Anodyne choral-style harmonisations of a few songs from Barzaz Breiz.
An aotrou kont hag ar gornanderez
Fontanella
Posenn Elliant
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.
