Reflections

Short, jazzy 12-tone piece for alto and tenor saxes, trumpet and trombone

Cream In My Coffee

Girl reading

For bassoon quartet - a reworking of a Corelli sonata

On Second Thoughts

Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte is a much neglected set of lyrical piano pieces.  Here are four of them arranged for orchestra.
Opus 53 No 3 - Presto agitato in G minor - Agitation
Opus 53 No 2 - Allegro non troppo in Eb - The fleecy cloud
Opus 53 No 4 - Adagio in F - Sadness of soul
Opus 19 No 3 - Molto allegro e vivace in A - Hunting song

Songs without words

Piano piece - after Bach - or maybe Scarlatti who knows?

Toccata

Two Sketches

A Sibelius software representation of the piece inspired by Renaissance vocal music.  First performance June 4, 2014 by Barbara Downie, volin and Nicola Boag, viola with Glasgow Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.

Double Concerto for Violin and Viola

Setting of a poem by Peter Campbell about the anthrax contaminated island

Gruinard (choir)

My setting of the Gaelic hymn Christ Child's Lullaby, in English, a live recording by the fantastic Ferguson Choral Ensemble conducted by the amazing Edith Ferguson who hand picks the amateur female singers. They perform this piece regularly and sang it in Liverpool Cathedral; a performance which was broadcast on Classic FM.  Unfortunately this vocal group no longer exists following Edith Ferguson's death.

Lullaby (female choir)

Commissioned and performed by Aberdeen City Orchestra 2022

Aurora

For string orchestra - based on Slovak folk songs.  This is a Sibelius playback.

Shlapi

Short slow piece for alto sax and piano.  This is a Sibelius software representation.  The title means Waiting.

Espera (sax and piano)

Flute duet performed in Glasgow University chapel by Cath and Jane - hence the title.

Fantasia Chanteja

Isku (Percussion Concerto)

Sekoita (Cello Concerto)

Grab your partner/children and waltz/polka around the room to these dances taken from an old book of European tunes

Tommy Fowler - Composer

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