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On December 16th 2003, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ian Hughes, with soloist Matthew Sharp, the London Voices and Burntwood Girls Choir, gave the world premiere of 'May Peace Prevail On Earth' at the Barbican, London.

The 12 minute work set the words of the title simultaneously in many languages, forming a pan-diatonic pulsing chord. It also featured a setting from Ben Okri's millenial work 'Mental Fight' and concluded with choir and audience singing the words of the title, in the style of a meditation.

In October and November 2005 the Orchestra of the Swan, recorded two works using 'Time Coded Scores'.

The first, 'There are no paths, paths are made by walking' featured the orchestra using the system to create a guided improvisation - the second 'Four Bridges' involved the orchestra playing from a time coded score, while others around the world played independently from the same score.

From February 22 - 26th 2006, the 26 minute 'New Dance, New Music' collaboration with choreographer Jessica Lang 'Senbazuru' was performed at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York with the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Quinn, soloists Daisy Press and Shelly Watson and a company of dancers from the Juilliard School, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Juilliard.

Orchestral Works