Craig has always been a champion of new and innovative musical works. He has commissioned numerous works, both major and light. A list of these can be found below, along with details of their premiere performances.

Further information on some of the composers and arrangers Craig has worked with over the years can be found in the collaborators section of this site, while further information on many of the concert projects that featured the premiere performances of the works below can be found in the projects section.

If you would like to contact Craig in regard to any of these works, or a new work / concept of your own, contact details can be found here


Commissioned Works

Major Works

Aspects of Adiemus 
For Brass Band & World Percussion
Karl Jenkins / Peter Graham
Premiere:  Saturday June 9th 2001
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Concerto for Euphonium
For Solo Euphonium & Brass Band
Michael Ball
Premiere:  Saturday June 15th 2002
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Concerto Melyncoch
For Solo Bb Trumpet (doubling Eb Trumpet and Flugel Horn) & Brass Band
Andrew Powell
Premiere:  Saturday June 9th 2001
Soloist: James Watson
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Eine Kleine Lichte Musik! (A Little Light Music)
For Brass Band
Philip Wilby
Premiere:  Saturday June 15th 2002
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Final Chorus from Symphony No. 8              
For Organ & Brass Band
Gustav Mahler / Malcolm Peach
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Four Last Songs
For Solo Soprano & Brass Band
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Highlights from Carmina Burana            
For Brass Band
Karl Orff / Dr Roy Newsome
Premiere:  Sunday June 10th 2001
Guest Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome

Y Dyn Unig (The Lonely Man)
Cantata On A Welsh Theme for Tenor Soloist, Harp, Mixed Choir, Children's Chorus & Brass Band
Andrew Powell / Menna Elfyn
Premiere: Thursday April 1 2010
Soloists: Robyn Lyn (tenor), Claire Jones (harp)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Rhapsody On A Theme of Purcell
For Brass Band
Dr Paul Mealor
Premiere:  Saturday June 7th 2003
Guest Conductor: David Hurst

The Sword & The Crown
For Mezzo Soprano, Chorus, Harp, Piano, Antiphonal Trumpets and Brass Band
Edward Gregson
Premiere:  Sunday June 16th 2002
Soloists: Robert Samuel & Christopher Tuner (off-stage trumpets), Victoria Roberts (mezzo-soprano), Jenny Doolan (harp) & Rhiannon Williams (piano)
Narrator: Philip Madoc
Guest Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

Tair Cerdd Sanctaidd
For Baritone Soloist, Harp, Male Choir & Brass Band
Andrew Powell
Premiere:  Friday June 16th 2006
Soloists: Gareth Rhys-Davies (baritone), Catrin Finch (harp) & Only Men Aloud
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Witches Sabbath (from Symphonie Fantastique)
For Brass Band
Hector Berlioz / Roy Newsome
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Guest Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome

World Dances
For Concert Band / Brass Band & World Percussion
Stephen Roberts
Premiere:  Saturday June 16th 2007
Soloists: Joji Hirota and the Japanese Taiko Drummers, Azaad Dhol Group, Welsh Brass Arts Festival Community Samba Band and Rhigos & Perthcelyn Primary African Djembe Groups
Guest Conductor: Stephen Roberts


Light Music

A Beautiful Mind
James Horner / Leigh Phillips
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Soloist: Natalya Romaniw
Guest Conductor: Leigh Phillips

All Through The Night 
Welsh Trad. / Margaret Antrobus
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Treorchy Male Choir and Parc & Dare Band
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Anthem (from Chess)
Andersson / Rice / Ulvaes / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with The Richard Williams Singers and Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Beim Schlafengehn (from Four Last Songs)
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Bring Him Home / Do You Hear the People Sing (from Les Miserables)
Schonberg / Boublil / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with The Richard Williams Singers and Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Bui Doi (from Miss Saigon)
Boublil / Schonberg / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 6th 2003
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

The Contender
Pope / Kinder
Premiere:  Friday June 15th 2007
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with John Quirk (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

A Desperate Poaching Affray
Paul Shallcross
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Humming Chorus (from Madame Butterfly)
Giacomo Puccini / Craig Roberts
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
The Richard Williams Singers and Parc & Dare Band
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Huntsmen's Chorus (from Die Freischutz)
Carl Maria Von Weber / Christian Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Treorchy Male Choir and Parc & Dare Band
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Hymn of Praise
John Rutter / Tony Rogers
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Treorchy Male Choir and Parc & Dare Band
Conductor: Craig Roberts

The Impossible Dream (from Man of LaMancha)
Leigh / Darion / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with The Richard Williams Singers and Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts
 
Luck Be A Lady (from Guys & Dolls)
Loesser / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 6th 2003
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Mack the Knife (from the Threepenny Opera)
Weill / Brecht / Blitzstein / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Masada 
Jerry Goldsmith / Leigh Philips
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Minnie the Moocher
Calloway / Mills / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Music of the Night (from Phantom of the Opera)
Andrew Lloyd Webber / Christian Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

My Way
Anka / Revaux / Francois / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 6th 2003
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

New York, New York
Ebb / Kander / Quirk / Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Pilgrim’s Chorus (from Tannhauser)
Richard Wagner / Christian Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Treorchy Male Choir and Parc & Dare Band
Guest Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome

September (from Four Last Songs)
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
Premiere:  Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh

The Sheepstealer
Paul Shallcross
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Guest Conductor: Paul Shallcross

Spiderman
Danny Elfman / Leigh Phillips
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Supergirl 
Jerry Goldsmith / Leigh Phillips
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Guest Conductor: Leigh Phillips

Surrender
David Arnold / Leigh Phillips
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Soloist: Natalya Romaniw
Guest Conductor: Leigh Phillips

March: The Welshman
Lt. Col. Peter Hannam / Christian Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 6th 2003
Conductor: Craig Roberts

West Side Story Medley
Leonard Bernstein / John Quirk  / Christian Jenkins
Premiere: Friday June 14th 2002
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with Geoff Guppy (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts

Zulu
John Barry / Dr. Christian Jenkins
Premiere:  Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts