Commissioned by ecat with funds provided by the Scottish Arts Council. First performed by Simon Smith and The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, October 2009.

'In 10 Miniatures, I wanted to explore the idea oftransformingmaterial in unusual ways. Each miniature is related to its predecessor. I have taken an idea or series of ideas, whether it is a chord, melodic fragment or rhythmic cell, and used it to form the starting point for thenextmovement. Each movement has its own title, ranging f...

• Bold And Ceremonial
• Delicate
• Distant And Ethereal
• Fleeting
• Melancholy
• Resonant And Spacious
• Sustained, With Scherzo
• Urgent And Rhythmical
• With Far Away Melancholy
• With Wild Abandon