Clarinet and piano. Inspired by sun and wind on ling heather in East Mayo, Ireland. Score and sound file here.
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Trios (2026)
A growing set of trios for strings or other instruments. Some of these trios may be played on one instrument such as piano or organ. Inspired by time in forests. Also inspired by the need for C clefs to be part of our visual musical landscape again, as they were in Brahms’ day (when soprano, alto and tenor parts were all printed in C clefs).
Scores and sampled sound audio tracks here.
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Ling (2026)
Clarinet and piano. Inspired by sun and wind on ling heather in East Mayo, Ireland. Score and sound file here.
Circus (2026)
SATB, solo piano. Commissioned by King’s School, Worcester. White-necked ravens on Mount Kilimanjaro.
Particles 1, 2 & 3 (2017)
Cl, vln, vc, pno. Also in version for solo vln and orchestral sections (dbs, vlas, second vlns). Inspired by the viscosity of air. It sparkles and dances around us, pushes…
Four movements. Scores and sample-sound recordings here. First movement – grit; second movement – searching; third movement – consoling; fourth movement – joyous. Featuring the following bird calls: blackbird and robin from East Mayo, song thrush from West Sussex, woodpecker from Norbotten, Sweden.
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The Singing Glacier (2017)
For baroque ensemble. Collaborative response to glaciers, commissioned by The Little Baroque Company. In 2016 Bill and the poet Helen Mort climbed in East Greenland.
Mountain Hare (2021)
Finzi Scholarship piece inspired by Mountain Hares in the Cairngorms. Classical orchestra (2,2,2,2; 4,2,0,0; timp; strings). Potential chamber version for violin, cello, piano, clarinet. Extended travel essay.
Carrownagappul (2024)
Commissioned by the Harry Woolhouse Charitable Trust to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Imperial College Sinfonietta. Inspired by one of Europe’s major raised bogs, Carrownagappul, Co. Galway.
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Icicle (2016)
Photograph © H. Spenceley, Pirhuk – Greenland Mountain Guides (Greenland expedition 2016)
Written to raise the profile of the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for The Singing Glacier. For violin, viola and glockenspiel (keyed or normal). There is an additional performance option for this piece: after the second time through, it can be repeated ad libitum and, each time, more notes are omitted at the players’ discretion.
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Mountain Hare (2021)
Finzi Scholarship piece inspired by Mountain Hares in the Cairngorms. Classical orchestra (2,2,2,2; 4,2,0,0; timp; strings). Potential chamber version for violin, cello, piano, clarinet. Extended travel essay.
The Singing Glacier (2017)
For baroque ensemble. Collaborative response to glaciers, commissioned by The Little Baroque Company. In 2016 Bill and the poet Helen Mort climbed in East Greenland.
Unstartled Bird (2026)
Unaccompanied SATB. Started during Storm Darragh in 2024. Completed 2026.
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Circus (2026)
Photograph © Paddy Ryan (white-necked raven above Mt Kilimanjaro)
In 2014 Bill walked up Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Sitting beside his tent at basecamp, he saw an aerial display from a pair of white-necked ravens. Poem, score and sound file here.
More Fieldwork Pieces
Mountain Hare (2021)
Finzi Scholarship piece inspired by Mountain Hares in the Cairngorms. Classical orchestra (2,2,2,2; 4,2,0,0; timp; strings). Potential chamber version for violin, cello, piano, clarinet. Extended travel essay.
The Singing Glacier (2017)
For baroque ensemble. Collaborative response to glaciers, commissioned by The Little Baroque Company. In 2016 Bill and the poet Helen Mort climbed in East Greenland.
Unstartled Bird (2026)
Unaccompanied SATB. Started during Storm Darragh in 2024. Completed 2026.
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Particles 1, 2 & 3 (2017)
The Particles series is about the viscosity of air, which sparkles around us, pushing against everything we see. Particles 1, 2 & 3 exist in two versions: for solo violin with different orchestral sections (Particle 1 – double basses; Particle 2 – violas; Particle 3 – second violins); and also for cl, vln, vc, pno, as arranged for Alisios Camerata, Zagreb. The Alisios Camerata performance of Particle 2 at Banff Centre can be watched here. There is an additional arrangement of Particle 2 for youth orchestra, written for London Music Masters, in which professional tutors play the demanding passages.
The cl/vln/vc/pno performance set is available for hire at €30 per performance (lower rates available for tours). Performance sets for the original setting (solo violin + orchestra) can be hired by agreement.
More Chamber Music
Trios (2026)
A growing set of trios for strings or other instruments.
Ling (2026)
Clarinet and piano. Inspired by sun and wind on ling heather in East Mayo, Ireland. Score and sound file here.
Circus (2026)
SATB, solo piano. Commissioned by King’s School, Worcester. White-necked ravens on Mount Kilimanjaro.