“Writing fast music is always a test of a composer, and Bray passed it with
flying colours.”
(At the Speed of Stillness)
Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph
2013
New Work
for The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Young Orchestra
5’00
New work for pianist Mona Asuka Ott
commissioned by Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau
10’00
Mezzo song cycle for Lucy Schaufer and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, to be premiered at Aldeburgh Festival 2013
12’00
Commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, funded by Jack Phipps memorial funds
Two Blake Settings for the New London Children’s Choir, to be premiered at Aldeburgh Festival 2013
4’00
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society
Concertante work for flute, clarinet, horn, & cello; soloists from Ensemble 360, and chamber orchestra
15’00
Commissioned by Music in the Round
2012
All at Sea, commissioned by the Park Lane Group
3’00
Joseph Houston (piano)
Yellow Leaves
20’00
Claire Booth (soprano), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano)
Commissioned by the Richard Thomas Foundation
Making Arrangements
Chamber opera
24’00
Commissioned by Tête à Tête: the Opera Festival
The Sun was Chasing Venus
13’00
String quintet
Commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival
Passing Shadows
10’00
Antonis Hatzinikolaou (guitar)
Commissioned by the Britten-Pears Foundation
At the Speed of Stillness
11’00
Aldeburgh World Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
Commissioned by the BBC Proms 2012
2011
Invisible Cities, for viola and piano
16’00
Lawrence Power (viola) & Julien Quentin (piano)
Commissioned by Verbier Festival 2012
Sonnets and Love Songs, song cycle for Roderick Williams and Andrew West
17’00
baritone & piano
Commissioned by Oxford Lieder Festival 2011
In Cabin’d Ships at Sea
8’00
four children’s pieces for clarinet & piano
The Fox and the Crow, a miniature opera for Tête à Tête: the Opera Festival
7’00
soprano, baritone, harp, & cello
Two Drops of Water
8’30
saxophone, trumpet, violin, & piano
Commissioned by Little Missenden Festival for Counterpoise
Replay
10’00
piano quartet
Commissioned by Cheltenham International Music Festival 2011, as a result of winning the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize
Scenes from Wonderland
5’00
solo violin, orchestra: 2222, 4231, 3 percussion, harp, strings
Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Music Masters forthe BrightSparks concert series
2010
Le Soleil Blanc
8’00
clarinet, 2 percussion, & piano
Commissioned by Headington School, Oxford, where Bray is currently Composer-in-Residence
Midnight Closes
11’00
soprano, piano, clarinet and cello (Text: Thomas Hardy)
Commissioned by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust for the Monday Night Platform at Wigmore Hall, London
Caught in Treetops, Violin Concerto
16’00
Alexandra Wood (solo violin), flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, piano, viola, cello
Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Sound and Music
Verre de Venise
16’00
tenor, piano and string quartet (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
Co-commissioned by Aldeburgh, Aix-en-Provence, and Verbier Music Festivals
A Match with the Moon
7’00
for Alexandra Wood (violin)
Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
2009
In The Cold Light of Day for the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra
14’00
3333, 4331, timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano, strings (12.12.10.8.6)
Commissioned by the Mills Williams Foundation
Beyond a Fallen Tree for the London Symphony Orchestra
7’00
3333, 4331, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, piano, strings (14.12.10.8.6)
Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra as part of UBS Soundscapes: Pioneers
2008
Alliance
11’00
flute, clarinet, piano, viola, cello
Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia for their Lunchtime Concert Series 2008
Throw Back
7’30
saxophone quartet
Commissioned by the Sirocco Saxophone Quartet
2007
Cityscape
7’00
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, soprano saxophone, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra Young Composers’ scheme
Urban Nocturne
5’00
saxophone octet (2321)
Commissioned by Kyle Horch for the Royal College of Music Saxophone Ensemble
Dos Poemas de Amor
12’30
mezzo-soprano, piano (Text: Pablo Neruda)
Commissioned by Gemini Ensemble
2006
Conversations
10’30
string quartet
Commissioned by Birmingham Conservatoire String Quartet
Off The Rails
6’00
piano
Commissioned by Nicola Eimer
2005
Silent Night
1’00
piano
Commissioned by Birmingham Conservatoire
Caught Between
8’00
violin, piano
Commissioned by Judith Templeman & Nicola Eimer
