Op. 33 for Brass Quintet. Commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival 1992 and premiered by the London Gabrieli Brass Consort.This is a short piece for brass quintet in one movement. The polyphony of the introduction gives wayto massed chords which in turn lead to the first main section. This is a funeral march during which all the instruments have solos in turn. The trombone is first then trumpet I; horn; later in duet with trumpet II; finallythere is long solo for the tuba.The second section is a series of fanfares on trumpets joined by the horn which alternate with successive phrases of a chorale melody on the lower instruments - horn trombone and tuba. MitFried and Freud ich far dahin is Martin Luther’s masterly and very beautiful re-creation in German of the Nunc dimittus. The massed chords of the introduction then return and the piece ends with the polyphony with which itbegan.Parts available: SOS04782

Dowland Suite is extracted and adapted material from Mike Svoboda's music theater Robin Hood - to good, to be true (2012) for mezzo soprano and brass quintet which was premiered at the Lucerne Festival in September 2013 / Brass Quintet

Commissioned by Fine Arts Brass Ensemble. Premiered at Harrogate International Festival 1993.

A Memory Of Sky was commissioned by the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble with funds provided by Southern Arts and the Newbury Festival. It was first performed by them at St Lawrence's Church Hungerford on May 16th 1989.

The piece The Farthest Shore was expertly composed by British composer Paul Mealor. The Farthest Shore was commissioned by the John Armitage Memorial Trust St Davids Festival and Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and first performed at St Cuthbert's Church Edinburgh conducted by Michael Bawtree.Mealor was catapulted to international attention when 2.5 billion people heard his motet Ubi caritas performed at the Royal Wedding Ceremony of His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey 29th April 2011.