Peter Lawson

The Song of the Frog Orchid, completed in 1983 for Paul Nieman, who gave it it‘s first performance in London, was the sixth to be written in a cycle of instrumental and orchestral depictions of the fo...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Burlesque in the Burren started life as the third movement of the composer's 'The Grand Design Quartet', subtitled 'Song of the Common Spotted Orc...

The Song of the Irish Lady's Tresses Orchid, written in 1987 for Maura and David Presly and Simon Desorgher, was the twelfth to be written in a projected cycle of musical portraits of the forty-eight...

The 'Song of the Heath Spotted Orchid' is the thirty-sixth to be written in a cycle of musical portraits of the forty-eight wild orchids of Great Britain and Ireland - for various instrumental and orc...

The Song of the Creeping Lady's Tresses Orchid for violin and piano was written in 1990 and was extensively re-written in 2015. It is the eighteenth in a projected series of musical portraits of the f...

The Song of the Slender-Lipped Helleborine, for violin and guitar, was written in 1983 for the violinist Stephen Bentley-Klein, who took part in its first performance. It was the third to be written i...

The Song of the Young's Helleborine is associated with a cycle of musical portraits of the 48 wild orchids of Britain and Ireland. It is not so much a portrait of one of the numbered separate species,...

The Sword-leaved (or Narrow-leaved) Helleborine, 'Cephalanthera longifolia,' is a fairly substantial orchid, growing up to 60 cms in height. It can easily be distinguished from its nearest relative, t...

The Lady Orchid, 'Orchis purpurea,' grows up to a metre high with broad oblong-to-lanceolate, bright-green, fleshy, shiny leaves up to 15 cms long with up to fifty inflorescences on the flower spike....

The 'Song of the Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid' is the thirty-seventh to be written in a cycle of musical portraits of the forty-eight wild orchids of Great Britain and Ireland - for various instrumental...

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER [5 minutes], PERSONENT HODIE [3 minutes], LULLAY MY LIKING [3 minutes], MASTERS IN THIS HALL [3 1/2 minutes]. These four carols, written or originally arranged by Gustav Holst,...

A merry original song for the Christmas season for choir and orchestra or orchestra alone or choir and piano, with words by Anthony Pritchard set to music by Peter Lawson. This song is available in fo...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes. They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Yea...

Have you ever wondered what happened to all those gifts or what the recipient thought about them? Well, now you can hear the full story of how they were all put to use by the Mistress of the Manor who...

Star of Bethlehem is a set of three carols for Christmas and is a tribute to the memory of the late Kath Hayes with whom I collaborated on a number of projects, notably the recent "A Bed of Hay - Seve...

Mary's Prayer for choir and orchestra or piano is an unusual and beautifully simple, direct carol, recalling the Angel Gabriel's message to the Virgin Mary that she was chosen to bear God's son, who w...