children & young people

Performance details omitted because many of these arrangements have been played multiple times in educational settings, not only for concerts, but for examinations and auditions as well.

 

TALES OF TIMBERSCOMBE (2007)

           RICHARD AND SARAH AND HENRY AND OLIVER BIGGS!

           JUST ONE MORE FLAPJACK…?

           THE LAST WORD…?

           WHAT’S THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN, RICHARD DEAR…?

           THE CATAPULT AND GREENHOUSE BLUES

           HAVE YOU GOT AN ONION, A CUP OF SUGAR OR SOME CHEESE?

           WHERE DID I PARK THE BOAT?

           PASS THE WINE

           DAYS OF WINE AND NUROFEN

Grade 5 Horn in F & Grade 2 Piano

Duration ca. 10’30”

 

SONGS THE KIDS’LL LIKE TO SING (2007)

          THE HEALTHY- EATING SONG

          THE EXERCISE SONG

          THE SCHOOL SONG

          THE MUSIC LESSON SONG

          THE DREAMING SONG

          THE PET SONG

          THE HOUSEWORK SONG

Children’s Voices & Piano (words & music)

Duration ca. 23’

 

FRUITICIA’S BAZAAR (2006)

ANGELA’S MANGO          MANDEEREE’S BANANA          GUSTAV’S KUM-QUAT

Violin. Double Bass & Piano

Duration ca. 6’30”

TAFFY’S BUCKET & OTHER STORIES (2005)

Violin. Double Bass & Piano

Duration ca. 3’

 

AFTER WRIGLEY (2004)

String Quartet

Duration ca. 3’30”

IAN AND RICHARD’S BASS BOOK – 15 graded pieces (2004)

Double Bass & Piano, ed. Richard Lewis         

          HOMESTEAD-SINGING (Grade IV)

          THE RELUCTANT SHOVEL (GRADE IV-V)

          A NOT-S0-SCARY LION (Grade V) – B&H: Grade by Grade for Double Bass Grade 5, 2019

          FIRST DATE (Grade V)

          I’M AN ANCIENT, LUMPY PILLOWCASE (Grade V)

          THINGS THAT CRAWL IN BINS (Grade V – unaccompanied double bass)

          A THREE-LEGGED DONKEY (Grade V-VI – unaccompanied double bass)

          A SOLDIER’S WALTZ (Grade VI)

          BUCKETS OF GUNGE (Grade VI)

          EVENING PARADE (Grade VI)

          WOODLAND WALK (Grade VII)

          CACTUS! (Grade VIII)

          MOUNTAIN DANCE (Grade VIII)

          WALK IN THE RAIN (Grade VIII)  F1 (Diploma)

Double Bass & Piano

Duration ca. 29’

BRANWEN DAUGHTER OF LLYR (2002)

A music-theatre piece for the communities of Bontdolgoch, Talerddig and Llanbrynmair, with Elaine Currie

 

THE CLOUDS THAT ARE SO LIGHT (2002)

A setting of the poem by Edward Thomas for Solo Treble or Soprano. French Horn. Violin & Cello and revised for Solo Treble or Soprano. Clarinet in A. Violin & Cello

Duration ca. 3’30”