Opera - first attempt...so far as you know. My first pretend attempt not to write Opera obviously doesn't count. We are playing Opera 'you are allowed to forget one or more earlier catastrophic attempt' rules. Under these rules (which I made up as I went along)...the integer representing deniable (discountable) previous operatic atrocities can only increment. It cannot decrement. Hence, the number of deniable previous attempts may only rise.

Cinque Secondi - Act I

Short piano theme

Sonata No.20 Op.2 - 4th movement

Experimenting again here with different divisions of strings. Why is getting the balance right so difficult? Part of the answer is that conductors (not composers) are the experts. They ensure, for example, that large numbers of divisions of second violins, avoid blasting smaller numbers of viola divisions into acoustic oblivion.

Small, medium or large orchestras plainly have very different numbers of divisions of the different string instruments. It is very complicated to get the balance right, to say the least. Conductors know how to handle all sorts of different orchestras (small, medium and large)...and therefore all sorts of different divisions, of all sorts of instruments.

The best way for composers to learn (from conductors) is to attend rehearsals of pieces made by famous composers. Making notes of everything the conductor says to the orchestra during rehearsals.

Gustav Mahler was a conductor who happened to compose in his spare time. Being a good conductor, in my opinion, is orders of magnitude more difficult than being a good composer. Controversially, I suggest good conductors should not be required (by the performance notes of a score), to adhere strictly to performance notes. Good conductors should be positively encouraged to interpret scores ad libitum.

Efforts were made in the above study to think about string divisions, in relation to other string divisions and piano. A technical study. Which became the first movement of my first piano concerto.

Piano Concerto No.1 (1st movement) Op.22

Étude No.77 Op.3

Prélude No.35 Op.11

For my friend Wiggy, who played Mozart's miraculous Piano Sonata No.11 for me recently.

Variations on Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11

Nocturne No.10 Op.27

Untitled 07.06.25

Étude No.78 Op.3

Sonata No.76 Op.9

Prélude No.36 Op.11

Sonata For Two Pianos (No.77 Op.9)

Prélude No.37 Op.11

For Helen. I like this piece (which I rarely say) from the beginning...certainly until 01:02.

Adagio for Piano and Strings Op.31

Variations on 'Reverie' by Debussy

This began life as a proposed second engraving of an Adagio for Piano and Strings Op.31, before becoming a short PC movement.

Piano Concerto No.2 (1st movement) Op.32 - Adagio con tenerezza

I know it is very short for a PC movement :)

Piano Concerto No.2 (2nd movement) Op.32 - Adagietto con tranquillo

Innamoramento

Sonata No.84 Op.9

Sonata No.89 Op.9

Spanish Dances No.2 Op.34

Spanish Dances No.3 Op.34

Étude No.82 Op.3

String Quartet No.1 Op.37

Begun with jazz before becoming classical without noticing.

Sonata No.91 Op.9

Sonatas No.93 Op.9

Nocturne No.15 Op.27

Piano Concerto No.4 (1st movement) Op.40

Libretto

Io ho le serrature...
Ho io le chiavi...
A lui, gli allarmi...
Facile non sarà...
Due sensori là...
Ferri e chiavi!...
Ma ci vorrà anche... del Prosciutto e del formaggio

Niche humour. About a daring diamond robbery in Antwerp. Carried out by objectively brilliant Italian criminals. Almost the perfect crime, but for the fact they left a ham and cheese sandwich behind for the police to find.

I have the locks...
I have the keys...
He has the alarms...
It will not be easy...
Two sensors there...
Tools and keys!...
But we will also need... some ham and cheese.

La Scuola di Torino

Sonata No.94 Op.9

Study for a theme

So named for several reasons, one of which was to link the artistic concept of 'chiaroscuro' to the black and white keys of a piano in the evening. Bass - piano and percussion.

Chiaroscuro Vespertino

Spanish Dances No.9 Op.34

Sonata for Guitar No.18

Spanish Dances No.10 Op.43

Spanish Dances No.11 Op.43

String Quartet No.2 Op.37

Dedicated to all of your quiet...unassuming...unacknowledged acts, of courage and of love.

Piano Concerto No.5 (3rd movement) Op.41

Spanish Dances No.12 Op.43

Piano Concerto No.5 (4th movement) Op.41

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