 "The Pied Piper" was subsequently revived in a new revision with German translation ("Was Bleibt") in productions in Salzburg and Nuremberg in 2018

King composed a range of instrumental works for a diversity of ensembles, some traditional, others much more unorthodox.His "Robert Schumann in Three Pieces" were recorded by the "Avenue A" ensemble and described, by one critic, as "rich and sumptuous, with some spine-tingling moments"; King has composed two string quartets ("Quartet 2001" and "Four Places in Yorkshire") both premiered by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet; his orchestral work Totentango was first performed in 2010 by the London Symphony Orchestra and a 'Hitchcockian tone poem’ called "Velocity", for ensemble, chorus and big band, was premiered by the Aurora Orchestra in 2011.