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The Blackbird is a beautiful arrangement of a Welsh folksong. It sets the folksong in an English translation by Margery Hargest Jones.

The Orgelbüchlein Project is a long running project to complete Bach's unfinished collection of organ music. McDowall has composed music for 'ghost' Chorale 119 (336) BWV 258 as her contribution to co...

Sacred and hallowed fire was commissioned by Harrison & Harrison as part of their 150 years celebration of organ building. It is one of a trilogy of works for organ by McDowall which draws from the po...

This four-movement suite for organ is based on the divisions of the church year, and references plainsong and other hymns relevant to the seasons. Drawing on a wide range of colours and textures, the...

This continuous cycle (c.16 minutes without narrator, c.24 with narrator) intersperses seven poems by R. S. Thomas with seven movements for solo cello. The music is evocative, moving, and thoughtfully...

A one movement work in three sections for clarinet, violin, and piano. The title refers to the use of both jazz and boogie slang and twentieth-century 'new music' slang throughout the composition.

A celebration of orchestral strings in three strongly contrasting movements.

This is a setting of two twelfth-century poems where the choral parts flow in a chant-like way, interrupted by ecstatic bursts, sometimes of purely instrumental colour. Both the singer and the audienc...

Blue Third Pieces, for flute or B flat clarinet and guitar is a homage to the interval of the third and its place in the blues.Including references to Ray Charles and using samples from Dizzy Gillespi...

Larsen's fantasia on the familiar hymn-tune boasts richly atmospheric organ writing and is well-suited to weddings or services focussing on fellowship or reconciliation.

Barn Dances is a set of four abstract pieces drawing their titles from the name of a particular dance step used in cowboy dances. Taking the name of the step as a point of departure, Larsen's idea was...

Larsen derives a Joplinesque ragtime theme from one of the most familiar passages from Liszt's Mephisto pieces and builds it into a grand showpiece on the Romantic model for advanced pianists. It buil...

Larsen writes, '. . . I have loosely transcribed bell patterns from a field recording of Russian bells . . . the Communist persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church included the removal and destructi...

Black Birds, Red Hills is inspired by six Georgia O'Keeffe paintings, each exploring the flow of time and colour on her beloved red hills of New Mexico. This reflective portrayal is set in four moveme...

A piece about how auctioneersâ styles, pitches, timing, and complex rhythms merge to become what is their own âbid callâ.

Larsen states that she chose the instruments for Firebrand for their colour, combination and for their agility. However, rather than a nonstop, wildly virtuosic affair that might be suggested from the...

Penta Metrics is a set of five short pieces for intermediate-level pianists. The set is composed so that it can be played as a group of five works, or with pieces performed individually. Each piece is...

From the collection As you sing, 'Charm' is a secular concert work by Kerry Andrew which combines folk-influenced motifs with a distinct rhythmic style and some semi-improvised elements (composer's no...

Originally published in Jazz in Autumn, this is an energetic original piece with lively melodies and jazzy harmonies, and is sure to get listeners foot-tapping along to the music.

Originally published in Jazz in Autumn, this is a beautiful original waltz with swung quavers and lilting melodies.

From the collection Jazz in Springtime, 'May Song' is an arrangement of a popular folk tune by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles. Introducing folk harmony while preserving the lyricism of the origina...

From the collection Jazz on a Summer's Day, 'Sundown' is a fun, loping jazz waltz. The laid-back swing is perfectly evocative of a summer's day, and makes an engaging addition to the repertoire of int...

This is a vibrant and varied choral cantata in five movements. Together the movements evoke a contemporary impression of London's sights, sounds, and moods. The music is irresistible, by turns contemp...

This is a new original setting of the well-known Christmas text. With a gentle melody, warm harmonies, and a graceful organ accompaniment, Infant Holy will make a moving feature in any mixed-voice cho...

This moving cantata draws on biblical texts associated with Sir Ernest Shackleton, his 1916 Antarctic Expedition, and Rupert Brooke. With lustrous harmonies and a poignant tenor solo, it offers choirs...