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Magic Orchestra, The – Opus 94a (2011)

Narrated, Suitable for Youth Orchestras, Symphony Orchestra + Narrator

Text: Chris JarvisReworking of Orchestra on Parade (op 94) to include narratorScoring: Symphony Orchestra and Narrator2+Picc.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/Timp/3Perc/Hp/StringsDuration: 5 mins First performance:27th February 2011Chris Jarvis (narr), London Philharmonic...

Three Shire Songs for Orchestra – Opus 118 (2014)

Children's Music, Programme Notes, Suitable for Youth Orchestras, Symphony Orchestra

I. Intrada; II. Pastoral; III. Dance Variations The “Three Shire Songs for Orchestra” is essentially a sequence of three short fantasias based on legendary folk songs from Derbyshire. The composer uses the folk song melodies as a starting point to create a new musical...

White Shadows on the Dark Horizon – Opus 67 (1988)

Suitable for Youth Orchestras, Symphony Orchestra

Details Written 1988 Scoring: Suitable for Youth Orchestras Symphony Orchestra. picc.1.2.1.bcl.1.cbn/Timp/5Perc/Strings Duration 18′ Commission: Kent Youth Orchestra Dedication: ‘To Gerald and Elizabeth Kingsley’ Publisher: Josef Weinberger About...

Sonors – Opus 17 (1972)

Children's Music, Programme Notes, Suitable for Youth Orchestras, Symphony Orchestra

Sonors presents to young players avant-garde techniques common in the music of our time, but without the problem of difficulty which is familiar in most modern music. To many people it will seem strange as the orchestra is used in many new and unusual ways. ITs title...

You’ll Never Be Alone – Opus 18a (1973)

Children's Music, Classroom Music, Suitable for Youth Orchestras

Graphic Score Details Written 1973 Classroom Music Optional Orchestration (classroom instruments) including Voices Length 4′ Commission: BBC Television ‘Music in Action’ Publisher: Josef Weinberger

Orchestra on Parade – Opus 94 (2004)

Programme Notes, Suitable for Youth Orchestras, Symphony Orchestra

Throughout a career spanning four decades, communication has always been the most important of Paul Patterson’s compositional preoccupations. Dedicated to his lifelong friend and fellow composer Edward Gregson on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Orchestra on Parade!...
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