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These light hearted character pieces are a set of 12 variations all based on the five letters of the name HARRY – with a slight phonetic cheat for the ‘Y’! Through letters and emails, a friendship between Harry Presburg (who lives in Florida) and the composer and his partner has flourished for many years and these pieces are by way of a thank you for all the gentle kindness shown by Harry, a keen pianist.

Written in 1982 as a series of short teaching pieces and carefully graded by technical difficulty, these studies have become a useful addition to the trumpet repertoire. Ideal for students and teachers, they are entertaining as well as technically instructive.
1 double part.

A collection of twelve Renaissance and Baroque pieces, skilfully chosen and arranged to introduce oboists to some delightful and captivating lesser known works alongside several firm favourites. Especial care has been taken to provide piano parts that are eminently playable.

Written in February 1983 for a performance in Hitchin. A robust piece which exploits the antiphonal possibilities of spatially separated groups, and requires a conductor.

Verdi’s famous anvil bashing chorus from Il Travatore.

Written as incidental music for the complete Babar stories of Jean de Brunhoff and read by John Nettleton of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Babar the Elephant was commissioned by Tellastory (Random House) for their popular audio cassette series. This wind band arrangement, made by the composer, includes the original title music and several lively depictions of Babar’s adventures. Bedford Modern School Wind Band gave the first performance of the wind band version in 1986.

As part of the Stratford upon Avon Festival Bacchanale was commissioned for the concert given by the Stratford Horn Convention in Holy Trinity Church on July the 14th. Conducted by Peter Chadwick and featuring various combinations of horns, the concert culminated in the extaordinarily exciting sound of 16 horns ranged in 4 quartets around the church. After a portentous introduction the baccanale soon gets into full swing with a riotous allegro full of stomping syncopation and meaty melodies.

Eight wry and witty pieces for flute which, while putting the young player through a series of useful technical and musical challenges, bid an impudent farewell to the craze for fast food. Flute part edited by Philippa Davies.

 “This book contains eight lively, entertaining pieces for students of Grade 1 to 2 standard. The titles are brilliant: Haggis Half–Pounder, Kangaroo Quarter–Bounder, Crunchy Cockroach, Chef ’s Whopper and so on. The music is great fun, with interesting piano parts to match.”
 Music Teacher

5 movements. Written in 1987. A light–hearted romp, this is an exhilarating and contrasted set of character–studies in the manner of a ballet Divertissement.

Commissioned, in 1990, by Bedford Modern School for their Christmas wind band concerts, Christmas Express soon became a firm favourite and later no more so than with the wind band of St Peter’s School, York.
It describes a train, merrily rattling along on Christmas Eve passing by, amongst others, Wenceslas Castle, a skating party, a harbour and a cathedral before hurtling into the terminus.
Skillfully scored for any combination of Bb and C instruments and with optional parts for piano and a whistle tooting guard. Great fun!