Book V of the Aeneids, for chamber orchestra, 14 mn, Schott
- 2011
- A Reel of Spindrift, Sky for youth orchestra, 10 mn, Schott
- Advent Calendar for choir and organ, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Child of the Manger for choir, 4 mn, Schott
- Fanfare: Her Majesty's Welcome for wind and percussion ensemble, 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Hadrian's Villa, Hadrian's Wall for bagpipe (Northumbrian pipes), piano and string quartet, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Musica Benevolens for choir, symphony orchestra and audience participation, 8 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Stormwatch, Stormfall for horn, piano and violin, 20 mn, Chester Music
- The Whispering Gallery for choir and organ, 12 mn
- 2010
- Blake Dreaming (Goodison Quartet No. 5) for baritone and string quartet, 10 mn, Chester Music
- Fleecy Care Carol for choir, 3 mn, Schott
- stage Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!) opera in two acts, 1 h 30 mn, Chester Music
- Proverb for choir and string orchestra, 3 mn, Schott
- Two Nocturnes for piano, violin, viola and cello, 6 mn, Schott
- 2009
- Ave Plena Gracia for choir and optional organ, Schott
- Fanfare – Salute to Dennis Brain for solo horn, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Gray's Pier for children's choir, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Overture, St. Francis of Assisi for orchestra, 12 mn, Schott
- Sea Orpheus for flute, piano, violin and organ, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Last Island for string sextet, 12 mn, Chester Music
- The Sorcerer's Mirror for choir and orchestra, 15 mn, Schott
- Violin Concerto No. 2 : Fiddler on the Shore for violin and orchestra, 25 mn, Chester Music
- 2008
- A Birthday Card for Prince Charles for string orchestra, 5 mn, Schott
- Hymn to the Spirit of Fire for choir and organ, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Kings and Shepherds for choir, 2 mn 50 s, Schott
- Labyrinth to Light for soprano and piano, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Last Door of Light for chamber orchestra, 20 mn, Schott
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Wells Service) for choir and organ, 8 mn, Schott
- Manacus super Dona Nobis - A Greetings Card to MANA for solo trumpet, timpani and strings, 2 mn, Chester Music
- String Trio for violin, viola and cello, 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Five Acts of Harry Patch for mezzo-soprano, baritone, choir and ensemble, 15 mn, Chester Music
- Violin Sonata for violin and piano, 20 mn, Schott
- 2007
- A Little Trowie Music for cello ensemble, 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Almighty God, We Beseech Thee for choir and organ, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare – Salute to Dennis Brain for horn ensemble, 7 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 10 for string quartet, 21 mn, Chester Music
- Piano Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello, 20 mn, Chester Music
- Port Lockroy, Antarctica for orchestra, 11 mn, Schott
- Sonata for Cello and Piano – Sequentia Serpentigena for piano and cello, 17 mn, Schott
- Tales from the Golden Slipper (incidental music) for voice, flute, traditional violin, accordion, piano, 15 mn, Inédit
- The Birds for solo voice and ensemble, 14 mn, Chester Music
- The Seas of Kirk Swarf for bass clarinet and string orchestra, 16 mn, Schott
- The Yule-tide Bell for choir and organ, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Three Sanday Places for piano, 7 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Tondo di Michelangelo for baritone and piano, 15 mn, Schott
- 2006
- A Little Birthday Music for choir and orchestra, 16 mn, Chester Music
- Das Rauschende der Farbe for orchestra, 30 mn, Schott
- Kettletoft Inn for bagpipe (Northumbrian pipes), English horn, string quartet and double bass, 20 mn, Chester Music
- Lumen Cognitionis for flute, clarinet and string quartet, 4 mn, Schott
- Marlow’s Fanfare for trumpet, Inédit
- Naxos Quartet No. 9 for string quartet, 30 mn, Chester Music
- Start Point (Four Sanday Tunes) for string ensemble, 8 mn, Schott
- The Dream of St. Ursula (after Carpaccio) for solo bassoon and ensemble, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Wonder Tidings for choir, 4 mn
- 2005
- A Little Thank You to Dave for two violins
- An Heavenly Song for choir and organ, 3 mn, Schott
- Beacons of Hope for military band, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Commemoration Sixty for children's choir, mixed choir, military band and orchestra, 20 mn, Schott
- Laudate Dominum for choir, 6 mn, Chester Music
- Military March for ensemble, 7 mn, Schott
- Naxos Quartet No. 6 for string quartet, 40 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 7: Metafore sul Borromini for string quartet, 56 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 8 for string quartet, 15 mn, Chester Music
- O Verbum Patris for choir and organ, 6 mn, Schott
- Prayer of Thanksgiving in Times of Terror for choir and organ, 6 mn, Schott
- St. Bartholomew's Prayer for choir, 2 mn, Chester Music
- Suscipe Quaesumus for choir and organ, 2 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Golden Rule for choir and organ, 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Golden Rule for choir and orchestra, 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Light of the Lord for choir and organ, 4 mn, Schott
- 2004
- A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes for string quartet, 7 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare for Carinthia for four trumpets, 4 mn, Schott
- Hymn to Artemis Locheia for clarinet and string quartet, 30 mn, Schott
- Judas Mercator for trombone, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Loom of Winter, Shadow for two pianos
- Lullay, my child, and weep no more for choir and optional piano (or organ) accompaniment, 4 mn, Schott
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Edinburgh Service) for choir and organ, 20 mn, Schott
- Michael Archangelus for choir, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Musikgeschichte in einem Satz, Kurz for string quartet, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 4: Children's Games for string quartet, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 5: Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland for string quartet, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Tecum Principium for marimba and flute, 3 mn, Schott
- Telos 135 for four baroque trumpets and two timpani, 6 mn, Schott
- The Fall of the Leafe for string orchestra, 8 mn, Schott
- 2003
- Angelus for choir, 8 mn, Schott
- Between Ebb and Flow for piano, Inédit
- Dum Complerentur for choir and organ (optional), 6 mn, Chester Music
- Mrs Johnson's Tunes for children's voices and piano, 10 mn, Schott
- Naxos Quartet No. 3 for string quartet, 33 mn, Chester Music
- Otter Island cantata for children's voices in unison and piano accompaniment, 7 mn, Schott
- Seven Skies of Winter for ensemble, 18 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Snow Cloud over Lochan for piano, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Step by Circle for choir and piano, 13 mn, Chester Music
- The Kestrel Road for choir and piano, 18 mn, Chester Music
- Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) for choir and organ optional, 5 mn, Chester Music
- 2002
- A Calendar of Kings for vocal quartet, 6 mn, Chester Music
- A Dance on the Hill for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 23 mn, Chester Music
- A Glass of Shiraz for ensemble, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Economies of Scale for clarinet, piano, violin and cello, 8 mn, Chester Music
- Linguae Ignis (Tongues of Fire) for cello and ensemble, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Mass for choir and organ, 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Missa Parvula for choir and organ, 20 mn, Chester Music
- Naxos Quartet No. 1 for string quartet, 30 mn, Chester Music
- Piano Trio: A Voyage to Fair Isle for piano, violin, cello, 19 mn, Chester Music
- Remo et Aura for piano
- To the Lord Belong the Earth for choir and organ or piano, Chester Music
- Veni Creator Spiritus for organ, 6 mn, Chester Music
- Veni Creator Spiritus for flute and bass clarinet, 12 mn, Chester Music
- 2001
- Canticum Canticorum for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra, 50 mn, Chester Music
- Crossing De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis for ensemble, 28 mn, Chester Music
- Crossing Kings Reach for ensemble, 18 mn, Chester Music
- Dove, Star-Folded for string trio, 8 mn, Chester Music
- Lux in Tenebris for double bass, 4 mn 50 s, Chester Music
- Musica Serva Deiz for choir, Inédit
- Schools Music Association Grace II for four voices
- Six Sanday Tunes for violin ensemble, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Two Songs for Firth School, Finstown, Orkney for unison voices and piano, Inédit
- 2000
- A Dream of Snow for children's choir, 10 mn, Chester Music
- A Glass of Frontignac for ensemble, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Antarctic Symphony (Symphony No. 8) for orchestra, 40 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fanfare for Lowry for two trumpets, 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Orkney Saga V: Westerly Gale in Biscay, Salt in the Bread Broken for choir and orchestra, 14 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Sighs upon the Glacier for piano
- Symphony No. 7 for orchestra, 45 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Una Balena Azzurra (A Blue Whale) for choir, 4 mn, Chester Music
- 1999
- High on the Slopes of Terror for orchestra, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Horn Concerto for horn and orchestra, 23 mn, Chester Music
- In osculum leonis for two violas
- Jubilate Deo for brass ensemble, Schott
- Jubilate Deo for choir, organ and brass ensemble, Schott
- Jubilate Deo for choir and organ, Schott
- Litany - for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore for trumpet, 11 mn, Chester Music
- Midhouse Air for clarinet, violin, cello and harpsichord, Inédit
- stage Mr. Emmet Takes a Walk musical theater for soprano, baritone, bass and ensemble, 60 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Orkney Saga III: An Orkney wintering Stone poems in Orkahowe: "great treasure ...", for alto saxophone and orchestra, 33 mn
- Song for Roderick for choir
- Songs of Sanday song cycle for children's voices and instruments
- Spinning Jenny (A Portrait of Leigh, Lancashire, circa 1948) for orchestra, 18 mn, Chester Music
- Trumpet Quintet for string quartet and trumpet, 28 mn, Chester Music
- Wedding Anthem for choir, Inédit
- 1998
- A Reel of Seven Fishermen for orchestra, 30 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- An Orkney Tune for piano, 2 mn, Chester Music
- Fanfare - Musis Aurora Benigna for brass ensemble, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights for orchestra, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Mrs Linklater's Tune for violin, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Roma Amor for orchestra, 40 mn, Chester Music
- Sea Elegy for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra, 16 mn, Chester Music
- Temenos, with Mermaids and Angels for flute and orchestra, 20 mn, Chester Music
- 1997
- A Little Enigma in Vancouver for piano
- Il Rozzo Martello for choir, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Job oratorio for solo voices, choir and orchestra, 1 h 10 mn, Chester Music
- Mavis in Las Vegas themes and variations for orchestra, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Orkney Saga I: Fifteen keels laid in Norway for Jerusalem-farers for orchestra, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Orkney Saga II: In Kirkwall, the first red Saint Magnus Stones for orchestra, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra, 33 mn, Chester Music
- The Jacobite Rising for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra, 40 mn, Chester Music
- 1996
- A Birthday Card for Hans for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble, 3 mn, Schott
- Amor Ritorna for baritone and piano
- Joey's Tune for clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano
- Midhouse Air for violin and viola, Chester Music
- Piccolo Concerto for piccolo flute and orchestra, 15 mn, Chester Music
- Reliqui Domum Meum for organ, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 10 concerto for orchestra, 31 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 6 for orchestra, 48 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Throstle's Nest Junction for orchestra, 15 mn, Chester Music
- 1995
- Thaw for ensemble, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Beltane Fire choreographic poem for orchestra, 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Doctor of Myddfai opera in two acts, 1 h 35 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Three Kings for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra, 50 mn, Chester Music
- Time and the Raven for orchestra, 10 mn, Chester Music
- 1994
- A Hoy Calendar for choir, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Birthday Greeting for orchestra
- Carolisima serenade for ensemble, 19 mn, Schott
- Colleran's Currant for piano
- Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse for choir, 18 mn, Chester Music
- Cross Lane Fair for bagpipe (Northumbrian pipes) and orchestra, 14 mn, Chester Music
- Drummond's Dumpe for piano
- Invocation to Mercurius for choir and rattlesnakes, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 9 for six wind instrument and strings, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Sunday Morning for orchestra
- Symphony No. 5 for orchestra, 26 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1993
- A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances for violin and orchestra, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Chat Moss for orchestra, 5 mn 50 s, Chester Music
- Christmas Greetings for piano
- Seven Summer Songs song cycle for unison children's voices and instruments, 20 mn, Chester Music
- Shepherds of Hoy piece for children's voice in unison and piano, 2 mn, Chester Music
- Six Secret Songs for piano, 7 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 8 for bassoon and orchestra, 28 mn, Chester Music
- Two Dances from Caroline Mathilde arrangement for flute and harp, 8 mn, Chester Music
- 1992
- stage A Selkie Tale musical theater for young musicians, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Caroline Mathilde: Concert Suite from Act II of the Ballet for orchestra, 32 mn, Chester Music
- Omnibus Voluptatem for choir
- Sir Charles his Pavan for orchestra, 4 mn, Schott
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 7 for double bass and orchestra, 21 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Turn of the Tide for children's choir, orchestra and young instrumentalists, 25 mn, Chester Music
- 1991
- Ban: Vanitas, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Caroline Mathilde: Concert Suite from Act I of the Ballet for orchestra, 25 mn, Chester Music
- First Grace of Light for oboe, 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Journey for piano
- Lullaby for violin and cello, 2 mn, Schott
- Ojai Festival Overture for orchestra, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 5 for violin, viola and string orchestra, 33 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 6 for flute and orchestra, 25 mn, Chester Music
- The Lagavulin of Riberac for piano
- The Road to Colonnus for ensemble
- stage The Spiders' Revenge musical theater for young musicians, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Witch for ensemble
- 1990
- A Little Christmas Music for oboe and piano
- Apple Basket: Apple Blossom for choir, 7 mn, Chester Music
- stage Caroline Mathilde ballet in two acts, 2 h 25 mn, Chester Music
- stage Computer Chaos musical theater for children
- stage Dangerous Errand musical theater for very young musicians, 15 mn, Chester Music
- Highbury Fling for piano
- Hymn to the Word of God for choir and tenor, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 4 for clarinet and orchestra, 27 mn, Chester Music
- Tractus Clausum et Reconditum for mezzo-soprano and guitar
- 1989
- stage Dinosaur At Large musical theater for young musicians, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Hallelujah! The Lord God Almightie for choir and organ, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Hircus Quando Bibit for mezzo-soprano and piano
- stage Jupiter Landing musical theater for young musicians, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 3 for horn, trumpet and orchestra, 31 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 4 for orchestra, 42 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Great Bank Robbery musical theater for young musicians, 30 mn, Chester Music
- Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner for orchestra, 3 mn, Chester Music
- 1988
- Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, 30 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Mishkenot for ensemble, 7 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Six Songs for St. Andrew's song cycle for children's voices and instruments, 15 mn, Chester Music
- 1987
- Little Quartet No. 2 for string quartet, 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Resurrection one-act opera with prologue, 1 h 19 mn, Chester Music
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 1 for oboe and orchestra, 27 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra, 33 mn, Chester Music
- 1986
- An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise for Great Highland bagpipe and chamber orchestra, 13 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Dowland: Farewell a Fancye for ensemble, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Excuse Me for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 20 mn, Chester Music
- House of Winter song cycle for choir or vocal sextet, 10 mn, Chester Music
- Jimmack the Postie for orchestra, 9 mn, Chester Music
- Music in Camera for instrumental ensemble
- School's Music Association Grace I for voice and instruments
- Sea Runes cycle of songs for vocal choir or sextet, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Winterfold song cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 11 mn, Chester Music
- 1985
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 30 mn, Chester Music
- The Peat Cutters cantata for children's choir, youth choir and brass instruments, 21 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- We Met in St. Louis for cello
- 1984
- Agnus Dei motet for voices, violin and cello, 4 mn, Chester Music
- An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise for Highland bagpipe and orchestra, 13 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Gigue for piano
- Guitar Sonata for guitar, 11 mn, Chester Music
- One Star at Last for choir, 3 mn, Chester Music
- Sonatina for violin and cymbalum, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Symphony No. 3 for orchestra, 58 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The No. 11 Bus musical theater for mime, singers, dancers and instrumental ensemble, 45 mn, Chester Music
- Unbroken Circle for ensemble, 5 mn, Chester Music
- 1983
- Birthday Music for John for flute, violin and cello, 9 mn, Chester Music
- Into the Labyrinth cantata for tenor and chamber orchestra, 22 mn, Chester Music
- Island of the Saints for ensemble
- Sinfonietta Accademica for orchestra, 32 mn, Chester Music
- 1982
- Bessie Millie's Wind Shop for ensemble
- Gesualdo: Two Motets for brass quintet, 5 mn
- Gesualdo: Two Motets for brass ensemble
- Image, Reflection, Shadow for ensemble, 37 mn, Chester Music
- Little Quartet No. 1 for string quartet, 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- March: The Pole Star for brass ensemble
- Organ Sonata for organ, 22 mn, Chester Music
- Sea Eagle for horn, 9 mn, Chester Music
- Sinfonia Concertante for wind quintet and orchestra, 36 mn, Chester Music
- Songs of Hoy song cycle for children's voices and instruments, 25 mn, Chester Music
- Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes for ensemble
- Tallis: Four Voluntaries for brass quintet, 9 mn, Chester Music
- 1981
- Brass Quintet, 25 mn, Chester Music [program note]
- Hill Runes for guitar, 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Lullabye for Lucy for choir, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- March: The Pole Star for brass quintet, 4 mn, Chester Music
- Piano Sonata for piano, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Seven Songs Home cycle of songs for children's voices, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Sonatina for trumpet, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Bairns of Brugh for ensemble, 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Medium monodrama for mezzo-soprano, 50 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Rainbow musical theater for young musicians, 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Well for ensemble
- 1980
- A Welcome to Orkney for ensemble, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Farewell to Stromness for guitar, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Farewell to Stromness interlude of The Yellow Cake Revue, for piano, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 2 for orchestra, 55 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Yellow Cake Revue for singer or narrator and piano, 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Yesnaby Ground interlude of The Yellow Cake Revue, for piano, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Yesnaby Ground arrangement for two guitars, 3 mn
- 1979
- Black Pentecost for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra, 53 mn, Chester Music
- stage Cinderella opera in two acts for young musicians, 50 mn, Chester Music
- Kirkwall Shopping Songs for children's choir and ensemble, 16 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Le Jongleur de Notre Dame for mime-juggler, baritone, ensemble and children's group, 50 mn, Chester Music
- Nocturne for alto flute, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society's Silver Jubilee Salute, 12 mn
- Quiet Memory of Bob Jennings for violin, viola, cello, 12 mn
- Salome: Concert Suite from the Ballet for orchestra
- Solstice of Light for tenor, choir and organ, 46 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Lighthouse one-act chamber opera with prologue, 1 h 12 mn, Chester Music
- 1978
- Dances from The Two Fiddlers for violin and ensemble, 7 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Four Lessons for two keyboards, 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Salome ballet in two acts, 2 h, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Two Fiddlers opera in two acts for young musicians, 50 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1977
- A Mirror of Whitening Light for ensemble, 22 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Cantata Profunda Op. 2002 for tenor and harpsichord
- Fiftieth Birthday Greeting for Ernst Widmer for ensemble
- Ice Walk in Sheldon's (Borrowed) Boots for piano
- Norn Pater Noster for choir and organ, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Our Father Whiche in Heaven Art motet for instrumental ensemble, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Runes from a Holy Island for ensemble, 10 mn, Chester Music
- Westerlings four songs and a prayer, with seascapes for choir, 17 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1976
- Anakreontika song cycle for mezzo-soprano, 15 mn, Chester Music
- Ave Rex Angelorum for choir, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fanfare for Richard (Duffalo) for five trumpets
- Five Klee Pictures for orchestra, 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Kinloche his Fantassie after William Kinloch, for ensemble, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Symphony No. 1 for orchestra, 58 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Door of the sun for viola, 8 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun for flute, 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage The Martyrdom of St. Magnus chamber opera in nine scenes, 1 h 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Ye Olde English Lullabye for clarinet
- 1975
- Ave Maris Stella for ensemble, 32 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Der Heisse Ofen collaborative opera, Hans Sikorski
- Lullabye for Jenny's Baby for mezzo-soprano and ensemble
- My Lady Lothian's Lilt for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 6 mn 50 s, Boosey & Hawkes
- Stevie's Ferry to Hoy for piano, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Blind Fiddler song cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 43 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Door of the Sun for viola, 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Seven Brightnesses for clarinet, 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Three Studies for Percussion for eleven percussionists, 5 mn, Chester Music
- 1974
- Black Furrow, Gray Furrow for voice, alto flute and marimba
- Christmas Card for Judith and Roger for flute and bassoon, 12 mn
- Dark Angels song cycle for mezzo-soprano and guitar, 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- J.S. Bach: Two Preludes and Fugues for ensemble, 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Miss Donnithorne's Maggot musical theater for soprano or mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Nach Bergamo-Zur Heimat for ensemble
- O God Abufe motet after John Fethy, for ensemble, 12 mn
- Psalm 124 motet for ensemble, 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Slow Waltz for piano
- Song for Jenny and Her New Baby for choir
- Three Voluntaries for solo organ, 7 mn
- Yesterday (Lennon and McCartney) for guitar, 3 mn
- 1973
- All Sons of Adam for ensemble, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Birthday Canon for Richard Hall's 70th Birthday for wind quintet
- Fiddlers at the Wedding song cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 19 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Purcell: Fantasia upon One Note for ensemble, 5 mn, Chester Music
- Renaissance Scottish Dances for instrumental ensemble, Boosey & Hawkes
- Si Quis Diligit Me motet for ensemble, 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Song of the Forest Bird (after Wagner: Siegfried, Act 2) for flute and celesta
- Stone Litany: Runes from a House of the Dead for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1972
- A Puzzle-Canon for Gay News for male choir
- Blind Man's Buff for voice, dancer, mime and ensemble, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Dunstable: Veni Sancte - Veni Creator Spiritus for ensemble, 9 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Fool's Fanfare for reciter and ensemble, 7 mn, Chester Music
- Four Quartets for ensemble
- Hymn to St Magnus for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Lullaby for Ilian Rainbow for guitar, Boosey & Hawkes
- Music for a silent film for two pianos and percussion
- Septet for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar, piano, violin and cello
- Song for voice and guitar
- Tenebrae super Gesualdo motet for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 20 mn, Chester Music
- Tenebrae super Gesualdo motet for choir and ensemble, 20 mn, Chester Music
- Untitled work for flute and marimba
- Walton Tribute for orchestra
- Wedding Telegram for Gary Kettel for soprano and ensemble
- 1971
- Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for ensemble, Boosey & Hawkes
- From Stone to Thorn cantata for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 13 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Hoquestus David (Machaut) for soprano and ensemble
- Kontaktion arrangement after Tylman Susato, for ensemble
- Missa Super L'Homme Armé for narrator for singer and ensemble, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Pussycat for voice and piano
- Suite from The Boy Friend for ensemble or orchestra, 25 mn
- Suite from The Devils for ensemble, 25 mn, Chester Music
- The Boyfriend film music for orchestra
- The Devils film music for soprano and orchestra
- Turris Campanarum Sonatium - The Bell Tower for percussion
- Ut Re Mi (Doh Re Mi) for solo piano, 3 mn, Chester Music
- 1970
- Buxtehude: Also Hat Gott die Welt Geliebet interlude for soprano and ensemble, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Nocturnal Dances: Ballet for soprano and ensemble, 12 mn
- stage Taverner opera in two acts, 2 h 10 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1969
- Cauda Pavonis after Schubert, for piano
- Ecce Manus Tradentis for solo voices, choir and ensemble, 24 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- stage Eight Songs for a Mad King musical theater for male voice and ensemble, 30 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Gabrieli: Canzona for ensemble or orchestra, 12 mn, Chester Music
- Solita for flute, between 8 mn and 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- St Thomas Wake foxtrot for orchestra, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Sub Tuam Protectionem (Beneath thy protection) for piano, 6 mn, Chester Music
- stage Vesalii Icones musical theater for dancer, cello and ensemble, 40 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Worldes Blis motet for orchestra, 37 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Zwischenspiele for flute, cello and celesta
- 1968
- Epistrophe for two pianos
- Epitaph for soprano, flute, piano and handbells
- Purcell: Fantasia and Two Pavans for ensemble, 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Stedman Caters for ensemble, 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Stedman Doubles for clarinet and percussion, variable, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1967
- Antechrist for ensemble, 6 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Canon ad Honorem Igor Stravinsky for choir
- Hymnos for clarinet and piano, 12 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Songs to Words by Dante for baritone and small orchestra
- 1966
- Aloha Hunter three duets of clarinet and trombone
- Five Carols for choir, 8 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- I Can't Compose Today two canons for solo voices
- Illuxit Leticia for two solo voices
- stage Notre Dame des Fleurs musical theater for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor and ensemble, 6 mn, Chester Music
- Revelation and Fall monodrama for soprano and ensemble, 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1965
- Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine for orchestra, 39 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Seven In Nomine for ensemble, 14 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Shall I Die for Mannis Sake? for choir and piano, 3 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- The Pagoda Fugue for ensemble
- The Shepherds' Calendar for choir and instruments, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1964
- Ave Plena Gracia for solo voice and choir, 26 mn, Oxford University Press
- Five Little Pieces for Piano, 5 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Five Motets for solo voice, choir and ensemble, 11 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- Shakespeare Music for ensemble, 11 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1963
- Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) for solo voices, choir and orchestra, 20 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1962
- Canzon 14 from 'Canzone e Sonate', 1615 (Gabriele) arrangement for ensemble
- First Fantasia on an In Nomine of John Taverner for orchestra, 11 mn, Schott
- Forth in Thy Name O Lord (Song 34) arrangement for amateur orchestra, 12 mn
- In Nomine (Tallis) arrangement for amateur orchestra
- King Christian Galliard (Dowland) arrangement for amateur orchestra
- Leopardi Fragments for soprano, mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 16 mn, Schott
- Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, Book 1 (Grieg) arrangement for amateur orchestra
- March (Stravinsky) arrangement for amateur orchestra
- Polka (Stravinsky) arrangement for amateur orchestra
- Sinfonia for chamber orchestra, 23 mn, Schott
- The Lord's Prayer for choir, 2 mn, Schott
- 1961
- Amor Gesu for choir
- Andantino and Allegro from 'Les Cinq Doigts' (Stravinsky) for amateur orchestra
- Ave Maria, Hail Blessed Flower for choir, 2 mn, Chester Music
- Fantasy on the National Anthem for amateur orchestra
- Four Carols for choir, 8 mn, Schott
- Hodie Christus natus est for choir
- Lord, thy word abideth (Ravenshaw) for amateur orchestra
- Melancholy Galliard (Dowland) arrangement for amateur orchestra
- O Haupt Voll Blut und Wunden for choir
- Oggi è nato un bel bambino for choir
- Prelude for harpsichord
- String Quartet, 13 mn, Schott
- Te Lucis ante Terminum (before the ending of the light we beseech thee) for choir and ensemble, 11 mn, Schott
- There is No Rose of Such Virtue for choir
- 1960
- Benedicam Domino (Johnson) for wind ensemble
- Mouvement Perpetuel No. 1 (Poulenc) for amateur orchestra
- Now Thank We All Our God (‘Nun Danket’) for amateur orchestra
- O Little Town of Bethlehem ('Forest Green') for amateur orchestra
- O Magnum Mysterium for choir and ensemble, 40 mn, Schott
- Organ Fantasia from O Magnum Mysterium for organ, 14 mn, Schott
- Pavan from the Mulliner Book (Newman) for wind ensemble
- Prelude from ‘Jack-in-the-box’ (Satie) for amateur orchestra
- Romance from 'Trois Rag-Caprices' (Milhaurd) for amateur orchestra
- Three German Folk Songs for amateur orchestra
- Three Pieces for orchestra
- Watkins Ale (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) for amateur orchestra
- 1959
- Pavan and Galliard for amateur orchestra
- Ricercar and Doubles for ensemble, 12 mn, Schott
- Richard II for oboe, english horn, horn, two trumpets and snare drum
- Variations on a Theme for Chords for amateur orchestra
- William Byrd: Three Dances arrangement for amateur orchestra, 4 mn
- 1958
- Carol at Christmastime '58 for Julian for guitar
- Prolation for orchestra, 20 mn, Schott
- Sextet for ensemble
- Stedman Caters for ensemble, 15 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
- 1957
- Alma Redemptoris Mater for wind sextet, 7 mn, Schott
- St. Michael sonata for seventeen wind instruments, 17 mn, Schott
- The Hour of Contempt for violin and piano
- 1956
- A Womb with a View for trombone, percussion, piano and violin
- Clarinet Sonata for clarinet and piano, 15 mn, Chester Music
- Five Pieces for Piano for piano, 15 mn, Schott
- 1955
- Burchiello for sixteen percussions
- Illa Autem Arbor for choir
- Opus Clavicembalisticum (Sorabji) for orchestra
- Sonata for Trumpet for trumpet and piano, Schott
- Stedman Doubles for clarinet and three percussions, variable, Boosey & Hawkes
- Work on a theme by Thomas Tompkins for orchestra
- 1954
- 1953
- Come down O love divine arrangement for unison voices and strings
- Life!
- Trio for violin, viola and cello
- Vaughan Williams prelude for organ
- 1952
- (Tale) in Seven Wags arrangement for two pianos
- Alle Vogel Sind Schonda arrangement on a popular German song, for celesta
- Allegretto, con Moto for two pianos
- Phantom of the Winds for violin and piano
- Quartet Movement for string quartet, 2 mn 50 s, Chester Music
- Ye Olde English Lullabye for violin and piano
- 1951
- Alice for piano, 12 mn
- Dance for piano
- Dance of the Kittens for piano
- Elegy for violin and piano
- 1950
- (Tale) in Seven Wags for piano
- Andante in E Major for piano
- Das Ausgebildete Geschöpf for piano
- Five Songs for soprano and ensemble
- Stehn am Fuss des Gebirgs for choir
- 1949
- Fantasy Suite No. 2 for piano
- Parade for piano
- Polyphonic Study on Diatonic Scales in B flat for piano
- Prelude for piano
- Sonata in C sharp Minor for piano
- 1948
- Fantasy Suite No. 1 for piano
- Funeral March in B Major (for a Pig) for piano
- Shangri-La for piano
- Spring Pastorale for piano
- The Cloud for piano
- The River for piano
- 1947
- Birds for voice and ensemble
- Incantations for piano
- 1946
- Easter Lyric for piano
- 1945
- Nocturne in Ab for piano
- 1942
- Early Morning Echoes for piano
- Moderato in E Flat for piano
- Two-Key Melody for piano
Bibliographie
- Stephen ARNOLD, « The Music of Taverner », Tempo, No. 101, 1972, p. 20–39.
- Stephen ARNOLD, « Peter Maxwell Davies », inLewis Foreman (ed.), British Music Now, Londres, 1975, p. 71–85.
- Michael CHANAN, « Dialectics in Peter Maxwell Davies », Tempo, No. 90, 1969, p. 12–22.
- Majel CONNERY, « Peter Maxwell Davies’s Worst Nightmare: Staging the Unsacred in the Operas Taverner and Resurrection », Opera Quarterly, Vol. 25, 2009, 247–269.
- Stewart CRAGGS, Peter Maxwell Davies: A Source Book, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002.
- Richard DUFALLO, Trackings: Composers Speak with Richard Dufallo, New York et Londres, 1989, p. 143–155.
- Kenneth GLOAG et Nicholas JONES (eds), Peter Maxwell Davies Studies, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Paul GRIFFITHS, Peter Maxwell Davies, Londres, Robson Books, 1982.
- Paul GRIFFITHS, « Peter Maxwell Davies’s Piano Sonata », Tempo, No. 140, 1982, p. 5–9.
- Paul GRIFFITHS, New Sounds, New Personalities: British Composers of the 1980s in Conversation, Londres, Faber, 1985, p. 31–8.
- Jonathan HARVEY, « Maxwell Davies’s Songs for a Mad King », Tempo, No. 89, 1969, p. 2–6.
- Renate JEUTNER, Peter Maxwell Davies: ein Komponistenporträt, Bonn, 1983.
- Nicholas JONES, « “Preliminary Workings”: the Precompositional Process in Maxwell Davies’s Third Symphony », Tempo, No. 204, 1998, p. 14–22.
- Nicholas JONES, Analytical Perspectives on the Third Symphony of Peter Maxwell Davies, thèse, Université de Cardiff, 1999.
- Nicholas JONES, « Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Submerged Cathedral”: Architectural Principles in the Third Symphony », Music & Letters, Vol. 81, 2000, p. 402–432.
- Nicholas JONES, « Dominant Logic: Peter Maxwell Davies’s basic unifying hypothesis », Musical Times, Vol. 132, 2002, p. 37–45.
- Nicholas JONES, « Playing the Great Game? Peter Maxwell Davies, Sonata Form, and the Naxos Quartet No.1 », Musical Times, Vol. 146, 2005, p. 71–81.
- Nicholas JONES, « Peter Maxwell Davies in the 1950s: a Conversation with the Composer », Tempo, No. 254, 2010, p. 11–19.
- Gabriel JOSIPOVICI, « Taverner: Thoughts on the Libretto », Tempo, No. 101, 1972, p. 12–19.
- Rodney LISTER, « Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Naxos” Quartets », Tempo, No. 232, 2005, p. 2–12.
- Henning Lohner, « Peter Maxwell Davies and his Opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus: an Interview with the Composer », Interface (Journal of New Music Research), Vol. 13, No. 4, 1984, p. 225–247.
- Richard McGREGOR, « The Maxwell Davies Sketch Material in the British Library », Tempo, No. 196, 1996, p. 9–19; No. 197, 1996, p. 20–22.
- Richard McGREGOR (ed.), Perspectives on Peter Maxwell Davies, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2000.
- Richard McGREGOR, « Reading the Runes », Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2000, p. 5–29.
- Richard McGREGOR, « Walking the Line: Deconstructing Identity, Suicide and Betrayal in Peter Maxwell Davies’s Mr Emmet Takes a Walk », Cambridge Opera Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2012, p. 319–351.
- Ann K. MCNAMEE, « Elision and Structural Levels in Peter Maxwell Davies’s Dark Angels », in J.M. Baker, D.W. Beach et J.W. Bernard (eds), Music Theory in Concept and Practice, Rochester, NY, 1997, p. 481–520.
- Raymond MONELLE, « An Allegory of Ars Antiqua: Peter Maxwell Davies’s Antechrist », in M. Jablonski and J. Steszewski (eds), Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology, Poznan, 1995, p. 209–226.
- Peter OWENS, « Revelation and Fallacy: Observations on Compositional Technique in the Music of Peter Maxwell Davies », Music Analysis, Vol. 13, 1994, p. 161–202.
- Stephen PRUSLIN, « Maxwell Davies’s Second Taverner Fantasia », Tempo, No. 73, 1965, p. 2–11.
- Stephen PRUSLIN, « The Triangular Space: Davies’s Ave maris stella », Tempo, No. 120, 1977, p. 16–22.
- Stephen PRUSLIN (ed.), Peter Maxwell Davies : Studies from Two Decades, Tempo booklet, Londres, Boosey & Hawkes, 1979.
- Stephen PRUSLIN, « “One if by Land, Two if by Sea”: Maxwell Davies the Symphonist », Tempo, No. 153, 1985, p. 2–6.
- David ROBERTS, Techniques of Composition in the Music of Peter Maxwell Davies, thèse, Université de Birmingham, 1986.
- Philip RUPPRECHT, « “Something Slightly Indecent”: British Composers, the European Avant-garde, and National Stereotypes in the 1950s », Musical Quarterly, Vol. 91, No. 3–4, 2008, p. 275–326.
- Philip RUPPRECHT, British Musical Modernism: the Manchester Group and their Contemporaries, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Raymond MURRAY SCHAFER, British Composers in Interview, Londres, 1963, p. 173–82.
- Mike SEABROOK, Max: the Life and Music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Londres, 1994.
- Carolyn J. SMITH, Peter Maxwell Davies: a Bio-Bibliography, Westport, 1995.
- Brunhilde SONNTAG, « Interview mit Peter Maxwell Davies », Zeitschrift für Musikpädagogik, Vol. 8, No. 21, 1983, p. 3–17.
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- John WARNABY, « Westerlings: a Study in Symphonic Form », Tempo, No. 147, 1983, p. 15–22.
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- John WARNABY, « Maxwell Davies’ Resurrection: Origins, Themes and Symbolism », Tempo, No. 191, 1994, p. 6–10.
- Arnold WHITTALL, « Comparatively Complex: Birtwistle, Maxwell Davies and Modernist Analysis », Music Analysis, Vol. 13, 1994, p. 139–159.
- Arnold WHITTALL, « Peter Maxwell Davies and the problem of Classicizing Modernism », in H. Danuser (ed.), Die klassizistische Moderne in der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Bâle, 1997, p. 143–151.
- Arnold WHITTALL, « Cross-Currents and Convergences: Britten, Maxwell Davies and the Sense of Place », Tempo, No. 204, 1998, p. 5–11.
- Alan E. WILLIAMS, « Madness in the Music Theatre Works of Peter Maxwell Davies », Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2000, p. 77–100.
Discographie sélective
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Portrait: Works by Peter Maxwell Davies from the 1960s and 1970s : O magnum mysterium, Seven In Nomine, Second Fantasia on John Taverner’s In Nomine, Antechrist, Missa super L’homme armé, From Stone to Thorn, Lullaby for Ilian Rainbow, Hymn to St Magnus. London Sinfonietta, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Fires of London, The Choir and Orchestra of Cirencester Grammar School, dir., Peter Maxwell Davies, David Atherton, Charles Groves. 2 cd Decca/Universal Classics, 2004, No. 475 6166.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Ave Maris Stella, Psalm 124, Dove, Star-Folded, Economies of Scale. Gemini Ensemble, 1 cd Metier, 2008, No. B00142X52S.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot, Eight Songs for a Mad King. The Fires of London, dir., Peter Maxwell Davies, mezzo-soprano, Mary Thomas, baryton, Julius Eastman. 1 cd Unicorn Kanchana, 1993, No. DKP (CD) 9052.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Naxos Quartets Nos 1–10. Maggini Quartet. 5 cd Naxos, 2009, Nos 8.557396, 8.557397, 8.557398, 8.557399, 8.557400.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Revelation and Fall, Leopardi Fragments, Five Pieces. Melos Ensemble, Pierrot Players, dir., John Carewe, Peter Maxwell Davies ; soprane, Mary Thomas, contralte, Rosemary Phillips , piano, John Ogdon. 1 cd EMI, 2004, No. 724358618723.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Solstice of Light, Five Carols, Hymn to the Word of God. The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, ténor, Neil Mackie tenor, orgue, Christopher Hughes. 1 cd Argo, 1992, No. 436 119-2.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Symphony No. 1, Points and Dances from Taverner. Philharmonia Orchestra, dir., Simon Rattle ; The Fires of London, dir. Peter Maxwell Davies. 1 cd Decca/Universal, 2003, No. B00009V8VP / UCJ 473 721-2.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Symphony No. 2, St Thomas Wake. BBC Philharmonic, dir., Peter Maxwell Davies. 1 cd Naxos, 2012, No. 8.572349.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Symphony No. 3, Cross Lane Fair. BBC Philharmonic, dir., Peter Maxwell Davies. 1 cd Naxos, 2012, No. 8.572350.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Symphonies No. 4 and 5. Philharmonia Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, dir., Peter Maxwell Davies. 1 cd Naxos, 2012, No. 8.572351.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Symphony No. 10 “Alla ricerca di Borromini”. London Symphony Orchestra, dir., Antonio Pappano, baryton, Markus Butter. 1 cd LSO, 2015, No. LSO0767.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Taverner. BBC Symphony Orchestra, dir., Oliver Knussen. 1 cd NMC, 2009, No. D157.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, The Martyrdom of St Magnus. Music Theatre Wales, Scottish Chamber Opera Ensemble, dir., Michael Rafferty. 1 cd Unicorn Kanchana, 2016, No. DKP (CD) 9100.
- Peter MAXWELL DAVIES, Trumpet Concerto, Renaissance Scottish Dances, Turris Campanarum Sonantium. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The Fires of London, dir., Peter Maxwell Davies, Elgar Howarth ; trompette, Håkan Hardenberger, percussion, Stomu Yamash’ta. 1 cd Decca, 2002, No. 473 430-2.
Liens internet
- Site officiel de Peter Maxwell Davies (biographie, œuvres, entretiens et articles) : http://www.maxopus.com/
- Site de l’agence artistique Intermusica : http://intermusica.co.uk/artist/Sir-Peter-Maxwell-Davies/about
- Site de l’éditeur Boosey & Hawkes : http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2695
- Site de l’éditeur Chester Music (Music Sales) : http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/short-bio/peter-maxwell-davies
- Site de l’éditeur Schott : https://de.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/sir-peter-maxwell-davies/
- (liens vérifiés en décembre 2016)*