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score available from Wise Music program note i. luminous, radiant ii. serene, ethereal, timeless iii. drifting away This duo is written for my good friends Paul and Trish Dean. Northern lights provide one of Earth’s beautiful ‘unearthly’ spectacles. A trick of science and nature, charged particles from the sun are trapped in our planet’s magnetic … Read more
CD available Beat Me Barry Cockcroft (tenor saxophone), Matthew Boden (piano) Reed Music Drive James Nightingale (tenor saxophone), Kerry Yong (piano) JLN Productions score available from Reed Music program note Noyz in th’ ‘Hood is in a blues–rock style with a rap shuffle thrown in for good measure. It is a celebration of all the … Read more
Spotify score available from Wise Music program note These short pieces were written for various occasions – births, birthdays, deaths and marriages. They were conceived independently (as the occasions arose) and are collected here due to their common instrumentation. The pieces are either solos or duos for violin and piano as a consequence of my … Read more
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Spotify CD available 800 Million Heartbeats Ashley Brown, Sarah Watkins ABC Classics score available from Wise Music program note King Henry III of England established a fair at Scarborough in the 13th century. It was held in the town for over 500 years but is now mainly remembered in the famous folk song: Are you … Read more
YouTube – (from 16:29 to 22:26) score available from Wise Music program note This serenade for cello and piano is taken from a larger work, Dance Music for Concert Halls. There is a form of ‘dance music’ in the classical tradition whose purpose does not require any dancing. And I often wonder what it means, therefore, … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note The Moon is in synchronous rotation with the Earth, always showing the same face. The most visible celestial object in night sky, the Moon’s phases have been a guide, mystery and delight to humanity for millennia. This piece was commissioned by Cherry Hense and Will Ekselman to celebrate … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note Evening Flight is not directly programmatic, but does allude in general to certain events: the quiet wait in the transit lounge (wondering if your life is in order), the apprehension at take off, golden–lit images of symmetrical cities and freeways seen from high above, and the final gratification … Read more
Spotify CD available 800 Million Heartbeats Justine Cormack, Sarah Watkins ABC Classics score available from Wise Music program note i: Meteor ii: Snow iii: Parachute iv: Apple v: Anchor vi: Stockmarket vii: Night These seven miniatures are concerned with the theory of gravity and the resultant phenomenon of falling. This is reflected in the music … Read more
Spotify score available from Wise Music program note Going Home was originally sketched in 1994 and further developed in 1998 for Claire Little and Ken Murray, who gave the premiere performance at the Wintyre Recital Gallery in Warrandyte on 11 September, 1998. The premiere recording was made by David Griffiths and Ken Murray in 2022 (A Trillion Miles of Darkness, … Read more