Chamber Music, Programme Notes, Wind & Brass, Wind Ensemble
This piece is about the development of melodic motifs taken from the Blackbird folksong. At the start we hear two phrases of the Blackbird melody, the first eight notes, answered by the last sixteen. Like the definition of arboretum, the arboriculture is the...
Chamber Music, Children's Music, Ensemble, Keyboard, Narrated, Narrator & Chamber Ensemble, Programme Notes, Wind & Brass, Wind Ensemble
Also available in the following versions: Symphony Orchestra. Opus 73 Chamber Orchestra. Opus 73b Symphonic Wind Band. Opus 73c Narrator (1-3) and Solo Piano. Opus 73d Narrator and 11 Instruments. Opus 73e PLEASE SEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VERSION FOR SOUND SAMPLES and...
Brass Ensemble, Chamber Music, Programme Notes, Wind & Brass
Brussels Fanfare was used for the launch of the London-Brussels Eurostar service, on 16th November 1994. See Royal Eurostar for full programme notes Details Written 1994 Brass Ensemble 3Tpt-2Hn-3Tbn-Tba-2Perc Length 2′ Commission: Commissioned to welcome the...
Brass Ensemble, Chamber Music, Programme Notes, Wind & Brass
Eurostar Fanfare was conceived the opening to The Royal Eurostar, which in the original plans would have been played on the arrival of a train bringing the Queen from France; it became a separate piece after it was decided that the Queen would travel to, not from,...
Brass Ensemble, Chamber Music, Wind & Brass
The Paris Fanfare was written to be first performed at the arrival of the very first ticket paying Eurostar-service to arrive from Paris, and was performed at Waterloo station to welcome the incoming passengers on this historic journey on 16th November 1994. That is...
Chamber Music, Programme Notes, Wind & Brass, Wind & Piano Duo
I. Allegro vivace II. Tranquillo III. Allegro molto The Phoenix Sonata is a condensed version for oboe and piano of Patterson’s Phoenix Concerto, which was commissioned by David Bowerman for Emily Pailthorpe. The world premiere was given by Emily Pailthorpe at...
