TOBY ANDERSON | Composer


List of Works


Solo/Duo
Paradiso 1: Angels on Mars [2026]
viola, recorders, electronics (1 performer)
Honey-Sweet [2024]
tenor recorder and guitar
Nanospasm [2024]
two viola da gambas
i am in training, don’t kiss me [2023]
guitar with FX pedals
An/throbVssy [2023]
renaissance recorders, electronics
Gaol Ise Gaol I [2021]
cello and piano
Dirty Game [2021]
solo piano
Chamber
falling free [2023]
flute, viola, cello, harp, poppers bottles
Incantation [2023]
string trio and kanklės
Schwulenträume [2023]
piano quartet
Pink Narcissus Blooming [2023]
3 voices (SSA), alto sax, harp, violin, cello, electronics
Ekstasis [2022]
flute, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet, percussion, cello, electronics
She’s a Model [...] in Munich [2020]
string quartet
Innocently Blue [2019]
flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello
Large Ensemble
LoveMaxxing [2026]
large ensemble, electronics
No Future [2024]
large ensemble, costumes, objects
i am the drowned woman [2021]
mixed ensemble
Orchestral
Year of Glad [2023]
large orchestra, smart phones
touchless: a disco [2022]
small orchestra
Kistune [2018]
large orchestra
Vocal/Opera
Fantasies and Fallacies [2025]
tenor, string quartet, electronics
The Canonisation of Derek Jarman [2024]
chamber opera
God, what have you given me? [2024]
soprano and piano
but Mary [2023]
SATB choir
SATYRS [2023]
chamber opera in two acts
Other
El Jable [2024]
short film soundtrack

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God, what have you given me?


song cycle for soprano and piano
2024

[30 minutes]

Premiered by Abigail Sinclair (soprano) and Mark Rogers (piano) in May 2024 in the Concert Room, Royal Academy of Music. Text by Jenny Scoones.

God, what have you given me? is a cycle of four songs for soprano and piano exploring themes of queer experience, isolation, and longing.

  1. Hunger
  2. Blühen 
  3. Weinen
  4. Himmelfahrt 

Score available on request.