Of his Eight Intermezzi, composer Rory Freckleton writes: ‘The inspiration for these pieces stems from the late piano intermezzi of Brahms. Some of the textures deliberately correspond. For example, the arpeggiated flow of No.2 mimics a comparable feel in Brahms’s Op.117 No.2. The repeated upper notes of No.3, with the melody in the middle of the chords, nod towards a similar, if faster, manner in Op.119 No.3 [likewise the earlier same-key middle section of Chopin’s first Nocturne from Op.48]. Pianistically and emotionally, No.8 is intentionally larger scaled.’

Sonata No.2: Three Days in 1988 (1989, rev. 2011) is an autobiographical triptych, a decade on from his First Sonata. The composer writes: ‘The dates heading each movement indicate key moments in a personal crisis during 1988.’

Of the Suite (1986), Freckleton writes: ‘This is a collection of miniatures with differing inspirations but designed to be played as a continuous set.’