Allegri String Quartet, the Bingham String Quartet, Gemini, Lontano, and Boccherini String Trio, the soprano Mary Wiegold and organist Kevin Bowyer. Her largest work was Under the Skin (1999), a large ensemble work commissioned by the BBC for the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including the words of Dylan Thomas' poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" and utilising the theme of the plainchant hymn Dies irae. It was recorded and broadcast a few days later on BBC Radio 3's Hear And Now. Style In her obituary for Owen Thomas, fellow composer Nicola LeFanu described the former's musical style as follows:The hallmark of her style is linear counterpoint; the music is carefully constructed to allow for self-similarity in its proportions, both in the large and in the detail. In speaking of her work, Thomas acknowledged the influence of the 17th-and 18th-century music which she played so much in her days as an organist. Her contrapuntal textures are transformed, though, by the "shimmer and glitter" which she loved. Death Owen Thomas died of cancer at the age of 41. At the time, she was working on a concertante work for organ, left unfinished. In the obituary published by The Times, it was said of her death that "contemporary British music has lost one of its most promising creative talents... her reputation will rest on a mere handful of fastidiously crafted works mainly for voice and chamber ensemble". Most of her published works were published in her lifetime by Giles Easterbrook's labels Prima Facie and Maecenas Music; the rights to these works were sold to Edition Peters in 2008. The exception is her work Rosaces, whose rights are held by Novello. Significant works Rosaces (1984) for solo organ. Watermark (1986) for winds and piano, commissioned by the Mill House Festival, Aynho. New and Better Days (1988) for SATB choir, trumpet and organ, commissioned for the opening of Tate Liverpool. Cantus (1992) for 11 solo strings, commissioned by Bang on a Can and subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Trio Del Cantus (1994) for string trio, commissioned by the Park Lane Group. Fiori musicali (1997) commissioned and recorded by the Bingham String Quartet. Under the Skin (1999) commissioned by the BBC for the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. References British composers Alumni of St Hugh's College, Oxford British organists 1961 births 2002 deaths People educated at Merchant Taylors' Girls' School