Robin Wedderburn

Composed for Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson and friends, for the concert on 9th March 2008 at St Paul's School in celebration of the life of Dennis Brain.

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): The melody (in the first violin to begin with) should sing expressively; practise and shape this on its own. T...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): ON THE MOVE . . . probably out of doors, on foot, with an objective and with joy in the going. Make sure that...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): ONWARD AND UPWARD Not said, we hope, with a cheesy grin in mild adversity on a wet Monday morning (inviting a...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): Although the Passacaglia was originally a dance, composers have for centuries taken the style and form of this...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): Not for ever in green pastures Do we ask our way to be; But the steep and rugged pathway May we tread rejoicin...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): This should be aggressive, but not brutal. Try to phrase musically and to catch a moment of something more sym...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): INTRADA: Some kind of rather grand entry-procession is the idea here. Two minim beats to a bar should be felt...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3) Cello 1, Cello 2, Double Bass [optional] This piece, along with its two companion pieces ('Waltz for Gentle Giants' and 'Winter Jig'), is scored...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3) Cello 1, Cello 2, Double Bass [optional] This piece, along with its two companion pieces ('Alone in the Hills' and 'Winter Jig'), is scored for s...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3) Cello 1, Cello 2, Double Bass It seems uncertain whether this beautiful song first sprang from Scotland or Ulster. The words are about love and go...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3) Cello 1, Cello 2, Double Bass [optional] This piece, along with its two companion pieces ('Alone in the Hills' and 'Waltz for Gentle Giants'), is...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) The melody (in the first violin to begin with) should sing expressively; practise and shape this on its own. The...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) ON THE MOVE . . . probably out of doors, on foot, with an objective and with joy in the going. Make sure that we...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) ONWARD AND UPWARD Not said, we hope, with a cheesy grin in mild adversity on a wet Monday morning (inviting a sc...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) Although the Passacaglia was originally a dance, composers have for centuries taken the style and form of this d...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) Not for ever in green pastures Do we ask our way to be; But the steep and rugged pathway May we tread rejoicing...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) This should be aggressive, but not brutal. Try to phrase musically and to catch a moment of something more sympa...

Orchestration Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello) INTRADA: Some kind of rather grand entry-procession is the idea here. Two minim beats to a bar should be felt (a...