Works:
Audiobuibble I & II [2021] / electronic music production, cello, saxophone, countertenor
Two EPs of collaborative, stylistically fluid electronic music.
https://audiobubble.bandcamp.com/
Little England [2020] / countertenor, mezzo soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, cello / 45' /
A chamber opera in nine scenes. Libretto by Gareth Mattey.
Pentaplex [2020] / countertenor, piano / 4' /
Collaboration with poet Emma Storr.
https://youtu.be/9aHaJFBUBE0
The Gates of Light Swing Open [2020] / chamber orchestra / 6' /
Workshopped by LSO players alongside GSMD performers.
Excogitate, Substantiate [2019] / flute, horn in F, snare drum, piano, violin, cello / 4' /
The Bramblelands [2019] / flute (dbl. piccolo), clarinet in Bb, vibraphone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, speaker / 9' /
Collaboration with No Dice Collective and poet Laura Potts.
Illuminated River - Millennium Bridge [2019] / orchestra, studio electronics / 4' /
Commissioned by Illuminated River Foundation and recorded by Guildhall Session Orchestra.
String orchestra arrangement: https://youtu.be/6ov5-YnANVQ
String quintet arrangement: https://youtu.be/UJtpO73CswQ
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/illuminated-river-millennium-bridge
Komm [2019] / bass baritone, piano, harp, cello / 5' /
Premiered by Samuel Lom 04/06/19, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/komm
Theme & Transformations [2019] / cello, piano / 10' /
Premiered by Joanna Twaddle and Victor Braojos 03/05/19, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/theme-transformations
Promise, Promise, Promise? [2019] / vocal ensemble / 6’ /
Libretto by Gareth Mattey. Premiered by EXAUDI 22/04/19, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Nqq9B-bqs
If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso [2019] / tenor, piano / 10’ /
Premiered by Heldur Harry Põlda 26/04/19, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/if-i-told-him
Bostrom's Argument [2018] / flugelhorn, trumpet, fixed media (studio production) / 9’ /
Collaboration with choreographer Ben Todd-Jones. Premiered 06/12/18, The Place Theatre, London
https://youtu.be/krXFRUY18JA
Transitions [2018] / clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, vibraphone / 7’ /
Premiered by Plus Minus Ensemble 29/06/18, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/transitions-plus-minus-ensemble-excerpt
A Seductive Event [2018] / countertenor, tenor, piano / 10’ /
Libretto by Gareth Mattey. Premiered 07/06/18, Wigmore Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/a-seductive-event-wigmore-hall
Zissou's Song [2018] / alto flute (Kingma System) / 2’ /
Puzzle Book [2018] / saxophone quartet / 9’ /
Commissioned by Kaleidoscope Quartet and premiered 19/04/18, 1901 Arts Club, London
https://oneglasseye.bandcamp.com/album/puzzle-book
Our Drugged Balloonist [2018] / viola, piano / 7’ /
Premiered 02/05/18 by Agnieszka Zyniewicz and Jason Gong, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/our-drugged-balloonist-excerpt
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/our-drugged-balloonist
Deep Green [2017] / flute, clarinet, double bass / 7’ /
Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and premiered 17/11/17, Wigmore Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/deep-green-excerpt
Three Prime [2017] /2 pianos / 2’ /
Premiered 22/09/17 by Sashi Ayyangar and Aya Bulatova, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/three-prime
Unquadnilium [ 2017] / 2 violins, viola, cello / 1’ /
a #quartweet written for Signum Quartet
Score here: mbmus.uk/unquadnilium
Magnificat [2017] / SATB / 7’ /
Quartet for Strings [2017] / 2 violins, viola, cello / 22’ /
Premiered 29/11/16 by Ligeti Quartet, Churchill College, Cambridge UK
CD and high def lossless digital download available here
Excerpts here
Review here
Monkey-Brain Overture [2016] / orchestra 3222.2211.timp+2perc.strings / 5’ /
Bob’s Trajectory [2016] / piano / 11’ /
Premiered 30/11/17 by Robert Allan, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/bobs-trajectory
Rain Now [2016] / piano / 9’ /
Fother-Jiggen, Downy and Full-Score [2016] / SATB / 3’ /
Premiered 18/06/16 by Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Shaftesbury UK
"...a tongue twisting musical work appealingly full of vibrant rhythms" - Robert Hugill, Planethugill.com
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/fother-jiggen-downy-full-score
Dorset Suite [2016] / SATB / 9’ /
Top-Down [2016] / piano / 2’ /
Helix (3+5) 1 [2016] / piano / 2’ /
My Answer, Unchanging [2016] / oboe, piano / 6’ /
Comes The Light [2015] / SATB / 3’ /
Battle Scars (EP) [2015] / vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards / 20’ / LINK
Two EPs of collaborative, stylistically fluid electronic music.
https://audiobubble.bandcamp.com/
Little England [2020] / countertenor, mezzo soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, cello / 45' /
A chamber opera in nine scenes. Libretto by Gareth Mattey.
Pentaplex [2020] / countertenor, piano / 4' /
Collaboration with poet Emma Storr.
https://youtu.be/9aHaJFBUBE0
The Gates of Light Swing Open [2020] / chamber orchestra / 6' /
Workshopped by LSO players alongside GSMD performers.
Excogitate, Substantiate [2019] / flute, horn in F, snare drum, piano, violin, cello / 4' /
The Bramblelands [2019] / flute (dbl. piccolo), clarinet in Bb, vibraphone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, speaker / 9' /
Collaboration with No Dice Collective and poet Laura Potts.
Illuminated River - Millennium Bridge [2019] / orchestra, studio electronics / 4' /
Commissioned by Illuminated River Foundation and recorded by Guildhall Session Orchestra.
String orchestra arrangement: https://youtu.be/6ov5-YnANVQ
String quintet arrangement: https://youtu.be/UJtpO73CswQ
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/illuminated-river-millennium-bridge
Komm [2019] / bass baritone, piano, harp, cello / 5' /
Premiered by Samuel Lom 04/06/19, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/komm
Theme & Transformations [2019] / cello, piano / 10' /
Premiered by Joanna Twaddle and Victor Braojos 03/05/19, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/theme-transformations
Promise, Promise, Promise? [2019] / vocal ensemble / 6’ /
Libretto by Gareth Mattey. Premiered by EXAUDI 22/04/19, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Nqq9B-bqs
If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso [2019] / tenor, piano / 10’ /
Premiered by Heldur Harry Põlda 26/04/19, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/if-i-told-him
Bostrom's Argument [2018] / flugelhorn, trumpet, fixed media (studio production) / 9’ /
Collaboration with choreographer Ben Todd-Jones. Premiered 06/12/18, The Place Theatre, London
https://youtu.be/krXFRUY18JA
Transitions [2018] / clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, vibraphone / 7’ /
Premiered by Plus Minus Ensemble 29/06/18, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/transitions-plus-minus-ensemble-excerpt
A Seductive Event [2018] / countertenor, tenor, piano / 10’ /
Libretto by Gareth Mattey. Premiered 07/06/18, Wigmore Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/a-seductive-event-wigmore-hall
Zissou's Song [2018] / alto flute (Kingma System) / 2’ /
Puzzle Book [2018] / saxophone quartet / 9’ /
Commissioned by Kaleidoscope Quartet and premiered 19/04/18, 1901 Arts Club, London
https://oneglasseye.bandcamp.com/album/puzzle-book
Our Drugged Balloonist [2018] / viola, piano / 7’ /
Premiered 02/05/18 by Agnieszka Zyniewicz and Jason Gong, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/our-drugged-balloonist-excerpt
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/our-drugged-balloonist
Deep Green [2017] / flute, clarinet, double bass / 7’ /
Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and premiered 17/11/17, Wigmore Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/deep-green-excerpt
Three Prime [2017] /2 pianos / 2’ /
Premiered 22/09/17 by Sashi Ayyangar and Aya Bulatova, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/three-prime
Unquadnilium [ 2017] / 2 violins, viola, cello / 1’ /
a #quartweet written for Signum Quartet
Score here: mbmus.uk/unquadnilium
Magnificat [2017] / SATB / 7’ /
Quartet for Strings [2017] / 2 violins, viola, cello / 22’ /
Premiered 29/11/16 by Ligeti Quartet, Churchill College, Cambridge UK
CD and high def lossless digital download available here
Excerpts here
Review here
Monkey-Brain Overture [2016] / orchestra 3222.2211.timp+2perc.strings / 5’ /
Bob’s Trajectory [2016] / piano / 11’ /
Premiered 30/11/17 by Robert Allan, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/bobs-trajectory
Rain Now [2016] / piano / 9’ /
Fother-Jiggen, Downy and Full-Score [2016] / SATB / 3’ /
Premiered 18/06/16 by Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Shaftesbury UK
"...a tongue twisting musical work appealingly full of vibrant rhythms" - Robert Hugill, Planethugill.com
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/fother-jiggen-downy-full-score
Dorset Suite [2016] / SATB / 9’ /
Top-Down [2016] / piano / 2’ /
Helix (3+5) 1 [2016] / piano / 2’ /
My Answer, Unchanging [2016] / oboe, piano / 6’ /
Comes The Light [2015] / SATB / 3’ /
Battle Scars (EP) [2015] / vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards / 20’ / LINK
