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Sonata for Two Pianos now available from sounz

25/9/2023

 
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Sonata for Two Pianos

Early experimental work in 4 mvts. 1st mvt begins with piano lids closed and percussive effects created by striking below the keyboard with the flat of the hand and making a ‘foot noise’ on the sustain pedal when depressing. 3rd mvt alleatoric with ‘shout’ into piano plus pizz., gliss., sustain pedal and chopstick effects on open strings. Avant-garde work with ‘clapping’ at the end.

Spirits of Our Age V - new work for orchestra

19/9/2023

 
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Spirits of Our Age V
'Nihilism, Narcissism & Atavism'
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​for full orchestra duration 6:00 mins

scored for- pic, fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in Bb, 2 bsns, 4 hns, 2 tpts in C, 2 ten trbs, bass trb, tba, timps,  3 percussion: (BD, clash cym, tam), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass

Harlequinade - new work for string quartet

6/9/2023

 
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Based on the - Harlequin & the Secret of Life,
which was a secondary school musical play written for, and performed by, John Wilmott Secondary School, Sutton Coldfield to an original story by Andre Decio.

A Sabbath Day - song-cycle now available from sounz

3/9/2023

 
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A Sabbath Day 
- song-cycle for mezzo soprano & classical guitar. 
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​Poems by John Drinkwater
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  1. Morning
  2. Full Day
  3. Dusk​
  4. Evensong
  5. Night

​A Sabbath Day, in five watches, paints the scene of a time gone by when chivalrous knights roamed the land and Lancelot and Guinevere still lived and laughed.

John Drinkwater's poems are based upon a walk that he took one day with friends in the Malvern Hills. Each poem has the initials of these friends.

Dedicated to my wife - poet Ingrid Prosser

String Quartet No.7 - new work 2023

20/8/2023

 
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String Quartet No.7
in three movements
duration 26:00

Two new compositions - String Quartet No.6 and Wind Trio No.1

10/8/2023

 
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​String Quartet No.6 new work 2023
'Daisian Chains' - in three movements
duration 18:00


Wind Trio No.1 new work 2023
Sonata da Camera in three movements
for Flute, Oboe & Bassoon
1. Minuet
2. Sarabande
3. Paspy 

duration 9:40

New work for solo Bass Viola da Gamba

31/7/2023

 
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​'A Silver Swan is Barking at the Moon' - duration 11:30
​in three movements
1. Allemande
2. Pavan
3. Saltatio

Violin Study No.1

14/6/2023

 
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New work for solo violin
​duration 3:20

Two new DVDs available from sounz

8/6/2023

 
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CD now available from sounz

8/6/2023

 
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Evelyne Beech soprano, Colin Decio piano
Buy now
Track listing:
  1. Cotswold Songs: Old Crow
  2. Cotswold Songs: Day
  3. Cotswold Songs: May Garden
  4. Cotswold Songs: The Lechers
  5. Cotswold Songs: Plough & Cotswold Love
  6. Cotswold Songs: Venus in Arden
  7. Flowers
  8. The Jews of Old Prague (Piano Solo)
  9. Character Songs: Wearing a Happy Hat
  10. Character Songs: The Spinning Wheel
  11. Character Songs: Unlucky One Eyed Jack
  12. Character Songs: I Wandered Along by the Waterside
  13. The Headless Bird
  14. The Black Sun
  15. Waltz (Piano Solo)
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