Orpheus
A school’s musical with words by Nick Warburton, first published and broadcast as part of Music Workshop and reissued as a resource pack by BBC Education
Many individual songs written for BBC School Radio, including:
And now, for your delight (words by Nick Warburton)
Dress Rehearsal (words by Nick Warburton)
Laughter from the Empty Stage (words by Nick Warburton)
The Waiting Game (words by John Taylor)
Tumbling Down
Sleigh Ride
Poor Pierrot
All Aboard Together
Mere-Smear Nose
Three Scottish tunes arranged for young violinists and piano (a medley)
1) Wild Mountain Thyme
2) The Skye Boat Song
3) Highland Laddie
Twinkle twinkle funky star
Variations for young violinists and piano
Many compositions for junior/intermediate school orchestra including:
| A Stroll in the Park After-School Blues Cityscape Ding Dong Diggety Dragon Boat Find me a Mexican Hat Good Time Waltz |
Lament Maisie’s March Round and Round Dance Raggy Shoes Ready Steady Rock Scherzo |
Many arrangements for school orchestra including:
| Carmen Carmela Carol Sequence Chatter with the Angels Christmas medley Dark as a Dungeon Diddle-i-dom Egyptian Dnace El condor pasa Harvest Home Hill an’ Gully Rider Horse’s Brawl Hydom Hydom Kalinka |
Li’l Liza Jane Old French Tune Old Macdonald – Variations Pandur Pandur Roll the Old Chariot Along See the Conquering Hero Comes The Camptown Races Toss the Feathers Turkey in the Straw Variations on Old MacDonald What shall we do with the Drunken Sailor Who Did? |
The spirit of Christmas
(words by Martin Angel and Janet Wheeler)
SATB with optional children’s choir and piano
A la media noche (At the hour of Midnight)
Arrangement of Puerto Rican carol of SATB + trebles choir + piano duet. Additional English words by the composer.
Duration: 4.5′
Listen to the angels
(A jazzy carol which combines an original tune with the traditional carol Of the Father’s Heart Begotten)
SATB choir plus trebles and piano
Sing we noel
A Christmas Processional
Welcome yole
A Christmas Processional
A cool, cool Christmas
words by Martin Angel
A jazzy carol for unison treble voices with backing vocals for SSAAB or
SSATB choir and piano accompaniment
Duration 2’30”
I ask
A setting of words by Inazo Nitobe (adapted)
For treble voices in 2 parts with piano accompaniment
Commissioned by Martin Wilson for a performance by the Joint Quaker Junior Schools in 2006
Duration 3′
Light will shine
For treble voices in 3 parts with piano accompaniment
Commissioned by Martin Wilson for a performance by the Joint Quaker Junior Schools in 2006
Duration 2’30”