Orchestral Works

0200/ 2000/ str

Commissioned by The Purcell Orchestra.

3d3 2d1 2 2+1/ 4331/ timp 3perc pnodcel str

Commissioned privately by Prof. Ian Craft.

2d2 2d1 2d1(Eb) 2/ 3200 timpdperc, str

Written as part of Taylor's residency with Sound Collective.

3332 4331 harp, piano doubling celesta, timpani, 3 percussionists, strings

Arts Council England.

Dedicated to Monica McCabe of her late husband, great friend and fellow symphonist John this symphony is a large one movement work which falls into three parts . The first starts with a vigorous sweep of energy which gradually broadens and intensifies before easing into an expansive often inwardly expressive slow movement. The final part acknowledges the influence of Haydn and Prokofiev and culminates in a return of the opening music, this time enforced with two pairs of timpani, part of an inextinguishable tradition when composing fourth symphonies. But despite the upheavals and tensions in the work , it is a predominantly amiable work I think it is my friendliest symphony yet.

Commissioned by RVW Trust and John F Cohen Foundation.

2222 2100, timpani, glockenspiel, harp, piano, strings

Commissioned by the Malcolm Arnold Trust to mark the composer's centenary. In memory of Malcolm Arnold and with grateful thanks to his family.

Ffirst broadcast on Radio 3 on 19 July 2021.

Clarinet and strings

Composed for Poppy Beddoe.

Solo clt. and orch: 1d1 2d1 0 2/ 2000/ timpdperc (1 player), str

Written for Emma Johnson.

London premiere at Blackheath Halls, 2nd July 1999.

D-b solo and a) string orch (tutti db ad lib) or b) soli 3 3 2 2 [1 db (ad lib)]

Commissioned by The Guildhall Strings.

2 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 timpani, celesta, clashed cymbals, roto toms, strings

Commissioned by Sinfonia Tamesa for Matthew's 50th birthday with funds provided by RVW Trust and private donations.

Strings - 33221 (players) min

Commissioned, with funds from Yorkshire Arts, by Ryedale Festival.

London premiere by Adam Walters (horn) and Sound Collective conducted by Tom Hammond at St. Giles, Cripplegate, Barbican on 9th January 2004.

Solo Oboe, 2 cor anglaises, 2 horns and strings

Commissioned by Keith and Margaret Stanley.

2d2 2d1 2 2/ 4200/ timp, str

Commissioned by the Malvern Festival.

Solo viola, flute doubling piccolo, oboe, cor anglais, 2 bassons, 2 horns, timpani and strings.

Commissioned by Keith Stanley.

Violin and strings

Commissioned by St Mary Magdalene Society.

Solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, harp, mandoline, timpani doibling tam-tam.

Commissioned by the Boltini Trust.

Arrangement of the original quartet.

String orchestra

Written for Thames Sinfonia.

Revised premiere with the Westminster Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Landor, at St John's Smith Square on 14th November 1993.

String orchestra

Presteigne Festival 2018 Celebrations (in collaboration with miniatures by Thomas Hyde, Huw Watkins, Michael Berkeley, Adrian Williams, Sally Beamish and David Matthews)

String orchestra

Commissioned by Presteigne Festival

This piece is a thorough revision and orchestration for strings of Pastorals Op.32 for violin and piano.

String Orchestra or quartet

Alternatively arrangement for quartet.

String orchestra

Commissioned by Presteigne Festival.

Flute, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli and double bass

Commissioned by Robin and Elizabeth Page in honour of their 40th wedding anniversary.

Written as a companion piece to Stravinsky's 'Dumbarton Oaks'.

Orch. 3d1 2 2 2/ 4231/ timp, 1 perc, str

Commissioned, with funds from West Midlands Arts, by Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra.

London premiere with the Thames Sinfonia, conducted by Robin Page, at St John's Smith Square on 1st March 1991.

3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarintes, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani doubling suspnede cymbal, 1 percussionist platying tamtam bass drum and clashed cymbals.

Commissioned by PRS Foundation and the RVW Trust.

2d1 2 2 2/ 2200/ timp, perc, pno, str

Commissioned by the London School of Economics Music Society.

London premiere with the LSE Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tom Hammond, at the Shaw Theatre, LSE, on 3rd December 2001.