CATEGORY A: SOLO PIANO COMPOSITIONS

•POEMS FOR PIANOFORTE in three books.

Book 1: 

Melancholy Mantras:                                 ISMN: 949-0-9002-154-1-3

(Settings of three poems by Katherine Morris, written in Spanish.) 

               1: Como la Tarantula.

               2: Seguiras el sol o solo yo?

                           3: Todavia no se.

(Each poem is illustrated with an original drawing by Katherine Morris)

            

Book 2:

Secular Sequences:                                        ISMN: 979-0-9002154-2-0

( Transformations of medieval sequences by Wipo, Notker and Adam of St Victor.)

               1: Victimae Paschali laudes.

               2. Christus hunc diem.

               3. Jubilemus Salvatore.

Book 3:

Idle Interludes:                                               ISMN: 979-0-9002154-3-7

(Music composed to accompany three poems by Katherine Morris.)

         1.In a Token of Despair.

         2.On leaving Silver Spurs.

         3.Take Yourself on a Journey.

•ON A CLOUD OF UNKNOWING

           The Last Gift:                                                    ISMN: 979-0-9002154-6-8

(A soliloquy for pianoforte composed in memory of

my mother and father.)

•CARESSES                                                          ISMN: 979-0-708128-35-9

(A Lovesong in fifty measures for Claire and Alan.)

•FRAGMENTS FOR PIANOFORTE              ISMN: 979-0-708128-17-5

(Short piano Moments for in-between times, written variously between 1971 and 2016. Most, but not all, of the pieces run in pairs.)

1..  .  .  in the early dawn before  .  .  .

2..  .  .  at the moment after  .  .  .

3..  .  .  here one minute  .  .  .

4..  .  .  and gone the next  .  .  .

5..  .  .  gossamer threads in the air  .  .  .

6..  .  .  to catch a song  .  .  .

7..  .  .  the unasked question  .  .  .

8..  .  .  the unrequited answer  .  .  .

9..  .  .  nAmEnszeicHen  .  .  .

10..  .  .  rainbow island  .  .  .

11..  .  .  loving you  .  .  .

12..  .  .  until  .  .  .

13..  .  .  the prayer before  .  .  .

14..  .  .  perchance to dance  .  .  .

15..  .  .  ‘conductus’, conduct us – where?  .  .  .

•FANFARE FOR PIANO                                  ISMN: 979-0-708128-20-5

(A fun piece in two takes.)

•SIDNEY SUITE                                                 ISMN: 979-0-708128-04-5

(Six preludes written for Sidney Thompson.)

           

             1.Doctor Zed, I presume?

             2.Wind Band in the Arts Hall.

             3.Enigma.

             4.Rumpus in all the Practice Rooms.

             5.Quiet times on Rainy Days.

             6.Epigram. (Sidney Thompson in Wales.)