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Concert Works

Still the sirens
A new choral work, written for the same forces as Fauré's Requiem (OUP John Rutter edition). Commissioned by Making Music, with funds from the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Foundation.  
The piece is approximately 30 minutes long and you can now download the full score for free.
Scoring: SATB (occasional divisi), solo Soprano, solo Baritone, plus:
  • Version A: 0.0.0.2; 4.2.0.0; 1 perc. (timps, tubular bell in C#), hp, org; solo violin; 1st violas, 2nd violas, 1st celli, 2nd celli, double bassi (recommended 2-3 players each section, but can be done with 1)
  • Version B: 0.0.0.0; 2.0.0.0; 1 perc. (timps, tubular bell in C#), hp, org; strings (same as Version A)
  • Version C: organ, optional tubular bell in C#
Please contact [email protected] to enquire about hiring parts. Making Music members can download digital parts for free, or hire physical parts at an exclusive rate of £30, until July 2020. PRS performing fees will apply as usual.
CRADLE
Live from Barbican Hall, London, 20/4/17. Choreographed by Arielle Smith, performed by London Schools Symphony Orchestra and dancers from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Conducted by Paul Hoskins, Lighting by Will Alder, Still Photography by Alex Fine, Video produced by Black Swan Film and Video
​Bleary jaunt at dawn
A modern take on the Slavonic Dance, commissioned by Kensington Chamber Orchestra, recorded live at St. Peter's, Notting Hill
refractions in time
Commissioned by KCO, recorded live at St. Johns, Smith Sq.
​Vier Biblische Lieder
performed by Barbara Höfling and the Helian quartet
Conference of the birds
A selection of songs from Conference of the Birds, words by Nicholas Pitts-Tucker, music by Danyal Dhondy (instrumental raga improvised by the ensemble). Recorded live at the premiere performance.

Performed by Freya Jacklin-Edward (Crow), Esther Mallett (Swan), Benjamin Durrant (Owl), Samuel P Mitchell (Falcon), Daniel Tate (Master), Amy Lyddon (Nightingale), Lucy Cox, William Blake (Chorus), Samuel M Mitchell (Keyboard), William Ball (Oboe, Cor Anglais), Rihab Azar (Oud), Joley Cragg (Tabla), Sarah Walsh (Violin).

Conducted by James Morley Potter. Sound recording by Peter Hart.

​ Commissioned and Produced by Cantata Dramatica.

Performed at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, 12th September 2020.

Operas

SHahrazad

Cantata Dramatica / Opera Vera. Nina Brazier, director, Nicholas Pitts-Tucker, librettist​
A retelling of the last three of the Arabian Nights. Commissioned by Cantata Dramatica,
​THE SECRETARY TURNED CEO
A farcical new comic opera in English, based on Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona.
Lucid Arts and Music; 
Anna Gregory, director; Becca Marriott, librettist
"A treat of quality, four-ply comedy ...  it's ages since I laughed this much at an opera, let alone a Baroque opera" - Paul Kilbey, One Stop Arts * * * *
JUST SO
An adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, for a family audience.
Lucid Arts and Music and TARA Arts; Jatinder Verma, director, Farrukh Dhondy, librettist
"Pithy, witty and wryly entertaining" - Saleesh Ram, Eastern Eye
The open cage
A modern re-telling of the Icarus myth.
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Lucid Arts and Music; Riitta Hakkarainen, designer, Adam Donen and Adam Horovitz, librettists
DAS SCHLOSSGESPENST ​& der Geist von Canterville
A children's opera, commissioned by Musica Europa and performed in Marburg Castle in 2014.
Musica Europa; Kerstin Weiß, director, Enke Eisenberg, librettist
"The english composer Danyal Dhondy has created a world of sound which moves from expressive moments to catchy melodies, and is very atmospheric and sometimes a little bit spooky." - Heike Döhn, Oberhessische Presse (in German)