RICHARD PEAT - COMPOSER
STAGE WORKS
The Sky Engine (2022)
community oratorio
mezzo, bass, narrator, choir, orchestra - c.60'
operatic scene
countertenor, bass baritone and piano - c.5'
I’m the King of the Castle (2006)
opera in two acts - c. 60’
CHAMBER MUSIC (two to eight players)
Shelter Me (2024)
i Poison
ii Chorale
iii Dream and Variations
iv Shadows
iii Poison
solo violin and strings - c. 15’
Our house is on fire (2024)
i Fiery the angels rose
ii The ignorant waters shine
iii The catastrophe of sky
wind quintet - c. 14’
O Magnum Mysterium (2018 rev. 2020)
cello ensemble - c. 4m30’
cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon - c. 7’
flute, clarinet and harp - c. 6’
Eden Chacony (2004 rev. 2013)
flute, viola and harp - c. 6’
SOLO
Dolce (2018)
i Milky Way
ii Bounty
iii Double Decker
piano - c. 9’
magnetic resonator piano - c. 7’
cello - c. 10’
Winter Landscape (2003 rev. 2020)
solo trumpet, voice(s) and organ - c. 7’
ORCHESTRA
strings and tape - c. 12
Sredni Vashtar (2003 rev. 2013) - c. 8’
SONGS
high voice(s) and organ - c. 3’30"
i Nativity
ii Lullaby
iii Dance
iv Lullaby
v Farewell
vi Lullaby
SS and piano - c. 10’
baritone and brass quintet - c. 10’
soprano - c. 5’
CHOIR
SSA - c . 4’30”
i Never Tell
ii Fair, Kind and True
iii The Rescue
iv Tread softly
SATB div. - c. 7’
O Magnum Mysterium (2018 rev. 2020)
SSAATTBB - c. 4m30’
Sanctorum Cantuarienses (2018)
i Ritual: Responsum est
ii Drama: Turbulent Priest
iii Dream: Why did God?
SATB div. - c. 10’
high voice(s) and organ - c. 3’30"
SSA - c . 4’30”
i The Deep Sworn Vow
ii Vanished
iii Melody, O Melody
iv Mourning
v The Remorseful Day
SS and harp - c. 9’
i Prelude
ii Suicide in the trenches
iii Bach and the sentry
iv Does it matter?
v Postlude
SSAATB - c. 8’
SATB div. c. 3’
SATB div. c. 3’
Thou Little Tiny Child (1995 rev. 2024)
SATB - c. 3'