Browsing John Simon by Subject "Orchestral music"
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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 ... -
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Dance to freedom, opus 46
Score. From the orchestration for Phelelani Mnomiya’s cantata ‘Zizi Lethu’. -
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 ... -
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." -
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’." -
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. -
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.
