Choral, Instrumental and Chamber Music Compositions and Arrangements

Welcome to this portfolio of musical compositions and arrangements, and thank you for your interest!
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Philip

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midi = midi sound file
mxl = compressed MusicXML source file
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sib 6 = Sibelius version 6 source file

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Repton Variations

NEWS FLASH: The premiere of this work will take place at 4.30 pm on Saturday 24th September 2022 in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0AT, UK. All welcome!

For the "lockdown" version, see below***

Scoring: Wind sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, french horn in F and bassoon)
Date: 2019
An original composition of mine: "Repton" is the name of the tune by Sir Hubert Parry for the well-known and much loved hymn "Dear Lord and Father of mankind". There are ten variations on the original theme, each widely different in character, and each given a subtitle from lines of the original hymn. The finale is a rollicking fugue! See below for the titles and times of each variation.

Links:  pdf (score) - pdf (parts) - mp3 midi mxl sib - sib 6


Theme - "Dear Lord and Father of mankind" (0:00)
Variation 1 - "Rise up and follow thee" (0:35)
Variation 2 - "Forgive our foolish ways" (1:05)
Variation 3 - "Beside the Syrian sea" (1:34)
Variation 4 - "Reclothe us in our rightful mind" (2:42)
Variation 5 - "Till all our strivings cease" (3:30)
Variation 6 - "In simple trust" (5:03)
Variation 7 - "Breathe through the heats of our desire" (6:12)
Variation 8 - "Take from our souls the strain and stress" (7:34)
Variation 9 - "Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire" (8:51)
Variation 10 - "O still, small voice of calm" (10:33)
Finale - Fugue (12:36)


***Lockdown version:
To assist with performing a "Lockdown" version of the Repton Variations, these video scores have been created which display the individual parts (page turns made manageable) with full sextet sound plus metronome clicks to keep players synchronized:

Links: sib (score) - pdf (score) - pdf (parts) - mp3 - mxl - midi - sib 6


Full score:



Flute:



Oboe:



Clarinet:



Bass Clarinet:



Horn:



Bassoon:


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