Instrumental Music - introduction
I have a wide variety of chamber music that will be posted for a time and then replaced. Some is for string quartet, some for piano and a range of traditonal instruments, and one for piano, flute and glockenspiel.
The piece that I am proudest of is an oboe sonata which takes about 15 minutes to perform. It was recorded - in my garden shed where all my equipment is housed - by John Anderson, Principal Oboe of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra. Most things I do are done electronically, using general midi and minor refinements and that is usually good enough, by default. To have a first rate professional play, albeit it with an electronic accompaniment, is, for me as an amateur, an experience of a totally different kind.
Fantasia for Flute, Glockenspiel and Piano
A piece for an unusual combination which neverthe less woks well.
It is written in three main sections, the second one being heralded by four part chords on the glock and the final section being a return to the patterns of the first section.
Invention
A short piece for piano
Oboe Sonata Adagio Semplice, Finale Con Brio
This is the second half of the Oboe Sonata. It comprises the slow movement which goes without break into the finale. As with the first half, it is played by John Anderson.
The pattern of movements is:
Introduction
Scherzo
Adagio Semplice
Introduction-Con Brio
Buffering takes quite a while
Cello Sonata - first movement
The first of three movements
Cello Sonata - slow movement
Cello Sonata - last movement
This movement, the third concludes the Cello Sonata.
Oboe Sonata: Introduction and Rondo
This page contains the first two movements of my Oboe Sonata - Introduction and Rondo. The introduction lays out the main ideas which are developed in the later movements. The Rondo speaks for itself. The third movement is a slow one and the final movement is the Big One, so to speak. These are both on Oboe Sonata page: Andante Semplice and Finale. The structure of the piece is inspired by the Aaron Copland Organ Concerto.
As I've said elsewhere, this Sonata is played by John Anderson, Prinipal Oboe of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Oboe of the English Chamber Orchestra and recorded in my garden shed, would you believe!
Spring Flute
A short piece for flute and piano - evocative of Spring, perhaps.
Dance - for oboe and harpsichord
A short (one minute one second) dance for oboe and harpsichord (primarily but piano will do !)
Sketch for String Quartet
A short sketch for string quartet
Waltz 1
One of three Waltzes for Flute and Piano.
These are all easy on the ear and try to enter into the spirit of the early 19 century.
