"Variations on an Original Theme" is a piece I wrote when I was 19; it consists of an 8 bar theme that I composed, and four variations upon it. This piece I dedicated to my former college teacher, Carl Johnson

Variations On An Original Theme [2007]

I wrote this piece at the age of 18. It is dedicated to my first piano teacher, Mr. John Rolls.

Reverie [2006]

A memorial tribute to my composer friend, Bob Morabito [https://soundcloud.com/bob-morabito]

Elegy For Bob Morabito [2020-21]

My first foray into atonal composition, which is dedicated to my piano teacher Derek Holland.

The Imp  [2016-2017/2018]

This is my recent completion of a piece of my juvenilia [which pre-dated all my other published works]



 Copyright © Mark Dowding 2005, 2021

Burlesque [2005/2021]

This is essentially a completion I've made to one of my early compositions. 

Dedicated to my father, Bob Dowding.

Fantasy-ballad [2005/2019]

Preludes (for piano) -IV- "Tenderness" for piano, dedicated to Nimisha.
 
Performed by Paul Fejko

Download the score for FREE here: https://www.scoreexchange.com/myscores

Preludes (for piano) -IV- "Tenderness" [2023]

A live recording of my Prelude III [2024], performed by the dynamic pianist, Paul Fejko! 
Dedicated to David Victor Feldman

Preludes (for piano) -III- "Mystic" [2024]

This piece is my revision, and completion of a piece I left unfinished in 2003. Dedicated to Ekaterina Shetliffe.

Study in C# Minor [2003, 2024]

My second piano prelude, in a cafe-concert style. Dedicated to Utsyo Chakraborty.

Preludes (for piano) -II [2022] *NEW RECORDING*

The first piece from my "Preludes (for piano)", which I wrote using 12-tone technique. This piece is dedicated to my former composition tutor, Mr. Peter Nickol. https://www.impulse-music.co.uk/peternickol/

Preludes (for piano) - I - "For Peter Nickol" [2021] *NEW RECORDING*

A piece of my music juvenilia, a composition I left unfinished in 2005, that I returned to and completed in 2021. Dedicated to Verity Moor.

[Photo copyright 2022 Mark Dowding]

Burlesque [2005/ 2021] *NEW RECORDING*

My formative work for string quartet. Dedicated to Martin Tanton.

"Movement" for String Quartet [2023-24]

The fifth prelude from my collection of preludes. Dedicated to Paul Andrew Smith. 
*I would love to hear what you think of this piece (in the comments)*

Preludes (for piano) -V- [2024-25]

My final revision of my "Forever May" piece, dedicated to the memory of my friend, and fellow composer, Christophe Heroufosse

[2022, 25] Forever May (in memory of Christophe Heroufosse)

This is an updated recording of my piano composition, "The Imp".

[2016-2017, 18] The Imp *Updated recording*

XII- Concerning Fate 

A change is as good as a rest, they say 
What once worked well may fail today
Investing hope in stilted schemes
Adds little to our lasting dreams
For what was rich and bountiful
Can all too quickly fade away.

But must I change from comfort kind?
Sweet leisure, calm, yet anodyne 
That void those doubts upon my conscience played
Which speak of virtue lost, and plans unmade
As fate corrupts familiar design,
My ailing mind, fair hopes evade

The grounding motus falls to shreds,
A tapestry reduced to threads
That I strive, in lieu of indecision
To clutch upon small mercies given
And stumble ‘cross a fallen altar 
By raging storm, that blasts the granite tomb
Within which my youth is buried (yet to which I must return).

 Mark Dowding


*My music and poetry is copyrighted.*

Mark Dowding

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