But the marriage ended in divorce and Harris became a single parent of three children, working as a music and piano teacher in various London and Kent schools.
[6] Steven Harris has also written a memoir about his time working as a piano tuner at the Harrods department store in the late 1970s.
His operas include: The Woman on the Hill (1980), based on a short story by Eleanor Inglefield (a relative of Delius); The Sunken City (1992), his largest opera, telling the story of the mythical submerged city of Ker-ys off the Breton coast; The Shining Ones (2000), set in London's East End of the 1930s; and Rescorla Variations (2001, premiered in 2006 by the Cornwall Chamber Orchestra),[8] about the Cornish national hero Rick Rescorla, who died saving lives at the Twin Towers on 9/11.
[1] The orchestral works include three substantial pieces: Dance of Life (1982), Celtic Triptych (1983, for chamber orchestra) and the 20 minute symphonic suite My Country (1987) also arranged for two pianos.
[11] There is also a modern recording of the early Suite for viola and piano by Sarah Jane Bradley and John Lenehan.