Partition Peter Lawson ensemble

The Song of the Southern Marsh Orchid (1997-8) was the 21st to be written in a projected cycle of musical portraits of the 48 wild orchids of Britain and Ireland. It is dedicated to the Barbican Piano...

The Song of the Small White Orchid, written in 2013 for John Turner in celebration of his seventieth birthday, is the thirtieth to be written in a projected cycle of musical portraits of the forty-eig...

Song of the Bog Orchid was originally composed in 1992 as a commission for the Nettlefold Festival, but was completely rewritten for the same resources in 2013. It is the nineteenth to be written in a...

Orchestration: Solo Treble Recorder Harp Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Lesser Twayblade is a type of orchid, a miniature plant, found in Britain almost exculsively in Scotland,...

This is another addendum to the musical portraits of the 48 wild orchids of Britain and Ireland. This fiftieth portrait is for a newcomer, probably due to climate change. The Greater Tongue Orchid Ser...

Score and parts. A Nonet for Wind Quintet, Violin, Viola, Violoncello & Contrabass This is a rather sad epilogue to my musical portraits of the 48 Wild orchids of Britain and Ireland - a mysterious 49...

Orchestration Solo Treble Recorder Harp Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Lesser Twayblade is a type of orchid, a miniature plant, found in Britain almost exculsively in Scotland, u...