John Woolrich Sheet Music for Ensemble

Instrumentation: afl.bcl - perc(1): mar/log drums/BD - pno -vln.vla.vlc

My oboe quintet is about 20 minutes long. Structurally it's a bit like a book of short poems (27 in all), which form a network of laments, chorales, nocturnes, fragments and echos. It is music of tick...

Instrumentation: picc(=hand bell).1.Ebcl(=ssax+cl).bcl.cbsn -1(=whistle).1(=whistle).1.1 - perc(2): BD/crot/10 or so tin cans/2 tpl.bl/whistle/gongs/tam-t/susp.cym/ped BD/guero/log drum/claves/whip/ha...

Instrumentation: afl.ssax - hn.tpt - perc(2): boobams/BD - pno - vln.vla.vlc

Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1(=cbsn) - 1110 - perc(2): 2 tam-t/12 tpl.bl/12 c.bells/2 hi-hat/2 log drum/2 BD+foot ped - harp - pno - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db

Instrumentation: fl(=picc).ob.cl(=bcl).bsn - hn.tpt.trbn - db

Instrumentation: fl(=picc+afl).cl(=Ebcl+bcl).ssax - hn.tpt - pno -perc(1): 12 or more tin cans/4 car wheels/2 brakedrums/anvil/hi-hat/8 scaffold bars/3 scaffold feet - vln.vla.vlc.db

John Woolrich’s 'Watermark' is a ten-minute duo for the unusual combination of violin and bass clarinet. The two voices are like planets revolving around the same sun- treating the same material in tw...

Commissioned by the Machynlleth Festival with funds from the ArtsCouncil of Wales and the Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust. This piano trio is a mosaic of chorales, frenetic string duets, slow melodies, a...

Commissioned by the Machynlleth Festival with funds from the ArtsCouncil of Wales and the Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust. This piano trio is a mosaic of chorales, frenetic string duets, slow melodies, a...

I borrowed the title of this piano quartet from Monteverdi's great madrigal sequence of 1610: "Lagrime d'Amante al Sepolcro dell'Amata". There are six main sections, behind each of which hovers the gh...

Although Adagissimo is short (lasting about eight minutes) it is built from numerous tiny inventions. The piece opens with slow, spare gestures passed gently back and forth between piano and strings....

Instrumentation: afl.ob.cl(=bcl) - vla.vlc - sop(= 2 tuned gong)

Instrumentation: 1011 - 2000 - perc(2): 4 spring coils/2 tam-t/BD - harp - strings (3 vln.3 vla.2 vlc.2 db)

Instrumentation: sop(=c.bells/2 metronomes/2 boobamchimes/tabor/ant.cym/nightingale) - cl(=Ebcl+Ccl+bcl) E.T.A.Hoffmann (1776-1822) loved automata and often mentioned them in his short stories. These...

Instrumentation: sop(=claves/tam-t/bamboo chimes/ant.cym) - cl(=bcl) -pno(=2 wdbl/whistle) - vln.vlc Harlequinade was commissioned by Washington Arts Centre with funds provided by Northern Arts. It wa...

Instrumentation: Perc(1): sistrum/siz.cym/hi-hat/BD/crot/large springcoil/cuica(or lion's roar)

Instrumentation: sop(=claves/tam-t/bamboo chimes/ant.cym) - cl(=bcl) -pno(=2 wdbl/whistle) - vln.vlc Harlequinade was commissioned by Washington Arts Centre with funds provided by Northern Arts. It wa...

Instrumentation: cl - pno - tam-t - vln.vla.vlc.db

Instrumentation: 2 vln.tenor vln.bass vln.violone or: 2 vln.vla.vlc.db (either solo strings or string section)

Instrumentation: ob.ssax.perc(1): Thai gong/bell plate/steel pan/2 tam-t/2 spring coil