Thomas Alker

Commissioned by Melinda Maxwell with funds from the Golsoncott Foundation, and first performed by Melinda Maxwell (Oboe) and Richard Benjafield (Vibe), at RNCM, Manchester, 16th February 2000.

Commissioned by Melinda Maxwell with funds from the Golsoncott Foundation, and first performed by Melinda Maxwell (Oboe) and Richard Benjafield (Vibe), at RNCM, Manchester, 16th February 2000.

11'; for Soprano, Recorder, Cello and Harpsichord. Published 2003. Text: Aloysius Bertrand. First performance: Lesley-Jane Rogers (sop), with John Turner, Jonathan Price and Janet Simpson, Bridgewa...

For soprano, clarinet and vibraphone. Published 2004. Text: Magdalena Mismarza de la Luz. First performed by Marie Vassiliou (sop) and Endymion, 12th July 2004. Score and parts.

For Bassoon and String Quartet or String Ensemble. Published 2005. Score.

8'40''; voice and ensemble. Published 2006. For voice, Recorder (Treble & Descant), Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, 3 Violins (or 2 vlns & vla), vc. First performance: 14th July 2006, Binham Prior...

8'40''; voice and ensemble Published 2006 For voice, Recorder (Treble & Descant), Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, 3 Violins (or 2 vlns & vla), vc. First performance: 14th July 2006, Binham Priory,...

8'10''; For Soprano, Recorder, Oboe, Violin and Cello. for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello Poems by Charles Baudelaire and Marcel Proust.

For Treble or Light Mezzo, Counter-Tenor and Vibraphone. Text by John Clare. Score.

For Alto Flute, Vibraphone and Cello. Published in 2007. First performed by Seymour Group, Sydney, Australia, 10th June 1995. Score and Parts.

For Flute, Vibraphone and Clarinet.

For Soprano and 7 players (Flute, Alto Clarinet, C Trumpet, Vibraphone, Piano, Violin, Viola) Duration: 14'30''

For Alto Flute or Oboe, Viola, Violin and Cello.

Hope's Place by Anthony Gilbert. 18'18, for septet of 4 Wind and String trio. Chamber concertino for Flute doubling Alto Flute; Oboe doubling Oboe d'amore; Clarinet in Bb doubling either Bass Clarinet...

Gemischter Chor - SATB {20./21. Jahrhundert}

Gemischter Chor - SATB {20./21. Jahrhundert}

Gemischter Chor - SATB {20./21. Jahrhundert}

For Piano, first performed by Peter Lawson, 10th May 2002, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

Cover design by Anna Aslanova, 11, winner of the design competition, September 2005. Images by the runners-up, Jayana and Nisha Patel, 12, appear on pages 10 and 13, depicting particular 'people'. An...

11 claims and a turn for student pianists for solo Piano.

Chimes in Time was commissioned by David Ellis for the concert marking the inauguration of the Patricia Cunliffe Award, in association with the Royal Northern College of Music's School of Keyboard Stu...

Monsoon Toccata by Anthony Gilbert. 3'33'; for solo piano. In memoriam Janet Owen Thomas (1961-2002). 'In 1988, Janet Owen Thomas met up with me in Sydney at the end of a short organ-recital tour - p...

Even more than Schoenberg's or Webern's, Berg's music made an enormous impact on me during the late 1950s and early 1960s when studying with Alexander Goehr. Work on this little piece was commenced on...