Orchestrations and arrangements

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Schumann Cello Concerto

Arranged for violin and strings
Commissioned by Anthony Marwood, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Premiered by Anthony Marwood and the Irish Chamber Orchestra, April 2009

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture and complete Incidental Music

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA VERSION - 50 minutes 

7 wind (fl/picc, ob, 2 cl, bsn/contra/triangle/susp cymb, 2 hrn), strings and soprano. Strings either 9 players (22221) made for Stanley Hall Opera orchestra 2006, 11 players (33221) made in 2007 or 18 players (55431), made for the Irish Chamber Orchestra 2008.

VERSION WITH TWO ACTORS (1 hour 15 minutes)

Review by the Irish Examiner
'A bewitching, beguiling night's theatre - a place where theatrical and musical magic happened. The shimmering, sensitive brilliance of the ICO's playing was a joy throughout.'

Holst unpublished movement from ‘Brook Green Suite’
parts based on original manuscript

PURCELL 

So when the glittering Queen of the night  

HANDEL

Where're you walk

Svegliatevi

MOZART 

Dove sono and Non Più Andrai (Le nozze di Figaro)

Soave sia il vento, Prenderò

& Come Scoglio (Così fan tutte)

ROSSINI

Una Voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)

DONIZETTI 

Bella siccome un angelo (Don Pasquale)

Esulti pur la barbara & Tran Tran (l’Elisir d’Amore)

VERDI 

Nanetta / Fenton Act I duet (Falstaff)

Bella Figlia from Rigoletto

TCHAIKOVSKY 

Polonaise from Onegin

WAGNER 

Oh! Du meiner holder Abendstern

PUCCINI 

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La Rondine)

La Bohème - excerpts including Sì, mi chiamano Mimì & O Soave Fanciulla

BRITTEN 

Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray (Billy Budd)

LEHÀR 

Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz (Land das Lächelns)

Vilja (Die Lustige Witwe)

Commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra for their tour with Sinéad O'Connor:

Nothing Compares to You
Love Letters
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Scarlett Ribbons
You Made Me the Thief of your Heart
Success has made a failure of our home

Commissioned by the Irish Chamber Orchestra for their tour with Sinéad O'Connor:

The Theology album arranged for the Irish Chamber Orchestra: [Rivers of Babylon, If you had a vineyard, Something Beautiful, I don't know how to love him, Out of the depths, The Glory of Jah, We people who are darker than blue, Dark I am yet lovely, Watcher of Men, Whomsoever Dwells]

Music for Theatre

Martin Crimp The Country

directed by Simon Godwin 

Tabard Theatre, 2008 

Shakespeare Macbeth

directed by Martin Wylde 

Central School of Music and Drama, 2008

COMPLETE OPERAS

AUBER 

Fra Diavolo

Complete opera arranged for 18 players 1111 2100 tmp/perc (triangle, s-d, cymbal, bass drum) strs (32221) Can also be performed with 15 players using single strings. Commissioned by Christopher Stewart-Smith for Stanley Hall Opera  

ROSSINI 

La Pietra del Paragone  

New performing version dramatically tightened, reduced to manageable length for modern performance, and re-thought through from original material, in collaboration with Annilese Miskimmon. Translation by Simon Butteriss available by arrangement. Commissioned by Stanley Hall Opera.  1121 2000 perc str  

Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus  orchestral parts arranged for Walzerquartett (two violins, cello and piano) Commissioned by Tête à Tête; English translation by Bill Bankes-Jones available by arrangement. 0000 0000 2vln vc pno

Vivaldi Orlando finto pazzo (English title: Orlando plays mad)  First modern performing edition, based on the sole surviving manuscript in Biblioteca National di Torino and libretto in Venice. English translation by Bill Bankes-Jones printed into the score and available by arrangement. Differs significantly from Alessandro Borin’s subsequently published version for Ricordi, although Borin had access to the OJ/BBJ edition while preparing his. Full score and all parts Commissioned by Tête à Tête for the modern world premiere, London 2001Strs, continuo  

Mozart Cosi fan tutte

orchestral parts arranged for six instruments: flute, oboe, horn, violin, viola and cello   

Humperdinck Hansel und Gretelorchestral parts arranged for 21 players (flute/picc, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, timp, perc, 6 violins, 4 violas, 2 cellos, 1 bass) for Opera Omaha (Nebraska, United States).  One hour version of the opera also available.  

Orchestral score arranged for 12 instruments: flute, clarinet, horn, two violins, four violas, two cellos and double bass  

Richard Strauss RosenkavalierRe-orchestration for 26 players in progress

For violin and guitar

Albeniz Tango, Monti Czardas, Krein Gipsy Carnival, Kreisler Marche Miniature, Ponce Estrellita, Ravel Habanera, Sarasate Malaguena

Commissioned by Katharine Gowers, who holds performing rights.

Joseph Lanner Steyrische-Tanz no. 1
arranged for string trio (violin, viola and cello)

Mozart Countess and Susanna’s duet from Le Nozze di Figaro
orchestral parts arranged for string trio

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet with Friar Lawrence, scene from Romeo and Juliet
arranged for two violins, two violas and cello

Ysaye Extase arranged for two violins 

Commissioned by David Takeno

Two anonymous Waltz tunes, Gypsche and Hora Staccato
arr. for violin and piano

Various jazz standards and light music
arr. for cello duet

'Somewhere' based on Tom Waits
For string quintet (two cellos), optional double bass, and optional trumpet, after Bernstein. This arrangement will work without the vocal line as the melody is shared out between the instruments.

2007, Commissioned by Jo Paton and Will Htay