parkin

contemporary classical

Written for and dedicated to the 'Women of Srebrenica' Association. The piece is both a memorial for the victims of 1995, and a testament to the remarkable courage, tenacity and fortitude of the survivors in their long struggle for truth and justice. 

Srebrenica

performed by oliver coates- cello 
commissioned by faster than sound for installation 'natures' with visuals by quayola
2008
from the album 3 commissions:the elephant in the room

The Elephant In The Room: 3 Commissions

Memoryofamomentlost

The Courting Rites of Cranes was commissioned by my dear friends Antony and Dot Griew to celebrate their Silver Wedding anniversary. Cranes mate for life, and in Japan they are a symbol of longevity. 

The piece was premiered at the Griew's joyous anniversary party by members of the London Symphony Orchestra. This is a 'live'  recording from a La Mer Trio concert. 

The Courting Rites Of Cranes

adapted from "The Weight" by R WE WHO R WE (Ted Hearne and Philip White)

Performed by A Far Cry - www.afarcry.org

The complete piece can be heard on the album "Law of Mosaics," released by Crier Records and available on Amazon and Itunes.

Beats (from Law of Mosaics)

live recording, first performance

Weston Olencki, trombone
Eric Wubbels, prepared piano

St. Peter's Church, Chelsea
New York, NY
June 10th, 2016

contraposition  IV. NEGATIVE

Performance by the Bingham String Quartet.

String Quartet No. 1

Live performance of the second of my Preludes and Fugues for piano. Six have been written so far. 

Prelude and Fugue No. 2

BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Jac van Steen. Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

A piece inspired by the images from the Power of 10 project.

Still Life

His work has been broadcast and widely performed in Britain, Europe and the U.S. Prizes include the Yorkshire Arts Young Composers' Competition (1978), the MidNAG award (1979) and his work 'Elegy' for solo alto flute was one of only two UK works selected for Gaudeamus International Musikweek in the Netherlands. 'Inevitable Inventions' was awarded first prize in the 1996 Match TM Composition Award. In 1994 he was one of the featured composers at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival and he has since been regularly programmed at the festival. 

In 2006 he received the prestigious Creative Wales Award to enable him to write two large scale orchestral works.

His work ranges from a chamber opera, 'Cheap Tricks' (1984), to a large number of solos and duos written for individual performers; notably 'Inevitable Inventions' (1994) for the violinist Madeleine Mitchell, 'Music for the Cyber Cafe' for the clarinettist David Campbell, and the solo trombone piece 'Sinfonia', premiered by Barrie Webb at the 1987 Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music.

In contrast to the reflective, internalised nature of these pieces, recent work over the last ten years, such as the 4 string quartets, and the orchestral works 'Still Life', 'Srebrenica' and  'On the Banks of the Nile' mark a return to a much more dramatic and public language, using large scale forms and forces.

String Quartet No. 1

michael parkin