Howard Skempton Noten für Ensemble

La gora di mulino was commissioned for Chamber Music 2000. The Chamber Music 2000 works were designed to be technically easy, but still retain the composers own individuality and musical style. La gor...

Written as a surprise present for the Schubert Ensemble in celebration of their 30th anniversary, this playful piece for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano has light-hearted references to Stravinsk...

Originally scored for solo piano and full orchestra, Skempton's Piano Concerto has been arranged by the composer for quintet, broadening its reach to smaller ensembles. The work consists of five short...

Originally scored for solo piano and full orchestra, Skempton's Piano Concerto has been arranged by the composer for quintet, broadening its reach to smaller ensembles. The work consists of five short...

Gloss could be considered a companion piece to Random Girl (also for oboe and vibraphone), although it is rhythmically more formal and more restrained melodically.

Winter: My Secret is a setting for soprano, recorder, cello, and harpsichord of a poem by Christina Rossetti. It was commissioned by the Ida Carroll Trust for a concert to mark the 80th birthday of Ho...

Field Notes is a compact, one-movement piece of chamber music scored for oboe, violin, viola, and cello. The work is full of harmonic interest with chromatic and melodic passages shared equally betwee...

Sharing its scoring with Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, this work makes full use of the wealth of instrumental combinations available within the septet. The haunting yet quirky theme around which t...

This work for clarinet and string quartet is in three movements: a subdued prelude, an airy interlude, and a bluesy postlude.

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, but has here been rescored for chamber ensemble, broadening its reach to smaller ensembles.

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, but has here been rescored for chamber ensemble.This set of parts contains parts for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. T...

Garland demonstrates the composer's typically thoughtful approach to form and melodic material, the title of this work reflecting the circularity of both.

The opening movement of this five-movement work features the oboe, being a setting of a solo piece written by the composer in memory of Barbara Hepworth. The second is a lyrical canon for oboe, clarin...

Random Girl is a short, lyrical piece highlighting the melodic aspect of the vibraphone which engages in sinuous dialogue with the oboe.

The words are by Kamala Das who was born in Malabar in 1934 and is one of India's most distinguished poets. The setting evokes the suppleness and richness of Indian music.

A chromatic but bare setting of a poem by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, a descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its sparse texture reflects the eerie, haunting atmosphere created by the evocative imagery...

Extending his repertoire for the guitar, Skempton this time introduces it into the realm of a chamber ensemble in the form of five miniatures. The mix of mellow timbres creates a soothing but thoughtf...

Set to text by John Drinkwater, this work is deceptively simple, making use of repetition and carefully placed harmonies which shift subtly to match the text. A beautiful and unusual setting which wou...

Spirited in tone, this anthem sets a text based on Psalm 148 that praises God's glory. Opening with an uplifting unison melody, the vocal parts gradually open out into jubilant harmonies, which are su...

For chamber ensemble. A chromatic but bare setting of a poem by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, a descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its sparse texture reflects the eerie, haunting atmosphere created by...

For flute, clarinet in A, harp, and string quartet. Sharing its scoring with Ravel's Intrdocution and Allegro, Eternity's Sunrise makes full use of the wealth of instrumental combinations available wi...

For vibraphone and oboeRandom Girl is a short, lyrical piece highlighting the melodic aspect of the vibraphone which engages in sinuous dialogue with the oboe.

For soprano, violin, cello, and piano. The words are by Kamala Das who was born in Malabar in 1934 and is one of India's most distinguished poets. The setting evokes the suppleness and richness of Ind...