
RICHARD PEAT - COMPOSER
STAGE WORKS
I’m the King of the Castle (2006)
opera in two acts - c. 60’
Me time (2020)
operatic scene
countertenor, bass baritone and piano - c.5'
The Sky Engine (2022)
community oratorio
mezzo, bass, narrator, choir, orchestra - c.60'
CHAMBER MUSIC (two to eight players)
Eden Chacony (2004)
flute, clarinet and harp - c. 6’
Eden Chacony (2004 rev. 2012)
flute, violin and harp - c. 6’
Eden Chacony (2004 rev. 2013)
flute, viola and harp - c. 6’
Frozen Dreamscape (2009)
cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon - c. 7’
O Magnum Mysterium (2018 rev. 2020)
cello ensemble - c. 4m30’
Our house is on fire (2019)
i The last library is burning
ii The ignorant waters shine
iii The catastrophe of sky
wind quintet - c. 15’
A Lifetime's Argument (2021)
treble recorder, cornett, sackbutt
and viola da gamba - c. 4’
SOLO
Rolling River (2021)
cello - c. 5’
Forest of the Night (2013)
cello - c. 10’
You leave it with me (2014)
magnetic resonator piano - c. 7’
Dolce (2018)
i Milky Way
ii Bounty
iii Double Decker
piano - c. 9’
Music Boxes (2020)
piano - c. 10’
ORCHESTRA
Sredni Vashtar (2003 rev. 2013) - c. 8’
Three places in Old England (2020)
i You leave it with me
ii In the shadow of Bell Harry
iii Ghosts of Avalon
c. 20’
SONGS
Shepherd’s Purse (2009)
soprano - c. 5’
Fiery the Angels (2010)
baritone and brass quintet - c. 10’
All these things (2014)
i Nativity
ii Lullaby
iii Dance
iv Lullaby
v Farewell
vi Lullaby
SS and piano - c. 10’
I am not there (2018)
high voice(s) and organ - c. 3’30"
CHOIR
Fair, kind and true (2011)
i Never tell
ii The Mermaid
iii Fair, kind and true
SATB div. - c. 7’
Watching the dark (2014)
i Prelude
ii Suicide in the trenches
iii Bach and the sentry
iv Does it matter?
v Postlude
SSAATB - c. 8’
Faces in the mist (2016)
i The Deep Sworn Vow
ii Vanished
iii Melody, O Melody
iv Mourning
v The Remorseful Day
SS and harp - c. 9’
Corpus Christi Carol (2017)
SSA - c . 4’30”
The Ecstatic (2001 rev. 2018)
i Skylark
ii Ostrich
iii Dove
SATB div. c. 10’
Sanctorum Cantuarienses (2018)
i Ritual: Responsum est
ii Drama: Turbulent Priest
iii Dream: Why did God?
SATB div. - c. 10’
In drifts of sleep (2019)
i Thou little tiny child
ii The Rescue
iii Tread softly
SATB div. - c. 7’
O Magnum Mysterium (2018 rev. 2020)
SSAATTBB - c. 4m30’
Ave Verum Corpus (2023)
SSA - c . 4’30”