| Title | Instruments | dates | edit link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jadu | two cellos | 1973 | edit |
| Music for the Crabbing Sun | flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord | 1975 | edit |
| Music for a Tawny-Gold Day | viola, alto saxophone, bass clarinet and piano | 1975 | edit |
| Amarantos | ensemble (9 players) | 1978 | edit |
| la Orana, Gauguin | soprano and piano | 1978 | edit |
| Firewhirl | soprano and ensemble (7 players) | 1980 | edit |
| String Quartet | string quartet | 1982 | edit |
| Masque | solo oboe, horns and strings | 1982 | edit |
| Piper's Linn | Northumbrian small pipes and electronics (CD) | 1984 | edit |
| Orion over Farne | orchestra | 1984 | edit |
| To Fields We Do Not Know | mixed choir (SATB multi-divisions) | 1984 | edit |
| Clarion Sea | brass quintet | 1985 | edit |
| Vaganza | large ensemble | 1985 | edit |
| Salamandra | two pianos | 1986 | edit |
| Golem | chamber opera | 1988 | edit |
| Maharal Dreaming | orchestra | 1989 | edit |
| Piano Quartet | violin, viola, cello and piano | 1990 | edit |
| The Land of Spices | mixed choir (SATB) | 1990 | edit |
| Cello Concerto | cello and chamber orchestra | 1991 | edit |
| A Gathering | mixed choir (SATB) | 1991 | edit |
| Still Mine | baritone and orchestra | 1992 | edit |
| Sharp Thorne | four male voices (c.t, 2t, b) | 1992 | edit |
| Darting the Skiff | string orchestra | 1993 | edit |
| Sunrising | mixed choir (SATB) | 1993 | edit |
| Cor d'oeuvre | solo horn, piano, harp and six double basses | 1993 | edit |
| Infanta Marina | cor anglais and ensemble (6 players) | 1994 rev 1997 | edit |
| String Quartet No. 2 | string quartet | 1994, rev. 1996 | edit |
| A Spring Cadenza | cello solo | 1994 | edit |
| Violin Concerto | violin and orchestra | 1995 | edit |
| Sortilège | orchestra | 1996 | edit |
| A Song of Chimes | mixed choir (SATB) and organ | 1996 | edit |
| Distant Variations | saxophone quartet and wind orchestra | 1997 | edit |
| Après un silence | violin and piano | 1998 | edit |
| Après un silence | violin and chamber orchestra | 1998 | edit |
| The Haunting Bough | solo piano | 1999 | edit |
| God's Liar | opera | 2000 | edit |
| Nearly Distant | saxophone quartet | 2000 | edit |
| To the lovers' well | four male voices (c.t, 2t,b) | 2001 | edit |
| Piano Trio | violin, cello and piano | 2000 | edit |
| Blue Medusa | bassoon and piano | 2002 | edit |
| Chansons de Verlaine | soprano and piano | 2006 | edit |
| Farness | soprano, solo viola and chamber orchestra | 2006 | edit |
| Shadowed Pieces | violin and piano | 2006 | edit |
| Soul Catcher | marimba and electronics (CD) | 2004, rev. 2007 | edit |
| Blue Medusa | bassoon and ensemble | 2002, rev 2007 | edit |
| Concerto for Orchestra | orchestra | 2007 | edit |
| In the bleak mid-winter | mixed choir (SATB) and organ | 2008 rev. 2009 | edit |
| Night and Morning | tenor and piano | 2008 | edit |
| The Dream of the Rood | four male voices (c.t, 2 t, b) and large ensemble | 2008 | edit |
| Amethyst Deceiver | oboe solo | 2009 | edit |
| Sacrificium | organ | 2009 | edit |
| Deadly Pleasures | narrator and ensemble (4 players) | 2009 | edit |
| Motet of the Rood | mixed choir (SATB) and organ | 2010 | edit |
| Winter Reels | ensemble (6 players) | 2010 | edit |
| The Knight's Stone | mixed choir (SATB) and flute | 2011 | edit |
| Pleasure Ground | solo piano | 2012 | edit |
| Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | mixed choir (SATB) and organ | 2013 | edit |
| That Subtle Knot | violin, viola and chamber orchestra | 2013 | edit |
| Returning from the Tomb | mixed choir | 2013 | edit |
| Apollinaire's Bird | oboe and orchestra | 2013 | edit |
| Uncertain Sea | mixed choir (SATB) | 2014 | edit |
| Memorial | mixed choir (SATB), sop + bar solo, 2 perc | 2014 | edit |
| Serpents of Wisdom | horn and piano | 2015 | edit |
| Stolen Airs | cello and piano | 2015 | edit |
| Lines from a Wanderer | baritone and piano | 2016 | edit |
| Kokoschka's Doll | narrator/singer (b.b) and ensemble (4 players) | 2017 | edit |
| Six Wooded Pieces | piano solo | 2017 | edit |
| Misted Land | clarinet quintet | 2017 | edit |
| A Second Song of Chimes | tenor recorder, bells and strings | 2011 | edit |
| Variation on a Jacobite Air | for violin, viola, cello and piano | 2009 | edit |
| Three Pieces for a Room | Three simple piano pieces for children | 2012 | edit |
| Trackway of Time | baritone and chamber orchestra | 2015 | edit |
| Child of Hope | mixed choir (SATB) | 2018 | edit |
| For dappled things | SATB unaccompanied choir | 2019 | edit |
| From this red earth | mixed chorus SATB | 2019 | edit |
| From one thread | solo viola | 2020 | edit |
| Rest-ringing | string quartet and orchestra | 2005 | edit |
| Erin | double bass and chamber orchestra | 1983 | edit |
| Symphony (Broken Consort) | orchestra | 2004 | edit |
| Tableaux des Trois Ages | orchestra | 1977 | edit |
| Kagura | thirteen wind instruments | 1973 | edit |
| Choses en moi | string quartet | 2003 | edit |
| A Belle Pavine | violin and tape | 1980 | edit |
| Thymehaze | treble recorder and piano | 1976 | edit |
| Inevitable Rifts | string quintet | 2009 | edit |
| Tempus Plangendi | piano | 2020 | edit |
| Madonna of Silence | trombone and orchestra | 2018 | edit |
| Viderunt omnes | four voices and large ensemble | 2010 | edit |
| Caedmon's Hymn | mixed choir (SATB) | 2021 | edit |