Partitions John McCabe piano

This impressionistic three-minute piece was inspired by a visit to Jerusalem the composer made to research his orchestral work The Chagall Windows. Sustained chords are contrasted with an agile melody...

These Five Bagatelles For Piano by contemporary English composer John McCabe, are varied in their technical difficulty. They are suitable for the high intermediate to advanced student and would make p...

Two pieces from the score of the full-length ballet Edward II. The ballet iteslf was commissioned by the Stuttgart Ballet, and completed in 1995. The first performance took place in Stuttgart in April...

The first performance of Two Scenes from Edward II arranged for piano-duet took place on 19th March 2013 at Bishopsgate Hall, London, for the City Music Society, played by Joe Tong and Waka Hasegawa.

Upon entering a painting was written in 2008/09, and it was commissioned, with funding from the Britten-Pears Foundation and the RVW Trust, by Piano 4 Hands (Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa), to whom it...

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.