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See also strings/ trumpet/ horn/ brass quintet for organ accompaniment.
1. ANGELS: Aenigmata Divina [John Donne]
with optional voice(s) in 1st Movement | Duration 9’ 50”
A Celebration of the ministrations of angels.
This piece is the first part of a ‘JOHN DONNE TRYPTICH’:
Part 2 – ‘At the round earth’s imagined corners’ for Solo Trumpet
Part 3 – ‘One short sleep past, we wake eternally…’ for Trumpet, Flugel and Organ
2. Serious Piece?
Duration 10’ 00”
Is this really a serious piece?
Music Clip: Whole Piece
3. UFFCULME: A Village Suite
Duration 26’ 00”
Musical pictures of the attractions of a quaint Devonian village in 8 Movements.
For performance purposes a selection from the 8 may be made.
4. Kaladan Reflected
Duration 9’ 20”
A veteran of WW2 remembers the beauty of Burma.
5. BIS! A Suite of Encores
2 organists on one organ + wood block | Duration 10’ 10”
4 Movements which may be played individually or as a suite!
6. Wedding March
A wedding march is a wedding march.
1. Signor Glissando
A tribute to Domenico Scarlatti who ‘invented’ the keyboard glissando [though this of course is disputed by some musicologists].
Music Clip: Whole Piece
1. PERCY – a cameo of the idiosyncrasies of the celebrated composer and pianist Percy Grainger
with obbligato spoken part which may be performed (preferably) by the pianist, or actor | Duration 9’ 00”
Music Clip: Whole Piece
2. Chiaroscuro
Duration 7’ 10”
I once described this piece as Schoenberg at the Wailing Wall.
3. Des dès de Di – a suite of miniatures
Duration 14’ 00”
The Suite may be played as a whole or as separate ‘alternative’ encores.
