Mor-a-raok avel
Amzer fall de zout
Breton for High tide before the wind/bad weather to come
song with shakuhachi and harp accompaniment

mor-a-raok avel

Lord, you know how busy we must be this day. If we forget you, do not you forget us
Cromwell's prayer before going into battle
Soprano with shakuhachi and harp accompaniment

Cromwell's prayer

A solo song accompanied by shakuhachi & harp. The voices say no words, but the words are written@
The night, the night
is so very silent, is so very silent
my thoughts chase shadows shadows moonbeams moonbeams
floating out to sea

the night is so silent

A piece for choir commemorating the Welsh slate miners who struck against the harsh owners - "Nid os bradwr yn y ty hwm" (There is no traitor in this house).

Nid oes bradwr

Featuring drums, balalaikas, hand bells & drums  - my hopes & fears relating to he Russian war on Ukraine

Slava Ukraina

I wanted to write a solo piece for violin which emphasised the tone of the violin rather than the dexterity of the player (being a mediocre violinist myself)

summer avenue

i was trying to describe some of the feelings while in isolation - the routine, the uncertainty, the odd events that marked out the time in the UK

the ballad of covid19

I wanted to describe the course of the  covid-19 in England in under 4 minutes using a classical string trio, starting with the calm before the storm, the notes of unease and warning, the panic, the lockdown, the deaths in hospitals ^ then care homes, the lockdown breaking down, the uneasy move out of lockdown....with silent breaks to remember those who have died

Richard Hernaman Allen