Wood and wires is a collection of pieces for clarinets and/or saxophones, with electronics. You can listen to a short sample of each track by clicking on the notes by each track number.
If you wish, you can take a look at the liner notes, or read a selection of reviewers' comments.
Uk customers can purchase the CD for £6.99, including postage, by clicking on the button below. You will be taken to Google Checkout, where you can pay by credit card.
Non-UK customers can obtain a copy from CD Baby by clicking the BUY THE CD button below.
Or if you prefer, you can download Wood and Wires from iTunes
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Music for Holy Week
Here are a selection of sacred works for the season of Lent and Holy week, arranged for clarinet and saxophone ensemble.
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Josquin des Pres: Kyrie from Missa pange lingua |
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William Byrd: Miserere |
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J. S. Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde Gross |
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Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei domine |
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Lotti: Eight-part Crucifixus |
| Prelude. "We adore you O Christ, and we bless you. for by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world" | |
| The first station. Jesus is sentenced to death. | |
| The second station. Jesus carries his cross. | |
| The third station. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. | |
| The fourth station. Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem. | |
| The fifth station. Jesus is stripped of his clothing. | |
| The sixth station. Jesus is nailed to the cross. | |
| The seventh station. Jesus dies on the cross. | |
| The eighth station. Jesus is laid in the tomb. | |
The Via crucis, or Way of the Cross, is a pilgrimage through Jerusalem that some Christians re-enact as part of their remembrance during Holy Week of Christ's suffering and death. The journey is built around a series of "Stations", where we contemplate different events on Jesus's journey to his death. These pieces were written as part of an audio-visual journey through the Stations of the cross.
On the left, you can listen to audio tracks for each station: on the right, you can use the YouTube player to see them accompanied by words and pictures.
Three Shakespeare Sonnets.
Here are settings for piano and voice of three of Shakespeare's sonnets. I am not a singer - although you can hear my attempts to perform them here. I would love them to be performed by someone who is - please download the score.
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| Sonnet 130 | |
| Sonnet 116 | |
| The little drummer boy |  |
| Silent night | |
| Little Donkey | |
| See him lying on a bed of straw | |
| We wish you a merry Christmas | |
'Tis the season to be jolly!
For the festive season, here are a few arrangements of seasonal songs, played and sung by assorted family members.
Click here to go to scores of my choral Christmas compositions and arrangments.
Botticelli - The Mystical Nativity
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| 5 little ducks |  |
| Baa baa black sheep (featuring my eldest daughter, then aged 5, on a 16th-size violin). |  |
| Old Macdonald |  |
Important warning:
If you think music is meant to be serious all the time, do not listen to these mp3 files!!!
Connor is a bear (belonging to one of my children), who is said to like songs about other animals. One school holiday, the whole family set out to record a series of songs for him. Here are some of the results.
In the jungle
On the farm
Hear the animals
