John Woolrich

'The Little Piano Book' will both challenge and delight players of modest ability. The five little pieces in the book are typical of Woolrich's delicate style and offer a wonderful opportunity for pup...

"… moodily evocative … featuring solo viola and stunning effects from the rest of the strings." The Citizen, 19 July 1993

This is echt, original Woolrich. Eleven tiny movements, each a perfectly realised cameo, each revealed, stated, and gone, perfectly expressing the beautiful lines of Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, by w...

Parts are also available to hire from Faber Music, please contact [email protected] . Instrumentation: 2222 - 2000 - strings

Instrumentation: fl(=picc).ob.Ebcl(=bcl).bsn(=cbsn) - hn.tpt.trbn.tuba

Spring in Winter by John Woolrich for SATB was commissioned for the expansive acoustic of King's College, Cambridge. Taking an extract from Christopher Smart's Hymn 32: The Nativity of Our Lord and Sa...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

The Oboe Concerto was commissioned by the BBC for the 1996 BBC Proms. The first performance was given by Nicholas Daniel and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert in the Royal Albert...

Capriccio for solo violin and string ensemble, was commisioned by the Scottish Ensemble with support fro the RVW Trust. It was first performed by Jonathan Morton and the Scottish Ensemble on the 10th...

I wrote this group of epigrams in 1993 for young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department. There are six short movements, all lines and chorales, and each with an explanatory title:...

I wrote this group of epigrams in 1993 for young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department. There are six short movements, all lines and chorales, and each with an explanatory title:...

Instrumentation: fl(=afl+picc).ob(=ca).cl(=bcl).bsn(=cbsn).hn

Instrumentation: fl(=afl+picc).ob(=ca).cl(=bcl).bsn(=cbsn).hn

The title is a quote from John Milton. A limbeck is a glass, chemical apparatus (an alembic) used for distillation. So my piece, a short set of variations, is about the transformation of some original...

Cantilena, composed by John Woolrich for cello with piano accompaniment. Taken from the Unbeaten Tracks series edited by Steven Isserlis, 8 intermediate contemporary pieces for cello and piano.

A Sad Song, composed by John Woolrich for flute with piano accompaniment. Taken from the Unbeaten Tracks series edited by Philippa Davies, 8 intermediate contemporary pieces for flute and piano.

Prelude And Canzonetta, composed by John Woolrich for trumpet with piano accompaniment. Taken from the Unbeaten Tracks series edited by John Miller, 7 intermediate contemporary pieces for trumpet and...

Midnight Song, composed by John Woolrich for violin with piano accompaniment. Taken from the Unbeaten Tracks series edited by Edward Huws Jones, 8 intermediate contemporary pieces for violin and piano...