Browsing John Simon by Issue Date
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Piano sonata no 5, opus 24
Manuscript score. "Composed 20th August, 1973. This copy made 31st January, 1989. Checked 28.2.89." -
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. -
Piano concerto no 2, opus 31
Score. Piano concerto in three movements, composed in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England between 1977 and 1979. -
Fanfares for Tristan, opus 49
Score. 1. Portrait of a Warrior-Hero -- 2. Carnival pranks with comeuppance -- 3. Idealised reverie -- 4. Fatal liaison -- 5. Recollection, death, transfiguration. The work was written between 2010 and 2011. 'To the memory ... -
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 ... -
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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." -
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Threnody 2, for strings, clarinet and timpani, opus 39
Score. Originally entitled ‘Steve Biko in Heaven’. In memory of Steve Biko. -
Piano sonata no 4, opus 22
Manuscript score. "Composed 1972. This copy made 18th July 1990. Checked 23.7.90." -
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. -
Dance to freedom, opus 46
Score. From the orchestration for Phelelani Mnomiya’s cantata ‘Zizi Lethu’. -
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'. -
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. -
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. -
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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’." -
Late gothic overture, opus 45d
Score. Won first prize in the South African National Youth Orchestra competition, 2011. -
Little suite for orchestra, opus 33
Score. 1. Happy memories -- 2. Sad song -- 3. Brassy minuet -- 4. High spirits and moody blues. "Composed in 1978 for music pupils at Bishop Ramsay School in Ruislip." -
Children of the sun, opus 44
Score. Symphonic suite in four movements. I El Templo del Sol (The Temple of the Sun) -- II Los Conquistadores (The Conquerors) -- III Nocturno de Cajamarca (Night Music of Cajamarca) -- IV Caída del Templo del Sol ...