God save the queen
Pastiche of the trio sonata form for two violins plus continuo.
Classical and band music
Anonymous/traditional
Brahms, Johannes
from “Requiem”
A reworking of an excerpt from Brahms’ requiem resulting in an eternal loop through various keys back to the starting point.
Grainger, Percy
Irish tune from County Derry
An orchestration exercise based on Grainger’s arrangement for piano of the piece better known as “Danny Boy”.
Handel, G. F.
Messiah (excerpts)
Rhythmic experiments with a few movements from the Messiah.
- O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion – in 5/8
- For unto us a child is born – in 7/8
- His yoke is easy – with a kind of samba-style rhythm
Monteverdi, Claudio
Laetatus sum
A jazz-ish arrangement of this banger from 1610.
Mozart, W. A.
Ah, vous dirai-je, maman ?
A brief harmonisation of the tune better known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, in the Phrygian mode.
Purcell, Henry
My lady’s coachman John
A non-obscene arrangement of an obscene round from c. 1700.
Schubert, Franz
Symphony no. 8 (“Unfinished”; first movement)
Created for AS-level revision.
Smetana, Bedřich
Vltava
A brief reduction of the initial theme from Vltava/Moldau.
Sousa, John Philip
The Liberty Bell
A piano arrangement with an added coda. Known to me only through being the Monty Python’s Flying Circus theme tune, my apologies for being a philistine.
Tallis, Thomas
O Lord, in thee is all my trust
A transcription of the particular version of this piece inscribed on the Eglantine Table.
Telemann, G. P.
Distrait and Modéré
An arrangement of two movements from Paris Quartet no. 6 in E minor.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
A reduction and a further reduction of that first reduction.
Whitacre, Eric
This marriage
A tongue-in-cheek reharmonisation following more standard harmonic rules.