0:00 - 'Twins' - jazzy ensemble number
0:51 - Frances's entrance solo
1:41 - Kray theme - ensemble
2:07- Frances's Soliloquy/Death solo
3:10 - love pas de deux

A ballet set in 1960s London, about Frances Shea and the notorious gangster Kray twins.
Recorded at premiere in June 2019.

Dear Frances (ballet, 2019) - Extracts from live performance

Commissioned by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. 

Premiere performance at Regent Hall, London in March 2022. Conducted by Principal Director of Music Piers Morrell OBE.

A Picture on the Wall (2020) - Central Band of the Royal Air Force (live 2022)

An arrangement of the central pas de deux (duet) for string quartet from new ballet White Doves by composer Amelia Clarkson.

Recorded by Samuel Kane (violin and viola) and Viola Migone (cello) at the RNCM in June 2023.

White Doves - Pas de deux (2023)

For Ephemeral (2024) choreographed by Wubkje Kuindersma.
Music by Amelia Clarkson

Commissioned by the Dutch National Ballet Orchstra for the junior Company's 10th Anniversary National Tour.

Musicians from Het Balletorkest:
Clarinet: Joris Wiener
Viola: Arwen van der Burg
Cello: Jeroen den Herder
Harp: Jet Sprenkels

Recorded by Paul Lardenoije at Het Nationale Opera en Ballet in December 2023.

Ephemeral (2023/24) - Dutch National Ballet

Composed by Amelia Clarkson

Performed by Alison Langer (soprano) and Lana Bode (piano) at Opera Holland Park, London on 1st July 2022.

Commissioned by Hannah Sandison for Green Spaces: A Celebration in Song.

Ice Cream (2022) for soprano and piano

The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Gavin Maloney perform the world premiere of 'I float between' (2024) by Amelia Clarkson.

21st January 2025
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Broadcast live by RTÉ Lyric FM.

I FLOAT BETWEEN (2024)
Composer: Amelia Clarkson
Instrumentation: 3,3,3,3 - 4,3,3,1 - Timp,2Perc - Harp, Strings

DETAILS
Composer: Amelia Clarkson
Conductor: Gavin Maloney
Leader: Emily Harris
Supported by Contemporary Music Centre Ireland in association with RTÉ Lyric FM.

I float between (2024) - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Recorded by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jack Sheen

Wings of Peace draws its musical material  two-act ballet, White Doves, which
received its first performances in Belfast in 2023. The ballet offered an abstract retelling of
Belfast’s first peace marches in 1976, blending bird imagery with historical scenes.

This orchestral work pulls from the thematic and harmonic language of the ballet, to create
an ethereal landscape that reflects the world of the Doves. It invites the listener on an
evocative journey, meditating on themes of hope and peace.


Commissioned for BBC SSO by BBC Sounds for Music and Meditation. Episode release: April 2025

Recorded on 6 January 2025 at City Halls, Glasgow.

Wings of Peace (2024) - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Adapted from Edward V Utters in the Tower by Edwin Stockdale.

Recorded at the Leeds Lieder Festival on 21st April 2018.

Soprano: Juliette Koch
Piano: Arturo Irisarri

Screaming Moon (2018) for soprano voice and piano

DEAR FRANCES: a new one act ballet
Composer: Amelia Clarkson
Choreographer: Ruaidhrí Maguire 

Dear Frances is a one act ballet set in 1960's London, based entirely on the letters and life of Frances Shea, who would go on to become the wife of notorious gangster, Reggie Kray.  
For more information see www.ameliaclarkson.com

Conducted by Jonathan Mann on 4th June 2019 (premiere) at Blackheath Halls, London.

Violin 1: Anja Jamsek
Violin 2: Ben Richardson
Viola: Harry Mak
Cello: Miranda Stinton
Double Bass: Lewis Reid
Flute / Pic: Emma Harding
Oboe / Cor Anglais: Emily Heldreich
Clarinets: Ben Mason
Bassoon: Rachel Tillotson
Saxophones: Manon Davis
F Horn: Simon Jelley
Trumpet: Gabriel Askew
Trombone: Sidata Lethbridge
Percussion: Rhys Davies
Piano: Arturo Irisarri

Sound Engineers: Ieva Vaita and Ben Leigh-Grosart.

Dear Frances: The Triangle Part 2 (pas de deux)(2019)

Dear Frances: Montage (2019)

DEAR FRANCES: a new one act ballet (2019) live recording
Composer: Amelia Clarkson
Choreographer: Ruaidhrí Maguire

Video highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JKVwKaSQYo

Dear Frances is a one act ballet set in 1960's London, based entirely on the letters and life of Frances Shea, who would go on to become the wife of notorious gangster, Reggie Kray.
For more information see www.ameliaclarkson.com

Conducted by Jonathan Mann on 4th June 2019 (premiere) at Blackheath Halls, London. This a recording of the live performance.

Violin 1: Anja Jamsek
Violin 2: Ben Richardson
Viola: Harry Mak
Cello: Miranda Stinton
Double Bass: Lewis Reid
Flute / Pic: Emma Harding
Oboe / Cor Anglais: Emily Heldreich
Clarinets: Ben Mason
Bassoon: Rachel Tillotson
Saxophones: Manon Davis
F Horn: Simon Jelley
Trumpet: Gabriel Askew
Trombone: Sidata Lethbridge
Percussion: Rhys Davies
Piano: Arturo Irisarri

Sound Engineers: Ieva Vaiti and Ben Leigh-Grosart.
Please note, pointe shoe sound is audible in this recording.

Dear Frances: Butterflies (2019)

Through His Gaze: 3 songs for tenor and harp
1. To a Young Girl - 0:00
2. A Crazed Girl - 4:13
3. He Tells of a Valley - 6:38

Through His Gaze deconstructs 3 poems by W. B. Yeats, exploring his simultaneous adoration and resentment of women. 

Commissioned by the 2020 Presteigne Festival.  The work was premiered at Presteigne Digital in August 2020.

Through His Gaze: 3 songs for tenor and harp (2020)

Amelia is a Northern Irish composer based in London.  She is currently studying towards her masters in composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, as a Trinity College London Scholar.  She is also generously supported by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust.  Amelia is honoured to be Trinity Laban's nominee to receive the Worshipful Company of Musician's 2018 Silver Medal.

Amelia Clarkson

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