All music is available for purchase or hire, please contact lucyarmstrong.music@gmail.com
OPERA
Gods of the Game
An opera about football and corruption commissioned by Sky Arts in 2022, 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.
A Risk of Lobsters
A chamber opera premiered by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Opera School in 2018 (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
Nadja’s Song
A Chamber Opera commissioned by Bergen National Opera in 2015 (30 mins)
For Mezzo Soprano and Piano
Tale of the Tell-Tale Tail
A mini opera premiered at Goodenough College in 2017 (10 mins)
Pea Lady-La: mezzo soprano, The Peacock: tenor, The Racoon: baritone and piano.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
The Alchemical Kitchen (6 mins)
Commissioned by Cambridge Philharmonic and Chorus in 2023
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
The Gardener (25 mins)
Commissioned by Salford Choral Society and Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra in 2022.
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
Christmas Magic (3 mins)
Commissioned by Glyndebourne and Create Music in 2024.
This can be performed with children’s chorus and piano (optional SATB chorus).
or it can be performed with ensemble (various options, feel free to email)
ORCHESTRA
Saxophone Concerto (20 mins)
Commissioned by Chloé Van Soeterstède and The Arch Sinfonia and premiered by Gillian Blair in 2023.
For 2 (II = picc.). 2. 2 (II = bass cl.) 2. – 2.2.2(II=bass trombone) – timp – per 1: drum kit: hi-hat/ low tom/ high tom/ snare/ ride/ crash/ wind chimes/ wood bl./ castanets/ crot./ glock. – alto saxophone – strings
CHOIR
The Longest Night (5 mins)
Commissioned by The Sunday Boys in 2024
Low voiced choir, for tenor 1, tenor 2, Bass 1 and bass 2.
WIND BAND
The Old Ship (4 mins)
Commissioned by East London Community Band in 2024
For large community wind band. Optional beginner parts.
Life is a Daring Adventure or Nothing (7 mins)
Premiered by Junior Trinity’s Wind Band under Leo Geyer in 2017
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
The Stone Flower (5 mins)
Commissioned by Glyndebourne in 2024
For mezzo soprano, horn, violin, violin, viola, cello and double bass.
Also available for mezzo soprano and piano
Devil’s Snuff Box (8 mins)
Commissioned by Glyndebourne in 2023
For Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and optional percussion.
Dynamic Corpse (10 mins)
Commissioned by FontanaMIX Ensemble (Italy) in 2022
For Flute, Bass Clarinet, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola and cello
The Executioner’s Pond (12 mins)
Commissioned by Psappha Ensemble in 2019
For Clarinet/ Bass Clarinet, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Cello and Double Bass
The Other Dust (3.30 mins)
Commissioned by the Blair/ Mertens Duo in 2017
For alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and piano
The Singing Fish (11.30 mins)
Commissioned by Gillian Blair in 2017
For alto saxophone and piano
Same Same But Different (10 mins)
Commissioned by the Borealis Saxophone Quartet, premiered at St Martin-in-the-Fields in 2016
For saxophone quartet
Space Adventure (6 mins)
Written for Tim Williams as part of Psappha Ensemble’s “Composing For” scheme in 2015
For percussion and loop pedal
DARTH MAHLER (2 mins)
Commissioned for the RNCM Penderecki Festival in 2015
For solo trumpet (a fanfare)
Masculine/Feminine (3 mins)
A cabaret song commissioned for the RNCM Day of Song in 2015
For baritone and piano
Melodrama for Saxophone and Piano (14 mins)
Commissioned by Erin Royer in 2014
For soprano saxophone and piano