{"id":156,"date":"2014-08-24T02:28:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T02:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2021-09-07T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:40:13","slug":"instrumental-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/?page_id=156","title":{"rendered":"Instrumental Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Brass Quintet<\/h2>\n

(12 mins)
\n2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nCommissioned by the Hampshire County Brass Ensemble, first performed 21st June 1992<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Concert Overture \u2018Australia\u2019<\/h2>\n

(15 mins)
\nOrch: 3,3,3,3; 4,3,3,1; timp+5 perc, harp, strings<\/p>\n

Publisher: Oxford University Press
\nCommissioned by the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, first performed July 1988<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Guildford Variations<\/h2>\n

(15 mins)
\nOrch: 2\/1,2\/1,2,2; 2,2,0,0; timp+1 perc, harp, strings<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nCommissioned by the Surrey Mozart Players, first performed 16th September 2000<\/p>\n

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How the Whale got his Throat<\/h2>\n

(for choral version see Music for Upper Voices)<\/p>\n

(17 mins)<\/p>\n

Orch: 2,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings + narrator<\/p>\n

Publisher: prime Music<\/p>\n

Commissioned by the Children’s Concerts charity, first performed January 2020<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Jack and the Beanstalk<\/h2>\n

(18 mins)
\nNarrator and orch (2\/1,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nCommissioned by Children\u2019s Concerts, first performed 30th January 2007<\/p>\n

Listen: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EvUo-4RhAz0<\/a><\/p>\n

View Full Score: Jonathan Willcocks – Jack and the Beanstalk – Full Score<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Meet the Orchestra<\/h2>\n

An entertaining quick introduction to the instruments of the orchestra
\n(3 mins)
\nNarrator and Orchestra (2,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+ 2 perc, strings)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nFirst performed January 2004<\/p>\n

Listen: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Raac7pQRIMc<\/a><\/p>\n

View the Full Score: Jonathan Willcocks – Meet the Orchestra – Full Score<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Sweet Music\u2019s Power<\/h2>\n

Settings of texts by Shakespeare
\n(18 mins)
\nSoprano, flute, cello and harp<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nCommissioned by the Green Lake Festival of Music, Wisconsin, USA, first performed 17th July 1994<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"The Theatre Ghost<\/h2>\n

(15 mins)
\nNarrator and orchestra (2\/1,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nCommissioned by the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, first performed 12th December 1992<\/p>\n

Listen: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JabBKB1qFxw<\/a><\/p>\n

View Narrator text and music summary: Jonathan Willcocks – The Theatre Ghost – narrator score<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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