Fantastic, deeply original music - many thanks John!

Powerful, exciting and very engaging music.

This is the 1st of a group of 5 playlists which in my view, represent the best of my work and for which I would most like to be remembered. Noche Oscura was first performed by Jane Manning with the Park Lane Group. The Cloud of Unknowing was a commission from The Fires of London and was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies. The Magic Mountain was a commission from Charles Dobler, and the 1st performance was given by Stephen Pruslin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lionel Friend in St. John's Smith Square. The remaining playlists will be posted at roughly monthly intervals.

Legacy 1

Jazz Fusión (from Málaga (Spain)) -> RECOMMEND USING HEADPHONES.

- Christopher Baker Dawson: Bass (Collaboration)
- Carlos Fuentes Castillo: Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Composition, Programming, Mixing and Mastering

Vamos a llevarnos bien

Vamos A Llevarnos Bien

Original Music by Charles Chambaz
All instruments are performed by myself.
For more information, see my public Profile
All rights reserved. 
Vocals and lyrics by IPG1 (https://soundcloud.com/ipg1)

Heavy Magic Vox: A Charles (music) & IPG1 (vocal) Collaboration

Lyrics by me, music made in Garageband.   A simple song, from my heart❤️   

My Chaos       (Original)

Free style jam at Nature's Farmacy

Recercada Prima (Passamezzo antico) / Recercada Segunda (Passamezzo moderno) / Recercada Cuarta (La gamba).

Composer: Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)
From 3 Recercadas (1553)

Brian Butts: Guitar, mix & mastering.
(Link in bio.)

Bastacho:  Alto Recorder

Enjoy from both!

3 Recercadas 1553  (Diego Ortiz: 1510-1570)

Memento Mori

Performed by David Cooper

Written by:

Music - David Cooper

Words - Ralph Donkin

Don't need no religion to pray
Don't need no opinion to say
Say what I feel
Pray when I kneel
It makes no difference to me

Don't need no secrets to keep
Don't need no dreams to sleep
Sleep when I'm tired
Secrets undesired
It makes no difference to me

Chorus

No tears
No fears
It's just the way that it is
No cheers
No jeers
It's just the way that it is

Don't need no physician to heal
Don't need no politician to steal
Steal from the poor 
Pain I'll endure
It makes no difference to me

Don't need no education to learn
Don't need to go back to return
Return to where
There's no knowledge to share
It makes no difference to me

Chorus

Don't need no flowers to grow
Don't need no ill wind to blow
Blow me a kiss
And if you miss
It makes no difference to me

It makes no difference to me
It makes no difference to me
It makes no difference to me

It Makes No Difference To  Me (Cooper/Donkin Collaboration)

UA536: XFA - V [LP] 14 Tracks 04.05.2024
Melancholic, Chill and Relax Ambient Music In Most, But Also a Little Psychedelic Too.
https://www.beatport.com/release/v/4522770

BDTMRVL

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piano and orchestra
Stephen Pruslin (piano) 
Royal Philharmmonic Orchestra
conducted by Lionel Friend
St. John's Smith Square, London

The Magic Mountain I/3 Arrival

Magic Mountain II/3 Ocean of Time

Magic Mountain III/3 Thunderbolt

chamber ensemble
The Fires of London
conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies

The Cloud of Unknowning

soprano and chamber ensemble
Margaret Field, soprano
Gemini conducted by Peter Wiegold
text by St. John of the Cross

Noche Oscura

Music by ɅƉﺍꝚﺍɅNƠ
ArtWork by ɅƉﺍꝚﺍɅNƠ

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhfquPoPKyM

This track is downloadable

BEYOND BELIEF

Doing this online electronic music production course, and this is the first track coming out of it. The basic adventure was to avoid playing real instruments.

Apologies that I haven't been active here for some time, needed a break and now this course keeps me busy. I know that I have missed a truckload of cool songs, but I will catch up with them soon, promise!

The Mental State ft. Holden & The Caulfields

These SoundCloud posts contain most of my work, and the series of 5 Legacy playlists in the Spotlight 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)

Magic Mountain III/3 Thunderbolt

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