A Photograph
a 7-minute dramatic song for voice (range C# to G), clarinet, harp and bass, inventing a story of estrangement about an unknown woman, based on an old black and white photograph. Text by Cordelia Lynn, music by Philip Venables.
Alice
a 4-minute dramatic song for tenor voice (range F# to A) and piano, including some spoken text, about a gay man visiting his Grandmother in hospital. Text by Ted Huffman after interviews with Danny Shelvey, music by Philip Venables.