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That Man Stephen Ward (2006-7)
for male singer, 3 dancers (silent – optional), 6 players
fl (+alto/picc), cl (+bass cl), perc (1 player), piano (+electronic keyboard & harpsichord), violin, cello
Libretto: David Norris (Eng)
Duration: 65 minutes
FP: 11 May 2008, University College School, Hampstead, London,
Andrew Slater (baritone), Yvonne Fontane (director), Hampstead & Highgate Festival Ensemble /
George Vass
‘…a score which was certainly alive in its own way to possibilities of humour, and which responded to Norris’s
deft verse with parodies of Handel and of Finzi. This serviceable furniture, and references to cabaret and 1950s
popular music, was used adroitly, like the actual armchair and sofa reshuffled between scenes in Yvonne Fontane’s
effective production…Though it may be too early to announce a new theatrical talent, Hyde in the meantime is
certainly one to be watched.’
Nicholas Williams, Opera (July 2008)
‘I was most intrigued to see how his meticulous, rather academic, but always accessible style would adapt to such
a change of direction, but his sheer vigour and intrinsic sense of drama won the day…Thomas Hyde clearly has
dramatic as well as musical potential, and his work drew a full-house, enthusiastic audience.’
Jill Barlow, Tempo (January 2009)
‘… adventurous, both in subject and treatment…As a performance, That Man Stephen Ward was engrossing. As a
liaison between modernist and traditional, conversational and lyrical, inner and outer, comic and serious, the
individual and the world (background news items cover the Cuban missile crisis, relevant to two of Ward’s
contacts – Profumo and Ivanov), acting and singing, it is commendably exploratory.’
Kenneth Carter, Classical Source (2008)
‘…a quirky, clever score…with a promising grasp of what it takes to make music-theatre work…With a modest but
punchy chamber ensemble conducted by George Vass, it turned small history into surprisingly large musical
genstures.'
genstures.'
Michael White, Opera Now (September 2008)
‘Society scandal – when low life meets high life – is compelling news and, in Thomas Hyde’s first stage work,
compelling opera too…In this debut theatre-piece Hyde’s musical skills found an ideal vehicle in David Norris’s
efficient libretto – but also in bass-baritone Andrew Slater’s accomplished performance...Hyde's score was
effective stage music and a sign of promising things to come.'
effective stage music and a sign of promising things to come.'
The Ham & High (May 2008)
ORCHESTRAL
Sinfonia minuscola (1999)
for chamber orchestra
1(+picc).1.1.1-1000-strings (64442)
Duration: 9 minutes
Commissioned by the Lucille Graham Trust
FP: 10 October 1999, Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
RAM Students / Ludovic Morlot
Scherzo Capriccioso (2005)
for symphony orchestra
3(3= pic).3(3=corA).3(3=bcl)3 – 4.2.3.1 – timp – perc(2 players): glock/bass drum/sus.cymb/
woodblock/sleigh bells/vibraslap/snare drum.whip – harp – strings
Duration: 4 minutes
Commissioned by the City of Southampton Orchestra
FP: 19 March 2005, Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford, Southampton
City of Southampton Orchestra / John Traill
Paraphrases (on six lieder of Richard Strauss) (2000)
for eight cellos
Duration: 12 minutes
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music for their ‘Part in Profile’ Festival 2000
FP: 28 March 2000, Royal Academy of Music, London
RAM Cellists / Edward Gardner
Lachrimae Amantis (2001)
for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet
Duration: 6 minutes
FP: 20 June 2001, Christ Church, Spitalfields Festival, London
Manson Ensemble / Simon Bainbridge
Autumnal (2003)
concertino for viola and ensemble of 4 players
Duration: 15 minutes
Commissioned by the Little Missenden Festival with funding provided by the Arts Council England
Commissioned by the Little Missenden Festival with funding provided by the Arts Council England
and the Festival Friends
FP: 12 October 2003, Little Missenden Festival
FP: 12 October 2003, Little Missenden Festival
Edward Vanderspar (viola), Eliza Marshall (flute), Catriona Scott (clarinet), Ruth Potter (harp),
Katherine Jenkinson (cello)
'Hyde's sensuous, lyrical writing for the solo instrument was given full rein in Vanderspar's gripping performance,
buoyed up by the rich, luminous textures from the other instrumentalists, which would as suddenly lighten into
beautiful soloistic moments. The structure of the work, too, draws the listener in - the music begins in full energy
but gradually unwinds to an exquisite stillness, though not before a potent viola cadenza, charted with
nimble-fingered finesse by Vanderspar.'
Catherine Nelson, The Strad (February 2004)
Three Dancers (2005)
for violin, cello and piano
Duration: 5 minutes
Commissioned by Music at Duffield with funding provided by the Britten-Pears Foundation
Commissioned by Music at Duffield with funding provided by the Britten-Pears Foundation
FP: 15 October 2005, Ecclesbourne Centre, Duffield, Rautio Piano Trio
F(London)P: 10 January 2007, Park Lane Group New Year Series, Purcell Room, London,
Rautio Piano Trio
‘…engaging, tonal and quirky, with the hint of a tango.’ Kenneth Carter, Classical Source (2007)
Curtain Up! (2008)
for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & cello
Duration: 2 minutes
Commissioned by the London Contemporary Music Group as part of a suite of pieces to celebrate
Elliot Carter's 100th birthday
FP: 4 September 2008, Cardiff University, London Contemporary Music Group
'The mix of arrangements of existing movements with pieces based on a facet of Bach worked remarkably
well...this birthday offering was eminently fit for the musical king that is Carter.'
Rhian Evans, The Guardian (9 September 2008)
String Quartet (2009-10)
Duration: 18 minutes
Duration: 18 minutes
Commissioned for the Allegri Quartet by the London Chamber Music Society with funding provided
by the John S Cohen Foundation
FP: 28 February 2010, King's Place, London, Allegri String Quartet
Draw on, sweet night (2000)
for solo harp
Duration: 6 minutes
FP: 24 November 2000, Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, Ruth Potter
Second Suite for Solo Cello (2001-2)
for unaccompanied cello
Duration: 16 minutes
FP: 19 February 2002, Royal Academy of Music, London, Katherine Jenkinson
Winter Music (2004)
for cor anglais (or cello) and piano
Duration: 5 minutes
Commissioned by Music Past & Present
FP: 13 February 2005, Jacksons Lane Community Centre, Highgate, London
Emma Feilding (cor anglais), Martin Cousin (piano)
Praeludium (1996)
for organ
Duration: 12 minutes
FP: 28 February 1998, Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, Norman Harper
F(US)P: 28 March 1999, National Cathedral, Washington DC, Norman Harper
‘Praeludium, written for this recording in the composer’s 18th year shows great promise, multisectioned but unified
by the Pange Lingua theme. Colourfully dissonant writing shows a true ear for composition…’
The Organ (February 2001)
Lucis Creator (2005)
for organ
Duration: 8 minutes
Commissioned by Norman Harper
FP: 22 October 2005, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, Norman Harper
Nocturnes (2006)
for piano
Duration: 8 minutes
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music & the Arts
FP: 28 August 2006, St Andrew's Church, Presteigne, Evelina Puzaite
'These three pieces, which get progressively shorter in a 3:2:1 ratio, conjured the impression of a feverish mind
aspiring to sleep but continuing to juggle notes...Evelina Puzaite delivered them with conviction.'
Rhian Evans, Musical Opinion (November 2006)
A Little Invocation (2006)
for organ
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine Score
FP: 31 March 2007, Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, William Whitehead
Shouts for Herodias (1999, rev.2000)
dramatic scena for solo female singer
Text: the composer (Eng)
Duration: 15 minutes
FP: 15 January 2000, PLG Symposium, South Bank, London, Cari Burdett
F(US)P: 15 July 2000, Lake Placid Institute, New York, Cari Burdett
An Anniversary (2002)
for soprano and piano
Text: Andrew Motion (Eng)
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned by The Association of English Singers and Speakers
FP: 24 February 2002, Royal Overseas Leage, London
Katherine Bond (soprano), Matthew Rickard (piano)
Three Larkin Settings (2003)
for voice and piano
Text: Philip Larkin (Eng)
Duration: 4 minutes
FP: 28 August 2003, Merton Abbey Mills, London
Anna Flannagan (soprano), Gemma Hitchen (piano)
Three Greek Women (2008-9)
for soprano and harp
Text: from Greek dramas in versions by Ted Hughes (Eng)
Duration: 7 minutes
Two Hardy Songs (2010)
for voice and piano
Text: Thomas Hardy (Eng)
Duration: 3 minutes
There Is No Rose (1993)
for unaccompanied SATB choir
Text: Anon. 15th century (Eng)
Duration: 4 minutes
FP: 20 December 1993, St Peter’s Church Streatham, London
O Sing a New Song (2001)
for trebles and organ
Text: Psalm 98, vv.1,4,8. (Eng)
Duration: 5 minutes
Commissioned by the St Paul’s Cathedral Choir School Foundation
FP: 4 July 2001, St Paul’s Cathedral, as part of the City of London Festival
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral / Huw Williams (organ) / John Scott
O nata lux (2002)
for unaccompanied SATB choir
Text: Hymn for Lauds on the Feast of the Transfiguration (Latin)
Duration: 8 minutes
FP: 30 November 2002, Keble College Chapel, Oxford, Commotio / Matthew Berry
Sweet was the Song (2003)
for unaccompanied SATB choir
Text: William Ballet (MS Lute Book, early 17 century, Trinity College, Dublin) (Eng)
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned by the Hampstead Chamber Choir
FP: 17 December 2003, Emmanuel Church, Hampstead, London
Hampstead Chamber Choir / Eamonn Dougan
As a lily among thorns (2004)
for unaccompanied SATB choir
Text: Song of Songs, chapter 2, verses 2-3 & 6 (Eng)
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned by Katie Johnston and John Hillier on the occasion of their marriage
FP: 20 March 2004, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Members of Commotio
The St Philip’s Service (2008)
for unison voices (congregation) and organ
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the concecration of St Philip the Apostle, Sydenham
FP: 14 September 2008, St Philip the Apostle Church, Sydenham
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (2009)
for SSA choir and organ
Text: Trad. (Eng)
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned by Downe House School
FP: 10 December 2009, St Nicholas Church, Newbury, Choir of Downe House School
A Pocket Snake and Ladder (2005)
for piano
Commissioned for Kate Dixon’s Music Postcards Project
FP: 1 September 2005, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, Kate Dixon
'This piece is surely a reminder to us all that we must continue to challenge our preconceptions of music and, used in
the teaching context, is perhaps an opening to discussion on these ideas. I've also discovered in teaching this Postcard
that the use of rolling a dice to practice things means the more mundane tasks are more likely to get done.'
Piano Professional (January 2005)
'Perhaps inspired by Mozart's penchant for dice games, the performer of Thomas Hyde's 'A Pocket Snake and Ladder'
must throw the dice to produce six numbers and then follow the snakey path until the end of the piece, which terminates
with the piano-lid shut when finished.'
Nancy Lee Haper, Piano Journal (Issue 78 / Winter 2005)
The Cruel Mother (1996)
folksong arrangement for violin, viola, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Duration: 3 minutes
FP: 10 September 1996, Hoy Kirk, Orkney Islands
Members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Three Carol Preludes (2002)
for string orchestra
1. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
2. The Coventry Carol
3. Resonemus Laudibus
Duration: 8 minutes
FP: 14 December 2003, St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham
Orchestra of St Bartholomew / Robert Trory