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Still the Sea
2009
| 9 mins | for two guitars

Commissioned by ChromaDuo as a homage to Toru Takemitsu. First performance Baltimore Guitar Society, USA, 7th February 2010.

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The Autumn Song
2009
| 7 mins | for cello and guitar

Commissioned by Natalie Clein and Xuefei Yang for their concert tours in 2009 and 2010. First performance Macau Festival, Macau, China, 13th October 2009. UK premiere, Wigmore Hall, London, 3rd February 2010

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Variations on a Burns Air: Scherzo
2009
| 2 mins | for piano quartet

Commissioned by The Primrose Piano Quartet for a set of variaitions by several different composers on the Robbie Burns' air: 'By yon castle wa' at the close of day'. Other composers include James MacMillan, Sally Beamish, Piers Hellawell, Zoe Martlew and John Casken. First performance 18th October, 2009 Tunbridge Wells Green Room Concerts. CD released on the Meridian label at King's Place, London, 21st February 2010.

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The Albéniz Concerto
2009
| 25 mins | for guitar and orchestra
(2 + picc. 2 + ca.2.2/2.2.0.0/T + P/10.10.8.8.5)

Commissioned by EMI Classics for Xuefei Yang and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. First UK performance, Shi-Yeon Sung - conductor, Xuefei Yang - guitar, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 24th October 2009

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Rough Music
2009
| 14 mins | for piano and spoken voice
text: Fiona Sampson, music: Stephen Goss

Commissioned by Bobby Chen with funds from the Guildford International Music Festival. First performance, 22nd March, 2009, Studio One, PATS, Guildford, UK, 3.30 pm

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Six Welsh Folk Songs
1991/2008
| 12 mins | for two guitars

Commissioned by the Welsh-Argentine Guitar Duo, Adam Khan and Luis Eduardo Orias Diz. First performance, 12th July, 2008. The Minster, Axminster, Devon, UK, 7.30 pm. Recorded on Voyage to Patagonia WAG Records, Argentina © 2010.

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Cadenza for Mozart's Violin Concerto in G K216
2008
| 3 mins | for violin

Commissioned by Nicola Benedetti. First performance, 9th May 2008, Nottingham Royal Centre, Theatre Square, Nottingham, UK
Nicola Benedetti, violin, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Navarra - Sarasate arr. Goss
2008
| 4 mins | for two violins, guitar and orchestra

Commissioned by EMI for the Classical BRIT Awards
First performance, 8th May 2008, Royal Albert Hall, London. First broadcast performance, 15th May, ITV1 David Garrett and Valeriy Sokolov, violins, Xue Fei Yang, guitar London Concert Orchestra, David Charles Abell, conductor

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Interludes
2008
| 32 mins | for piano

Commissioned by Graham Caskie with funds from The RC Sherriff Trust. First performance 15th March 2008, Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames, UK. Published by Cadenza Music © 2008. Recorded on Préludes and Interludes Cadenza Music CACD1208 © 2008.

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El Llanto de los Sueños
(the Weeping of Dreams)
2007
| 11 mins | for guitar

Commissioned by David Russell. First performance, 30th October 2008, King's Place, London. Published by Cadenza Music © 2008. Recorded on For David Telarc International © 2009.
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The Chinese Garden
2007
| 12 mins | for guitar

Commissioned by Xuefei Yang for China Now 2008. First performance 16th April 2008, Wigmore Hall, London. Published by Cadenza Music © 2008. Recorded on 40 Degrees North, EMI Classics, 5099920632229 © 2008. This CD won Best Instrumental Album in the 2008 Guangdong Radio Awards in China.

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Japanese Water Garden
2007
| 2 mins | for guitar

Commissioned by the ABRSM for the 2009 guitar grade syllabus. Published by ABRSM Publishing in Time Pieces for Guitar, Book 2 © 2008. Recorded on Guitar exam pieces, complete syllabus from 2009, Grade 4 ISBN: 9781860969539 ABRSM © 2009
         
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