Played by massed bands at the 2013 Unibrass workshops.
Microcosm 1 is a series of 6 short movements (1 1-1/2mins each) designed as a miniature brass band entertainments programme.

Microcosm 1

Tenor horn multiphonics track - originally performed and recorded as part of the RNCM 40th anniversary celebrations

Cantabiles

Electroacoustic piece - based on the opening bars of 'Paper Doll' (saxophone quartet)

Papercut

Extracts from 'Th'owfen Raconteurs' - a 27 minute-long work commissioned to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Wingates Band in 2013 (for brass band, vocalist/narrator, audio tracks and live electronics)
The piece, in its entirety, was shortlisted for a 2014 British Composer Award.

Th'owfen Raconteurs - Extracts

Premiere performance of 'Voices (in memoriam)' by the Band of the King's Division at the 2015 RNCM Festival of Brass, in Manchester.
The piece is based on selections from 'Voices From No Man's Land'; a collection of unaccompanied songs that pay tribute to the soldiers in WWI and reflect on the Christmas Truce of 1914. Presented as an installation at Salisbury cathedral, 'Voices From No Man's Land' was the opening event for the 2014 Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival.

Voices (in Memoriam)

Premiere performance of 'BREATHE I' for solo flute, digital delay and pre-recorded audio track - recorded during the RNCM 2014 Jonathan Harvey festival.
Many thanks to soloist Amy Yule!

BREATHE I

'His Depth' (The first section of 'Diversions After Benjamin Britten' - performed by the Tredegar Town Band at the RNCM Festival of Brass 2013)

A collaborative work with composers Simon Dobson, Gavin Higgins and Paul McGhee, 'Diversions After Benjamin Britten' is a collection of four short pieces, each reflecting on a different aspect of Britten's character. 'His Depth' by Lucy Pankhurst is intended as a "song without words" - alluding to Britten's love of folksong and melody.

The work, in its entirety, was shortlisted for a 2013 British Composer award.

His Depth

Wingates brass band performing the 2011 Brass Band/Wind band category winner of the BASCA British Composer Awards; In Pitch Black by Lucy Pankhurst. Conducted by David Thornton - featured on the CD 'Perspectives of Pretoria'.
The work was commissioned by the Wingates Band as part of the 2010 Pretoria Pit Disaster centenary commemorative events in West Houghton.

In Pitch Black

David Thornton giving the world premiere of Lucy Pankhurst's Tiamat (for Solo Euphonium, Brass Quintet and Digital Delay) at the 2010 RNCM Festival of Brass.

Tiamat

The RNCM Wind Orchestra, conducted by Mark Heron,  giving the world premiere of Lucy Pankhurst's The Elder Futhark at BASBWE 2006.

The Elder Futhark

Phillippe Schwartz and the Leyland Band, conducted by Philip Harper with the 2010 premiere of Midnight (euphonium solo with brass band)

Midnight

The Lunar Saxophone Quartet performing Paper Doll, by Lucy Pankhurst.

Paper Doll

Based on the award-winning poem by Clara Price, Where She Sings Freely was commissioned by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and premiered in the Dora Stoutzker Hall on 31.10.18 as part of the 'Hemispheres' concert, featuring brass band music by female composers. The concert was one of several events arranged as a response to the RWCMD 'Women Can' duo, in celebration of #vote100.

Performance recorded by the RWCMD Brass Band, narrated by Clara Price, conducted by Dr. Robert Childs.

Where She Sings Freely

Premiere performance of 'Mindscapes' by the RNCM Brass Band, conducted by James Gourlay at the 2018 RNCM Brass Band Festival in Manchester.

'Mindscapes' is an introspective sonic self-portrait. Essentially abstract, the piece is intended to illustrate heightened emotional states and the power of the subconscious. 

Through drones of tinnitus, different ideas are considered and interrupted; developed, or discarded as we follow the inner monologue of a ‘noisy’ brain and overactive imagination.

The piece begins with a contemplative soliloquy. Persistently interrupted and distracted, the direction soon changes to exaggerated tumults of sound and a hierarchic battle.

The mind (when asleep or awake) is capable of wildly distorting the reality of situations - making the impossible suddenly seem achievable (or, indeed, the opposite) We hear this through claustrophobic layers of material rising through the score, shifting the balance of the band. This alteration in perspective is never permanent - the material constantly moves and evolves, exposing different sounds and layers throughout the music.

Fragments of the opening solo return throughout the piece as a nostalgic melody, usually accompanied by stillness and quiet; moments of respite and reflection on an inky canvas.

Serene moments of calm are overtaken by swathes of anxiety. Uncertainty and unrest can be suddenly distracted, only to return gradually; represented by persistently repeated patterns and phrases that weave in and out of the texture.

Mindscapes

Composed to celebrate the 100 years of recording by the Wingates Band in 2015.

The band is separated into 3 choirs to represent past, present and future.

VOX AURI

Mike Purton conducts the Bromley Youth Wind Orchestra in Lucy Pankhurst's 'Ticket: 250654'
The title takes its name from the ticket number assigned to all eight musicians aboard the Titanic. The piece is dedicated to them in the centenary year of the famous disaster.
The numbers were also used to generate much of the musical material.

TICKET : 250654

The premiere performance of 'Borealis (into blue)' by the Borealis saxophone quartet and RNCM string ensemble (during the RNCM Spotlight Concert on 10.12.2012)

The Aurora Borealis is a natural 'light display' in the sky - caused by charged particles being drawn into the earth's upper atmosphere. The collision causes energy to be released, which causes the lights we see in the sky.

Commissioned by the Borealis Saxophone Quartet, the piece reflects this natural phenomena with constantly shifting colours,  high-energy collisions and, eventually, the piece fades into a silent and still inky-blue night sky...

Lucy Pankhurst

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