Browsing John Simon by Title
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New Azania overture, opus 38
Score. "The tune was entitled ‘New Azania’ and gave the piece its original title of ‘New Azania Overture’, the work’s name being eventually changed to ‘An Antipodean Overture’, and back once more to ‘New Azania Overture’." -
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Piano concerto no 1, opus 15
Score. Piano concerto in three movements, composed in Kingsclere, Berkshire, England in 1969-70. Rewritten in 1981, 1991 and 2003. -
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Piano concerto no 2, opus 31
Score. Piano concerto in three movements, composed in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England between 1977 and 1979. -
Piano sonata no 3, opus 13
Manuscript score. "Composed 1968. This copy made Walton on Thames, Surrey." Signed 28 July 1973. "Revised 2011 - Replaced by computerized version." -
Piano sonata no 4, opus 22
Manuscript score. "Composed 1972. This copy made 18th July 1990. Checked 23.7.90." -
Piano sonata no 5, opus 24
Manuscript score. "Composed 20th August, 1973. This copy made 31st January, 1989. Checked 28.2.89." -
Portrait of Emily, opus 43
Score. Amherst prologue -- 1. I'll tell you how the sun rose -- 2. My life closed twice before its close -- 3. The soul selects her own society -- 4. After great pain, a formal feeling comes -- 5. Exultation is the going ... -
Requiem for orchestra, opus 42
Score. 1. Requiem Aeternam and Kyrie -- 2. Dies Irae -- 3. Agnus Dei -- 4. Libera me. Originally called 'Requiem of 1984' and later changed to 'Requiem for 1984'. -
Seeing stars : nocturne for orchestra - with nightride and hard landing, opus 55
Score. 'A memory of a nocturnal work by composer Steve Martland (1954-2013).' Composed in Prague, 2015-2016. -
Symphony, opus 45
Score. 1. Moderato Allegro molto vivace -- 2. Vivace -- 3. Largo -- 4. Un poco Andante Allegro. The Symphony was written between 1993 and 1997. -
Threnody 1, for strings, opus 37
Original title: ‘Rage, rage against the dying of the light’. Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Fortuin, who died in May 1980 at a time of political unrest in Cape Town. -
Threnody 2, for strings, clarinet and timpani, opus 39
Score. Originally entitled ‘Steve Biko in Heaven’. In memory of Steve Biko. -
Violin concerto, opus 40
Revised score. 1. Threnody I -- 2. Accompanied cadenza I -- 3. Scherzino -- 4. Accompanied cadenza II -- 5. Threnody II. -
Violin concerto, opus 40
Manuscript score. 1. Threnody I -- 2. Cadenza I -- 3. Scherzando -- 4. Cadenza II -- 5. Threnody II.