Arrangements

  • Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson

    Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

    Brazil - Ary Barosso

    Children’s Song no.6 - Chick Corea

    Children’s Song no.7 - Chick Corea

    Ellis Island - Meredith Monk

    Espana Cani - Pascual Marquina Narro

    From Russia With Love - Lionel Bart

    Fuga e Misterio - Astor Piazzolla

    Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morrocone

    Golliwog's Cakewalk - Claude Debussy

    Jealousy - Jacob Gade

    Jimbo's Lullaby - Claude Debussy

    La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid - Boccherini

    Moon River - Henry Mancini

    Moonlight Becomes You - Jimmy Van Heusen

    Mountain Greenery - Richard Rodgers

    Romantica - Renato Rascel and Dino Verde

    Silent Night - Franz Gruber

    Somebody Loves Me - George Gershwin

    Tea for Two - Vincent Youmans

    Tenderly - Walter Gross

    That's Amore - Harry Warren and Jack Brooks

    Theme from Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morrocone

  • A great many arrangements for the education and outreach programmes of NCO, Manchester Camerata and Lancashire Sinfonietta. Please get in touch to find out more.

  • String orchestra and solo cello

    Apres un reve - Gabriel Faure

    No. 2 of Trois Pieces Pour Cello - Nadia Boulanger

    String orchestra and solo voice

    I only have eyes for you - Harry Warren and Al Dubin

    Moon River - Henry Mancini

    Somebody Loves Me - George Gershwin

    Tea for Two - Vincent Youmans

    That's Amore - Harry Warren and Jack Brooks

    String orchestra and solo violin

    Violin Sonata in D major (HWV 371) - Handel

    Schindler's List - John Williams

    Piece en form de Habanera - Ravel

    Berceuse - Gabriel Faure 

    Sous le Ciel - Jean Brun and Hubert Giraud

  • Viola ensemble

    Nimrod - Edward Elgar

Compositions

Zelos

Young singers (KS2) and rhythm section

A musical for children commissioned by Essex County Council, 1987

The Painters

Young singers (KS2) and rhythm section

A musical for children commissioned by Essex County Council, 1989

Stanley's Stick

Trumpet, Bass Clarinet, Double Bass, Narrator

For pre-school / KS1 children. Workshop based on book by John Hegley, followed by interactive performance of story with music and pictures.

Commissioned by Northern Chamber Orchestra, 2014

Serenade

String Orchestra

Commissioned by Northern Chamber Orchestra, 2015

Meeting at Nisqueunia

1.0.1.1 - piano - strings

A companion piece to Appalachian Spring (11 player version), like which may benefit from boosted string numbers. Based on a selection of little known Shaker melodies.

Commissioned by Scottish Ensemble, 2016

Softly Plead My Songs

Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass

A companion piece to the Trout Quintet. Like part of the Trout, it is a series of variations based on one of Schubert's own Lied melodies but, unlike the Trout, the mystery melody only appears towards the end.

Commissioned by Northern Chamber Orchestra, 2018

Better Days Ahead

1.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - timps - strings

Commissioned by Northern Chamber Orchestra, 2021

Recordings