Attactive easier suite.
An initial request to write a piece for the Asyla oboe quartet (Medieval Suite) started a 'lockdown' project to complete a set of 'wind family' pieces. A bassoon quartet quickly followed (Swing, Blues...
O What Peace We Often Forfeit' is a set of variations based on the famous hymn tune, 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus'. The piece starts with a lovely harmonisation of the old hymn. As the piece procee...
William Boyce's setting of Psalm 63 has been a source of consolation for me for many years. This is a set of variations with a twist. The theme is played in its original form in the middle of the piec...
The Boogie-Woogie style of piano playing has been mastered by many fine pianists, with some of its most well-known exponents include Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancey and Count Basie. To me, this is one of...
These studies, written in 1985, are intended to be moderately challenging, and hopefully enjoyable for the flautist to play. They incorporate elements of "modern" language such as whole tone and dimin...