The Study of pi
Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten
Partita No. 2
The Beast of Many Colours
Partita No. 1
Four Abbreviations
Aigburth Variations

There are many composers who have entire CDs devoted to the performance of their music but, in most cases, they are dead or ridiculously famous before this honour is bestowed. I am neither dead nor particularly well known and yet I am singularly fortunate to have met the great German Maestro, Detlev Bork who has devoted many years of his precious life to the performance and subsequent recording of my music which is now realised on this CD. I shall be forever grateful to Detlev for his determination, patience, skill and the poetry in his soul with which he brings this music to you.

The music here represents a lifetime of composition from the early 1980’s (Partita No. 1) to the present day (The Study of pi), some 40 years. As Detlev and I recorded these pieces in the summer of 2018, it was as if 40 years of work was compressed into just one precious diamond of time with all the faults of my youth and gains of my maturity standing in one place for me to observe, enjoy and suffer. I truly wish all those dead composers had been able to have that wonderful and yet completely frightening experience!