Brass Quintet
(12 mins)
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
Publisher: Prime Music
Commissioned by the Hampshire County Brass Ensemble, first performed 21st June 1992
Concert Overture ‘Australia’
(15 mins)
Orch: 3,3,3,3; 4,3,3,1; timp+5 perc, harp, strings
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Commissioned by the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, first performed July 1988
Guildford Variations
(15 mins)
Orch: 2/1,2/1,2,2; 2,2,0,0; timp+1 perc, harp, strings
Publisher: Prime Music
Commissioned by the Surrey Mozart Players, first performed 16th September 2000
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How the Whale got his Throat
(for choral version see Music for Upper Voices)
(17 mins)
Orch: 2,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings + narrator
Publisher: prime Music
Commissioned by the Children’s Concerts charity, first performed January 2020
Jack and the Beanstalk
(18 mins)
Narrator and orch (2/1,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings)
Publisher: Prime Music
Commissioned by Children’s Concerts, first performed 30th January 2007
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvUo-4RhAz0
View Full Score: Jonathan Willcocks – Jack and the Beanstalk – Full Score
Meet the Orchestra
An entertaining quick introduction to the instruments of the orchestra
(3 mins)
Narrator and Orchestra (2,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+ 2 perc, strings)
Publisher: Prime Music
First performed January 2004
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Raac7pQRIMc
View the Full Score: Jonathan Willcocks – Meet the Orchestra – Full Score
Sweet Music’s Power
Settings of texts by Shakespeare
(18 mins)
Soprano, flute, cello and harp
Publisher: Prime Music
Commissioned by the Green Lake Festival of Music, Wisconsin, USA, first performed 17th July 1994
The Theatre Ghost
(15 mins)
Narrator and orchestra (2/1,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings)
Publisher: Prime Music
Commissioned by the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, first performed 12th December 1992
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JabBKB1qFxw
View Narrator text and music summary: Jonathan Willcocks – The Theatre Ghost – narrator score