Greg Harradine
Composer
I am a composer and pianist with a passion for creative collaboration.
Influenced equally by classical and folk traditions, I find inspiration in the natural world, as well as in other art forms (especially literature and painting). I compose for the concert hall and the stage, recent commissions including Flux Alluvia for string sextet, Caledonian Portraits (a suite of 8 art-inspired pieces for solo piano), Incandenza Variations for orchestra, a promenade opera, incidental music for theatre, and a regular output of piano music (including two albums). As of 2020, I am lucky enough to be based in the beautiful Scottish Borders.
I recently won Second Prize in the Sheffield Chorale 50th Anniversary Composing Competition. I was Resident Composer at Soho Theatre as a result of winning the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer Award and have collaborated with many theatres including the Young Vic, Arcola Theatre and Theatre Uncut. My compositional language is largely tonal, often lyrical, and attempts to grasp the complex inner life that we all experience. I’m always interested to discuss ideas and collaborations, so feel free to get in touch.
Selected works
CHAMBER MUSIC & ORCHESTRAL
2024 Flux Alluvia (string sextet) Commissioned by Connecting Threads (video)
2019 Incandenza Variations (for orchestra) Kingston U3A Orchestra (video)
2018 The Story of Henry Wicker (suite for cello & piano) MGSO4 Festival
2017 Seven Against Thebes (wind quintet)
SOLO PIANO
2024 Emma’s Dilemma (video / score)
2023 Caledonian Portraits (set of 8 pieces) Funded by Creative Scotland (video / score)
2023 Piano Music: Volume 2 11 track album (listen)
2023 Nocturne for Whitman (video / score)
2022 The Library of Des Esseintes (video / score)
2022 Winter Landscape (video / score)
2021 Piano Music: Volume 1 20 track album (listen)
2021 An Aggregate of Last Moments (video / score)
2021 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (video / score)
2021 Nocturne for Oppenheimer (video / score)
2021 Sub Specie Aeternitatis (video / score)
2020 The curse is come upon me (video / score)
2020 The Standing Stones of Brodgar (video / score)
2020 Conflagration in D# minor (video / score)
2019 Isle of the Dead (video / score)
2019 Monomania (video / score)
2016 Three Chords for Calliope (video / score)
CHORAL
2024 Greet Again the Mountain (SATB + piano) Second Prize in the Sheffield Chorale 50th Anniversary Composing Competition
2019 Marzanna, Queen of the Winter (SATB) Eclectic Voices
2014 By Your Side (SSA + piano) Commissioned by the Military Wives Choirs
THEATRE & OPERA
2017 You, Me & Everything Else Camisado Club. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
2016 Drifting Dragons (promenade opera) Baseless Fabric & Arcola Theatre
2016 Soho Young Playwrights Soho Theatre
2016 Dare to Reimagine Theatr Iolo
2015 Three Short Beckett Plays Whispering Beasts. Directed by Sara Joyce
2014 Theatre Uncut 2014 Tour Theatre Uncut. Directed by Hannah Price
2014 I Kiss Your Heart Soho Theatre. Directed by Steve Marmion
2013 East ByMoonlight Theatre. Directed by Tanju Duncan
2012 The Taming of the Shrew ByMoonlight Theatre. Dir. Tanju Duncan
2012 Gormenghast: Titus Groan Blackshaw Theatre
PEDAGOGICAL
2023 Riddle of the Water Nixie (flute & piano) Published in Lyrical Flute Miniatures (video)
2023 Black Cat on a Moonless Night (flute & piano) Published in Lyrical Flute Encores (video)
2021 Waltz for Lyra (flute & piano) Published in Lyrical Flute Legends (video)
2021 Last Journey to the Greensward (flute & piano) Published in Lyrical Flute Legends (video)