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Valse Lente was inspired by a film scenario by actor Tom Burke and is also available as a harp solo. This arrangement was made for harpist Rachel Talitman and bassoonist Mavroudes Troullos but is also...

The Song of the Green-Winged Orchid was written in 1986 for Simon Desorgher who gave the first performance in Putney Parish Church later that year. It was the eleventh to be written in a projected ser...

Two lovely pieces 'Eirie Cherie' and 'In Venzuela' for flute and piano. EIRIE CHERIE was written for Kenneth Smith (flute) and Paul Rhodes (piano) and is based on a Trinidadian folk song. It captures...

This piece for flute and piano was inspired by the multitude of birds that could suddenly be heard once more when human activity came to a standstill during the global pandemic in spring of 2020.It is...

Three waltzes: Valse Nostalgique and Two Valses Pastiches - Valse Sentimentale and Valse Brave. Also see Paul Lewis' Saturday Night Jazz Suite for harp.

A suite of three pieces in light jazzy styles: 1.Jazzette 2.Blues for Harpo 3.Blue Fiver. The final movement (a homage to Dave Brubeck) is included in the new Associated Board Harp Examinations syllab...

Magyar Dance; Maidens' Dance; Peasant Dance; Lamentation; Gypsy Dance. Paul Lewis's mother, who died in 2005 aged 93, was a half-Russian violinist who, whilst in her twenties, led her own ensemble 'Ph...

In 1998, inspired by close acquaintance with two antique gilded harps, I decided to compose a work in a style that would remind them of their younger days! To think myself into a thoroughly Regency fr...

Song of the Pyramid Orchid was written in 1990 for Bryn Lewis, who was then the principal harpist of the Philharmonia Orchestra, now the principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra and a Profes...

Four Jazz Age Dances for harp. 'Decospherics' is the name of a circle of ebullient Art Deco enthusiasts revolving around the fabulous Art Deco Weekends in Napier, New Zealand. Every year devotees of t...

A sometimes quirky collection of jazzy little numbers and reminiscences of the vintage rock-n-roll era from the composer of the well-known 'Saturday Night Jazz Suite' for pedal harp. Paul Lewis was in...

Bologna is known as la Dotta, la Grassa, la Rossa - the Learned, the Fat, the Red. These three musical postcards are evocations of these three facets and are dedicated to harpist Gabriella Dall'Olio,...

An inevitable consequence of a long career as a professional composer is a bottom drawer (and in my case several boxes) full of works begun and never finished and others finished but forgotten. Siftin...

Four short improvisations on the popular Welsh air, framed by an even briefer Introduction and Coda. INTRODUCTION: In Celtic mythology the ash is associated with fairies. The Introduction, entirely in...

Valse Lente was inspired by a film scenario by actor Tom Burke and was first published as a theremin solo with piano accompaniment [Goodmusic GM356]. This solo harp version was made for harpist Alexan...

Cantilena is the love theme from the first and last movements of my Concerto Romantico for harp and strings. It is presented here as a solo piece for harpists who may wish to play it without the assis...

October 2022 did not go to plan. The month had been eagerly anticipated but the Fates had ideas of their own. My wife and I had long been looking forward to hosting the brilliant French harpist Maia D...

With a different title and in another arrangement, Fantasy for Horn premiered in Plymouth Guildhall in March, 2002 played by the South West Sinfonietta under Derek Kitt. It had been commissioned by Pl...

The concerto (my second for clarinet) is in four linked movements which run through continuously. It opens with a sustained but passionate Paean, beginning gently and building to a climax, before sett...

Running with Dogs started life as the first movement to my Bassoon Sonatina and was later re-worked as the first movement to my string suite 'A Gentle Music'. It is a liltingly infectious piece that t...

It was in Tauranga, New Zealand, that I bought my friend Ian Scott's CD of British clarinet concertos, listened to it, and spontaneously began this work. 1. PERAMBULATION This movement reflects the co...

A suite of 5 movements for Bb clarinet (optionally doubling bass clarinet in the 4th movement) and guitar. Duration 14 minutes