Paul Carr

RAIN, started out as an unaccompanied choral piece to words by Euan Tait, but I sometimes like to arrange my own music for other instruments, as is the case with this simple, but passionate song; so I...

2am, After Rain, composed by Paul Carr and arranged for alto saxophone with piano accompaniment. Taken from FingerPrints, 14 easy contemporary pieces for alto saxophone and piano.

The Viola Air for solo viola and string orchestra, here with a piano reduction, is a heartfelt love song in the form of a long arching lament, built around a simple and passionate theme woven through...

Having watched the film Imagining Argentina which tells the plight of political refugees and the 'missing persons' of Argentina, I felt moved to write this soulful waltz. I imagine two people in love,...

Commissioned by, and dedicated to 'The Glens', Sonatina is in three movements and was written over the course of a few days in December, here on the island of Mallorca where I live. Trying to start a...

Birds Now And Then, composed by Paul Carr and arranged for clarinet with piano accompaniment. Taken from FingerPrints, 14 easy contemporary pieces for clarinet and piano.

The concerto (my second for clarinet) is in four linked movements which run through continuously. It opens with a sustained but passionate Paean, beginning gently and building to a climax, before sett...

Running with Dogs started life as the first movement to my Bassoon Sonatina and was later re-worked as the first movement to my string suite 'A Gentle Music'. It is a liltingly infectious piece that t...

I have long wanted to write an Oboe Concerto and have made several false starts - I don't know why, but somehow the work never seemed to take flight and those earlier attempts were abandoned. I've wri...

RUNNING WITH DOGS was originally composed in 2007 on the beautiful island of Mallorca, where I was living at the time. The piece formed the first movement of my Bassoon Sonatina, but was later re-work...

Orchestration Solo Viola Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Viola Air is a heartfelt love song in the form of a long arching lament, built around a simple and passionate theme woven...

Orchestration Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Cor anglais, 2 Clarinets in Bb, Bass clarinet, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani [4], Precussion [3] (Tubular bells, Triang...

A superb new setting by Paul Carr of 'Go, Lovely Rose' by Edmund Waller (1606-1687) for SATB choir and piano. Duration 5 minutes

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways........ A new setting of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem for SATB choir and piano by Paul Carr. Duration about 4 minutes

In 2019, I attended a concert given in Bath, in which the opening work was Handel's Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne. Having never heard this work before, I was totally transfixed by the simplicity...

Text by Emily Bronte: Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom...

A setting of Christina Rossetti's words for SATB with orchestra or piano accompaniment. This is an arrangement taken from the "Winter" section of Paul's Four New Seasons for choir. It differs from the...

The Light of Love - A Requiem Mass for mixed voice choir with soprano saxophone, violoncello, harp and organ.Commissioned by Ken & Stella Palmer to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary, this secon...

J.S.Bach's Double Violin Concerto has been 'reimagined' by Paul Carr (definitely reimagined rather than arranged!) for two saxophones and orchestra. Written for the brilliant young saxophonists Rob Bu...

Lovely setting for unaccompanied mixed voice choir (SATB). Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change...

A setting of the famous William Blake text. Paul Carr has set these words twice; this first setting is from 1985. A later setting, from 2015, is also available - see Goodmusic GM161. Duration 4 minute...

Orchestration Strings (Violin 1,2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) These three pieces (Cuckmere Haven, Cornish Air %26 The Hunt Gathering) were largely written in the quieter few days between Christmas and...