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Moving Hues (Revised Version) (2021)
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Davies, M. (2021). Moving Hues (Revised Version). [Score]

Moving Hues was written in 2011 as a farewell gift for conductor Huw Gareth Williams, and the original orchestration was that of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony. All the material contained within the piece is, in some way, derived from the letters of Huw’s... Read More about Moving Hues (Revised Version).

Y Gors Fawr (2018)
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Davies, M. (2018). Y Gors Fawr. [Score]

Y Gors Fawr Myfyrdod yw'r cywydd 'Y Gors Fawr' lle mae'r awdur yn ymweld â'r cylch cerrig hwn ym Mynachlog-ddu. Mae'n teimlo ias wrth gerdded i mewn i'r cylch ac yn dychmygu ei fod nôl yn yr oes neolithig ac yn 'gweld' sut roedd y llwyth yn byw dr... Read More about Y Gors Fawr.

Horpinem (2018)
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Hull, A. (2018). Horpinem

Horpinem for Symphony Orchestra. Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales at BBC Hoddinot Hall on January 30, 2017. Performed by UWE Bristol Symphony Orchestra at Colston Hall on March 26, 2017.

Manhattan Circus (2017)
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Davies, M., & Nash, C. (2017). Manhattan Circus. [Score]

Collaboration is an interesting endeavour! Particularly when it involves examining and subsequently articulating aspects of one’s compositional process that can then be expressed as computer code and then realised by software through collaboration.... Read More about Manhattan Circus.

Tiny Sonata (2017)
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Davies, M. (2017). Tiny Sonata. [Score]

This work is part of my Tiny series: little musical portraits of my two-year-old son, Sebastian. All the works in the growing series use the same material, but it is reworked in an idiomatic way for different combinations of instruments. The titl... Read More about Tiny Sonata.

Tiny Octet (2017)
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Davies, M. (2017). Tiny Octet. [Score]

This work is part of my Tiny series: little musical portraits of my two-year-old son, Sebastian. All the works in the growing series use the same material, but it is reworked in an idiomatic way for different combinations of instruments. The titl... Read More about Tiny Octet.

The Way of Things (2017)
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Davies, M. (2017). The Way of Things. [Score]

This work turned into a commentary on human nature. Part of the brief was to write a piece of music somehow linked to Reading, Berkshire, and I quickly researched the history of the town. Being a lover of the narrative form, I cherry-picked episodes... Read More about The Way of Things.

A different kind of urban (2017)
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Lane, L. (2017). A different kind of urban

Like many, I had certain pre-conceptions about Milton Keynes when I first approached writing A different kind of urban; however, I have since had the good fortune to be guided into a deeper understanding of the many strands that make up this remarkab... Read More about A different kind of urban.