Catalogue of Compositions
Phillip’s music is strongly influenced by his native Lake District and by history. His main musical influences are found in continuing and reconciling a pastoral British tradition.
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Fifth Service [Carlisle Cathedral] (2025)
My fifth setting of the Evening Service is the most concentrated to date, not only in terms of the reduced performing means, but also the material and themes used within. The mood of the work is one of sustained gentleness, but with moments of passion and introspection as befits these well-known texts.