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COMPOSING
I have composed since I was in the Sixth Form at school. It is an activity which I enjoy immensely and which I have indulged in more and more as I have got older. Indeed since the turn of the century the time has been particularly fruitful in that in 2001 I finished my first symphony as well as a song cycle called The DTs. In that year also I wrote a piece for my brother`s 60th birthday: Birthday Variations and arranged
Puccini`s
opera,
Suor Angelica
for an orchestra of classical proportions. In 2002 I worked on a piece commissioned by
Stevenage Choral Society
for the 2002
Stevenage Golden Jubilee Festival.
The piece is written for adult choir, children`s choir and orchestra and was premiered on 2 June 2002 at the
Gordon Craig Theatre,
in
Stevenage
by
Stevenage Choral Society,
Kingshott School
Chamber Choir and
Hitchin Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by
Robin Osterley.
It is a setting of
Oscar Wilde`s
fable,
The Selfish Giant.
The following is a list of compositions and arrangements I have made. Many of these works are still in manuscript, but some are available in printed form. More compositions are being made available in printed form all the time, using the
Sibelius version 2.1 notation software
and a laser printer. A number of these compositions and arrangements have been performed and some have also been recorded. If copies of scores, instrumental parts or recordings are wanted, then please send an e-mail to
mail@pauladrianrooke.com
with details – or, better still, telephone me on 01462 458614 (home/answerphone) or 07711 617561 (mobile) so that we can discuss your requirements. There may be a little delay in providing some pieces, but I shall do my best to oblige as quickly as possible.
COMPOSITIONS
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC |
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Chamber Music |
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004 |
Fughetta in B minor |
1962 |
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005 |
Prelude for pianoforte |
1962 |
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006 |
Scherzetto bisbigliando for pianoforte |
1962 |
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035 |
Imitations |
1963 |
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013 |
Sonata for recorders and pianoforte |
1964 |
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018 |
Icebergs for pianoforte |
1964 |
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023 |
String trio |
1966 |
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088 |
Scotch on the Rox for pianoforte |
1999 |
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Birthday Variations for horn and pianoforte |
2001 |
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Organ Music - Solo |
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077 |
Four-fold Amen |
1991 |
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020 |
Yhmne |
1965 |
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021 |
Ardron |
1965 |
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Organ Music - Duet (two players at one organ) |
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086 |
Toccatina |
1997 |
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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC |
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Concertos |
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043 |
Cadenza for Mozart's Pianoforte Concerto No. 17 in G |
1977 |
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045 |
Flute Concerto |
1977 |
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Incidental Music |
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031 |
The Caucasian Chalk Circle |
1973 |
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032 |
The Land of Heart's Desire |
1974 |
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036 |
The Tempest |
1977 |
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037 |
Hameln |
1977 |
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044 |
Alice |
1977 |
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073 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
1990 |
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Miscellaneous |
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079 |
Happy birthday, dear Janet |
1993 |
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Orchestrations
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for brass ensemble |
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Easter Alleluya |
2001 |
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Jesus, good above all other |
2001 |
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for flute, bassoon and string quartet |
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Song of Liberty |
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Jerusalem |
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God save the Queen |
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Orchestrations of Christmas carols |
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039 |
Silent Night |
1977 |
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041 |
Love came down at Christmas |
1977 |
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047 |
O come, all ye faithful |
1978 |
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053 |
Gustav Holst: In the bleak midwinter |
1980 |
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054 |
Once in royal David's city |
1980 |
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055 |
O little town of Bethlehem |
1980 |
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056 |
It cam upon the midnight clear |
1980 |
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059 |
Mendelssohn: Hark! The herald angels sing |
1981 |
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059 |
Gabriel's message |
1981 |
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065 |
As with gladness men of old |
1982 |
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068 |
See amid the winter's snow |
1983 |
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094 |
Unto us a child is born |
1999 |
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050 |
Away in a manger |
1978 |
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Orchestrations of opera |
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Puccini: Suor Angelica |
2000 |
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Overtures |
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009 |
Insignificant Stortford |
1963 |
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072 |
Jubilee Overture |
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Symphony |
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097 |
Symphony No. 1 in D |
2000 |
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Symphony arrangements |
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051 |
Beethoven: Movement 1 from Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) |
1979 |
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Suite for Wind and Percussion |
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075 |
Ariel and Caliban |
1990 |
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VOCAL MUSIC |
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Anthems |
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091 |
Psalm XLII: Like as the hart |
1999 |
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067 |
God our hope |
1983 |
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Christmas carols |
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002 |
Dormi, fili, dormi |
1961 |
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084 |
The child that Mary bore |
1995 |
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089 |
Stars shining |
1999 |
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095 |
Sweet was the song |
1999 |
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096 |
This little babe |
1999
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Christmas carol arrangements
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for female voices |
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042 |
J.S. Bach: O little one sweet |
1977 |
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054 |
Once in royal David's city |
1980 |
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059 |
Mendelssohn: Hark! The herald angels sing |
1981 |
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062 |
Quelle est cette odeur agreeable? |
1981 |
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064 |
Il est né le divin infant |
1981 |
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for mixed voices |
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007 |
The holly and the ivy |
1962 |
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Descants and re-harmonisations |
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041 |
Love came down at Christmas |
1977 |
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053 |
Gustav Holst: In the bleak midwinter |
1980 |
|
054 |
Once in royal David's city |
1980 |
|
055 |
O little town of Bethlehem |
1980 |
|
056 |
It came upon the midnight clear |
1980 |
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060 |
Gabriel's message |
1981 |
|
065 |
As with gladness men of old |
1982 |
|
068 |
See amid the winter's snow |
1983 |
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094 |
Unto us a child is born |
1999 |
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050 |
Away in a manger |
1978 |
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Hymn arrangements |
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080 |
Make me a channel of your peace |
1994 |
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014 |
My song is love unknown |
1964 |
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025 |
Come, let us join our cheerful songs |
1966 |
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046 |
Come, ye thankful people, come |
1977 |
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048 |
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven |
1978 |
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069 |
I wonder as I wander |
1984 |
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081 |
Blaenwern |
1994 |
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Mass settings |
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019 |
Sanctus and Benedictus |
1965 |
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022 |
Sanctus and Agnus Dei |
1966 |
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Opera |
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066 |
The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke |
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Sacred canticles |
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098 |
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis |
2000 |
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Sacred chant |
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008 |
Chant |
1963 |
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Song arrangements |
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010 |
English traditional: Early one morning |
1963 |
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026 |
John Dowland: Awake, sweet love |
1968 |
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017 |
Happy birthday to you |
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Songs - solo with pianoforte accompaniment |
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001 |
Still falls the rain |
1961 |
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003 |
At long last |
1962 |
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011 |
Greater love |
1963 |
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012 |
Two miniature songs:
1) The birds
2) The early morning |
1963 |
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015 |
Frustra |
1964 |
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016 |
All that's past |
1964 |
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030 |
To the evening star |
1971 |
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038 |
Three songs from The Tempest:
1) Come unto these yellow sands
2) Full fathom five
3) Where the bee sucks |
1977 |
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074 |
The Warwick clock |
1990 |
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076 |
The song of love and death |
1990 |
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082 |
The mower to the glow-worms |
1994 |
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083 |
She walks in beauty |
1995 |
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090 |
Sonnet XVIII: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? |
1999 |
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093 |
Vocalise> |
1999 |
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027 |
Whenever the moon and the stars are set> |
1971 |
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028 |
How sweet the answer |
1971 |
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085 |
Patterns |
1996 |
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A Frost of Cares |
1996 |
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085 |
Mrs Figglebottom! Ooh! La! La! |
1996 |
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Song cycles for voice and pianoforte |
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033 |
A memory for darkness |
1974 |
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092 |
When I was in love with you |
1999 |
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100 |
The DTs |
2001 |
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Song cycle for voice and orchestra |
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024 |
Crimson Joy |
1966 |
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Choral music - unaccompanied |
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087 |
Two spirituals:
1) Steal away
2) Nobody knows the trouble I see |
1998 |
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Choral music - with pianoforte accompaniment |
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071 |
England's Heartland |
1988 |
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Choral music - with orchestral accompaniment |
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The Selfish Giant |
2001 |
COMPOSITIONS IN PROGRESS:
Symphony No. 2 in C
Danny Boy, arranged for female voices and pianoforte
Paraphrase on Iseult`s aria from The Queen of Cornwall by
Rutland Boughton.
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