Works

For any queries about these works, please fill out the form on the Contact page or email sambuttlercomposer@gmail.com. All timings given are approximates.

Orchestral

Hypatia (2018) – concerto for solo oboe, singers, and orchestra (2,CA,2,2,2,2,0,0,timp.,perc,harp,SSAA,str.) (15’30”)

Light Through Sand (2020-2021) – for orchestra (3,3,3,2,4,3,3,1,timp.,3perc.,harp,str.) (7’50”)

Stones have memory here… (2022) – for orchestra (2 (incl.picc),1,CA,2 (incl. bcl.)2,2,2,2,1,timp.,2perc,harp,str.) (9’45”)

Water Portraits (2019) – concerto for solo guitar and string orchestra (25′)

Chamber

a ceiling full of stars (2019) – for alto flute and fixed electronics (9’30”) (also available for treble recorder and electronics)

Ave atque vale (2021) – for string quintet (2 vln, vla, vlc, db) and recitation (8′)

Chariots, Death, Jewels, and the Moon (2022) – for chamber ensemble and electronics (flute, tenor recorder and synth./robo-recorder, horn in F, violin) (5’40”)

Colours in the Sky (2024-2025) – for oboe and piano (10′)

Constellations (2017) – for wind quintet (fl., ob., cl., horn in F/alto sax., bsn) (6′)

Extend the Dawn (2021) – for oboe and electronics (12′)

Flight from Ashes (2016) – for violin and piano (10′)

The Force that Binds Us (2017) – for clarinet in B-flat, viola, and piano (6′)

Lonely Navigator (2023) – for cello octet (4′)

Pterosaur Soar (2023) – for violin and piano (4′)

A Small, Intimate Gesture (2018) – for solo viola (5′)

Solaris (2018) – for flute and cello (7′)

This Morn of Snow (2017) – for clarinet in B-flat and viola (4’30”)

To the waters and the wild… (2022) – for mezzo-soprano and pierrot ensemble (13′). Available on:

Triptych (2018) – for flute and violin (10′)

Upon (2021) – seven miniatures for piano (8′)

Vortex (2018) – for guitar and cello (7’30”)

Vocal

After this manner (2020) – for SSATB voices (3’40”)

Caravaggio (2024) – an opera for three singers( mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone) and piano. Composed as part of the JAM on the Marsh Composers Residency. Libretto by Grahame Davies CVO. (16′)

Gray pilgrim, you have journeyed far (2018) – for unaccompanied upper voices (SSSAAA) (3′)

To Night, At Dawn (2017) – for SSAATTBB choir and piano (11’30”)

They shall be comforted (2023-2024) – song cycle for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir and soloists (28′). Recording available on request.

Three Mystic Anthems (2025) – three short anthems for SATB choir (6′ total)

Two Eagles and Empty Skies (2024) for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir (6′)

Who Has Seen (2025) – for SATB vocal quartet (4’30”)

Electronic

Bounce (2020) – a percussion and piano groove track. Please contact if you wish to use it. (2’18”)

Drive Museum (2018) – a groove driven track using synths, strings, and percussion. Please contact if you wish to use it. (1’30”)

Multiple Binary Stars (2020) – a synth driven track, with multiple rhythmic cells working against one another. Please contact if you with to use it.

Once There Were Giants (2020) – commissioned by National Museum Wales – Amgueddfa Cymru for the opening of Dippy the Diplodicus. This is a brass and synth track, with a majestic feel. Please contact if you wish to use it.  (Available in 3’30”, 3′, and 1’30” versions)

Reflective Pools (2017) – an ambient, synth and arpeggio driven track. Please contact if you wish to use it. (2′)

Something Is Out There (2017) – an atmospheric, synth driven, electronic track. Please contact if you wish to use it. (2’30”)