Celtic music

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Breton trad

Ar baradoz/Marv Pontkalleg

Piano arrangement (2017)

An arrangement of two Breton folksongs.

Barzaz Breiz

Harmonisations (2016)

Anodyne choral-style harmonisations of a few songs from Barzaz Breiz.

E kreiz an noz

Piano arrangement (2018)

An arrangement of this Breton folksong.

M’en allant sur la lande

Arrangement for guitar (2014)

A Sad™ arrangement of the refrain from this song, intended for acoustic guitar.

Ti Eliz Iza

Piano arrangement (2018)

An arrangement of this Breton folksong.

Cornish trad

Cornish tunes for string quartet

Arrangement for string quartet (date unknown but fairly old)

Various Cornish tunes, including Lamorna, Nine Brave Boys, The White Rose, Trelawny, possibly one or two more I’ve forgotten about.

Delyow sivy

Choral arrangement (2016)

Arrangement for choir of one of the only known Late Cornish songs.

Granfer Drew

Verbatim transcription (2018?)

Transcription of the song by An Strik; original is for harp and guitar, I formatted the harp part for piano.

Ha peth ew hedna war dha bedn?

Choral arrangement (2016)

Arrangement of this song, the tune of which probably isn’t originally Cornish? Normally sung in Middle Cornish, but I’ve written the title in Late Cornish here, because, yeah.

Cornish non-trad

Nigel Hayward: Celtic Blessing

SATB arrangement (2011)

A meaningful piece to members of a certain children’s choir, arranged for SATB in order to be sung by a certain youth choir several years down the line.

Truro High School song

Verbatim transcription for girls’ choir and piano (2010)

A transcription of a recording of what was apparently the school song, originally written for the school’s 100th anniversary in 1980 and not performed since; I was asked to transcribe it for the 130th anniversary in 2010.

Yours Truly (Pirate FM, 1992)

Verbatim transcription (2018?)

A transcription of the jingle played at the launch of Pirate FM in 1992 – actually one of the standard jingles created by the US company JAM Creative Productions, but adapted to Cornwall-themed lyrics by Pirate FM and revived briefly for the station’s 20th anniversary in 2012.


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