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Choral Works

3 songs for National Youth Choirs of Scotland’s 10th Anniversary Song Book (2006), later orchestrated and recorded on CD Misterstourworm & the Kelpie’s Gift – Circular Records, frequently performed by NYCoS and the RSNO Junior chorus; The Dream (2014) – John Buchan inspired commissioned by Broughton Choral Society; Magnus (2015) commissioned by Lorimer productions and premiered by Cappella Nova; I Count the Stars on Christmas Night (2019) - commissioned by the Scottish Vocal Ensemble for premier at Holyrood Palace. Lyrics for all the above songs by Les Barker. Commissioned by The Friends of Music at St Giles to contribute to their New Sacred Psalm Book. Savourna’s setting of Psalm 121 for choir and organ was premiered in 2021 and was also chosen for Queen Elizabeth’s memorial at St Giles Cathedral. The completion of “Song of Stars Cantata” an a Capella work for children based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”, generously subsidised by Creative Scotland and a private donation during 2025.

Orchestral Works

Orchestral commissions for Children’s Classic Concerts with performances in Scotland’s main concert halls by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Works include Misterstourworm & the Kelpie’s Gift, (2001 - project funded by Creative Scotland – CD Circular Records), Hansel & Gretel (2005) and The Snow Queen (2013) – narration for all the above by Stuart Paterson; narrator collaborators include actors Billy Boyd, Blythe Duff and Dame Siobhan Redmond.

Theatre

Royal Lyceum Edinburgh – composer and music director for following shows: J M Barrie’s Mary Rose (1988); Stuart Paterson’s Beauty & the Beast; Snow Queen; Hansel & Gretel; Cinderella (1988 – 1993). Dundee Repertory Theatre – Stuart Paterson’s Snow Queen (1994).

TV/Radio and Film

Granada TV – Language of Flowers (1987); BBC Radio Scotland Book Programme Theme Tune (1999); BBC Omnibus on Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Travels - BBC Scotland (1994); HBO Sex and the City (2001); HBO Ugly Betty (2008). Filming of Misterstourworm by Children’s Classic Concerts for Education Scotland 2025.

Chamber Works

String Quintet for harp and string quartet (subsidized by Creative Scotland 2000), acclaimed for its use in American HBO TV series, Sex and the City and Ugly Betty. It has also been performed at the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong by Eleanor Turner and in California by Ruth Bennett. Recorded by the composer on her CD Touch Me Like the Sun. Concerto for Pedal Harp, commissioned by Holywell Music with assistance from Creative Scotland – premiered in 3 performances in 2012 by Catrin Finch and the Scottish Ensemble. Legend in the Shadows, Savourna’s contribution to a commission entitled Tetra with contributions by 4 female composers for an ensemble of 4 pedal harpists known as 4 Girls, 4 Harps (2015). Mill Memories, a Live Music Now commission for flute and guitar to celebrate the mills of Paisley (2017). Due to be recorded on a new Live Music Now CD. The Deil’s Awa Wi’ The Exciseman & Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonny Doon (2022), a commission for flute and guitar by the JKL Duo from Glasgow who have recorded it on their new CD, The International Poet.

CD Recordings

Tickled Pink – Springthyme Records (1985) Tweed Journey – Eclectic Records (1989) Cutting the Chord – Eclectic Records (1993) Tusitala Teller of Tales – Eclectic Records/BBC Scotland (1994) Singing the Storm with June Tabor and Danny Thompson – Cooking Vinyl Records (1996) Calman the Dove with Davy Spillane – Cooking Vinyl Records (1998) Touch Me Like the Sun with Eddi Reader – Cooking Vinyl Records (2000) Celtic Harp – Cooking Vinyl (2000) Persian Knight, Celtic Dawn (2005) Misterstourworm & the Kelpie’s Gift – Circular Records (2007) Wine of Life – new release with Steve Kettley, saxophone – Cooking Vinyl – promotional tour and performance on Clive Anderson’s Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4 (2023)