John McCabe

Epithalamium was commissioned by John Sell as a birthday present for his wife Jane, and is dedicated to her and to Malcolm Binns. It was written during summer 2006 and derived from the two great chord...

Fantasy On A Theme Of Liszt was written in 1967 for a Cheltenham Festival concert. The theme which lies behind the work is the opening tune of Liszt's Faust Symphony, though this is never heard in its...

The gap between starting to learn an instrument and playing 'real' music is a very great deterrent to many players. Consequently, Afternoons And Afterwards tries to tackle this problem for thePiano, w...

Arranged for solo piano, suitable for advanced pianists. First performed 1994 at the Harrogate International Festival. Duration 20 minutes.

Commissioned by the Scottish International Piano Competition for 2001, this piece exploits several kinds of pianistic sensibility, and pays tribute to Liszt and Dukas, who are both much admired by McC...

Berceuse was commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society for their Diamond Jubilee Season, 2011/12 - the first performance was given by John McCabe on 18th February 2012 at the Adrian Boult H...

John McCabe 'Scrunch' arranged for Solo Piano. Duration 6 minutes.

Commissioned by the British Music Society as a Test Piece for its Piano Awards Competition held at Trinity College of Music, London on 31st October 2004. The piece was inspired by the peal at Tunstal...

Commissioned by the BBC for Ashley Wass, one of Radio 3's New Generation Artists, and first performed at a Proms Chamber Music Concert on 31st August 2009. 'The series of concert pieces (ranging from...

Le Poisson Magique is a work by John McCabe for Organ. A full performance of the piece lasts around 6 minutes.

These Carol-Preludes were written in 2008, but the idea was in the composer's mind for many years before this. Essentially, they revive the old style of the Chorale- Prelude, but using carol tunes ins...

Composed in 1961

The Johannis Partita by John McCabe, for Organ.

1965 work by John McCabe, commissioned by Bryan Hesford.