Song for Athene by John Tavener was recorded live at the Quodlibet Chorale concert in Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, on Saturday 5th February 2011 (Recording by Lothian Concert Recordings).

Song for Athene (Tavener)

This was probably my first polished composition. I wrote it in one evening when I was 15 and it then won first prize in the Glasgow Music Festival composition class - getting premiered on the main stage of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall! Played here in a recording from when I was at school by Craig Swineburne on alto saxophone and me on piano.

Reverie

jow was written when I was 17. jow is a scots word describing the rolling movement of waves and this piece is supposed to evoke a Scottish seascape with different images such as stillness and light wind, birds soaring overhead and some more stormy moments. It was commissioned and recorded by the Scottish Clarinet Quartet as part of their "Songs of the Earth" project. This involved commissioning eight different composers to write music for bass clarinet quartet which was then performed with projected images by photographer Terry Williams.

Kyrie is the first movement of William Byrd's Mass for five voices. Recorded live at the Quodlibet Chorale concert in Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, on Saturday 15th October 2011 (Recording by Lothian Concert Recordings).


Kyrie from Mass for five voices (Byrd)

Agnus Dei is the last movement of William Byrd's Mass for five voices. Recorded live at the Quodlibet Chorale concert in Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, on Saturday 15th October 2011 (Recording by Lothian Concert Recordings).


Agnus Dei from Mass for five voices (Byrd)

Iain is a Scottish conductor currently based in Copenhagen where he is studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He is a church musician, a musicologist (with a particular interest in Scottish classical music), and has been known to dabble in composition and arranging. 

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