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In 1998, inspired by close acquaintance with two antique gilded harps, I decided to compose a work in a style that would remind them of their younger days! To think myself into a thoroughly Regency fr...

Song of the Pyramid Orchid was written in 1990 for Bryn Lewis, who was then the principal harpist of the Philharmonia Orchestra, now the principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra and a Profes...

Four Jazz Age Dances for harp. 'Decospherics' is the name of a circle of ebullient Art Deco enthusiasts revolving around the fabulous Art Deco Weekends in Napier, New Zealand. Every year devotees of t...

A sometimes quirky collection of jazzy little numbers and reminiscences of the vintage rock-n-roll era from the composer of the well-known 'Saturday Night Jazz Suite' for pedal harp. Paul Lewis was in...

Bologna is known as la Dotta, la Grassa, la Rossa - the Learned, the Fat, the Red. These three musical postcards are evocations of these three facets and are dedicated to harpist Gabriella Dall'Olio,...

An inevitable consequence of a long career as a professional composer is a bottom drawer (and in my case several boxes) full of works begun and never finished and others finished but forgotten. Siftin...

Four short improvisations on the popular Welsh air, framed by an even briefer Introduction and Coda. INTRODUCTION: In Celtic mythology the ash is associated with fairies. The Introduction, entirely in...

Valse Lente was inspired by a film scenario by actor Tom Burke and was first published as a theremin solo with piano accompaniment [Goodmusic GM356]. This solo harp version was made for harpist Alexan...

Cantilena is the love theme from the first and last movements of my Concerto Romantico for harp and strings. It is presented here as a solo piece for harpists who may wish to play it without the assis...

October 2022 did not go to plan. The month had been eagerly anticipated but the Fates had ideas of their own. My wife and I had long been looking forward to hosting the brilliant French harpist Maia D...

With a different title and in another arrangement, Fantasy for Horn premiered in Plymouth Guildhall in March, 2002 played by the South West Sinfonietta under Derek Kitt. It had been commissioned by Pl...

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...

It was in Tauranga, New Zealand, that I bought my friend Ian Scott's CD of British clarinet concertos, listened to it, and spontaneously began this work. 1. PERAMBULATION This movement reflects the co...

A suite of 5 movements for Bb clarinet (optionally doubling bass clarinet in the 4th movement) and guitar. Duration 14 minutes

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...

Reduction for oboe and piano.Oboist Michael Stowe, prize-winner, first class graduate (Guildhall 2019), entered the music profession when the 2020 covid pandemic shut down all avenues of employment -...

This haunting melody came out of the ether one day as if tailor-made for the theremin with its other-worldly quality, and is therefore dedicated to the eminent theremin virtuoso Charlie Draper. Valse...