Original Compositions
Having specialised in composition at university, Laurence has often found time to write original pieces and arrange pre-existing material. He is currently (2026) working on an exciting new project, with more news coming soon!
A selection of examples can be found below:
The Cruel Sister
A one-act opera, premiered at the Tete-a-tete festival 2019. It follows the story of a murdered bride and a mysterious violin-maker. Libretto and concept by Christopher Faulkner.
Purchase sheet music here.
On Being an Android
A commission for a final recital at the Guidhall School of Music and Drama, sung by Samuel Lom, setting the poem 'On being an android', by Jane Weh.
i carry your heart
Written for the composer's wedding day and dedicated to his wife, this is a setting of e. e. cummings's poem for choir, organ and semichorus. (non-capitalisations are deliberate and part of the original text!)
The Hound of Heaven
A song cycle of 17 songs for high voice and piano, setting the late nineteenth-century poem of Francis Thompson.
Three Cautionary Verses
Settings of Hilaire Belloc's 'Cautionary Verses': Henry King, Sarah Byng, and Rebecca. For voice and piano accompaniment. Recordings not (yet) made...
The broom and the shovel, the poker and the tongs
A setting of Edward Lear's nonsense verse for voice, piano and trombone.
Arrangements
On the banks of the Newfoundland
Setting for voice and piano, performed below by soprano, Susanna MacRae.
Final Fantasy Revelations
A series of free re-imaginings of themes from the music of Final Fantasy VIII, scored for 8-part choir, and setting Latin texts from the book of the Apocalypse.