'Orchestration [that] has a Straussian depth and complexity, swept along by a romantic undercurrent that is enthralling but unpredictable'

Christopher Lambton, BBC Music Magazine
 

ORCHESTRA

• Aurora (1999)
  string orchestra | 10 mins

• Concerto for Orchestra (1967)
  full orchestra | 23 mins

• Festival Overture (1965)
  full orchestra | 11 mins

• Green (for string orchestra) (2014)
  string orchestra | 14 mins

• Largo in Homage to B.A.C.H. (2013)
  string orchestra | 6 mins

• Loch Ness - A Postcard from Scotland (2012); full orchestra | 8 mins

• Memento Vitae (1970)
  full orchestra | 18 mins

• Moving into Aquarius (1984)
  full orchestra | 14 mins

• Night Music (1969)
  chamber orchestra | 18 mins

• Nocturnes and Arias (1965)
  full orchestra | 21 mins

• Obliques (1958)
  full orchestra | 8 mins

• Peripeteia (1981)
  full orchestra | 15 mins

• Phoenix Rising (1997)
  full orchestra | 23 mins

• Points of View (2007)
  chamber orchestra | 13 mins

• Rainbow (1990)
  full orchestra | 13 mins

• Scottish Dance Suite (1959)
  full orchestra | 8 mins

• The Seasons (1988)
  full orchestra | 22 mins

• Song of the Enchanter (1990)
  full orchestra | 6 mins

• Theme and Interludes (1962)
  full orchestra | 11 mins

• Turbulent Landscapes (2003)
  full orchestra | 26 mins

SOLO INSTRUMENT(S) AND ORCHESTRA

• Autumn Sonata (1993)
  bass clarinet, full orchestra | 20 mins

• Clarinet Concerto (1968)
  clarinet, full orchestra | 24 mins

• Concerto for Horn (1971)
  horn, full orchestra | 22 mins

• Echoes of Time Past (1999)
  cor anglais, trumpet, strings | 15 mins

• From Darkness Into the Light (2017)
  cello, chamber orchestra | 21 mins

• From One to Another II (1970)
  viola, string orchestra | 10 mins

• Helios (1994)
  oboe, full or chamber orchestra | 17 mins

• Journey through a Japanese Landscape (1994); marimba, wind orchestra | 23 mins

• Night Windows for Oboe and 15 Strings (2016); oboe, string orchestra | 13 mins

• Orfeo II: An Improvisation on a Theme (1975); flute, string ensemble | 14 mins

• Piccolo Play (version for piccolo and strings) (2021); piccolo, string ensemble

• Trumpet Concerto (2019)
  trumpet in C, orchestra | 20 mins

• Two's Company (2005)
  oboe, percussion, full orchestra | 21 mins

• Viola Concerto (1973)
  viola, full orchestra | 23 mins

• Wood, Metal, Skin (2004)
  percussion, full orchestra | 17 mins

VOICE AND ORCHESTRA

• Five Songs For Spring (2011)
  baritone, chamber orchestra

• Journey into Light (2005)
  soprano, chamber orchestra

• Monologue of Mary, Queen of Scots (1986); soprano, full orchestra

• Remembering Bolívar (Suite from Simon Bolívar) (1994); soprano, tenor, baritone, full orchestra | 35 mins

• Songs for a Winter's Evening (1995)
  soprano, full orchestra | 21 mins

• Three Women (1997)
  soprano, narrator, full orchestra | 40 mins

• Three Women (chamber version) (1997)
  soprano, narrator, chamber orchestra | 40 mins

• Triptych (1959)
  tenor, full orchestra | 11 mins

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

• Green (chamber verison) (2008)
  small string orchestra | 14 mins

• Lamenting with Ariadne (1999)
  01(bcl)0/0100/hp/perc/10110 | 16 mins

• Largo in Homage to B.A.C.H. (2013)
  string orchestra (54321) | 6 mins

• Marko the Miser (1962)
  recs/vn[cl]/gtr/pf/perc | 14 mins

• Night Windows for Oboe and 15 strings
  (2016); oboe, string ensemble | 13 mins

• Orfeo II: An Improvisation on a Theme (1975); flute, string ensemble | 14 mins

• Orfeo V: Orpheus and Eurydice (1975, arr. 2019); 2 flutes, string ens. | 14 mins
  coming soon

• Power Play (2015)
  111(bcl)1/1100/pf[synth]/10110 | 7 mins

• Soliloquy II (1980)
  guitar, fl(pic).2ob.bn/str | 10 mins

• Soliloquy III (1980)
  guitar, 1111/0000/str(11111)

• Towards the Blue (2010)
  clarinet, 1101/1000/str(11110) | 13 mins

'thoroughly contemporary while remaining true to her tonal roots. It’s a thrilling rollercoaster of invention'

Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine

WIND/BRASS ENSEMBLE/BAND

• Golden Echo II (1986)
  horn, 16 horns | 14 mins

• Journey through a Japanese Landscape
  (1994); marimba, wind orchestra | 23 mins

• The Last Twilight (1980)
  SATB, 3hn.4tpt.4tb/perc

• Scottish Dance Suite (1959)
  2+pic.232/4.2+3cnt.3+bar.tba/timp.3perc/db | 8 mins

• Variations (1966)
  brass band | 7 mins

CHORUS & ORCHESTRA

• Cantata for a Summer's Day (1954)
  narrator, SATB, fl/cl/11110 | 33 mins

• Celebration Day (1999)
  SATB, full orchestra

• Echoes Through Time (1988)
  5 female voices, 5 narrators, 3 dancers, full orchestra | 32 mins

• The Five Ages of Man (1963)
  SATB, large orchestra | 27 mins

• The Phoenix and the Turtle (1962)
  SATB, full orchestra | 18 mins

• Remembering Harriet (1984)
  baritone, contralto, narrator, soprano, SATB, full orchestra | 55 mins

CHORUS & ENSEMBLE

• Going North (2004)
  children’s choir, 2 clarinets | 7 mins

• The Last Twilight (1980)
  SATB, 3hn.4tpt.4tb/perc

• Two Christmas Carols in Traditional Style (1966); SATB, ob (cl or vln)/str | 5 mins

• The Voices of Our Ancestors (2014)
  narrator, SATB, brass quintet/org | 30 mins

• Wild Winter I: Lamentations (1993)
  solo STTB, viol consort |

• Wild Winter II (1996)
  SATB, strings | 19 mins

DRAMATIC WORKS

• The Abbot of Drimock (1955)
  chamber opera | 50 mins

• Beauty and the Beast (1969)
  ballet | 1 hr 40 mins

• A Christmas Carol (1979)
  opera | 1 hr 50 mins

• The Decision (1965)
  opera | 2 hrs 4 mins

• Harriet, The Woman Called Moses (1984); opera | 2 hrs 10 mins

• Mary, Queen of Scots (1977)
  opera | 2 hrs 12 mins

• Mary, Queen of Scots (chamber version) (2016); chamber opera | 2 hrs 12 mins

• The Mocking-Bird (2000)
  monodrama (baritone) | 28 mins

• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1981); radio opera (chamber) | 30 mins

• Pontalba (2003)
  opera | 2 hrs

• Simón Bolívar (1992)
  opera | 2 hrs 20 mins

• Simón Bolívar (chamber version) (2013)
  chamber opera | 1 hr 45 mins

• The Story of Harriet Tubman (1990)
  chamber opera | 1 hr 30 mins

• The Voice of Ariadne (1973)
  opera (reduction available) | 1 hr 40 mins

• Voices of Power and Protest (2006)
  SATB Chorus | 20 mins

A CAPPELLA / PLUS 1 INSTRUMENT

• Adam lay y-bounden (2012)
  chridren’s voices, SATB, piano | 2 mins

• Anthem - To St. Cecilia (2018)
  SATB, organ | 4 mins

• Black Tambourine (1985)
  SA, percussion, piano | 17 mins

• By the River (2019)
  SATB | 4 mins

• Collect for the Birth of St John the Baptist (2018); SATB | 2 mins

• For the Time Being: Advent (1986)
  narrator, SATB | 23 mins

• Four Madrigals (1953)
  SATB | 8 mins

• Hear the voice of the Bard (2013)
  TrATB | 4 mins

• Ithaca (2010)
  SSAATTBB | 10 mins

• John Cook (1963)
  SATB | 1 mins

• The Lord's Prayer (1983)
  SATB, organ | 4 mins

• Make Ye Merry for Him That Is Come (1961); SA choir, children’s chorus | 3 mins

• Memento Creatoris (1967)
  SATB | 4 mins

• Midnight (1992) cf. ‘To Sleep’

• Missa Brevis (2017)
  SATB, organ | 12 mins

• Nurse's Songs of Innocence and Experience (2013); SA, piano | 5 mins

• O Caro M'é Il Sonno (1978)
  SATB | 2 mins

• On the Underground Set No. 1 — On Gratitude, Love and Madness (1994)
  SATB | 10 mins

• On the Underground Set No. 2 — The Strange and the Exotic (1994); SATB | 5 mins

• On the Underground Set No. 3 — A Medieval Summer (1995)
  SATB | 10 mins

• Rorate coeli (1973)
  SATB | 11 mins

• Song of the Burn (from Cantata for a Summer's Day) (1954)
  SATB | 3 mins

• Starlight (2010)
  SATB | 2mins

• To Sleep (1992)
  SATB | 5 mins

• Voices of Power and Protest (2006)
  SATB | 20 mins

SOLO VOICE WITH 1 or 2 INSTRUMENTS

• A La Esperanza (Hope) (1998)
  soprano, organ | 3 mins

• Five Love Songs (1955)
  soprano, guitar | 10 mins

• Five Songs For Spring: A song cycle for baritone and piano (2011)
  baritone, piano | 14 mins

• Four Portraits (1956)
  baritone, clarinet, piano | 7 mins

• La Vida es Sueño (2016)
  baritone, piano | 9 mins 30 secs

• Poets in Love (2009)
  baritone, tenor, piano 4 hands | 30 mins

• Primavera (1971)
  soprano, flute | 4 mins

• Sing To Celebrate Summer (2010)
  soprano, oboe d’amore, viol | 4 mins

• Sir Patrick Spens (1961)
  tenor, guitar | 7 mins

• Snow (2010)
  soprano, oboe d’amore, viol | 4 mins

• A Song for Christmas (1958)
  high voice, piano | 5 mins

• A Suite O' Bairnsangs (1953)
  voice, piano | 7 mins

• Two Songs (1951)
  baritone, piano | 3 mins

• A Winter's Morning (2008)
  soprano, piano | 3 mins

ELECTRONIC MUSIC

• From One to Another I

• Golden Echo I

• Narcissus (clarinet)

• Narcissus (flute)

• Niobe

• Orfeo I

• Soliloquy

• Sound Crystals

CHAMBER MUSIC

• Canta Canta (1997)
  clarinet, piano, cello | 4 mins

• Cantilena (2008)
  ob/vn.va.vc | 11 mins

• Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1962)
  0111/1110/vn.va.vc | 11 mins

• Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1966)
  fl(pic,afl)cl(bcl)/pf/vn(va).vc | 14 mins

• Chamber Concerto No. 3 (1966)
  cl.bn/hn/2vn.va.vc.db | 24 mins

• Circe (1996)
  3 flutes | 2 mins

• Colloquy (1960)
  violin, piano | 10 mins

• Dawn (2016)
  oboe | 1 mins

• D.E.S. - In Celebration (2016)
  cello | 3 mins

• The Egrets Have Landed (2007)
  violin, piano | 2 mins

• Elegy (1970)
  viola, cello

• Excursions (1965)
  2 pianos | 7 mins

• From One to Another I (1970)
  viola, cassette | 10 mins

• From Spring to Spring (1996)
  marimba | 8 mins

• Golden Echo I (1986)
  horn, tape | 14 mins

• Happy Birthday, A (2022)
  oboe | 30 secs

• Impromptu No.1 (1967)
  flute, oboe | 4 mins

• Impromptu No. 2 (1970)
  flute, oboe, clarinet | 9 mins

• In The Still Of The Night (1997)
  viola | 3 mins

• Light at the End of the Tunnel (2020)
  viola | 2 mins

• Monologue (1960)
  piano | 5 mins

• Music for Horn and Piano (1967)
  horn, piano | 9 mins

• Narcissus (clarinet) (1987)
  clarinet, digital delay system | 5 mins

• Narcissus (flute) (1987)
  flute, digital delay system | 5 mins

• Night Windows (2007)
  oboe, piano | 13 mins

• Niobe (1987)
  oboe, tape | 5 mins

• Orfeo I (1975)
  flute, tape | 14 mins

• Orfeo III (1993)
  fl/str(11111) | 14 mins

• Piccolo Play (1989)
  piccolo, piano | 14 mins

• Pierrot (1985)
  clarinet, violin, piano | 17 mins

• Postcards from Spain (1995)
  guitar | 7 mins

• Ring Out Wild Bells (2000)
  cl/vn.vc/pf | 14 mins

• Serenade (1961)
  fl.cl/hp/va.vc | 13 mins

• Snapshots for piano (2009)
  Solo piano | 9 mins

• Soliloquy I (1969)
  guitar, tape | 9 mins

• Sonata for Three (1966)
  flute, guitar, violin | 7 mins

• Space Play (1974)
  1111/1000/str(10111) | 19 mins

• String Quartet (1958)
  string quartet | 16 mins

• Sunrise (2009)
  fl(afl)/hp/va | 10 mins

• Take Two Bassoons (2011)
  2 bassoons | 7 mins

• Take Two Oboes (2008)
  2 oboes | 5 mins

• Taking Turns (2008)
  3 flutes | 10 mins

• Threnody (for clarinet and piano) (1997)
  clarinet, piano | 8 mins

• Threnody (for cor anglais) (1997)
  cor anglais, piano | 8 mins

• Trio (1960)
  flute, oboe, piano | 10 mins

• Voices from the Ancient World (1998)
  3fl(2pic:afl)/perc | 15 mins

• Whirlwind (2018)
  oboe | 2 mins

• Wind Quintet (1992)
  fl.ob.cl.bsn/hn | 12 mins

Organ

• Psalm 147 ‘Lobet den Herren’ (Orgelbüchlein Project) (2017)