This collection of school bells is free for non-profit use and may be downloaded from www.jimcoylemusic.com

School Bell - Advance

School Bell - Alarum

School Bell - Alert

School Bell - Aspire

School Bell - Clarion

School Bell - Flourish

School Bell - Herald

Hopping Emu

Hugger-Mugger

Mullabundra Bird

Megacuscus

Drop-Bear

Hamish Gullick - contrabass 
Viet-Anh Nguyen - piano 
20th September 2014 

The Light Fantastic

The Dark Fantastic

And My Angel Whisper Peace to Me

Greg Stephens - Horn
Hobart Chamber Orchestra, conductor Gary Wain.

Recorded live in Hobart May 2017.

Copyright Jim Coyle 2016. All rights reserved.

I was Greg Stephens’ music teacher when he was in high school in Sydney. We lost touch for some years, only to meet again at a TSO composers’ week. As a result of that week, I was asked by Tim Jones for a major tuba piece (the result was Deep – premiered at MONA last year) and by Greg for a large-scale work for French horn.

The horn is a wonderful instrument with so many associations; the battlefield, the sylvian glade and the depths of space are all its natural territory. Its main association for me is with the heroic. I decided to write Greg a piece about my heroes. High on the list of my personal heroes are close friends of mine who have struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol. These are struggles of great pain and difficulty and are all the harder because most of the battles are fought on the inside. The Golden Thread of the title refers to that unalterable part of the self that retains its integrity even in the darkest bouts of addictive illness.

The Golden Thread is in five episodes (Jig, Elegy, Dance, Meditation and Finale) which are played without a break. They are linked by solo passages for the horn. There is darkness and light in the work, terror and joy too, but the heroism of the horn shines throughout.

Jim Coyle The Golden Thread

Bridget Bolliger - Flute
Andrew West - Piano

From the album 'Timeless' (Austrian Gramophon)

www.bridgetbolliger.com

Timeless

Paradise of Birds - Wedge-Tailed Eagle

Sepehr Irandoost (bass-baritone)

The Gangliano Quartet
Fiona Ziegler
Leone Ziegler
Sandro Costantino
Douglas Emery

On ‘The Garden of Prosperpine’

Quart-Ed

Sarah Qiu
Caitlin Sandiford
Connor Malanos 
Karen Cortez

With Jacques Emery (double bass)

Recorded at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, May 2019. David Kim-Boyle, Engineer and Producer.

The Garden of Proserpine (additional track - orchestral version)

Death in Sidmouth 5 - December

Death in Sidmouth 4 - November

Death in Sidmouth 3- October

Death in Sidmouth 1 - August

Jim Coyle is a composer and educator based in Sydney, Australia. His work includes music for the stage, orchestra, choral and solo instrumental works; as well as compositions for younger musicians.

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