Compositions
After Avedon (2017) 15’
Piano Trio
Cello Concerto (2016-2018) 24'
Cello and Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto (2019) 15'
Clarinet and Orchestra
Darkness Moves (2016) 10’
Clarinet solo
Hommage à Kurtág (2016) 8’
Clarinet, viola and piano
Pleasure (2016) 70’
Chamber opera
The Immortal (2015) 35’
Solo baritone, semi-chorus, optional large chorus and orchestra
Israfel (2014) 12’
Full orchestra
Night Music (2014) 15’
Cello and piano
Un Regalo (2014) 8’
Cello solo
Exile (2013) 8’
Chorus a cappella
Geysir (2013) 8’
Wind ensemble (12 wind instruments and double bass)
Salvator Mundi (2013) 5’
Chorus a cappella
Windflower (2013) 4’
Oboe/cor Anglais solo
Echoes and Embers (2012) 7’
Clarinet and piano
Flute Trio (2012) 18’
Flute trio
Sparks (2012) 4’
Full orchestra
Lethe (2011) 10’
Solo trombone and ensemble
Los Proverbios (2011) 18’
Piano and string ensemble
Straw Dogs (2010/11) 9’
Mixed ensemble (14 players)
Barkham Fantasy (2009/10) 7’
Piano solo
Ariel (2009) 18’
Basset clarinet, violin, cello and piano
A mirror-fragment... (2008) 11’
Full orchestra
Nur Musik (2008) 8’
Oboe/cor Anglais and orchestra
Threads (2007) 9’
Full orchestra
Lov(escape) (2006)
Clarinet and piano
Septet (2005) 10’
Ensemble
Concerto repertoire
John Adams
Gnarly Buttons
Bernstein
Prelude, Fugue & Riffs
Unsuk Chin
Clarinet Concerto
John Corigliano
Clarinet Concerto
Brett Dean
Ariel’s Music
Finzi
Clarinet Concerto
Five Bagatelles (for clarinet and strings)
Golijov
Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Hindemith
Clarinet Concerto
Simon Holt
Joy Beast
Magnus Lindberg
Clarinet Concerto
James Macmillan
Ninian
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto
Nielsen
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Riffs and Refrains
Michel Van der Aa
Hysteresis
Weber
Clarinet Concerto No.2
Concertino
Conductors
Martyn Brabbins
Baldur Brönnimann
Paul Daniel
Brett Dean
André de Ridder
Ben Gernon
Moritz Gnann
HK Gruber
Andrew Litton
Cristian Măcelaru
Juanjo Mena
Gianandrea Noseda
Sakari Oramo
Vasily Petrenko
Clemens Schuldt
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sample Chamber Programmes
With piano & cello
Helmut Lachenmann: Dal niente
Helmut Lachenmann: Pression
Helmut Lachenmann: Guierro
Beethoven: Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B-Flat Major
Helmut Lachenmann: Allegro sostenuto
Beethoven: Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B-Flat Major
Mark Simpson: Night Music
Mark Simpson: Echoes and Embers
Mark Simpson: Barkham Fantasy
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
With viola & piano
Mozart: Keglstatt
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen
Kurtág: Homage á Schumann
Mark Simpson: Homage á Kurtág
Marco Stroppa: Homage á Kurtág
With string quartet
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Mark Simpson: Clarinet Quintet
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Thomas Adès: Catch
Mark Simpson: Ariel
Hindemith: Quartet
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Sample chamber orchestra programme
Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Mark Simpson: Mozart’s Third Brain
Mozart: Symphony No.29
BachtrackSimpson proved to be something of a revelation in the [Lindberg] concerto…there appeared at times to be nothing that this hugely talented soloist could not do.... Highly impressive.
Herald Tribune[His] honeyed tone wove weightlessly in amongst them... his sound was velvety at the bottom and his control seemed effortless. Classy stuff.
The TimesThe Immortal is the most thrilling new choral work I have heard for years. With this piece, he and his librettist [Melanie Challenger] match the grandeur of those epic avant-garde choral pieces produced half a century ago by the likes of Penderecki, Stockhausen and the young Tavener... I immediately wanted to hear it again.