Orchestral Music

Trio at I-Beam

Opening number for my Trio's gig at I-Beam last Friday. The whole night was really great music I think.

Chris Forbes - Piano
Hill Greene - Bass
Michael "TA" Thompson - Drums

Broken Images

A particularly screwed up version of the classic R n B song...My Dad was in the audience and he used to play this tune...so I dedicated it to him.

Chris Forbes - Piano
Hill Greene - Bass
Michael "TA" Thompson - Drums

Night Train

Ballad from July 27th 2013

Chris Forbes - Piano
Hill Greene - Bass
Michael "TA" Thompson - Drums

A - Wa - Re

The Traditional ending for all my trio gigs. This piece is based on Indonesian scales and at least I think it sounds like gamelan.

Chris Forbes - Piano
Hill Greene - Bass
Michael "TA" Thompson - Drums

The Morning Of The World

Romanza And Fugue For Strings

Ballade For Bassoon And Orchestra

Sonata For Cello And Piano

Symphony In One Movement Final Audio

Attempt to understand techniques of Morton Feldman

Kairos

A short orchestral fantasy based on a Gregorian Easter hymn.

Perfect curtain warmer

Fantasy On Ad Coenam Agni For Orchestra

One movement sonata for violin. Very virtuoso writing.

Sonata For Solo Violin Audio

A depiction of a Scottish celebration for the national saint's day, St. Andrew. All themes except the hymn tune St. Andrew are original but done in the style of traditional strathspeys, reels and jigs.

St. Andrew's Day Ceiligh

cello sonata no. 2 adagio.wav

Crystalline Structures 1.

Keeping Still/The Mountain is an improvisation piece for piano violin and chinese zheng.. The work was is in five uninterrupted movements and features recitations from the I Ching

Personnel"
Chris Forbes - piano and recitation
Jason Kao Hwang - Violin
Special Guest on Zheng

Recorded August 9th 2014 at I-Beam Brooklyn

Keeping Still - The Mountain At I - Beam 8 - 9-14

Fugue In G Minor For Piano

Via Crucis - 2. Jesus Takes Up His Cross 4-04-25

Via Crucis - 4. Jesus Meets His Mother 4/11/25

Via Lucis - Women Find the Tomb of Jesus Empty 5/02/25 Final

Via Lucis - 3. The Risen Lord Appears to Mary Magdalene 5-10-25

Via Crucis Pt 2 - 11. Jesus is Nailed to the Cross 7 - 5 - 25

Fisrt of three short atmospheric preludes for guitar solo

Three Preludes - 1. The Wind on Mars

Three Preludes - 2. Echos in the Canyon 7- 30 - 25

Three Preludes - 3. Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws 7 - 31 - 25

Petite Variations after Kurtag 8-5-25

Petite Variations (after Kurtag) Piano Version 8-8-25

Sonata in One Movement for Piano - 8-11-25

Cello Sonata inspired by late 19th century French chamber music and 20th century neo-classical material. Virtuoso cello part. Four Movements:
1. Allegro tranquillo
2. Andante grotescca
3. Adagio
4. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Christopher Gordon Forbes

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