Peter Lawson

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Glockenspiel), Harp Strings...

Nessie is the story of the conflicting aspirations of naturalists and property-developers, with the Loch Ness monster, Nessie, caught between the opposing factions. The scene is the banks of Loch Ness...

Here is Beethoven's most famous piano piece, the first movement of his Moonlight Sonata, in an arrangement for choir with a soloist. The piece can be accompanied by piano or by an orchestra. For full...

The Song of the Fen Orchid, was written for James Kirby in 1985-6 and revised in 1990 and again in 2012-3. It was the ninth to be written in a projected cycle of musical portraits of the 48 wild orchi...

Here is Beethoven's most famous piano piece, the first movement of his Moonlight Sonata, in an arrangement for choir with a soloist. The piece can be accompanied by piano or by an orchestra. For full...

The Song of the Twayblade Orchid, completed in 1983 and dedicated to David Presly, who took part in its first performance in London, was the seventh to be written in a cycle of instrumental and orches...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb or A, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (2 players:Tubular bells, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Tam-tam,...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Cymbals) Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Organ...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Glockenspiel), Harp Strings...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion ([6 players] Triangle, Tambourine, Side Drum, Cymbals, Glockenspi...

A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes. They are: A Bed of Hay; Shepherds' Carol; Domine, Adoro Te; Christ is here, Holy Yea...

Glenn Miller ist einer der bekanntesten Bandleader der 1930er und 40er Jahre. Dieses Medley lässt mit 'In the Mood', Moonlight Serenade', 'Pennsylvania 6-5000' und dem 'St.Louis Blues' den berühmten G...

Orchestration 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Glockenspiel), Harp Strings (...

Colonel Bogey is a march written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881-1945), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth. He wrote under th...

In Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 the Land of Hope and Glory section first appears in the key of G (rather low for voices) and triumphantly returns near the end in D (rather too high for som...

The Song of the Broad Helleborine, written in 1987 for Nicolas Kynaston and first performed by him in the Royal Festival Hall, London, was the fourteenth to be written in a projected series of musical...

This a capella anthem, Virtue, was written in 1978, just after completing the song-cycle Care-Charmer Sleep, (Goodmusic GM265). The melody and harmonies of the closing bars of the first of four songs...

Wizard! is a 45 minute cantata originally written in 1980 for year-six juniors in a school in the East End of London, at which I taught for many happy years. The words were written by Katherine Hayes,...

The Song of the Fragrant Orchid was completed in 1986. It is dedicated to Frances Ann Brookes and Damaris Wollen who took part in its first performance in London, which was accompanied by myself. It w...