to show the diversity of my output
Suite for three unaccompanied cellos, based on movements from those Suites of J. S. Bach
Listen to the above extract derived from the score:
Crystal Eyes (Five movements for Wind Quintet)
Listen to the whole of this short first movement:
Doom Triptych for trumpet(s) and organ
Listen to the first performance in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol:
(Note use of hymn books used to weigh down note bar)
She Walks in Beauty (3rd movement)
Listen to this extract of the opening tenor solo:
She Walks in Beauty (7th Movement)
Listen to the second half of this ‘Finale’, a musical dialogue between Madam Britannia and Monsieur Europa
Cantata Europa(1992)
Full Orchestra, mixed chorus, soprano and tenor soli
The Five Joys of the Virgin Mary (1981), later version (2012) for mixed voices, nine part brass ensemble, timpani and organ.
5th movement (final section): ‘Assumption’ combining Monteverdi Vespers with earlier fanfares.
Listen to the original 1997 recording for female voices, nine-part brass ensemble and organ:
Awake the Voice for SATB soloists, SATB Choir, Audience and Chamber Orchestra
Listen to the final section of the work, where the audience, soloists and choir all come together, at last having sung their own music separately:
Awake the Voice (2nd movement) for SATB soloists, and Chamber Orchestra
Listen to the above extract:
The Starlight Night for soprano solo, clarinet(s) and percussion
Listen to the opening section, performed by ‘Gemini’:
Watch this short video of the composer explaining how this opening section came about:
Dove sta Amore for Small Orchestra
Listen to this performance by the ‘Ensemble de la Belle Musique’, in Singapore, 2020, taken from the album “Love and Beauty”:
Sweet Spring for SATB ensemble
Jonathan Palmer - Composer 