Music
“Alice’s harmonic language is contemporary yet rooted in the late 20th century music of the British Isles...”
SCORES
All scores are available by PDF. Please email me directly on alice.kate.beckwith@gmail.com
Song
Five Armitage Songs. 2024
the event horizon | 2’30’’
Close Season | 3’
The Catch | 2’
Give | 2’30’’
Mist | 3’30’’
Written by Simon Armitage. Copyright © Simon Armitage
Soprano Sarah Fox | Tenor Joe Shovelton | Piano Christopher Pulleyn
Commissioned and performed by AndPiano Festival.
Generously supported by AndPiano Festival and the Vaughan Williams Foundation
EarthSong. 2023
Nightingale Heinrich Brockes | 3’
Reflections Heinrich Brockes | 5’
Soprano Helena Moore | Violin Maxim del Mar | Oboe Joel Raymond | Cello Jacob Garside
Commissioned and performed by Endelienta Baroque, directed by Seb Gillot.
Generously supported by Arts Council England and the Continuo Foundation
Produced by Jan Capinski
Three Songs. 2023
Psalm 40 | 2’30’’
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven W.B. Yeats | 2’30’’
Silver Walter de la Mare | 2’
SSAATTBB acappella. Performed by the Carice Singers, directed by George Parris.
Created as part of Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy 2023
The Golden Thread. 2022
The Golden Thread | 12’
Cantata for mezzo soprano and large ensemble (fl, ob, bcl, bsn, hn, vln, vla, vlc, hp)
Texts from : Angela Carter (Erl-King; The Bloody Chamber), NKJV Bible (Ecclesiastes, Job, John, Song of Solomon), Louis MacNeice (Apple Blossom), William Blake (The School-Boy), HRH Queen Elizabeth II (Christmas Broadcast 1981).
Commissioned by The Green Man Gallery
Generously supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation, Buxton Museum & Art Gallery.
“Beautifully wrought”
Hey-Ho! 2021
Medley of sea shanties for children’s voices (SSA), body percussion and piano.
Commissioned and first performed by Lodge Moor Children’s Choir at the Mrs Sunderland Festival, Huddersfield.
“Beguiling”
Chamber - small ensemble
Curlews Nest. 2024
Curlews Nest | 3’
String Quartet
Performed on Belvoir Estate by musicians from The Listening Project
Generously supported by Revere Arts, PRS Foundation, Power Up and the Ivors Academy
Regen. 2013
Regen | 6’30’’
Score for mixed ensemble [fl, cl, vln, vla, vlc, pno] - inspired by Joris Ivens’ eponymous film.
Performed by CHROMA Ensemble
Ad Lib. 2012
Ad Lib. | 6’50’’
Dance-based score for clarinet, accordion and double bass.
Recorded at the University of Roehampton, London
5/4. 2010
5/4 | 10’30’’
String Quartet in five movements
Performed by The Heath Quartet at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford