John McCabe

April Sonatina is a work composed by John McCabe for Solo Violoncello in 2011/2. The piece lasts around 3 minutes, and was dedicated to David Matthews on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

A collection of pieces by John McCabe aimed towards the intermediate Flautist around Grade 5. Each of the pieces is in some way a character study, or a portrait of some musical style. The Gymnopedie i...

For solo Flute. Composer's Programme Note 'March Sonatina is the third in a series of short sonatina-like pieces for solo instruments, and it was commissioned by the 25th Presteigne Festival of Music...

Floraison (literally, 'flowering' or 'blossoming') depicts the flower maiden and love goddess Blodeuwedd (which means 'bloom maiden'), who is also an owl goddess. She was made up of nine kinds of flow...

The Goddess Trilogy was inspired by the Welsh medieval legend of the goddess Cerridwen who was both destroyer and creator, a shape-changing being who appeared various as a white sow, a screaming black...

These three pieces for clarinet and piano were first performed at Cheltenham Festival, 1964, by Keith Puddy and Vivian Troon. Duration c. 8 minutes.

John McCabe's Pueblo for solo Double Bass. Duration: approx. 7 minutes. Pueblo is an off-shoot of a series of compositions inspired by desert country, and it wascommissioned by Leon Bosch with the a...

Designed to ease the transition between learning an instrument and playing 'real' music, these dances by John McCabe have been given a grading between grades 5 and 6 ABRSM standard, and cover a variet...

This was first performed by Martin Milner with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Maurice Handford in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, in March 1963, being broadcast some months later. The work and its...

Commissioned by Jo Boosey in memory of her husband Simon. First performed by Marcus Farnsworth (Baritone) and the Alberni String Quartet, on 17th March 2012 at St Mary's Church, Pembridge, Herefordshi...

Mezzo-soprano and Piano.

This work was written in 1971. The text is derived from the Latin Requiem Mass, treated as a kind of sacred poem rather than a liturgical text, and the order of sections is much altered. The work deri...

John McCabe's Psalm-Cantata (Orchestral Version). Full score for Soprano, Baritone, SATB choir and small Orchestra. This work was commissioned by the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jer...

John McCabe's Trumpet Concerto ('La Primavera') was first performed on 15 June 2012 at the Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, with soloist Simon Desbruslais and the Orchestra of the Swan conducted b Ken...