Heartless - 1st October 2009 12 songs written for a feature film with writer/director Philip Ridley. "Heartless" was premiered as the closing film in the 2009 London Frightfest, to a fanstastic reception. The lead actor Jim Sturgess performed 2 of the songs live in the cinema before the screening.The album and film will be coming out early 2010.
Making The Day Begin - 5th May 2009 World Premiere of a choral work for children's choir, commissioned as part of the Europa Cantat Festival 2009 in Utrecht.
Europa Cantat Festival 2009 - 5th May 2009 I was commissioned to compose 'Making The Day Begin' a choral work for the Europa Cantat Festival 2009, which takes place in Utrecht this July. This is a huge event where thousands of singers congregate from all over the world to perform and participate in workshops. Very excited at the possibility of 3,000 singers joining in with the final section on the 'Open Singing' day...
Distant Shores - 11th January 2005 Distant Shores (a 6-part series starring Peter Davison & Samantha Bond) is now showing at 9.00 on Wednesdays on ITV.
I had a great time working with a truly remarkable line-up of musicians:
Danny Thompson (bass)
Peter Knight (violin)
Maartin Allcock (guitar mandolin & cümbus)
Angus Lyon & John Kirkpatrick (accordion)
Troy Donockley (whistles)
Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian Pipes)
Requiem – Songs in Memory - 11th January 2005 I recently finished the recording of a choral piece Requiem – Songs in Memory. It was sung by the Taverner Choir and conducted by Andrew Parrott; the plan is to release and perform it this year – details to be announced later.
www.nickbicat.com goes live! - 18th August 2003 This new and comprehensive Nick Bicat website goes live today. There are still a few small gaps to plug, but we are confident that if you are looking for information on Nick Bicat's work, you will find this a very useful resource.
