Peter Lawson

This is the first carol in a sequence entitled A BED OF HAY, a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Year...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Year...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Year...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Year...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Year...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes.They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Year...

A merry original song for the Christmas season for choir and orchestra or orchestra alone or choir and piano, with words by Anthony Pritchard set to music by Peter Lawson. This song is available in fo...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Percussion (2 players: Swanee whistle, Snare Drum, Claves,...

A carol for Christmas adapted from the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor Op.13 (Pathetique) with words by Peter Lawson arranged by Peter Lawson for choir with orchestra or piano Orch...

A carol for Christmas adapted from Schubert's Impromptu No.3, Op.90 with words by Peter Lawson arranged by Peter Lawson for choir with orchestra or piano. Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets...

A lovely new light orchestral piece for your Christmas concert! Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Tim...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db. Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Percussion (2 players: Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Cymbal...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes. They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Yea...

Star of Bethlehem is a set of three carols for Christmas and is a tribute to the memory of the late Kath Hayes with whom I collaborated on a number of projects, notably the recent "A Bed of Hay - Seve...

Mary's Prayer for choir and orchestra or piano is an unusual and beautifully simple, direct carol, recalling the Angel Gabriel's message to the Virgin Mary that she was chosen to bear God's son, who w...

"Christ is born, this brightest of days!" A Carol for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano. Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Tro...

The Entertainer was one of the most original of many piano rags written by the American composer-pianist Scott Joplin (1868-1917). It was published in 1902, and is subtitled "A Rag Time Two Step", whi...

This is another addendum to the musical portraits of the 48 wild orchids of Britain and Ireland. This fiftieth portrait is for a newcomer, probably due to climate change. The Greater Tongue Orchid Ser...

Written in 2002-4, The Grand Design Quartet is dedicated to Paul and Charlotte Houlton by way of thanks for a holiday in France. The title takes its name from their Graphic Design company in Croydon....

Orchestration: Solo Treble Recorder, Harp, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass). The Lesser Twayblade is a type of orchid, a miniature plant, found in Britain almost exculsively in Scotlan...

The Song of the Dune Helleborine, for treble recorder and piano, was written for John Turner in 2005 and first performed by him in the Bridgewater Hall in 2006. It is the twenty-seventh in a projected...

The Song of the Red Helleborine was written in 1981 for James Shenton and Elizabeth Dunn, who gave it its first performance. It was the first in an extended cycle of portraits of the forty-eight wild...

The Song of the Green-Winged Orchid was written in 1986 for Simon Desorgher who gave the first performance in Putney Parish Church later that year. It was the eleventh to be written in a projected ser...

Song of the Pyramid Orchid was written in 1990 for Bryn Lewis, who was then the principal harpist of the Philharmonia Orchestra, now the principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra and a Profes...