All music is available for purchase or hire, please contact lucyarmstrong.music@gmail.com
OPERA
2022 – Gods of the Game
An opera about football and corruption commissioned by Sky Arts, produced by Grange Park Opera and Factory Films and was broadcast on Sky Arts. Written collaboratively with written collaboratively with Julian Philips, Aran O’Grady, Blasio Kavuma and Abel Esbenshade.
2017/2018 – A Risk of Lobsters
A chamber opera premiered by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Opera School (30 mins)
Swallow 1: soprano, Blobfish/ Star 1: soprano, Swallow 2: soprano, Crocodile Prince: tenor, Deep-Sea-Angler-Fish/ Star 2: baritone, Ferret Chancellor: baritone, The Old Man, baritone, small chorus, flute/ picc, clarinet/bass, horn, percussion, harp, piano, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
2015 – Nadja’s Song
A Chamber Opera commissioned by Bergen National Opera (30 mins)
For Mezzo Soprano and Piano
2017 – Tale of the Tell-Tale Tail
A mini opera premiered at Goodenough College (10 mins)
Pea Lady-La: mezzo soprano, The Peacock: tenor, The Racoon: baritone and piano.
2014 – The Library
Commissioned by Size Zero Opera (11 mins)
For Soprano, Mezzo, Mezzo, Baritone, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
2022-2023 – The Alchemical Kitchen
Commissioned by Cambridge Philharmonic and Chorus (6 mins)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Will be premiered on 18th March 2023.
2020-2022 – The Gardener
Commissioned by Salford Choral Society and Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra (25 mins)
For 2(I=picc.). 2(II=cor.).2(II=bass cl.).2. – 2.2.3(III= bass trombone) – timp – Per 2: kick drum/ snare, toms/ susp. cymb./ ride cymb./ hi-hat/ wind chimes/ 3 wood bl./ chimes/ tam-tam/ vib./ vibraslap/ roto tom (one high)/ xylo./ crot./ glock./ bass dr./ guiro/ whip. – harp – piano/ celeste – SATB Chorus – Strings
CHOIR
2015 – Cheese!
Commissioned by The Sixteen’s Education Department and premiered at the Bridgewater Hall (5 mins)
Vocal Octet, for soprano, soprano, alto, alto, tenor, tenor, baritone, bass
WIND BAND
2017 – Life is a Daring Adventure or Nothing
Premiered by Junior Trinity’s Wind Band under Leo Geyer (7 mins)
For Wind Band
3(I=picc.).2.4(IV=bass cl.).2.2 a.sax. 1 t.sax. 1 b.sax – 4.4.3. btbn. euph. tuba – timp. (+Tibetan singing bowl, rain stick, timbales) – perc (3): crot/xylo/shaker/tam-tam/glsp/BD/mar/2 bongos/tubular bells/2 tom-toms/ drum set with mounted wdbl./ vib
CHAMBER
2021/2022 – Dynamic Corpse
Commissioned by FontanaMIX Ensemble (Italy) (10 mins)
For Flute, Bass Clarinet, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola and cello
2018/2019 – The Executioner’s Pond
Commissioned by Psappha Ensemble (12 mins)
For Clarinet/ Bass Clarinet, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Cello and Double Bass
2017 – The Other Dust
Commissioned by the Blair/ Mertens Duo (3.30 mins)
For alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and piano
2017 – The Singing Fish
Commissioned by Gillian Blair (11.30 mins)
For alto saxophone and piano
2015/2016 – Same Same But Different
Commissioned by the Borealis Saxophone Quartet, premiered at St Martin-in-the-Fields (10 mins)
For saxophone quartet
2015 – Space Adventure
Written for Tim Williams as part of Psappha Ensemble’s “Composing For” scheme (6 mins)
For percussion and loop pedal
2015 – DARTH MAHLER
Commissioned for the RNCM Penderecki Festival (2 mins)
For solo trumpet (a fanfare)
2015 – REPULSION
Commissioned for A4 Brass as part of the RNCM Gold Medal Competition (6 mins)
For cornet, tenor horn, baritone and euphonium
2015 – Masculine/Feminine
A cabaret song commissioned for the RNCM Day of Song (3 mins)
For baritone and piano
2014 – Melodrama for Saxophone and Piano
Commissioned by Erin Royer (14 mins)
For soprano saxophone and piano
2014 – Interior
Written for Ingvild Schultze-Florey (3 mins)
For mezzo soprano and Piano