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- ↑ "Commissions". Louth Contemporary Music Society website. Louth Contemporary Music Society. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ "Hail Queen of Heaven & other choral works". Hyperion Records web catalogue. Hyperion Records. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "Northern Lights". Meridian Records web catalogue. Meridian Records. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
