The music for Act I of a production of Simon Gray's play Quartermaine's Terms arranged for Brazilian jazz sextet. Gray's award winning play explores themes of loneliness and the human condition set in a Cambridge language school in the 1960s.

Bossa Nova from music for Quartermaine's Terms by Andrew Orgee (2021)

The music for Act II of a production of Simon Gray's play Quartermaine's Terms arranged for Brazilian jazz sextet. Gray's award winning play explores themes of loneliness and the human condition set in a Cambridge language school in the 1960s.

Samba from music for Quartermaines Terms by Andrew Orgee (2021)

A live performance of a tango arranged for the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra - Orpheus at the Palace of Culture, Pernik, Bulgaria in December 2005, conducted by Raitcho Christov.

El Detectivo for String Orchestra by Andrew Orgee (2005)

A live performance of a tango arranged for the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra - Orpheus at the Pernik Theatre, Pernik, Bulgaria, in November 2006, conducted by Raitcho Christov.

El Vendedor Del Banco for String Orchestra by Andrew Orgee (2006)

This is the fourth piece in a set of six Songs Without Words for Cello and Piano. This piece pays a passing homage to the song form of Schubert and Schumann, but integrates more popular music from today's music theatre. It is written in Ionian mode.

Songs Without Words for Cello and Piano (2017) - Lieder

Performed by the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra "Orpheus" at the Pernik Theatre, Bulgaria November 2006, conducted by Raitcho Christov.

La Modella for String Orchestra by Andrew Orgee (2006)

This is the fifth piece in a set of six songs without words for cello and piano. This piece quotes a French Trouvere song, which is developed in a set of vocal variations as may have been performed in the 13th century. The harmony derives from combinations of notes taken from the Dorian mode, which changes subtly in each variation to emphasise points in the Trouvere song.

Songs Without Words for Cello and Piano by Andrew Orgee (2017) - Trouvere

The words 'Padma Tāmarasa' are Sanskrit and refer to the red lotus flower that opens at first light. The piece evokes a Moorish prayer being sung at early morning, slowly emerging and returning to a place of calm and reverence.

Padma Tāmarasa for Oboe by Andrew Orgee (1992)

The fourth song from the song cycle Blind Love (words by Philip Sharpe 1982) performed live at the Sofia Modern Art Gallery, Bulgaria, November 2009 with the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra "Orpheus" conducted by Raitcho Christov with Teodora Konach (Soprano) and Lilliana Stoeva (Harp).

The Cool of Dawn from song cycle Blind Love by Andrew Orgee (2009)

This is an arrangement for string orchestra taken from a student exercise written for string quartet in 1983. The melody is taken from an anonymous 13th troubadour dance which is presented in a set of short variations, with chromatic harmony reminiscent of Peter Warlock.

Estampie Real for String Orchestra by Andrew Orgee (2015)

This piece was written for a tango competition in 2003 organised by a tango band based in St Albans, UK. The piece came 13th out of 100 entries! It was later arranged for the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra who performed the full-length version in 2005 at the Cultural Palace, Pernik.

Romanza for Tango Band by Andrew Orgee (2003)

This is a setting of one of the earliest known Christmas Carol texts in the English language believed to be sung to music around the 15th centuary - I Syng of a Mayden. This piece takes its model from Britten's setting of the same text called As Dew in Aprille (1942). However, this setting is scored for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass choir with church organ. Vocal samples have been used in this recording.

I Syng of a Mayden - for SATB Choir and Organ by Andrew Orgee (2019)

This piece evokes the style of Elgar's popular Edwardian salon pieces for violin and piano, but adds some subtle French harmonic touches with a nautical theme of 'Yo Heave Ho' running through it. It was inspired by a stay with a friend in Nice in the summer of 1993 to whom this piece is dedicated. Performed by the composer on this recording.

Chanson Du Mer for Solo Piano by Andrew Orgee (1993)

This piece is inspired by music written for various feature-length animated films over the last 40 years such as by Studio Ghibli. The piece introduces a simple theme which develops as a conversation between piano and string orchestra in a set of variations. It begins in A minor and concludes in A major, as if coming out of the darkness into the light. Is was written for my daughter's anime projects (seen here).

Music For Anime by Andrew Orgee (2020)

This Bossa Nova for light orchestra is inspired by the jazz-Brazilian fusion music of the 1960s made popular by composers such as Edu Lobo and Sérgio Mendes. The piece is a type of invocation to a Brazilian rain god, intended as a passing comment on the current climate emergency.

Dança Da Chuva (Rain Dance) for Light Orchestra  by Andrew Orgee (2021)

Andrew Orgee is a composer of original music for amateur and professional musicians, with a large portfolio of compositions for solo, ensemble and orchestral forces. His musical education spans both foundation and degree level study at Bromsgrove College, Newcastle Polytechnic and Newcastle University in the UK, culminating in a Masters degree in Composition at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His music has been performed internationally and in leading venues in London. He lives in Cambridge, England.

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