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A View Piano miniature
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- A View (2’ 15”) This began as an idea in a piano lesson. I drew two lines on paper, and asked each of my piano pupils what it meant to them and to make up some music for it. One pupil suggested it looked like a hill, and improvised a few notes that suggested walking up a hill. After…
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After Poppy Day
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- After Poppy Day – narrated (4’) This music was conceived after seeing a poppy that had been worn by someone, now lying, squashed, on the forecourt of our church, the day after Remembrance Sunday. It struck me, that this was like the image of a fallen soldier. I came home and wrote a poem on the subject, which inspired a…
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An Irish Blessing for Piano
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- An Irish Blessing (piano) 5 This was originally written as a song, using the familiar text of the "Irish Blessing," for my friend's daughter, when she was born. It is very lyrical, with a slightly Celtic flavour. I have left the words on the piano part, as they are an important part of the music, even though now a…
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Autumn
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- Autumn (2’) This was written for a pupil to play in a concert that my pupils were giving where much of the music was about "the seasons". We did not have many pieces for autumn, so I wrote this... it is about the wistful quality of autumn, as we leave summer behind. Two thirds of the way through, there…
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Autumnal Equinox
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- Autumnal Equinox (4’ 20’’) Another of the pieces that is in the collection of thirty five pieces "Through the Seasons" written by my pupils and myself. We each wrote either some poetry or prose; another members of the group then chose one to inspire a composition. This piece was based on a lovely description of the autumnal equinox…
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Ballade (solo)
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- Ballade (solo piano) (2’ 51’’) During one summer, one of my pupils said that she had been asked to play a duet at her next school concert. We decided on another of my pupils for a duet partner: one was grade five, the other had one been playing a short while, but had excellent co-ordination and was around grade…
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Ballade Duet
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- Ballade (piano duet – 1 piano, 4 hands) 2’ 51’’ One summer, one of my pupils said that she had been asked to play a duet at her next school concert. We decided on another of my pupils for a duet partner: one was grade five, the other had only been playing a short while, but had excellent co-ordination,…
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Birthday Ode
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- Birthday Ode This was written as a gift for a pupil’s eighteenth birthday. I had known and taught him since he was a little boy of five, so it was lovely to be able to give such a gift. The piece uses a harmonically disguised version of the traditional “Happy Birthday”. Prices: Score £2.50 mp3 50p Listen…
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Birthday Ode for A Lad who Never Returned
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- Birthday Ode For a Lad Who Never Returned This is a reflective piece about a young life lost at war. A birthday ode – for a lad who never made it home for his birthday. I was thinking of the two World Wars when I wrote this; it was not long after Remembrance Day, but it could be just…
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Cantabile (solo piano)
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- Cantabile This lyrical little piano piece was written as a birthday gift for a friend. You can see my performance of it from my music room on Youtube here. https://youtu.be/fnGpMBCBZyA Prices: Score £2.50 mp3 50p Listen here:
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Cantilena (solo piano)
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- Cantilena (5’ 30”) The story behind this piece... ...we needed a birthday gift for a friend's 50th birthday. The only problem was that due to circumstances, we had not been able to get to the shops, or indeed put much thought to a gift that we wanted to be special. We had four days. I then decided to make…
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Children’s Suite
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- Children's Suite (5’) This is a suite of four movements, written for children to either play, or listen to. (It also suitable for concert use, and has been played in a number of piano recitals). Each movement depicts one of the four English seasons, and there is text written on the music to encourage imaginative playing: "travelling through villages"…
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