This work emits a raw, rather haunting beauty.

Great energy and movement, but composed with precise finesse.  I admire how you write such distinct voices that work so effectively as a collective whole.  Excellent work John.

This is the 2nd group of works to which I feel particularly close, and by which I would like to be remembered. For the Far Journey was commissioned by Gemini and is dedicated to my daughter, Caroline. Cantilever was commissioned for the Nash Ensemble by the King's Lynn Festival, and Elective Affinities was commissioned by the University of Hertfordshire for its Mayfest.

Legacy 2

Up and Through

Passion Classical

Composed 2016 for Good Friday service

It includes i.a. a theme of the song "am Kreuz" "at the cross" by my good  musician friend Sabine Weber 

Passion

Lyrics, instrumental, Vocal performance, Sounds, mix, master Written and performed by - The Mysterious Decibel

Lyrics:

If the past could eat I'd be it's first course
Theres something on my mind
single digit cravings twisted by design
If you could fly me to fly me to the stars I'd knock them down
The swollen toes of the floating bill back to the ground
We are just the kid who let our balloon slip
Watching it all rise as these burgers flip
We are still down here
Waiting for your descent
We are still down here
But waiting piles on torment
Simple as it was
Good things never last
As Simple as it was
Good things never last
We stand here and wave down at half mast
For succulence in simplicity that's all we ever need


Goodbye dollar menu
Goodbye dollar menu
Goodbye goodbye goodbye dollar menu

Goodbye dollar menu
Goodbye dollar menu
Goodbye goodbye goodbye dollar menu

Goodbye dollar menu
Goodbye dollar menu
Goodbye goodbye goodbye dollar menu

Goodbye dollar menu
This drive thru just doesn't hit right anymore

Goodbye Dollar Menu

Written and performed by David Cooper.

I was nothing, didn’t know what to do
I was nothing, didn’t know what to do
But everything changed
That day I met you

Then the world moved on, I seen the sunny skies
Then the world moved on, I seen the sunny skies
Lifted the mist from my eyes
And then I realised

Chorus
 
Take me back to where I’ve been
Take me back to see
Take me back to loving times, all worthwhile
Oh that’s fine with me

Solo

Chorus

Now I ‘m something, the world’s a brand new place
Now I ‘m something, the world’s a brand new place
No longer upside down
See the smile on my face

Chorus x 2

End

Fine With Me

Around noon today (2024, July 21), I asked joerxx (https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx ; you all know him; those who don't, take a tour on his page) if he would like to play saxophone on the basis of an old song of mine that I was rearranging  without particular satisfaction. He agreed, and in a few hours he and his sax did a job that I would not have even dreamed of doing. 
Now the song is also finally updated:  https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/vorrei-che-tu-venissi-da-me-in-una-sera-dinverno
Thank you Jörg, it was a great Sunday!

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2023-2024).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, July 21.

I would like you to come to me on a winter evening (instrumental) [Michele Ansani & joerxworx] *

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/DlTCxvsRtF0 

W niektórych sytuacjach człowiek chciałby mieć skrzydła by wzbić się wysoko i polecieć jak najdalej. 🎶 In some situations, a person would like to have wings to soar high and fly as far as possible. 🎶 En algunas situaciones, a una persona le gustaría tener alas para volar alto y volar lo más lejos posible.

Analog Flight

Forbidden Colours

Piano Concerto 1 - Movement 1

chamber ensemble
Capricorn Ensemble
conducted by John Hopkins

Elective Affinities

soprano and ensemble
Margaret Field (soprano)
Gemini
conducted by Peter Wiegold

For the Far Journey

chamber ensemble
Nash Ensemble
conducted by Lionel Friend

Cantilever

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Consecuencia

01 - Spitfire Audio - Kepler Orchestra - Janus + woodwinds
02 - Spitfire Audio - London Contemporary Orchestra Textures - Ethereal - Tail + First Light

First Light

These SoundCloud posts contain most of my work, and the pieces in the series of 5 Legacy playlists are all those by which I would most like to be remembered. They begin with Noche Oscura, which I wrote in 1976, and end with Broken Forms from 2021 and the opera Russian Jerusalem and the anthem Even-Song, completed in 2022.
Details of all my compositions, and information about their publication, can be found at my publisher's address: Ricordi London (http://www.ricordi.com/en-US/Composers/H/Hopkins-John.aspx)

Elective Affinities

John Hopkins

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