This is my set of theme and variations composed on Paganini's 24th Caprice in Aminor. Many composers have been influenced by this particular piece and have done similar things. I originally wrote this for solo piano with 19 variations in total but then later decided to arrange it for a Piano Trio. For this arrangement I picked the ten best variations from the original and also ones that could be best instumentated for these instruments. The Variations are as follows: 

1. Theme
2. Var I Allegro Molto
3. Var II Allegro ma non troppo, grandioso
4. Var III Meno mosso, grave 
5. Var IV Allegro con energica
6. Var V Presto
7. Var VI Allegro con animato 
8. Var. VII Allegro 
9. Var. VIII Lento 
10. Var. IX Adagio 
11. Var. X Tempo rubato 
12. Finale, Presto 

These variations are designed to test the techniques and virtuoso skills of the player as well as focusing on producing nice harmonys and textures across the three timbres. Hope you enjoy it! 

Paganini Caprice No. 24 in Aminor - Arr. Piano Trio

This is not only my first Ballade but the first composition I ever wrote. I have always been greatly inspired by the musical style of the instrumental Ballade invented by Chopin who described the style as a long and emotional piece. While this first Ballade is not as long as my other ones it is definitely a turbulent piece. Hope you enjoy it! 

Ballade No. 1 in C#minor Op. 1 No. 1

This is my second Ballade in Cminor, again following the style invented by Chopin. This piece is one of my earliest works and looking back now seems very primitive and simple but amongst all the boring bits there are some nice phrases and chords that I hope you'll enjoy. Hope you enjoy it! 

Ballade No. 2 in Cminor Op. 7 No. 2

This is the Third Movement of my 2nd Piano Sonata in Cminor. This piece is a typical Scherzo style following an A B A format. It is quite fast and therefore quite a quick movement but a fun one none-the-less. Hope you enjoy it! 

Piano Sonata in Cminor 3rd Movement Op. 9 No. 2

This is the 2nd Movement of my 2nd Piano Sonata in Cminor. This movement, Adagio in tempo, is in Dmajor, an unlikely key to go to after being in Cminor but at the time I felt it worked quite well. The piece is quite slow and almost as short as the Scherzo (3rd Movement) but as simple as it may be and sound it is a nice and relaxing piece after the turbulent and relentless 1st Movement. Hope you enjoy it! 

Piano Sonata in Cminor 2nd Movement Op. 9 No. 2

This is the first Movement of my 2nd Piano Sonata in Cminor marked Allegro con brio.  It follows standard Sonata Form except that the second theme does not end in the dominant and in the recapitulation it is still in the dominant. The development section is also quite extended and longer than normal. An emotional and brooding piece greatly inspired by Beethoven. Hope you enjoy it! 

Piano Sonata in Cminor 1st Movement Op. 9 No. 2

This is my 3rd Ballade in Gminor again following the stlye invented by Chopin. Hope you enjoy it!

Ballade No. 3 in Gminor  Op. 24 No. 3

This is my 4th Ballade in Fminor again following the invented style of Chopin. This piece moves through each theme or motif building on it again and again before it shifts through to the next. This a very emotional and expressive piece encompassing all manner of emotions. Hope you enjoy it! 

Ballade No. 4 in Fminor Op. 58 No. 4

This is a very different sort of compostion to anything I normally write and even though it is one of the first pieces I ever wrote it has some nice elements throughout I think. The name of the piece is of course incredibly cliche being called Love Song and is dedicated to an old friend of mine. Hope you enjoy it! 

Love Song in Gminor Op. 3 No. 1

This is the first of my Grandes Etudes, basically meaning Great Study. It seems very presumptious to think of this piece as a study but the different techniques and moods that this piece demands makes it difficult enough I believe to be a study. I've spent the last 7months writing this piece and I am quite proud of it. It starts with a simple but slow introduction which eventually builds into the main theme, this carries through until the development section where the theme eventually subsides and elements of the introduction are repeated in a major key instead. This builds back into the main theme which plays through embellished and more aggressive than before until it reahes its very tumultious ending. This is by far my most emotional and aggressive, not to mention difficult, piano piece I have written so far and I hope you'll enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Hope you enjoy it! 

Grandes Etudes in Cminor No. 1 Op. 55 No. 1

Lumbúlerore is Elvish for 'Shadows of the Mind' and this work for string quartet forms part of a larger network of pieces for all manner of ensembles that depict certain mood states or blanket emotions. In the case of this first work: 'ruth' or anger.

Designed to mimic the erratic and volatile nature of the emotion this wild and virtuoso piece for string quartet tries to capture to simple yet complex emotion of anger.

E.F.J.Fagan

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