A demo studio recording of my composition "Dovekie" that I have just found on an old SD card.

Dovekie

Fantasia In A Flat by Adrian Brockless

A setting of Margaret Snowdon's poem 'The Sun Will Shine Again'
Soprano: Angela Hicks
Piano Accompaniment: Adrian Brockless

The Sun Will Shine Again by Adrian Brockless

This is a live concert performance of Adagio in B-minor for violin and piano.

Adagio In B Minor by Adrian Brockless

Nimbostratus is a piece for double violin and piano - here performed live in concert.

Nimbostratus by Adrian Brockless

An English Breeze is a musical setting of the poem (of the same name by Emily Dickinson). It was written for my late aunt Pauline Brockless and is for string quartet and soprano soloist.

An English Breeze by Adrian Brockless

A setting of a poem that is a personal favourite. For soprano solo (Angela Hicks) and string quartet accompaniment.

He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven

Written for my late aunt Pauline Brockless, this setting of Walter de la Mare's poem is for string quartet and soprano solo (Angela Hicks)

Silver

A Christmas Carol for four sopranos composed by Adrian Brockless. Based on mediaeval motifs, it is neo-mediaeval in style. Words: W.R. Spencer

All four parts sung by Angela Hicks.

Be Merrie All! By Adrian Brockless

A musical setting of Sir Philip Sidney's poem 'My True Love Hath My Heart' by Adrian Brockless.

Soprano: Lizzie Adams
Violin: Victoria Barnes
Piano: Adrian Brockless

My true-love hath my heart and I have his,
By just exchange one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a bargain better driven.
His heart in me keeps me and him in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides.
His heart his wound received from my sight;
My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;
For as from me on him his hurt did light,
So still, methought, in me his hurt did smart:
Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss,
My true love hath my heart and I have his.

My True Love Hath My Heart

I made my treble solo debut in 1987 standing in at a day's notice to sing the first treble part of Allegri's Miserere Mei at St Bartholomew-the Great. The following year I gained a choral scholarship to St. Paul's Cathedral where I was a chorister from 1988 -1990. I subsequently transferred to Guildford Cathedral Choir (boarding school was not for me) where I became Head Chorister (decani) and regular soloist. In 1993 I recorded Allegri’s Miserere on an album of passiontide music (Crucifixus (Herald Label)) - again as first treble.

Outside my commitments for the cathedral choirs, I was a regular treble soloist in concerts and services across London and the Home Counties including Westminster Cathedral and Sandhurst Military Academy; I also did regular work for my father (Brian Brockless) at St. Barthlomew-the-Great.  
In 2001 I was involved in the production of a CD - Songs of Heaven and Earth - released by Queen's College Cambridge (Guild Label). 

More recently, My music has been featured on both BBC TV and radio.

Adrian Brockless

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