Viola Concerto – Opus 101 (2009)

Chamber Orchestra, Concertos, Programme Notes, Soloist & String Orchestra, String Orchestra, Strings, Strings Concerto

Recitative Aria Intermezzo Tarantella Paul Patterson has had a long relationship with the world of the string instrument. Works like the Sinfonia for Strings, Tides of Mananan and the often performed Violin and Cello concertos are central to his instrumental output....

Phoenix Concerto – Opus 102 (2009)

Chamber Orchestra, Concertos, Soloist & String Orchestra, String Orchestra, Wind, Wind & Brass, Wind Concerto

I. Allegro vivace; II. Tranquillo; III. Allegro molto The “Phoenix Concerto” is the latest in a string of concertos which has occupied Patterson in the last decade; it was commissioned by David Bowerman for Emily Pailthorpe, who premiered it with the...

Propositions – Opus 61 (1987)

Chamber Orchestra, Concertos, Programme Notes, Soloist & String Orchestra, String Orchestra

Paul Patterson’s fortieth birthday was celebrated in 1987 with two full-length London concerts – an unusual accolade at such an early stage in a composer’s career, but one which reflects the esteem in which he is held by, already, a whole generation of his students at...

Tu Rex Gloria – Opus 65b (1988)

Chamber Orchestra, Soloist & String Orchestra, Song/Solo Voice, String Orchestra

From the Te Deum Details Written 1988 String Orchestra + Solo Instrument Soprano and Strings Length 6 Commission: Docklands Sinfonia Publisher: Josef Weinberger First Performance Blackheath Concert Halls, London, 6th June 1992 Amanda Roocroft, soprano / Docklands...

Violin Concerto – Opus 72 (1992)

Chamber Orchestra, Concertos, Programme Notes, Soloist & String Orchestra, String Orchestra, Strings, Strings Concerto

Commissioned by the Goldberg Ensemble and Malcolm Layfield, and first performed at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music in 1992. Patterson’s Violin Concerto has become one of the most widely-travelled of all his works, with performances as far a field...

Sinfonia for Strings – Opus 46 (1982)

Chamber Music, Chamber Orchestra, Programme Notes, String Ensemble, String Orchestra

Paul Patterson has a strong connection with Polish musicians; he frequently visits Poland and has had numerous performances of his music there. The Polish Chamber Orchestra in particular have played a number of his works and after the success of their performance of...