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HER KESTREL, BESLEPT (2024)

Tuba and Piano

Duration ca. 8’30”

Composed for Ramon Branch Biescas and Alan Branch

NINE WAYS TO SAY, “HALLO” (2024)

duos for Descant & Treble Recorders and Harp*

1. GOOD MORNING!   2. THIS SHOULD BE FUN   3. TIME FOR A REST, PERHAPS…   4. I’M NOT AS IMPORTANT AS YOU THINK

5. WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED   6. THE BIG “HALLO”   7. AFTER A LONG DAY   8. PLAYFULLY

9. SAY ONLY, “HALLO!” (A LOVE SONG, I SUPPOSE)

Duration ca. 17′

9. Commissioned by The Douglas Steele Foundation for A recital to celebrate the life and work of composer Anthony Gilbert and was first performed by John Turner and Flora White at St. Elizabeth’s Church, Ashley on 13 April 2024

*For some of the pieces, the recorder parts may be played by flute/piccolo or oboe. A piano transcription of the harp part is also available.

THREE DREAMS (2024)

FIRST DREAM   SECOND DREAM   THIRD DREAM

Recorder (Treble =Descant) & Harp

Duration ca. 14’

Composed as THE THREE DREAMS OR MR TURNER in 2002 – substantially revised

CANZONI D’AMORE (2020)   

Clarinet in A or Viola & Piano; and revised for Cello & Piano; and revised for Bassoon & Piano or Euphonium & Piano or Trombone & Piano

Duration ca. 8’30”

DANCING WITH A SHADOW OF MYSELVES – VARIATIONS ON AN IDEA OF A MAN WITH AT LEAST A BLUE HEAD (2020)

Soprano, Clarinet in Bb and Piano, including a setting of stanza XXXIII from The Man with the Blue Guitar by Wallace Stevens

Duration ca. 8’30”

Private recording made by Yvonne Patrick, soprano, Steve Dummer, clarinet & Christopher Langworthy, piano, West Sussex, November 2020.

THE HIDDEN MASKS OF ROGER COWEN (PARADE WITH REFRAINS) (Revised 2022)

Flute (=Piccolo) and Oboe (=Cor Anglais) 

Duration ca. 12′

JORDAN’S MARCH (2020)

Organ

Duration ca. 6′

SOME OF MISS VIDLER’S FORETHOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS WITH SEVERAL SMALL ENIGMAS …A COLLECTION OF MINIATURES FOR SOLO PIANO (2020)

Piano

Duration ca. 7′-12’30”

FRIPPERIES AND FRAZZLES (2019)

Oboe and Piano*

Duration ca. 12’45”

First -prize winner of the 4th International Music Competition Contest, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos

First performed by Vicente Llimerá, oboe, and Stefanos Spanopoulos, piano, at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, Valencia, on 30 October 2019

*Also available in a version for oboe and small orchestra (2020).

HAROLD AND ARTHUR’S UNPREDICATBLE PIANIST (2019)

Piano 

Duration ca. 13’45”

TWO GRATEFUL DIVERSIONS (2019)

SERENADE FOR SARAH   AUBADE FOR THE BOYS

Horn in F & Piano

Duration ca. 5’

First performed by Zachary Hayward, horn.

VESPER – A MINIATURE (2019)

Clarinet in Bb & Piano

Duration ca. 2’30”

FOR DADDY (2017)

Solo Piano (=Triangle. 2 Ice Bells. 2 Cowbells & Tam-tam)

Duration ca. 20′

QUINTETS FOR SAXOPHONES AND STRINGS (2017)

SCHERZO   CAVATINA   DANZA DIABOLICA

Soprano Saxophone (=ASax) & String Quartet; and revised for Clarinet in Bb and String Quartet

Duration ca. 11’30”

First performed by Harry Dichmont, saxophones, Seung-Youn Han & Cecily Moorsom, violins, Sophie Williams, viola & Kinna Whitehead, cello, Lancing College, West Sussex, May 2018.

THREE CAROLS (2017)

CAROL 1   CAROL 2   CAROL 3

Oboe & Piano

Duration ca. 5’

TWO PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (2017)

PRELUDING, WITH AN ILLUSION OF PEACE   AND ON AND ON…

Violin & Piano

Duration ca. 28’

Composed for and first performed by Ani Batikian, violin, and Roland Roberts, piano, Rye Arts Festival 2018, St Thomas’ Church, Winchelsea, September 2018.

BALLET, WITH JUMPING (2016)

Bb Clarinet, Cello and Piano

Duration ca. 12’45”

First performed by Steve Dummer, clarinet, Val Wellbanks, cello, and Juliet Edwards, piano, at the Friends Meeting House, Brighton in July 2016.

ECHOES FROM A BALLET (2016)

Clarinet in A (=BCl in Bb) and Piano

Duration ca. 13’30”

TOUT EST DANS LE RYTHME, MON POTE (2016)

Flute, Clarinet in A, Horn in F and Piano

Duration ca. 9’

Composed for and first performed by Lucy Hopson, flute, Harry Dichmont, clarinet, Zachary Hayward, horn & Bethany Sullivan, piano, St Mary’s Church, Storrington, April 2017.

DANCIN’ 3 (…AS JENNY WOULD HAVE DANCED) (2015)

Oboe & Xylophone

Duration ca. 9’30”

DANCIN’ 3a (…AS JENNY WOULD HAVE DANCED AGAIN) (2015)

Oboe & Percussion (1: Temple Blocks & Concert-toms)

Duration ca. 9’30”

DANCIN’ 4 5 (A DIVERSION FOR FLUTES) (2015)

Flute Quintet (I=BFl II.IV=Picc III.V=AFl) – performers are required to dance, badly

Duration ca. 5’30”

Composed for and first performed by Sussex Flutes, St Luke’s Church, March 2016.

JENNY’S COR (2015)

PRELUDE, SKIPPING TUNE AND SONG

Cor Anglais and Piano 

Duration ca. 8′

PARTY PIECES – FIVE MINIATURES (2014)

I …ME   II …THE ONE WITH THE TROUSERS   III …THE ONE WITH THE SHIRT   IV …ME AGAIN?   V …DAVID

Bb Clarinet and Piano 

Duration ca. 6’30”

First performed by Joseph Shiner, clarinet, and Frederick Brown, piano, on 12 November 2015 at St John’s Smith Square, London.

SEVERAL ENDINGS (2014)

Piano Quartet

Duration ca. 9’30”

SUMMER SONGS, AND OTHERS (2013)

Clarinet in Bb, Violin, Viola and Cello

Duration ca. 11’

TWO PIECES FOR JOHN (2013)

REFLECTION . . .   . . . BUT THE SHOW GOES ON!

Bassoon & Piano

Duration: ca. 8’

Privately performed by Anna Forster, bassoon & Adrian West, piano, Lancing College, 2014.

FIVE OR SIX CORRIDORS (THIRTEEN MINIATURES FOR PIANO TRIO) (2012)

Violin, Cello and Piano

Duration ca. 20’

First performed by Daniel Bhattacharya, violin, Peter Adams, cello & Jeremy Young, piano, Brighton Unitarian Church, Brighton, July 2014.

 . . . WITH VIEWS OF A HIGHER PLACE (2012)

VERY SLOWLY   FAIRLY QUICK, BUT STEADY

Oboe and String Sextet (2.2.1.1)*

Duration ca. 12’30”

Composed for and first performed by Alun Darbyshire, oboe, and The Alfriston Ensemble, conducted by the composer, at The Corin Long Memorial Concert, The Alfriston Festival, St. Andrew’s Church, Alfriston on 5 August 2012. 

*also available for Oboe & String Orchestra

DANCIN’ 2 4 (MR KELLER’S BEACONS) (2011)

2 Clarinets in Bb & 2 Percussion (1: Glock & Vib; 2: TBl & RTom)

Duration ca. 6’

Composed for and first performed by Daisy Forden-Keech & Henry Kimber, clarinets; Sherlene Lau & Richard Clarke, percussion, St John’s, Smith Square, London, March 2012.

A FEW LESSER FOLKSONGS (2010)

CAM YE O’ER FRAE FRANCE   AR LAN Y MÔR   THE SKYE KEEL ROW BOAT SONG

3 Oboes, Cor Anglais and 2 Bassoons

Duration ca. 7′

Composed for and first performed by Jenny Caws and the Lancing College Double-reed Ensemble, Lancing College, West Sussex, March 2010

DANCIN’ 1 (DANCIN’ FOR JOE…!) (2009)

Clarinet in Bb

Duration ca. 7’30”

Composed for and first performed by Joseph Shiner, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, November 2013.

PASTORAL (2009)

Flute. Guitar & Cello

Duration ca. 9’

LITTLE PIECES FOR PIANO (2008)

LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 1   LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 2   LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 3

LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 4   LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 5

Piano

Duration ca. 7’30”

FIVE PIECES FOR THE SOLO PIANO (2007, revised 2011)

1 (THE DREAM, METHINKS)   2 (THE FROLIC)   3 (THE HYMN)   4 (THE ARIA, OR PERHAPS JUST A SONG)

5 (THE DANCE, MOSTLY)

Solo Piano

3 (The Hymn) first performed by Jeremy Young, Lancing College, West Sussex, March 2012. Duration ca. 42’

TWO PIECES FOR VIOLINS AND HORN (2006)

…ANOTHER’S GOLDEN HORIZON   …OR PERHAPS MY END

2 Violins & Horn in F

Duration ca. 24’

PORRIDGE SARABANDE (2004)

Piano.

Duration ca. 1′

Performed by the composer on too many occasions to remember…

THE GROTESQUE GARDEN (2003)

CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 1 (INTO THE GARDEN)   I – RANCOROUS RHUBARB   CIRCUMAMBULATION    No. 2 (THERE’S SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON HERE)   II – CONSIRATORIAL CONVOLVULUS   CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 3 (IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR A SIT DOWN)   III – SOPORIPHIC SUNFLOWERS   CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 4 (BEGINNING TO FEEL THE BREEZE)   IV – EURHTYHMIC EUCALYPTUS

4 Violins & 4 Double Basses.

Duration ca. 12’

J. & B.’s SUNDAY BOOK (2002)

SUNDAY MORNING   MATRON   MRS K-H   UNDER THE BED . . .   POLYDOR LAWN   THE HEAD MASTER (…AND HIS WIFE)!   THE BOYS

Piano, 4 hands

Duration ca. 11’

Y TAIR TELYN (THE THREE HARPS) (1992, Revised 2024)

Y DELYN FELEN (THE YELLOW HARP)   Y DELYN WYLLT (THE WILD HARP)   Y DELYN DYFADWY (THE GROWING HARP)

Harp

Highly commended: Gregynog Composers Competition of Wales. Duration ca.11’30”

TWO IMPROVISATIONS FOR DOUBLE BASS AND PIANO (1984)

SGLEIN   DISGLAIR

Double Bass & Piano (in versions for solo and orchestral tuning)

Duration ca. 18’

SYNNAU (1983)

ALLEGRO CON BRIO   ANDANTINO   PRESTO

2 Harps

First performed by Elinor Bennett & Meinir Heulyn, Gŵyl Gerdd Menai, 1983.