Lyrical and tuneful.  Bitter Sweet, a combination of tunefulness but with spikes!

Puzzle

This piece comes from the notion of walking through crowds, which is the translation of the title.  When writing it I had a mental picture of walking through a busy French town with various conversations going on, so the audio has actual conversations going on but there are musical ones also.  The piece has a sense of rhapsody to it because of the lack of continuity one would achieve in walking amongst crowds. The reason I have chosen for the point of audition to be amongst French crowds relates to a concept of how they write for the saxophone compared to the rest of the West.  When I was asked to write for a saxophone quartet I initially had a jazz piece in mind but then when I learnt about this more traditionally classical way of using the group, I decided to use a different approach.  To add to this I thought the piece might be enhanced with manipulated ambient sounds and the piece becomes what it is.

Promenade Dans Les Foules AUDIO & BACKING FINAL

This is a piece I wrote for either a choir of girls or for SATB.  It is a celebration for a wonderful day and a wonderful person.  Chiming bells and dolce harmony, I hope.

Lorem Ipsum SSAA

This is a piece written for a sextet that includes: Piano, Cello, Violin, Clarinet, Flute & French Horn.  The tree of life is a symbol of ever changing and growing life or virility.  This piece is based on G. Klimt's artwork of the same name

Tree Of Life C Wakerley 11 June 2016

This piece is bitter then to sweet as the two lovers meet and fall into love but then err with time.  That passion turns to hate and in a final division turns into a dichotomy of a tango rather than a once singular sound.

Craig Wakerley