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'Howard Blake Songcycles' (op.728)
'The Snowman A Cappella' (op.726)
'Disgraced, Forgiven' (op.727)
'Faith Alone Is Our Salvation' (op.724)
'The Enchantment Of Venus For Bass Trombone And Piano' (op.722)
'Lorelay' (op.721)
'Country Sunday' (op.707)
'*pennillion For Tenor Recorder And Harp' (op.720)
'*meditations For Two Violins' (op.716)
'*soliloquy For Solo Cello' (op.712)
'Walking In The Air A Cappella' (op.706)
'*la Meva Terra' (op.704)
'*agatha Orchestral Suite' (op.702)
'The Bear Concert Version With Projected Film' (op.697)
''walking In The Air' Specially Arranged For Katherine Jenkins' (op.695)
'Walking In The Air For Solo Violin, Solo Cello And String Orchestra' (op.691)
'*concertino For Harp And Strings - Theme From 'the Changeling'' (op.688)
'Sleepwalking For Soprano Vocalise And String Orchestra' (op.687)
'Elegia Stravagante, Duo Concertante For Solo Violin, Solo Cello And Orchestra' (op.686)
'*howard Blake Songbook' (op.684)
''walking In The Air' Duet Version For Tenor, Treble, And String Orchestra' (op.681)
'*piano Quintet - Fantasy - 'a Midsummer Night's Dream' For Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Piano And Soprano' (op.677)
'*the Land Of Counterpane - An Animated Film Of The Song-cycle' (op.664)
'*the Snowman Rhapsody For Solo Piano' (op.663)
'Midsummer Night's Dream - Suite For Orchestra' (op.656)
'*piano Trio No. 3 Elegia Stravagante' (op.654)
'*prelude For Vova' (op.640)
'Bassoon Concerto' (op.607b)
'*violin Concerto 'requiem To The Memory Of A Most True And Saintly Soul'' (op.441)
'*piano Concerto' (op.412)

'AMERICAN' op.215 (October 1975)

Music for an animated cinema advertising film directed by Richard Williams. CELNE AWARD, NEW YORK 1977
Published by: Highbridge Music Ltd
Commissioned by: Geers Gross for Embassy American
Instrumentation:

picc  2 fl

2 cl

4 hn

3 trpt

3 trb

tuba

4pc sd, timp, stand cym, glock

 vn 1  8

vn2  6

4 celli

2 cb


[Key to Abbreviations]
First Performance: October 1975 CTS Studios

Notes

A commission to create a composite contrapuntal intertwining of the national tunes of England and the USA on a big scale. It mingles the tunes.The star-spanled banner,  Hearts of oak, John Brown's body, Rule Brittania, Dixie, D'you ken John Peel and Yankee Doodle Dandy in a one-minute piece for 40-piece orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic!

 

Related Autobiography Chapters

THREE SUSSEX SONGS, DIVERSIONS FOR CELLO AND PIANO, THE ROTHSTEIN VIOLIN SONATA (1973)

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