Commissions
Craig has always been a champion of new and innovative musical works. He has commissioned, facilitated and supported the premiere performance of a large number of new works for and with a wide variety of artists and ensembles. A list of these works 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 also be found in the collaborators section of this site, while information on many of the concert projects that featured the premiere performances of the works below can be found in the projects section of this site. If you would like to contact Craig in regard to any of these works, or a new work or concert project 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
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 9th 2001
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Beirdd Cymru - The Bards of Wales
For Tenor Soloist, Large Orchestra and Chorus
Karl Jenkins
*Concert Masters International of Hungary commission
World Premiere: Tuesday June 21st 2011, Palace of Arts, Budapest
UK Premiere: Saturday August 4th 2012, National Eisteddfod of Wales
Conductor: Karl Jenkins
Carbon 12: A Choral Symphony
For Soloists, Massed Chorus, Symphony Orchestra and Brass Band
Errollyn Wallen
*Welsh National Opera commission
Premiere: Friday | Saturday June 6 | 7th, Wales Millennium Centre | Thursday June 12 2008, Birmingham Hippodrome
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Concerto for Euphonium
For Solo Euphonium & Brass Band
Michael Ball
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 15th 2002
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Concerto for Euphonium
For Euphonium Soloist & Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mealor
*Euphonium Foundation UK commission
Premiere: Saturday July 29th 2017, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto for Harp
For Harp Soloist & Symphony Orchestra
Gareth Wood
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 28th 2018, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Soloist: Claire Jones
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto Melyncoch
For Solo Bb Trumpet (doubling Eb Trumpet and Flugel Horn) & Brass Band
Andrew Powell
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 9th 2001
Soloist: James Watson
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Concerto for Six String Electric Violin & Brass Band
For Solo Electric Violin & Brass Band
Dr Mick Wilson
*University of Salford commission
Welsh Premiere: Monday May 29th 2006
Soloist: Steve Bingham
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Eastern Horizons
For Brass Band
Gareth Trott
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
Eine Kleine Lichte Musik! (A Little Light Music)
For Brass Band
Philip Wilby
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 15th 2002
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Four Last Songs
For Solo Soprano & Brass Band
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Fulling Mill Lea
For Brass Band
Chris Marshall
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
The Heart of Hidden Flame
For Brass Band
Paul Mealor
*NYBBGB / NYBBS commission
Premiere: July 31st / August 1st 2015
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Highlights from Carmina Burana
For Brass Band
Karl Orff / Dr Roy Newsome
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Sunday June 10th 2001
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome
Massed Bands of Leyland and Parc & Dare
I Merlin
Musical Theatre Production
Katherine Cole
*Night Owl Theatre commission
Premiere: Saturday July 9th 2015, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Rasputin, Ripples to Revolution
Musical Theatre Production
Peter Karrie / Llyr Simon
*Making Music commission
Premiere: Friday December 20th 2013, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Rhapsody On A Theme of Purcell
For Brass Band
Dr Paul Mealor
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 7th 2003
Conductor: David Hurst
Massed Bands of Brighouse & Rastrick and Parc & Dare
Sea Dogs
For Symphonic Brass & Percussion Ensemble
Gareth Wood
*Making Music and Ty Cerdd commission
Premiere: Saturday September 15th 2012, Dora Stouzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Conductor: Owen Farr
Cory Band
The Shadows of War
For Mixed Choir, String Orchestra & Percussion
Paul Mealor / Grahame Davies
*Welsh Proms Cymru / JAM On The Marsh Festival commission
Premiere: Tuesday July 19th, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Welsh Proms Festival Chorus
*Recorded for broadcast by Classic FM
The Sword & The Crown
For Mezzo Soprano, Chorus, Harp, Piano, Antiphonal Trumpets and Brass Band
Edward Gregson
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
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
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs
Massed Bands of Black Dyke and Parc & Dare
Tair Cerdd Sanctaidd (Three Sacred Songs)
For Baritone Soloist, Harp, Male Choir & Brass Band
Andrew Powell
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 16th 2006
Soloists: Gareth Rhys-Davies (baritone), Catrin Finch (harp) & Only Men Aloud
Conductor: Craig Roberts
UFO Concerto (Symphonic Orchestration)
For Solo Euphonium & Symphony Orchestra
Johan De Meij
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 25th 2015
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Under Milk Wood Suite: Rum & Laverbread
For Chamber Orchestra & Narrator
Gareth Wood
*Camerata Wales commission
World Premiere: Sunday October 26th 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Welsh Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen
Narrator: Jonathan Pryce CBE (London), Will Thomas (Wales)
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Under Milk Wood Suite: Rum & Laverbread
For Brass Band & Narrator
Gareth Wood
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
World Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
A Welsh Prayer
For Chamber Orchestra
Paul Mealor
*Camerata Wales commission
Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
What Has Become Of Him Now?
For Chamber Orchestra & Narrator
Mark Thomas
*Camerata Wales commission
World Premiere: Sunday October 26th 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Welsh Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity St David
Narrator: Griff Rhys Jones (London), Will Thomas (Wales)
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Witches Sabbath (from Symphonie Fantastique)
For Brass Band
Hector Berlioz / Roy Newsome
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome
World Dances
For Concert Band / Brass Band & World Percussion
Stephen Roberts
*NSBA / Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
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
Conductor: Stephen Roberts
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
*Arts Council of Wales "Steps to New Music" commission
Premiere: Thursday April 1 2010, Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen
Soloists: Robyn Lyn (tenor), Claire Jones (harp)
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Light Music
A Beautiful Mind
James Horner / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Soloist: Natalya Romaniw
Conductor: Leigh Phillips
Aberfan
For String Orchestra
Christopher Wood
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Tuesday July 23rd 2016, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
*Recorded for broadcast by Classic FM, Saturday July 29th 2017
Aberfan
For Brass Band
Christopher Wood
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Wednesday July 25th 2018, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Massed Bands of Lewis-Merthyr & RAF St Athan
*Premiere Recording:
"Brass & Voices of Wales"
June 2 & 3, 2018
Lewis-Merthyr Band
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
www.lewismerthyrband.bandcamp.com
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
Ascension
For Brass Band
Steve Bingham
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
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
Celtic Spirit
For Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mealor
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: July 25th 2015
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The Contender
Pope / Kinder
Premiere: Friday June 15th 2007
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with John Quirk (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts
The Curious Case of The Wolf & The Hawk
For Brass Band
Andrew Powell
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
A Desperate Poaching Affray
Paul Shallcross
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Fanfare for Fitzrovia
For Chamber Orchestra
Bernard Kane
*Camerata Wales commission
World Premiere: Sunday October 26th 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Welsh Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Final Chorus from Symphony No. 8
For Organ & Brass Band
Gustav Mahler / Malcolm Peach
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Going the Distance
For Brass Band
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
*BFBB commission
Welsh premiere: Friday May 25 2012, Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Homecoming
For Symphony Orchestra
Chris Marshall
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 28th 2018, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Homecoming
For Brass Band
Chris Marshall
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
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
Island Race
For Mixed Choir & Brass Band
Evan Dawson / Robin Osterley / Arr. Craig Roberts
*Making Music commission
Premiere: Saturday September 15th 2012, Dora Stouzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Conductor: Robin Osterley
Jubilate! Jubilee!
For Mixed Choir & Brass Band
Dr Paul Mealor
*Making Music commission
Premiere: Saturday September 15th 2012, Dora Stouzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Conductor: Paul Mealor
Lest We Forget
For Brass Band, Off-stage Bugles & Spoken Text
Dave Collins / Lewis Wilkinson
Premiere: Saturday June 7th 2014, St Mary's Church, Abergavenny
Conductor: Harald Hepner
Narrator: 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
Mountain Scene (from The Blue Scar)
For Brass Band
Grace Williams / Trans. Christopher Painter
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
Mr Dahl
Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Bernard Kane
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 23rd 2016, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome
September (from Four Last Songs)
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh
Conductor: Craig Roberts
The Sheepstealer
Paul Shallcross
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Paul Shallcross
Sonata for Euphonium & Chamber Orchestra
For Euphonium Soloist & Chamber Orchestra
Alun Hoddinott (orch. Christopher Painter)
*Camerata Wales l Cymru / Euphonium Foundation UK commission
Premiere: Friday January 16th 2015, Bangor Cathedral
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Spiderman
Danny Elfman / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Supergirl
Jerry Goldsmith / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Leigh Phillips
Surrender
David Arnold / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Soloist: Natalya Romaniw
Conductor: Leigh Phillips
Surtaal Celebrates
Liz Lane / RSVP Bhangra
Premiere: Monday August 30th 2021
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
with RSVP Bhangra; Belinda Evans, soprano; Vocal Quartet of the Guards' Chapel, London; the Carducci String Quartet; Darius Battiwalla and the organ of Leeds Town Hall
Conductor: Dr David Thornton
*Grimethorpe Colliery Band commission
www.grimethorpeband.co.uk/surtaal-celebrates
Viva La Vida
Coldplay - Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin
Arranged Thomas Hamill and Craig Roberts
Premiere: Sunday September 9th 2012, Olympic Park, London
Conductor: Craig Roberts
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
Further information on some of the composers and arrangers Craig has worked with over the years can also be found in the collaborators section of this site, while information on many of the concert projects that featured the premiere performances of the works below can be found in the projects section of this site. If you would like to contact Craig in regard to any of these works, or a new work or concert project 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
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 9th 2001
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Beirdd Cymru - The Bards of Wales
For Tenor Soloist, Large Orchestra and Chorus
Karl Jenkins
*Concert Masters International of Hungary commission
World Premiere: Tuesday June 21st 2011, Palace of Arts, Budapest
UK Premiere: Saturday August 4th 2012, National Eisteddfod of Wales
Conductor: Karl Jenkins
Carbon 12: A Choral Symphony
For Soloists, Massed Chorus, Symphony Orchestra and Brass Band
Errollyn Wallen
*Welsh National Opera commission
Premiere: Friday | Saturday June 6 | 7th, Wales Millennium Centre | Thursday June 12 2008, Birmingham Hippodrome
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Concerto for Euphonium
For Solo Euphonium & Brass Band
Michael Ball
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 15th 2002
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Concerto for Euphonium
For Euphonium Soloist & Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mealor
*Euphonium Foundation UK commission
Premiere: Saturday July 29th 2017, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto for Harp
For Harp Soloist & Symphony Orchestra
Gareth Wood
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 28th 2018, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Soloist: Claire Jones
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto Melyncoch
For Solo Bb Trumpet (doubling Eb Trumpet and Flugel Horn) & Brass Band
Andrew Powell
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 9th 2001
Soloist: James Watson
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Concerto for Six String Electric Violin & Brass Band
For Solo Electric Violin & Brass Band
Dr Mick Wilson
*University of Salford commission
Welsh Premiere: Monday May 29th 2006
Soloist: Steve Bingham
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Eastern Horizons
For Brass Band
Gareth Trott
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
Eine Kleine Lichte Musik! (A Little Light Music)
For Brass Band
Philip Wilby
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 15th 2002
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Four Last Songs
For Solo Soprano & Brass Band
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Fulling Mill Lea
For Brass Band
Chris Marshall
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
The Heart of Hidden Flame
For Brass Band
Paul Mealor
*NYBBGB / NYBBS commission
Premiere: July 31st / August 1st 2015
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Highlights from Carmina Burana
For Brass Band
Karl Orff / Dr Roy Newsome
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Sunday June 10th 2001
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome
Massed Bands of Leyland and Parc & Dare
I Merlin
Musical Theatre Production
Katherine Cole
*Night Owl Theatre commission
Premiere: Saturday July 9th 2015, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Rasputin, Ripples to Revolution
Musical Theatre Production
Peter Karrie / Llyr Simon
*Making Music commission
Premiere: Friday December 20th 2013, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Rhapsody On A Theme of Purcell
For Brass Band
Dr Paul Mealor
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Saturday June 7th 2003
Conductor: David Hurst
Massed Bands of Brighouse & Rastrick and Parc & Dare
Sea Dogs
For Symphonic Brass & Percussion Ensemble
Gareth Wood
*Making Music and Ty Cerdd commission
Premiere: Saturday September 15th 2012, Dora Stouzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Conductor: Owen Farr
Cory Band
The Shadows of War
For Mixed Choir, String Orchestra & Percussion
Paul Mealor / Grahame Davies
*Welsh Proms Cymru / JAM On The Marsh Festival commission
Premiere: Tuesday July 19th, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Welsh Proms Festival Chorus
*Recorded for broadcast by Classic FM
The Sword & The Crown
For Mezzo Soprano, Chorus, Harp, Piano, Antiphonal Trumpets and Brass Band
Edward Gregson
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
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
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs
Massed Bands of Black Dyke and Parc & Dare
Tair Cerdd Sanctaidd (Three Sacred Songs)
For Baritone Soloist, Harp, Male Choir & Brass Band
Andrew Powell
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 16th 2006
Soloists: Gareth Rhys-Davies (baritone), Catrin Finch (harp) & Only Men Aloud
Conductor: Craig Roberts
UFO Concerto (Symphonic Orchestration)
For Solo Euphonium & Symphony Orchestra
Johan De Meij
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 25th 2015
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Under Milk Wood Suite: Rum & Laverbread
For Chamber Orchestra & Narrator
Gareth Wood
*Camerata Wales commission
World Premiere: Sunday October 26th 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Welsh Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen
Narrator: Jonathan Pryce CBE (London), Will Thomas (Wales)
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Under Milk Wood Suite: Rum & Laverbread
For Brass Band & Narrator
Gareth Wood
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
World Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
A Welsh Prayer
For Chamber Orchestra
Paul Mealor
*Camerata Wales commission
Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
What Has Become Of Him Now?
For Chamber Orchestra & Narrator
Mark Thomas
*Camerata Wales commission
World Premiere: Sunday October 26th 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Welsh Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity St David
Narrator: Griff Rhys Jones (London), Will Thomas (Wales)
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Witches Sabbath (from Symphonie Fantastique)
For Brass Band
Hector Berlioz / Roy Newsome
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome
World Dances
For Concert Band / Brass Band & World Percussion
Stephen Roberts
*NSBA / Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
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
Conductor: Stephen Roberts
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
*Arts Council of Wales "Steps to New Music" commission
Premiere: Thursday April 1 2010, Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen
Soloists: Robyn Lyn (tenor), Claire Jones (harp)
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Light Music
A Beautiful Mind
James Horner / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Soloist: Natalya Romaniw
Conductor: Leigh Phillips
Aberfan
For String Orchestra
Christopher Wood
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Tuesday July 23rd 2016, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
*Recorded for broadcast by Classic FM, Saturday July 29th 2017
Aberfan
For Brass Band
Christopher Wood
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Wednesday July 25th 2018, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Massed Bands of Lewis-Merthyr & RAF St Athan
*Premiere Recording:
"Brass & Voices of Wales"
June 2 & 3, 2018
Lewis-Merthyr Band
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
www.lewismerthyrband.bandcamp.com
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
Ascension
For Brass Band
Steve Bingham
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
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
Celtic Spirit
For Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mealor
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: July 25th 2015
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The Contender
Pope / Kinder
Premiere: Friday June 15th 2007
Soloist: Peter Karrie
with John Quirk (piano)
Conductor: Craig Roberts
The Curious Case of The Wolf & The Hawk
For Brass Band
Andrew Powell
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
A Desperate Poaching Affray
Paul Shallcross
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Fanfare for Fitzrovia
For Chamber Orchestra
Bernard Kane
*Camerata Wales commission
World Premiere: Sunday October 26th 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Welsh Premiere: Sunday November 2nd 2014, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Final Chorus from Symphony No. 8
For Organ & Brass Band
Gustav Mahler / Malcolm Peach
*Welsh Brass Arts Festival commission
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Going the Distance
For Brass Band
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
*BFBB commission
Welsh premiere: Friday May 25 2012, Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Homecoming
For Symphony Orchestra
Chris Marshall
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 28th 2018, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Homecoming
For Brass Band
Chris Marshall
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
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
Island Race
For Mixed Choir & Brass Band
Evan Dawson / Robin Osterley / Arr. Craig Roberts
*Making Music commission
Premiere: Saturday September 15th 2012, Dora Stouzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Conductor: Robin Osterley
Jubilate! Jubilee!
For Mixed Choir & Brass Band
Dr Paul Mealor
*Making Music commission
Premiere: Saturday September 15th 2012, Dora Stouzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Conductor: Paul Mealor
Lest We Forget
For Brass Band, Off-stage Bugles & Spoken Text
Dave Collins / Lewis Wilkinson
Premiere: Saturday June 7th 2014, St Mary's Church, Abergavenny
Conductor: Harald Hepner
Narrator: 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
Mountain Scene (from The Blue Scar)
For Brass Band
Grace Williams / Trans. Christopher Painter
*Lewis Merthyr Band commission
Premiere: New Directions Project
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Lewis-Merthyr Band
www.lewismerthyrband.com/new-directions
Mr Dahl
Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Bernard Kane
*Welsh Proms Cymru commission
Premiere: Saturday July 23rd 2016, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome
September (from Four Last Songs)
Richard Strauss / Margaret Antrobus
Premiere: Friday June 8th 2001
Soloist: Denise Leigh
Conductor: Craig Roberts
The Sheepstealer
Paul Shallcross
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Paul Shallcross
Sonata for Euphonium & Chamber Orchestra
For Euphonium Soloist & Chamber Orchestra
Alun Hoddinott (orch. Christopher Painter)
*Camerata Wales l Cymru / Euphonium Foundation UK commission
Premiere: Friday January 16th 2015, Bangor Cathedral
Soloist: David Childs
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes CBE
Camerata Wales l Cymru
Spiderman
Danny Elfman / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Craig Roberts
Supergirl
Jerry Goldsmith / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Conductor: Leigh Phillips
Surrender
David Arnold / Leigh Phillips
Premiere: Friday June 10th 2005
Soloist: Natalya Romaniw
Conductor: Leigh Phillips
Surtaal Celebrates
Liz Lane / RSVP Bhangra
Premiere: Monday August 30th 2021
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
with RSVP Bhangra; Belinda Evans, soprano; Vocal Quartet of the Guards' Chapel, London; the Carducci String Quartet; Darius Battiwalla and the organ of Leeds Town Hall
Conductor: Dr David Thornton
*Grimethorpe Colliery Band commission
www.grimethorpeband.co.uk/surtaal-celebrates
Viva La Vida
Coldplay - Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin
Arranged Thomas Hamill and Craig Roberts
Premiere: Sunday September 9th 2012, Olympic Park, London
Conductor: Craig Roberts
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