In the interest of sharing my music more widely (and after years of spiritually and financially unrewarding deals with various publishers!), I have decided to make my compositions freely available for download in PDF format. Eventually all the scores below will be availiable for download; just click on a title to open the relevant page with score and audio downloads. I retain the full copyright in the pieces, and only grant the user the right to print out the pdf files for their own use (not for re-sale or re-publication in any other form without my express permission). I only ask that you please let me know by email of any planned performances of the pieces. (Until all the scores are put on the site, just let me know if you're interested in any of the pieces and I can try to get a score to you).
[solo guitar and orch.] [solo guitar] [guitar duo] [guitar quartet] [fretted orchestra] [guitar with other instruments] [other solo/chamber works] Works for Solo Guitar and Orchestra Rhapsody on a Spanish Theme (2007) for solo guitar and orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 2.2 - strings) duration: 23' First Performance: Alan Thomas with the University of Leicester Sinfonia, conductor Michael Sackin, 9th February 2008. *** (If you're interested in performing this work, please email me for info on score, guitar part and orchestral parts!)*** Belvedere (Homage to Bernard Herrmann) [work in progress] for solo guitar and string orchestra duration: 16' Works for Solo Guitar Etudes, Book 1 (1997-2007) 1. Milonga del diablo 2. Kleptomaniac 3. Canon for Ella 4. Gears (Tricycle) 5. Indigo Wave Box 6. Ascending and Descending [work in progress] First Performance (incomplete set): Alan Thomas, Bath Guitar Festival, 28th July 2004. Etudes, Book 2 (2007- ) [work in progress] 7. Pour les accords (Berceuse) (for amplified guitar with stereo digital delay) 8. Untitled 9. Barcarolle (Alice moving under skies) 10. Loops for Sam (Discourse on the relative lengths of dinosaurs) (for prepared guitar; guitarist also plays harmonica) 11. Lucy Waltzes 12. Uncle Hermann's Marches (some as good as Sousa, and Aunt Bird used to play them on the organ) Etudes, Book 3 (2007- ) [work in progress] 13. Pour les notes répetées (fractal echoes) 14. Regelmatige vlakverdeling II Suite No. 1: "Out of Africa" (2006) 1. Sunrise Call 2. Morning Danc 3. Zenith 4. Evening Dance 5. Cradle Song duration: 19' First Performance (incomplete suite): Alan Thomas, National Portrait Gallery (London), 25th August 2006. Neat Little Things! 1. Sneakin' Home 2. Snapshot 3. Gizmo (Fantasy on a theme by James Brown) [work in progress] Preludes [work in progress] Prelude No. 1 (C major) Prelude No. 2 (G minor) Prelude No. 3 (D major) Prelude No. 5 (G major) Prelude No. 6 (E major) Oulipian Studies [work in progress] Works for Guitar Duo After Escher: pieces for two guitars [work in progress] Regelmatige vlakverdeling Sonata for two guitars ("At the Circus") (2008) I. Big Top II. Maurice the Clown III. Girl on a Swing IV. Grand Finale (with apotheosis) total duration: 19'30'' Works for Guitar Quartet Homages (2007-) for guitar quartet I. Homage to Django Reinhardt II. Homage to III. [work in progress] Nocturne (Global Warnings) (2007) for guitar quartet Works for Fretted Orchestra Nocturne (Global Warnings) (2007) for fretted orchestra A Little Night Music (2007) for fretted orchestra duration: 6' commissioned by the Midlands Fretted Orchestra Snapshot (2007) for fretted orchestra duration: 3'30" commissioned by the Midlands Fretted Orchestra First performance: The Midlands Fretted Orchestra, Hagley, West Midlands, 4th November, 2007. Works for Guitar with other Instruments Belvedere (Homage to Bernard Herrmann) [work in progress] for guitar and string quartet duration: 16' Duo for Guitar and Percussion ("Out of Africa" II) [work in progress] for guitar and percussion Sorrow, Stay (if Dowland were a bluesman) (2007) for voice and guitar duration: 4' commissioned for a Dowland song programme with soprano Juliet Fraser Ringtone Rhapsody (on a motif by Tarrega) (2004) for clarinet and guitar (also versions for flute/cello/viola and guitar) duration: 4' Balkan Songbook (2007 - ) [work in progress] for flute and guitar Sivi grivi The shepherd's dream commissioned by the Cavatina Duo Other Chamber/Solo Works Piano Sonata ("At the Circus") (1997, rev. 2006) I. Big Top II. Maurice the Clown III. Girl on a Swing IV. Grand Finale (with apotheosis) total duration: 19'30'' Ringtone Rhapsody (on a motif by Tarrega) (2004) for cello and piano (also versions for viola or clarinet and piano) duration: 4' Pieces for solo banjo (2006) Round Dance Etude commissioned and premiered by Danielle Saxon-Reeves Published by Victoria College of Music