Performed by Clare Hammond at the 2013 Presteigne Festival. Commissioned through the Royal Philharmonic Society and Alane Horne prizes.

 ‘...Yea, many a thought in mind did spring, To think that her radiance in clay should rot. O mould! Thou marrest a lovely thing, My pearl, mine own, without a spot...’

Pearl (c. 14th Century – Anon.) Translation by J. R. R. Tolkien 
 


Pearl (II) - Solo Piano (2013) by Robert Peate

The Night Before Christmas 
by Clement Clarke Moore (1823)

For High Voices and Harp 
by Robert Peate (2023)

Performed by Le Voci, Anwen Mai Thomas (harp), and Robert Peate (cond.) at Belmont Abbey, 16th Dec, 2023

Live recording of premiere

The Night Before Christmas

From 'Three Edward Thomas Settings' by Robert Peate

Performed by Hereford Chamber Choir, dir. Simon Harper
(Malvern Priory - Worcester Three Choirs Festival 2024)

Three Edward Thomas Settings
by Robert Peate

1. Will you come?
2. Interval
3. The Lofty Sky

Three Edward Thomas Settings was commissioned by Hereford Chamber Choir, and were premiered at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, July 2023

Preview/Buy score here - https://composersedition.com/robert-peate-three-edward-thomas-settings/

Three Edward Thomas Settings by Robert Peate

Interval (Edward Thomas)

Will you come? (Edward Thomas)

For Four Horns & Orchestra. 
Performed by the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, cond. Christopher Austin.
Live Performance from Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, March 2011.

SINFONIA CONCERTANTE (2010)

Performed by the choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Directed by David Skinner. Text - C J Brennan

http://composersedition.com/composers/robertpeate/vocal/choir/ce-rp1ssab1

'Sweet Silence After Bells' - Premiere recording (May 2016)

Thomas Ang - Piano
Live recording - July 2016 - DJRH, Royal Academy of Music

Commissioned by the 2014 'wednesdays at the forge' concert series, premiered by Huw Watkins. This miniature explores the intimate and personal expression of lost innocence, as described in the medieval text. The piece is essentially a set of three variations (in reverse) taking Brahms' 'Sleep softly my child' as it's melodic backbone. 

‘...Yea, many a thought in mind did spring, To think that her radiance in clay should rot. O mould! Thou marrest a lovely thing, My pearl, mine own, without a spot...’

Pearl (c. 14th Century – Anon.) Translation by J. R. R. Tolkien


Pearl III - Piano solo (2014)

VIOLN CONCERTO (2015-16) - Premiere Recording (RCM)

Performed by: Mea Wade (ob./cor), Carly Lake (hrn.), Bernadette Childs (cbsn.), Olivia Jageurs (hrp.), Catriona Price (vln.), Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade (vc.), Robert Peate (cond.). 
Live recording from the DJRH at the Royal Academy of Music on 28th November 2011.

THE UNKNOWN BIRD (2009  rev. 2010)

Movements 4 and 5 from my 'Sylva Suite' for solo harp. 
Each movement is a musical portrait or character study of a particular tree. 
I. Yew (overture)
II. Birch (toccata)
III. Cherry (air)
IV. Spectred Oaks (elegy)
V. Mountain Ash (impromptu)
The suite was written for harpist Alexandra Guiraud in 2018. 
The score is available here - https://composersedition.com/robert-peate-sylva-suite

SPECTRED OAKS and MOUNTAIN ASH From Sylva Suite by Robert Peate, Alexandra Guiraud - Harp (live)

I. Overture II. Procession III. Nocturne IV. Jig
Performed by Carys Evans, Oliver Hickie, Edmund Morgan and Adam Howcroft - Horn in F. cond. Robert Peate. (Live recording - Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music)

PANTOMIME! (2011) - Incidental music for a child's make-believe drama

For Oboe and Piano Quartet
Performed by members of the ICon Arts Academy. Live recording - Thalia Hall, Sibiu.

FIVE WINTER TABLEAUX (2010)

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