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My first impression of this poem, from the 1923 Pulitzer-award-winning collection by the American poet Edna St Vincent Millay, was not of a tale of bleak circumstance but of the power of maternal love...

Here it is folks, my second volume of original tunes and traditional tune arrangements for the Celtic Harp. It’s a hodge-podge mix of tunes that have come my way or come from me that I thought would b...

Arioso is the third piece from the Towards the Light collection for piano written during Patrick’s time as Composer in Residence for Classic FM. Arranged for lever harp by Elinor Evans, this beautiful...

Arioso is the third piece from the Towards the Light collection for piano written during Patrick’s time as Composer in Residence for Classic FM. Arranged for pedal harp by Elinor Evans, this beautiful...

The original version for solo soprano and SATB choir appeared on Patrick’s debut album Blue in Blue. It was subsequently recorded by Hayley Westenra for her Number-One-selling album Odyssey and, in 20...

The original version for solo soprano and SATB choir appeared on Patrick’s debut album Blue in Blue. It was subsequently recorded by Hayley Westenra for her Number-One-selling album Odyssey and, in 20...

This meditative piece reflects on the eternal mystery of ‘what is true is beautiful and what is beautiful is good’. The simplicity of the text is mirrored in the pure tonality of D major and in the re...

This meditative piece reflects on the eternal mystery of ‘what is true is beautiful and what is beautiful is good’. The simplicity of the text is mirrored in the pure tonality of D major and in the re...

This piece was composed using as its basis the compositional technique of serialism in which a fixed series of notes are used to make the harmonic and melodic base of a piece. I looked at the twelve M...

This volume constitutes new works written for pedal harp alongside some pieces, reworked from my earlier volume of the same name for lever harp, which lended themselves equally well to the pedal envir...

A substantial and powerfully evocative new work for harp in four movements. Each distinctively imaginative movement can be played separately, as each tells its own story. Contemporary conventional and...

The Sonata for Clarinet and Piano was written in 2012 for Katie Canell, clarinet player for the Horizon Ensemble, from Milton Keynes in the UK. The idea was to write an accessible piece that audiences...

A new edition of Maeve Gilchrist’s exploration of the greater world of rhythmic possibilities and hand separation. Suitable for all levels of pedal and lever harpists, the material in this book can be...

So Here We Are Again, my third book, was somewhat delayed due to the intervention of a world viral threat. Originally written for piano and now arranged by Christopher Norton for viola and piano, many...

Connections for Flute Book 1 are arrangements for flute and piano by Christopher Norton of pieces from the popular Connections series for piano. A delightful and varied range of styles, at around Grad...

Connections for Flute Book 2 are arrangements for flute and piano by Christopher Norton of pieces from the popular Connections series for piano. A delightful and varied range of styles, at around Grad...