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Latest Works

'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)
'*piano Concerto' (op.412)

*THE HONEYBEE AND THE THISTLE op.366 (July 1986)

SONG TO CELEBRATE THE WEDDING OF PRINCE ANDREW AND SARAH FERGUSON
Published by: Highbridge Music Ltd
Instrumentation: Treble,children's choir,tub.bells,hp,pno
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Note on Lyrics: Lyrics by Ted Hughes, poet lauriate
Duration: 5 mins
First Performance: The Terry Wogan Show, BBC TV, Aled Jones, Finchley Children’s Choir, Howard Blake (piano), David Snell(harp) and Gary Kettel (tubular bells) July 1986.
Sheet Music Available
Piano / Vocal score for sale
Vocal score for sale
Instrumental / piano score for sale
Instrumental parts for sale
Piano / Vocal score for hire
Vocal score for hire
Instrumental / piano score for hire
Instrumental parts for hire

Notes

A wedding-day song specially written by Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate to celebrate the wedding of The Duchess of York.

Related Autobiography Chapters

Month in the Country,Honeybee and the Thistle,Canterville Ghost,Granpa (1986)

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