COMPOSER’S NOTE

From 2006-2007 I was Classic FM’s composer in residence, and was commissioned to write twelve calming pieces for piano.  For the resulting album – Towards The Light – I arranged a piano version of my piece Pavane as a bonus track.

The original piece for guitar and chamber orchestra is the main theme from the film ‘The Incredible Mrs Ritchie‘.  The simple guitar melody reflects Mrs Ritchie’s garden and her faith that all things can be reconciled in nature.  The climax of the Pavane comes at the end of the film and speaks of love’s triumph over death.

In 2018, international star Sarah Brightman asked me to rework Pavane for her album ‘Hymn’.  The award-winning librettist David Zipple came up with the words and the title ‘You’ and it was recorded in Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus.  Read more >