Double Bass Concerto – Opus 128 (2017)

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

The Double Bass Concerto was commissioned by Leon Bosch who gave the first performance at the Minehead Festival in July 2018 with the Festival Orchestra conducted by Richard Dickins. 1. Allegro deciso After a short, bustling, rhythmically complex and unison orchestral...

Fantasia for Harp and Orchestra – Opus 116 (2014)

Concertos, Harp, Harp Concerto, Soloist & Orchestra

Video: Please click here to see a performance of the Fantasia by Juliana Mystov at the Dutch Harp Competition 2014 Details Written 2014 Orchestra + Solo Instrument Solo Harp and Orchestra. 2.1.2.1/2Hn.1Tr/Timp/Strings Length 11′ Commission: Dutch International...

Phoenix Concerto (piano reduction) – Opus 102b (2009)

Concertos, Piano Reduction, Programme Notes, 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...

Viola Concerto (piano reduction) – Opus 101a (2009)

Concertos, Piano Reduction, Programme Notes, 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...

Violin Concerto (piano reduction) – Opus 72a (1992)

Concertos, Piano Reduction, 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...

Violin Concerto No.2 (‘Serenade’) – Opus 112 (2013)

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

I. Toccata II. Barcarolle III. Valse-Scherzo Patterson has written a number of concertos featuring stringed instruments, and this work is his second for solo violin. It was commissioned by the Kingston Philharmonia in memory of Sylvia Green and specially written for...