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Barbara Thompson
Compositions
Scores and parts are now available
for Barbara's "Three Saxophone Quartets"
E-mail any requests for printed music
to bt@temple-music.com and we will send you bank details for payment.
We would much prefer to email the parts and scores as PDF documents - it's cheaper and faster.
£20+Vat = £23.50 per Quartet for PDF's of the parts and score or PDF's
of the parts and score to all 3 Saxophone Quartets for £50 +Vat = £58.75
Click to
download sample of Score Booklet in PDF format - 2.34MB
Also available score samples from Saxophone Quartet No. 2 'Black' and 'Red'
E-mail any requests for printed music
to bt@temple-music.com and we will send you bank details for payment, alternatively send a cheque payable to Temple Music, P.O. Box 141 Sutton Surrey SM25JU, UK
At some future date this music will be available online for download and credit card payment....don't know when.......
Orchestral Compositions(Modern Classical)
Concerto for Three Saxophones
& Symphony Orchestra in 3 movements approx. 23 minutes scored for
large symphony orchestra first performed at the Freiburg Festival in
June 1987, and broadcast live with the Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra
in October 1987.
1st Movement features alto saxophone
2nd Movement features tenor saxophone
3rd Movement features soprano saxophone
Close to the Edge – scored
for jazz quintet and symphony orchestra with alto sax and guitar
Les Barricades Mysterieuses – for jazz quintet & symphony
orchestra with soprano sax & guitar
String Quartet and Saxophone:
1.‘Theme and Variations on Mack the Knife’ – alto
sax & string quartet
2.‘Je Ne t’aime pas ‘– soprano saxophone &
string quartet
3.‘Les Barricades Mysterieuses’ – soprano sax &
string quartet
All originally performed and recorded with the Medici String Quartet
Recent Compositions:
Concerto No. 1. for Saxophone
Quartet & String Ensemble
in 4 movements
Commissioned by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet
premiered Feb.13th 2004.Wolverhampton
‘Mirages’ Concerto No. 2. for Saxophone Quartet & String
Ensemble
Commissioned by Camerata Berne
premiered in Stuttgart on April 9th 2004, Swiss premiere took place
in 2005 on April 28th
in Zurich, with further performances in Ludwigshafen on March 21st,
and May 1st 05 in Bern
Tuba Concerto No.4 in 3 movements
Scored for Eb Tuba & Big Band
Recorded by the NDR Bigband in Hamburg, March 2004, and performed at
the Braunschweig Classix Festival in September 2006.
James Gourlay performed it at the
Royal Northern College of music, as part of the Brass
Festival, January 2006, recorded by BBC Radio 3. A further
performance is planned by James Gourlay at the
2007 Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Taking No Prisoners’– scored for bass marimba and grand
piano
4 mins approx - premiered by Simone Rebello in June.2003
‘The Fly ‘– vocal female voice and septet, lyrics
by William Blake
’Three Saxophone Quartets:
(recorded Dec.2003 by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet) due to be released
on the Celestial Harmonies label. Printed music will be available.Saxophone
Quartet No. 1 in 5 movements – premiered Brighton Festival, May,
2001 commissioned by the Apollo SQ and the Brighton Festival Saxophone
Quartet No.2 ‘From Darkness into Light” based on colours,
in 6 movements- premiered at the Purcell Room, London’s Southbank,
Nov 2002
1.Black (click to download score sample in PDF format - 64kb)
2.Red (click to download
score sample in PDF format - 72kb)
3.Blue
4.Green
5.White – scored for 4 soprano saxes
Saxophone Quartet No. 3. ‘Body
language’ in 4 movements premiered
at the Royal Northern College of Music, Jan. 2003.
1.Dance of the Reeds
2.Carnival
3.Chasing Shadows
4.Country Ayre
Printed music is available. Click to
download sample of Score Booklet in PDF format - 2.34MB
5.’RHYTHMS OF THE GODS’ – 10 movements scored for
percussion, saxophone
doubling clarinet and recorder, and grand piano. Based on the rhythms
and modes
of ancient Greek music, this was originally written for Evelyn Glennie,
and was
first performed on Sun, 30th April, 1995, at the Theatre Royal, Norwich,
and
subsequently recorded December, 1997. 50 mins approx
Rob Buckland from the Apollo Saxophone
Quartet has recently released a CD of his trio Equinox, which includes
several movements from ’RHYTHMS OF THE GODS’ and features saxophone, piano, and Simone Rebello on percussion.
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Choral works:
‘Love Songs in Age’
50 minute suite commissioned by BBC Radio 3, based on the poetry of
Philip Larkin, and scored for the BBC Singers (24 voices), string quartet,
grand piano doubling synth, percussion and saxophone. Broadcast live
November,1995 from London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
‘Unity Hymn’ scored
for full choir with words by Ana Gracey
‘I Yet Remain’ scored for choir, oboe, flute, violin, organ
and featuring soprano
sax with lyrics by Coleridge performed at Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge,
Feb.1997
‘Journey to a Destination Unknown’, a 50 minute choral piece
in 12 movements,
scored for 100 voices community choir ‘Big Sky’, church
organ and percussion, based on the poetry of the Indian Poet Rabindranath
Tagore, and the English Poet Laureate,
Andrew Motion, performed at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich on the
4th & 5th April,`with the
London premiere at St. John’s, Smith Square, London, on Sat. April
12th, 2003. This piece
was commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre.
‘SKAT’ Concerto no. 3 – a piano concerto scored for
piano and chamber orchestra. This is one movement passing through different
moods lasting approximately 14 minutes. The German premiere took place
on July 10th,2005, at the Freiburg Festival.
‘GREEN’ – minimalistic
style piece 5mins approx. scored for wind instrument soprano sax/oboe/
descant recorder or flute with strings/piano accompaniment. Recently
recorded by Jeremy Polmear for oboe classics. The album, Melodic
Lines also features Diana Ambache on grand piano.
CONCERTO No. 5 - 11 minute concerto
for Symphony Orchestra called L’Incrocio (The Crossing) ,based
on traffic in Rome.
CONCERTO No. 6 – QUANTUM LEAPS – concerto for solo flute
and string ensemble in 3 movements. ****See more details in
the March edition of PAN magazine****
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Big Band Arrangements scored for
5 saxes – 4 trumpets – 3 trombones + Bass trombone –
drums – per/tuned per – gtr – keys – bass gtr
1.Fanaid Grove - Ballad
2.Sax Rap - A Real fun piece which stretches the band to the limit!
3.THREE MOVEMENT SUITE ‘THE HERO’S RETURN’:
i.Die Wiederkehr - A joyous homecoming march
ii.Re-union – the quiet happiness of being reunited
iii,Celebration – latin based party mood
4.Echoes of Harlem ( Duke Ellington) arr. by Barbara Thompson
5.Horizons New – very orchestral with timps instead of drums
6.Elysian Fields- lyrical ballad
7.Ode to Sappho – based on a Greek folksong
8.Falling Stars – lyrical piece
9.Jaunty (12 bar blues) – cheeky blues
10.Ugly Sister (vocal female voice) lyrics by Philip Larkin –
haunting ballad
11.In Memory – instrumental version of ‘Ugly Sister’
12.Blues for Adolphe Sax – 12/8 blues very typical, ideal for
an encore!
13.Behind Locked Doors – 12/8 uptempo piece that motors along
14.Child’s Play- lively uptempo latin frivolity
15.Song With No Name – dedicated to Clint Eastwood with Mexican/Spanish
overtones in 7/8 time signature
16.Country Dance – uptempo vivacious
Small Band Arrangements
Compositions scored for the 10
piece United Jazz & Rock Ensemble –
Line-up: alto doubl sop sax – tenor sax – 3 trumpets –
one trombone – gtr.-
grand piano – bass gtr - drs.
1.Die Wiederkehr
2.Echoes of Harlem
3.Sicilian Steal
4.Ode to Sappho
5.In Memory
6.Voices Behind Locked Doors
7.Thompson’s Tango
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PARAPHERNALIA REPERTOIRE
All are Barbara Thompson’s
Paraphernalia compositions unless marked
These are a selection from various CDs and are either quartet pieces
– saxophone with keyboards, bass gtr. & drs. or quintet adding
violin or guitar.
Shifting Sands CD with violin:
Shifting Sands
In The Shadow of the Moon
Guardians of the Deep
The Wave Police
Head in the Sand
The Whisper in the Shell
Thompson’s Tangos CD with
violin:
Tango 1
Tango 2
Tango 3
Tango 4
Smokey Embrace
The Real Softshoe
Lady Saxophone CD quartet album:
In Memory
Falling Stars
Out on a Limb
Wastelands
Falling Stars
Lady S
Breathless CD with gtr:
Breathless
Sax Rap
Jaunty
You Must Be Joking
Bad blues
Cheeky
Gracey
Everlasting Flame CD with gtr:
In The Eye of a Storm
Unity Hymn
Ode to Sappho
Emerald Dusky Maiden
Unity Hymn
So Near, So Far sung by Ana Gracey
Ancient Voices
The Fanaid Grove
Nightwatch CD with violin
Fields of Flowers
Dusk
Nightwatch
Kafferinya
Listen to the Plants
The Coconut Hurling Game
Chapter and Verse
Pure Fantasy
Firefly
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Heavenly Bodies:
Le Grand Voyage
Requiem pour deux pilotes
Entre les Trous de la Memoire
Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Heavenly Bodies
Elysian Fields
Flights of Fancy
Tibetan Sunrise
Horizons New
In the Eye of A Storm(compilation
album):
To Bechet With Love
Sleepwalker
A Cry From The Heart:
Joyride
Out to Lunch
Close To The Edge
Voices Behind Locked Doors
Eastern Western Promise Part 1
Eastern Western Promise Part 2
A Cry From The Heart
Old Paraphernalia favourites:
Little Annie-ooh
Blues for Adolphe Sax
Frankfurt Fayre
Stairways
Temple Song
Chapter and Verse(compilation
album) Released Autumn 2005
Includes a new live version of Frankfurt Fayre recorded in Vienna
Never Say Goodbye
This is a new album recorded Summer 2005 to promote the Autumn 2005
Paraphernalia Tour. It is available from the Temple Music website.
Titles include:
Concerto ‘Living in the Fast Lane’
1. On the Wings of a Prayer
2. Still Waters
3. Living in the Fast Lane
4. Never Say Goodbye(the tango that got away)
5. Finger Dancing
6. Son of a Gun
Any requests for printed music
should go to bt@temple-music.com
£20 per Quartet for a complete
set of parts and score (£12 each if purchased separately) or
own all 3 Saxophone Quartets for £50...
Click to
download sample of Score Booklet in PDF format - 2.34MB
Also available score samples from Saxophone Quartet No. 2 'Black' and 'Red'
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Performances of Barbara’s music in 2006 included:
RNCM BRASS ENSEMBLE
- SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2006, 12 noon -
CONDUCTORS JAMES GOURLAY AND MIKE HALL
SOLOISTS VICTORIA MC LEAN
JAMES GOURLAY
7’ PETER MEECHAN New Work (World Première)
16’ RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT Concerto for 10 Brass Players
(trpts in C, 1 dbl D and 1 dbl flugel) (3 ten trb and 1 bass)
15’ BARBARA THOMPSON Life in the Fast Lane(English Premiere)
Concerto in 3 movements for Solo Tuba,
Brass Ensemble and Rhythm Section
28’ LOUIS ANDRIESSEN M is for Man, Music,Mozart
Mirages, Concerto No. 2 for saxophone quartet and string ensemble performed
by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet and the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
am Rhein conducted by Lavard Skou Larsen.
- Sunday, 5th February, 11am. Neuss. Contact below for further details
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Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein
Intendant: Matthias Gawriloff
Produktionsleiter: Martin Jakubeit
Oberstraße 17
D - 41460 Neuss am Rhein
Germany
Fon +49 - 21 31 - 90 41 16
Fax +49 - 21 31 - 90 41 27
eMail info@deutsche-kammerakademie.de
Wenn Sie Auskünfte über unsere Tourneen, Gastkonzerte, CD-Produktionen
und unsere sonstigen Aktivitäten erfahren möchten, schicken
wir Ihnen gerne aktuelle Informationen zu.
Two performances of Concerto No.1 for saxophone
quartet and string ensemble performed by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet
and the Goldberg Ensemble :
- Tuesday, 7th March at St. George’s Concert Hall, Bristol -
- Thursday, 9th March at Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre -
‘Journey to a Destination Unknown’
Barbara’s choral work for 100 voices, performed by Kingston University
as part of the Kingston Music Festival:
- Saturday, March 18th, 7.30pm at St.Andrew’s Hall, Surbiton -
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