James Lavino. Composer.

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Music for ‘Almost in Love’ Almost in Love

Writer-Director Sam Neave and I got together earlier this week and made some music for Sam’s new film Almost in Love. You can hear excerpts on the project’s page.

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The choir of Merton College to perform ‘Beati quorum via’ on 16 March insr_friends2

On Sunday, March 16th, the choir of Merton College, Oxford, will perform ‘Beati quorum via‘, a recent piece which they commissioned as part of the Merton Choirbook, celebrating the 750th anniversary of the College’s founding.   Benjamin Nicholas will conduct.

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Reading Bach Choir to perform ‘Three Auden Settings’ on 4 May reading bach

On Saturday, May 4th, the Reading Bach Choir (UK) will perform my ‘Three Auden Settings’.   The performance will take place at Reading Minster and will be conducted by Matthew Hamilton.   More information can be found on the Choir’s

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‘Rubberneck’ soundtrack album to be released February 19th Rubberneck Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for Alex Karpovsky’s film Rubberneck will be available beginning Tuesday, February 19th — the same day the film is released on Netflix and other VOD sites.   The album will feature 19 tracks from the film’s score

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ConQordia to perform ‘I will lift up mine eyes’ on 9 December trinity sloane

On Sunday, December 9th, ConQordia will perform my Psalm 121 setting ‘I will lift up mine eyes’.   The performance will take place at Holy Trinity, Sloane Sq, London and will be conducted by Michael Abrams.

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The choir of Merton College premieres ‘Beati quorum via’ on 21 October merton2

On October 21st, the choir of Merton College, Oxford, will give the first performance of ‘Beati quorum via‘, a new piece commissioned as part of the Merton Choirbook, which celebrates the 750th anniversary of the College’s founding.   Benjamin Nicholas

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new tracks from the ‘Rubberneck’ score rubberneck

I’ve uploaded four tracks from the Rubberneck score. A full soundtrack album will come out later this year, to coincide with the film’s release. Stay tuned…

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cheat sheet

Hello, If you’re a first-time visitor and want to get a very quick sense of what my music is about, I would recommend listening to ‘Concert Day’ (audio player above the video player) and ‘History’/’Improv’ and ‘Nativity’

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The Copley Singers perform ‘Their Lonely Betters’ on 15 July copley singers

On July 15th, The Copley Singers (Brian Jones, cond.) will perform Their Lonely Betters, the third of my Three Auden Settings.   The performance will take place at the Yarmouth New Church Foundation in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts.

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Exmoor Singers of London perform ‘Their Lonely Betters’ on 15 July exmoor-singers-image

On July 15th, Exmoor Singers of London (James Jarvis, cond.) will perform Their Lonely Betters, the third of my Three Auden Settings.   The performance will take place at Burgh House in Hampstead, London.

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