A Concert Ayre For Mezzo-Soprano And Chamber Ensemble - Full Score-Commissioned by Freunde und Förderer der Musikalischen Akademie des Bayerischen Staatsorchesters. First performance 20 July 2015 at Haus der Kunst as part of the Munich Opera Festival 2015 with Tara Erraught(mezzo-soprano) and members of the Orchestra Academy of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester conducted by Constantinos Carydis. Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano Piccolo Flute Oboe Clarinet in Bb Bassoon Horn in F Trumpetin Bb Tenor Trombone 2 Violins Viola Violoncello

Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann transcribed for Mezzo-soprano/Alto and small Orchestra by Henrik Hellstenius (2014). Commissioned by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Jocelyn Pook’s Hearing Voices was commissioned by BBC3 for the BBC Concert Orchestra who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on 3 December 2012 with Melanie Pappenheim mezzosoprano conducted by Charles Hazlewood.The text for Hearing Voices was written by Emma Bernard. It also uses the words of artists Bobby Baker and Julie McNamara Jocelyn's relatives PhyllisWilliams and Mary Pook and the seamstress Agnes Richter inmate in a German asylum in the 1890s who covered her straightjacket with densely embroidered text. Instrumentation:2 Flutes (I/Alto II/Piccolo)2 Oboes (II/Cor Anglais)2 Clarinets (II/Bass Clarinet)2 Bassoons (II/Contrabassoon)4 Horns2 Trumpets3 TrombonesTubaTimpaniPercussion (2 players):Hi-Hat Cymbals Splash Cymbal Sleigh Bells Side Drum Bass Drum Temple Blocks Crotales Glockenspiel Vibraphone Xylophone Tubular BellsHarpSampler (recorded voices)StringsSolo mezzo-sopranoDuration: circa 35 minutes

Witold Lutoslawski: Strawchain & Other Songs was written in 1951 for Polish Radio Strawchain & Other Songs presents a series of contrasting songs about nature andpeople. Strawchain itself is a set of variations where the Piano weaves around the unchanging melody. Lutoslawski's idiom is carefully crafted with short memorable motifs and imaginativeresponses to the mixture of Polish traditional poems and contemporary writers. Arranged and translated into English by Marie Pooler. The full score of the original orchestration is available for sale order number:SOS03307.