Catalogue
for SATB, sop. and tenor soloists, and orchestra
1.1.1.1 – 1.1 – timp.- strings
22 mins
Setting of the Kyrie Eleison, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Commissioned by Peter Sefton Williams for the London Oratory
First performed by the choir and orchestra of the London Oratory; Andrew Carwood, conductor on 8 December 1997
for string orchestra
8 mins
First performed by EOS; Charles Hazlewood, conductor at the Royal Academy of Art, Summer 1993
Commissioned by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
See videos
for violin and orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.2. - timps - strings
25 mins
First performed by Adam Summerhayes, violin, with Surrey Sinfonietta; Jonathan Butcher, conductor, on 20 October 1996 at St John’s Smith Square
for orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3 - timps, cymbal - strings
25 mins
Four movements
Commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as Symphony for the Millennium. Inspired by four paintings of Frederick Leighton
First performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor, on 21 February 2000 in the Royal Albert Hall, London
The first performance recorded for broadcast on Classic FM
Arrangements of Symphony no. 1 for organ solo and piano duet – see separate entries
for orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3 - 1 perc. player (triangle, side drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, gong) – timps – harp – piano and celeste – strings
40 mins
Commissioned by the Stadttheater, Giessen, Germany for its ballet company; Roberto Galván, choreographer
First performed by the orchestra of the Stadttheater, Giessen on 11 April 1998; Herbert Gietzen, conductor
for orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1- timps - strings
30 mins
Four movements.
The third movement is a re-orchestrated version of Lament for Bosnia
First performed by the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra; James Blair, conductor on 10 May 2005 at St John’s Smith Square, London
for piano duet
25 mins
First performed by Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips at Leighton House, London on 21 October 2000
See works for orchestra
for flute and piano
2 mins
Published in Flute Time Pieces 1 (OUP, 2004)
for piano duet
30 mins
First performed by Nancy Litten and Frederick at a private concert in St John’s Wood on 29 January 2004
See works for orchestra
for handbell choir
Commissioned by the Handbell Choir of Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
First performed by Rikkyo University Handbell Choir in May 2019. Frederick gave a public workshop with the musicians on 26 May 2019 at Rikkyo University.
for organ
25 mins
First performed by Frederick at St Michael’s, Cornhill on 16 October 2000
See works for orchestra
for piano
Commissioned by Mark Tanner
3 mins
See recordings
for organ
10 mins
Three movements: St Gabriel, St Raphael, St Michael
First performed by Frederick at St Mary’s Woodford at the opening of the Woodford Festival on 8 October 2011
Published by Banks Music
See videos
for organ
9 mins
Three movements: Faith; Love; Hope
First performed by Frederick at St Lawrence Jewry, London on 11 February 2014
Published by Banks Music
See videos
for organ
8 mins
Arrangement of Lament for Bosnia
First performed by Frederick on 13 September 2016 at St George's, Hanover Square, London
for organ
3 mins
First performed by Frederick at St George’s, Hanover Square, London, 13 September 2016
for organ
3 mins
Commissioned by Rebecca Hirst and Patrick Hartley for the Orgelbüchlein Project
First performed by William Whitehead at the Central Baptist Church, London as part of the Bloomsbury Organ Day, 28 January 2017
Performance by Jeremiah Stephenson in Videos
for organ
2 mins
First performed by Frederick as the final voluntary live from St George’s Cathedral, Southwark on BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship on 22 January 2017
for organ
9 mins
Mysterium Fidei translates as ‘The Mystery of Faith’, and the music depicts a spiritual pilgrimage from doubt towards faith through six sections called: Restless spirit; Intimations; Searching; Prayer; Awakening; Faith
Dedicated to Frederick’s mother and father – Susi Bechhöfer (1936-2018) and Alan Stocken (1934-2017).
It was first performed by Frederick at Rikkyo University, Tokyo on 25 May 2019 with subsequent performances at Chichester Cathedral in 2019 and at St John’s Smith Square, London in 2020.
for organ
5 mins
‘Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.’ (Matthew, Ch. 25)
Part of a multi-movement work, in progress
First performed by the composer at Methodist Central Hall, London on 24 April 2022
for soprano and organ
3 mins
Text by Mary Baker Eddy
Commissioned by the Third Church of Christ the Scientist, London
First performed by Denise Ketley, soprano, and Brian Parsons, organ, on 28 July 1996
for choir, baritone and organ
3 mins
Text by the composer
First performed by the St Michael’s Singers; Jonathan Rennert, conductor in St Michael’s, Cornhill on 2 December 1995
for SA and piano
5 mins
Two movements
Text from chapter 21, book 3 of The Imitation of Christ by St Thomas à Kempis
Commissioned by Highcliffe Junior Choir. First performed by Highcliffe Junior Choir; Mary Denniss, conductor, on 30 October 2001 at Lyndhurst Parish Church
3 mins
for SATB and organ
Text by Robert Southwell
Commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians
First performed by the choir of St Michael’s Cornhill; Jonathan Rennert, conductor; Gregory Drott, organ at St Michael’s Cornhill on 14 December 2010
See Recordings
for SATB unaccompanied
2 mins
Text by St Richard of Chichester
Commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral for the Installation of Stephen Waine as Dean
First performed by the choir of Chichester Cathedral; Charles Harrison, conductor, on 14 February 2015
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 choral evensong from Chichester Cathedral on 25 November, 2015
Published by Banks Music
For SATB and organ
9 mins
Commissioned for Southern Cathedrals Festival 2019
First performed by the choirs of Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals; Charles Harrison, conductor; Tim Ravalde, organ on 21 July 2019 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong
SATB and organ
4 mins
A setting of the description of the Transfiguration in Matthew, Ch. 17
First performed by the Choir of St Giles Cripplegate, London; Anne Marsden Thomas, conductor, on 23 February 2020
Reharmonisation and descant for choir and organ
1 min
Broadcast during a Christmas Mass live on BBC Radio 4 from St George’s Cathedral, Southwark on 24 December 2019
for congregation, SATB and organ
6 mins
A setting of the Lord have mercy; Glory to God; Holy, Holy; Lamb of God using the Roman Catholic English translation from 2011
Commemorates the canonisation of John Henry Newman in 2019
First performed by the Cathedral Consort; Jonathan Schranz, conductor; St George’s Cathedral, London, 3 October 2021
In regular use at St George’s Cathedral, London
For SATB and organ
3 mins
Text by John Bradburne
Commissioned by The John Bradburne Memorial Society to mark the centenary of the birth of John Bradburne
First performed by the Bury Choral Society; conductor, Juan Ortuno; organ, Elin Rees; Holy Name Church, Manchester on 25 September 2021
Other performances around Christmas 2021 by Bury Choral Society; choir of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge; choir of St Giles Cripplegate, London; choir of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark
For SATB, sop. solo and organ
4 mins
Text by Pope John Paul II from a homily he gave in St George's Cathedral, Southwark on 28 May 1982:
The wisdom of Christ and the power of Christ are to be seen in the weakness of those who share his suffering.
Commissioned by St George's Cathedral Southwark to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral.
First performed by the choirs of St George's Cathedral; conductor, Jonathan Schranz; organ, Frederick Stocken; as part of Solemn Mass in the presence of the Apostolic Nuncio on 4 July 2023.
Scale Shapes, Grades 1-5 using the Stocken Method
Chester Music
3rd revised edition, 2021
"Occasionally something simple is invented which makes it difficult to imagine a world without - for example a paper clip or the 'post-it' sticker. In its own way, Scale Shapes may prove to be such an invention." Margaret Hubicki reviewing Scale Shapes in Journal of the Music Masters' and Mistresses' Association.
Full title: Simon Sechter’s fundamental-bass theory and its influence on the music of Anton Bruckner
Edwin Mellen Press
Based on Frederick’s PhD thesis Anton Bruckner and Simon Sechter’s Fundamental Bass Theory, The University of Manchester, 2007
Co-author, Anne Marsden Thomas
Oxford University Press
Graded exercises for figured bass, score-reading, harmonizing, transposing and improvising in 8 levels, corresponding to the ABRSM grades
“Every teacher and student of keyboard harmony will find helpful material and fresh perspectives in these thoughtful volumes, and the compilers’ holistic approach to the development of these skills is invaluable.” Stephen Farr, Choir & Organ
Co-author, Anne Marsden Thomas
Oxford University Press
2023 – sixth impression
“Teachers and performers at every level of attainment should acquire this book without hesitation; it will prove an invaluable and thought-provoking resource. Highly recommended.” Stephen Farr, Choir & Organ
Articles
Musical post-modernism without nostalgia
The Musical Times (September, 1989), 536-537
The Autobiography of Joseph Lanz
The Schubertian, 49 (Oct. 2005), 13-28 (co-author, Rita Steblin).
Studying with Sechter: Newly Recovered Reminiscences about Schubert by his Forgotten Friend, the Composer Joseph Lanz
Music & Letters, 88 (May 2007), 226-65 (co-author, Rita Steblin).
The Strings of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by John Lubbock
FCC 0001
Haflidi’s Pictures, a programme of contemporary works for piano; Mark Tanner, piano
PRCD 1018
Here is Joy! Christmas music from the City of London: The choir of St Michael’s Cornhill; Jonathan Rennert, conductor; Gregory Drott, organ
PRCD 1091
As organist with the choir of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark; Norman Harper, conductor
PRCD 1189
As organist with the choir of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark; Norman Harper, conductor
REGCD 533
As pianist playing Goladon Suite for piano duet with James Kirby
CHAN 10322
for string orchestra
8 mins
First performed by EOS; Charles Hazlewood, conductor at the Royal Academy of Art, Summer 1993
Commissioned by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
See videos
for violin and orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.2. - timps - strings
25 mins
First performed by Adam Summerhayes, violin, with Surrey Sinfonietta; Jonathan Butcher, conductor, on 20 October 1996 at St John’s Smith Square
for orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3 - timps, cymbal - strings
25 mins
Four movements
Commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as Symphony for the Millennium. Inspired by four paintings of Frederick Leighton
First performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor, on 21 February 2000 in the Royal Albert Hall, London
The first performance recorded for broadcast on Classic FM
Arrangements of Symphony no. 1 for organ solo and piano duet – see separate entries
for orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3 - 1 perc. player (triangle, side drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, gong) – timps – harp – piano and celeste – strings
40 mins
Commissioned by the Stadttheater, Giessen, Germany for its ballet company; Roberto Galván, choreographer
First performed by the orchestra of the Stadttheater, Giessen on 11 April 1998; Herbert Gietzen, conductor
for orchestra
2.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1- timps - strings
30 mins
Four movements.
The third movement is a re-orchestrated version of Lament for Bosnia
First performed by the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra; James Blair, conductor on 10 May 2005 at St John’s Smith Square, London
for piano duet
25 mins
First performed by Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips at Leighton House, London on 21 October 2000
See works for orchestra
for flute and piano
2 mins
Published in Flute Time Pieces 1 (OUP, 2004)
for piano duet
30 mins
First performed by Nancy Litten and Frederick at a private concert in St John’s Wood on 29 January 2004
See works for orchestra
for handbell choir
Commissioned by the Handbell Choir of Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
First performed by Rikkyo University Handbell Choir in May 2019. Frederick gave a public workshop with the musicians on 26 May 2019 at Rikkyo University.
for organ
25 mins
First performed by Frederick at St Michael’s, Cornhill on 16 October 2000
See works for orchestra
for piano
Commissioned by Mark Tanner
3 mins
See recordings
for organ
10 mins
Three movements: St Gabriel, St Raphael, St Michael
First performed by Frederick at St Mary’s Woodford at the opening of the Woodford Festival on 8 October 2011
Published by Banks Music
See videos
for organ
9 mins
Three movements: Faith; Love; Hope
First performed by Frederick at St Lawrence Jewry, London on 11 February 2014
Published by Banks Music
See videos
for organ
8 mins
Arrangement of Lament for Bosnia
First performed by Frederick on 13 September 2016 at St George's, Hanover Square, London
for organ
3 mins
First performed by Frederick at St George’s, Hanover Square, London, 13 September 2016
for organ
3 mins
Commissioned by Rebecca Hirst and Patrick Hartley for the Orgelbüchlein Project
First performed by William Whitehead at the Central Baptist Church, London as part of the Bloomsbury Organ Day, 28 January 2017
Performance by Jeremiah Stephenson in Videos
for organ
2 mins
First performed by Frederick as the final voluntary live from St George’s Cathedral, Southwark on BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship on 22 January 2017
for organ
9 mins
Mysterium Fidei translates as ‘The Mystery of Faith’, and the music depicts a spiritual pilgrimage from doubt towards faith through six sections called: Restless spirit; Intimations; Searching; Prayer; Awakening; Faith
Dedicated to Frederick’s mother and father – Susi Bechhöfer (1936-2018) and Alan Stocken (1934-2017).
It was first performed by Frederick at Rikkyo University, Tokyo on 25 May 2019 with subsequent performances at Chichester Cathedral in 2019 and at St John’s Smith Square, London in 2020.
for organ
5 mins
‘Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.’ (Matthew, Ch. 25)
Part of a multi-movement work, in progress
First performed by the composer at Methodist Central Hall, London on 24 April 2022
for soprano and organ
3 mins
Text by Mary Baker Eddy
Commissioned by the Third Church of Christ the Scientist, London
First performed by Denise Ketley, soprano, and Brian Parsons, organ, on 28 July 1996
for choir, baritone and organ
3 mins
Text by the composer
First performed by the St Michael’s Singers; Jonathan Rennert, conductor in St Michael’s, Cornhill on 2 December 1995
for SA and piano
5 mins
Two movements
Text from chapter 21, book 3 of The Imitation of Christ by St Thomas à Kempis
Commissioned by Highcliffe Junior Choir. First performed by Highcliffe Junior Choir; Mary Denniss, conductor, on 30 October 2001 at Lyndhurst Parish Church
3 mins
for SATB and organ
Text by Robert Southwell
Commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians
First performed by the choir of St Michael’s Cornhill; Jonathan Rennert, conductor; Gregory Drott, organ at St Michael’s Cornhill on 14 December 2010
See Recordings
for SATB unaccompanied
2 mins
Text by St Richard of Chichester
Commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral for the Installation of Stephen Waine as Dean
First performed by the choir of Chichester Cathedral; Charles Harrison, conductor, on 14 February 2015
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 choral evensong from Chichester Cathedral on 25 November, 2015
Published by Banks Music
For SATB and organ
9 mins
Commissioned for Southern Cathedrals Festival 2019
First performed by the choirs of Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals; Charles Harrison, conductor; Tim Ravalde, organ on 21 July 2019 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong
SATB and organ
4 mins
A setting of the description of the Transfiguration in Matthew, Ch. 17
First performed by the Choir of St Giles Cripplegate, London; Anne Marsden Thomas, conductor, on 23 February 2020
Reharmonisation and descant for choir and organ
1 min
Broadcast during a Christmas Mass live on BBC Radio 4 from St George’s Cathedral, Southwark on 24 December 2019
for congregation, SATB and organ
6 mins
A setting of the Lord have mercy; Glory to God; Holy, Holy; Lamb of God using the Roman Catholic English translation from 2011
Commemorates the canonisation of John Henry Newman in 2019
First performed by the Cathedral Consort; Jonathan Schranz, conductor; St George’s Cathedral, London, 3 October 2021
In regular use at St George’s Cathedral, London
For SATB and organ
3 mins
Text by John Bradburne
Commissioned by The John Bradburne Memorial Society to mark the centenary of the birth of John Bradburne
First performed by the Bury Choral Society; conductor, Juan Ortuno; organ, Elin Rees; Holy Name Church, Manchester on 25 September 2021
Other performances around Christmas 2021 by Bury Choral Society; choir of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge; choir of St Giles Cripplegate, London; choir of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark
For SATB, sop. solo and organ
4 mins
Text by Pope John Paul II from a homily he gave in St George's Cathedral, Southwark on 28 May 1982:
The wisdom of Christ and the power of Christ are to be seen in the weakness of those who share his suffering.
Commissioned by St George's Cathedral Southwark to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral.
First performed by the choirs of St George's Cathedral; conductor, Jonathan Schranz; organ, Frederick Stocken; as part of Solemn Mass in the presence of the Apostolic Nuncio on 4 July 2023.
Scale Shapes, Grades 1-5 using the Stocken Method
Chester Music
3rd revised edition, 2021
"Occasionally something simple is invented which makes it difficult to imagine a world without - for example a paper clip or the 'post-it' sticker. In its own way, Scale Shapes may prove to be such an invention." Margaret Hubicki reviewing Scale Shapes in Journal of the Music Masters' and Mistresses' Association.
Full title: Simon Sechter’s fundamental-bass theory and its influence on the music of Anton Bruckner
Edwin Mellen Press
Based on Frederick’s PhD thesis Anton Bruckner and Simon Sechter’s Fundamental Bass Theory, The University of Manchester, 2007
Co-author, Anne Marsden Thomas
Oxford University Press
Graded exercises for figured bass, score-reading, harmonizing, transposing and improvising in 8 levels, corresponding to the ABRSM grades
“Every teacher and student of keyboard harmony will find helpful material and fresh perspectives in these thoughtful volumes, and the compilers’ holistic approach to the development of these skills is invaluable.” Stephen Farr, Choir & Organ
Co-author, Anne Marsden Thomas
Oxford University Press
2023 – sixth impression
“Teachers and performers at every level of attainment should acquire this book without hesitation; it will prove an invaluable and thought-provoking resource. Highly recommended.” Stephen Farr, Choir & Organ
Musical post-modernism without nostalgia
The Musical Times, September, 1989, 536-537
The Autobiography of Joseph Lanz
The Schubertian, 49 (Oct. 2005), 13-28 (co-author, Rita Steblin).
Studying with Sechter: Newly Recovered Reminiscences about Schubert by his Forgotten Friend, the Composer Joseph Lanz
Music & Letters, 88 (May 2007), 226-65 (co-author, Rita Steblin).
The Strings of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by John Lubbock
FCC 0001
Haflidi’s Pictures, a programme of contemporary works for piano; Mark Tanner, piano
PRCD 1018
Here is Joy! Christmas music from the City of London: The choir of St Michael’s Cornhill; Jonathan Rennert, conductor; Gregory Drott, organ
PRCD 1091
As organist with the choir of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark; Norman Harper, conductor
PRCD 1189
As organist with the choir of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark; Norman Harper, conductor
REGCD 533
As pianist playing Goladon Suite for piano duet with James Kirby
CHAN 10322
for SATB, sop. and tenor soloists, and orchestra
1.1.1.1 – 1.1 – timp.- strings
22 mins
Setting of the Kyrie Eleison, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Commissioned by Peter Sefton Williams for the London Oratory
First performed by the choir and orchestra of the London Oratory; Andrew Carwood, conductor on 8 December 1997