Bach phrase" (The Independent, London). The premiere production of O'Regan's first opera, Heart of Darkness (2011), opened to largely positive reviews, both in print an online. Anna Picard described the opera as an "audacious, handsome debut" in The Independent on Sunday and Stephen Pritchard, in The Observer, explained that "the brilliance of [the] opera lies in its ability to convey all that horror without the compulsion to show it – the ultimate psychodrama – and to employ music of startling beauty to tell such a brutal tale". Pritchard also described the music as "a score of concise originality". For a full account of the critical response to the opera, see Heart of Darkness (opera). The 2017 release of A Celestial Map of the Sky, O'Regan's first orchestral album, was widely reviewed: "Luminous beauty ... glows with jewel-like warmth" (The Observer); "This is a good sampling that shows the range of O'Regan's work ... these would seem pieces that are soon to enter a great many orchestral and choral repertories. Highly recommended." (AllMusic); "A splendid and highly recommended programme of music." (Composition Today) O'Regan was included in The Washington Post's annual list of "composers, performers and artists hitting their stride with work that resonates with the right now" for 2022. Publications and works list Tarik O'Regan's earliest works were published by Oxford University Press and Sulasol; since 2004 his music has been exclusively published by Novello & Company, part of the Music Sales group of companies. Stage (2021) Mata Hari (ballet, reduced orchestra version) (2018) The Phoenix (opera) (2016) Mata Hari (ballet) (2013) The Wanton Sublime (monodrama) (2011) Heart of Darkness (opera) Orchestra (2022) Recalcitrance (excerpted from Trances) (2022) Trances (2012) Chaâbi (2012) Fragments from a Heart of Darkness (full orchestra version) (2012) Suite from Heart of Darkness for narrator and full orchestra (2011) Raï (orchestra version) (2010) Latent Manifest (2008) Maybe we have time (2004) Hudson Lullaby Orchestra with soloist (2022) Machine for saxophone and string orchestra (2014) Corsair for oud and orchestra (2000) The Pure Good of Theory for violin and orchestra Orchestra with chorus (2022) The Quickening (2021) No one can hear themselves staying (2015) A Letter of Rights (2014) A Celestial Map of the Sky (2012) After Rain (Petrichor) (2011) Solitude Trilogy (2011) The Ecstasies Above (orchestra version, arranged by Daniel Moreira) (2008) Care Charminge Sleepe (orchestra version) (2008) Martyr (2007) Stolen Voices (2005) And There Was