Compositions

Here you can browse Nick’s list of compositions, some of which have hyperlinks which will take you to performances/score videos on YouTube, others have small MIDI audio excerpts.

Orchestral:

  • Windows and Mirrors (Text by Audrey Davidson-Houston), for orchestra and narrator, Jan 2023, c. 4 mins.

  • Trumpet Concerto in C major, for orchestra, solo trumpet and drum kit, 2020-2023, c. 15 mins.

  • The Four Neomartyrs of Rethymnon for period instrument orchestra, Jan 2025, c. 6 mins.

    • Commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Chamber:

  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Jan 2022, c. 15 mins.

  • Reynard the Fox for chamber orchestra, Sep 2022-Aug 2023, c. 10 mins.

  • Serenade for the Ninth of September for ‘cello and harp, Oct 2023, c. 5 mins.

  • Elegy for string orchestra, Dec 2023, c. 5 mins.

    • Composed for Contemporary Music for All.

  • Prelude and Fugue for string trio, Dec 2023, c. 6 mins.

    • Composed for Contemporary Music for All.

  • Sonatina for euphonium and piano, Dec 2023, c. 7 mins.

  • Windy Nights (text by Robert Louis Stevenson) for speaking Pierrot Ensemble, June 2024, c. 5 mins.

  • Plumbing for French horn and piano, June 2024, c. 7 mins.

  • Divertimento for string orchestra and solo string quartet, Sep 2024, c. 7 mins.

    • Commissioned by the St Anne’s Camerata.

  • Symphony no. 1 ‘Teufelskreis’ for chamber orchestra, Aug 2024, c. 13 mins.

  • Burlesque for quartet of wind and brass and drum kit, Jan 2025, c. 6 mins.

    • Composed for BRICKWORKS.

  • Heptalogue for seven pianos, May 2025, c. 7 mins.

    • Commissioned by St Anne’s College, Oxford.

  • Dig man, There Goes Mack the Knife! for tenor saxophone and piano, June 2025, c. 10 mins.

    • Available for purchase

  • For My Mother for oboe and piano, January 2026, c. 5 mins.

Solo instruments:

  • 24 Preludes and 1 Fugue, May 2021-June 2023, c. 90 mins

  • For My Grandfather, May 2022, c. 4 mins.

  • White Noise for solo violin, Jun 2022, c. 6 mins.

  • Theme and Variations for solo French Horn, Jul 2022, c. 3 mins.

  • The Organ In Summer for organ, March-July 2023, c. 30 mins.

  • Death of an Aircraft (Text by Charles Causley) for solo speaking violist, Apr 2025, c. 12 mins.

  • Gigantism for solo double bass, June 2025, c. 12 mins.

  • Fugue for Three Violas for solo viola, July 2025, c. 8 mins.

Vocal/Choral:

  • Sonnet 8 (Text by William Shakespeare) for baritone and piano, Feb 2022. c. 3 mins

  • Two Songs for a Countertenor (Text by Emily Dickinson and taken from Revelations 21), for and voice and piano, May 2022. c. 5 mins

  • Of Taste (Text by Rev. James Cawthorne), for baritone and piano, Jan 2024. c. 5 mins

  • Stratford Songs (Text by William Shakespeare), song cycle for soprano and piano, September 2026, c. 12 mins.

'Four Neomartyrs' Excerpt
'Plumbing' Excerpt
'Divertimento' Excerpt
'Teufelskreis' Excerpt
'For My Mother' Excerpt