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List of Compositions by Garry Wilkinson

To commission a composition, please email the composer.

For a list of works available in print and in digital formats, please visit the Publications page

Here is a list of compositions by Garry Wilkinson with links to performances, posts, and publications.

Several audio performances are available on Garry Wilkinson’s SoundCloud and YouTube channels.

Find links to extra resources, including performance notes, merchandise, and audio files, at the end of this page.

Instrumental – The Constellations Series

40 unique and original compositions inspired by the night sky.

Constellations Set I for Violin and Piano – Eleven graded pieces inspired by the night sky. (Easy to moderate).

Listen to the audio demo of Initial Grade, Aquila – The Eagle

Play along to the piano accompaniment of Aquila – The Eagle (See the post for a free download)

Listen to the audio demo of Grade 2, Leo – The Lion

Play along to the piano accompaniment of Leo – The Lion (See the post for a free download)

Constellations Set II for Brass and Piano – Ten graded pieces inspired by the night sky. (Easy to moderate).

Read the post about this exciting album for trumpet and piano.

Taurus the Bull from Constellations Set II – Trumpet Grade 7 performed live:

Listen to Andrew Crowley perform this popular showcase trumpet piece. Click on the audio button below.

Constellations Set III for Descant Recorder and Piano – Ten graded pieces inspired by the night sky. (Easy to moderate).

Listen to the complete Descant Recorder album with extra play-along piano accompaniments on YouTube

Follow the scrolling score of Constellations for Descant Recorder on the publisher’s website.

Read the post about this unique and original album for recorder and piano.

Constellations Set IV for Flute and Piano – Nine graded pieces inspired by the night sky. (Easy to moderate).

Follow the scrolling score with live performances of Constellations Set IV for Flute and Piano.

Read the post about this exciting album for flute and piano.

Instrumental – Miscellaneous

Suite d’Amore (1989) – for Oboe d’Amore and Piano

Read the post about Suite d’Amore

Astronotes – Ten graded studies for Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn or Euphonium

Seven of the pieces are in grade syllabuses. Listen to all ten pieces on YouTube.

But There Is Always Ice Cream – Mister Maguffin™ Piano Series (with illustrations by Amori)

Visit the resources page for bonus material

Exotic Birds – 24 Flourishes for Solo Viola (Original Solo Repertoire Series)

Five Amori Paintings (2023) – Piano Solo – Listed as repertoire for LTCL recital diploma.

Read the post about Five Amori Paintings

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1996) with Piano reduction by the composer (2021)

– Repertoire for LTCL recital diploma

Read the post about the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Irish Airs for Celtic (lever) Harp – versions for E flat and C tuning (UMP Ltd.)

Read the post about Irish Airs for Harp

Shenanigans – Album of traditional Irish songs for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Messiaeniana – Organ Solo Fantastique – Nicholas Arden – 2003 – Sherborne Abbey

Oiseaux d’eau – Piano solo – (recital diploma repertoire) – Repertoire for ATCL recital diploma.

Oiseaux d’eau LIVE ATCL Recital Diploma performance on YouTube

Oiseaux d’eau Trinity ATCL Recital Diploma Examination Audio Demo

View a concert performance of Oiseaux d’eau

Piano Portraits – 24 Vignettes in Diverse Styles

Piano Portraits include the popular works, Jazzin’ Grace, Trick Cyclist, and Oiseaux d’eau.

Read the post about the album Piano Portraits.

Piano Escapades of Mister Maguffin™ – Illustrated Album for the Young (with Artwork by Amori)

Visit the resources page for bonus material

Yachts – On Galway Bay for Solo Piano

8 Pieces of Eight – Suite for Solo Oboe or Solo Saxophone (includes Grades 4 and 5 pieces)

Buy now on Amazon – price held on current stock!

AUDIO DEMO

Scuttlebug Trinity Grade 4 Oboe Exam Audio Demo

Catch Trinity Grade 5 Oboe Exam Audio Demo

Sonata for Cor Anglais and Piano – Elizabeth Jacoby and the composer – Sherborne 1987 – Repertoire for LTCL recital diploma

Read the post and the BDRS magazine article about the Sonata for Cor Anglais and Piano

Tcherepniniana – for Bass Trombone and Piano

Read the full post about Tcherepniniana

Sonata for Trombone and Piano (2024)

Read the full post about the trombone sonata here.

Concert Band

Fanfare for Wind, Brass, and Percussion – Taupo Concert Band – New Zealand – 2006

List of compositions for Orchestra:

Orchestra

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra – Karen Evans and Sherborne Community Orchestra – 1997

– Listed as repertoire for LTCL recital diploma

Read the Post about the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Diplomatic Bag – Orchestral Segments

Morte d’Arthur – for Orchestra with Narration based on the poem by Tennyson – SSSO conducted by Ian Davies 1995

Read the full Post about Morte d’Arthur

Observatory Suite for Orchestra – composed for the inauguration concert of the SSG Telescope – SSSO – 1993

Bon Voyage! – Sea Suite for Orchestra (1988) – SSSO and BSO award-winning composition

Read about Bon Voyage!

Spirits – Concert Suite for orchestra – First Prize in the BMIMF (South Korea) orchestral music competition – 2017

Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra

Symphony No. 2 for Large Orchestra – premiered at St. John’s, Smith Square, London (1998)

“Lucidity of thematic material is a unifying force across four movements . . . Imaginative orchestral perception.” – Roger Pope MBE FISM

Read the post about the Wilkinson Symphony No. 2

Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Adventure – for Orchestra – with narration

“It is a delightful piece!” – Trent Rash, Executive Director, The Missouri Symphony Orchestra.

Read the post about Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Adventure

Lord of the Flies – for Orchestra

Read the post about Lord of the Flies

List of compositions for Chamber ensembles:

Chamber Music

Aus Dem Dunkel – Setting of the poem by Gertrud Kolmar (sung in German) – Mezzo-Soprano Solo, French Horn, and Piano – St. Antony’s Leweston Trio. Published by UMP Ltd.

Now Catalogued in the New York Public Library and DNB Library, Germany.

Read the post about the trio, Aus dem Dunkel.

Citadel of Light for Violin and Piano. Winning composition of the 2021 Inaugural West Wicklow Festival composition competition. Premiered by Phoebe White (Violin) and Peter Regan (Piano) published by UMP Ltd.

“So many opportunities for creating atmosphere.” – Phoebe White and Peter Regan

Read the full post and watch a filmed performance.

Cloudplay – (Seven Ceylon Skies) Septet for the Kokoro Ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – 2013 Maxime Tortelier at The Poole Lighthouse Theatre. Published by UMP Ltd.

Flute Quartet in 4 movements – Four Flourishes for Four Flutes (Forton Music Publications)

Read the post about the flute quartet.

Music for Flute, Violin, and Viola (five short movements)

Romance – Double Bass Solo and String Orchestra

Vestalia – Ballet movement for chamber orchestra

Read the Post about Vestalia.

Two Courtly Dances for Brass Quintet

Five All At Sea for Brass Quintet

Wassail Carol for Brass Quintet

Matachins for Large Brass Ensemble with solo brass quintet

List of compositions for voice:

Solo Voice

How Should I Your True Love Know – from Shakespeare’s Hamlet – composed for the Sherborne Castle Production 1995

Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine’s Day – from Shakespeare’s Hamlet – composed for the Sherborne Castle Production 1995

O Mistress Mine – from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night – voice and piano

Evening Rest – from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings – voice and piano

Ring Out Ye Bells! – text by P. L. Dunbar – A Christmas carol for solo voice or congregational singing and piano

Look Out! – from ‘A Children’s Pantomime’

Ain’t Nowt So Queer as Folk – from ‘A Children’s Pantomime’

Campfires In the Sky – Soprano Solo and Piano – from the oratorio, The Starry Messenger

To The Moon – Alto Solo and Piano – from the oratorio, The Starry Messenger

Tamburlaine – Tenor Solo and Piano – from the oratorio, The Starry Messenger

If All Be Governed by Moving Stars – Bass Solo and Piano – from the oratorio, The Starry Messenger

In This World – Soprano Solo and Piano

Look At Me – Alto Solo and Piano

Black Night – Bass Solo and Piano

Choral

O Come All Ye Faithful – Fanfare, Introductions, and Verses for Choir, Audience Participation and Orchestra – 2004 performances by The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under William Slogrove and Singers, and Richard Hickox and BSO Chorus- Sherborne Abbey and Poole Lighthouse Theatre.

In Memoriam – James Harding – for Choir and Organ – Sherborne Chamber Choir 2002

Irish Blessing – Irish Traditional text – for Choir and Organ – Choir of St. Stephen’s Church, Birmingham – 2010

God is our refuge (Psalm 46) for Choir and Organ

Ring Out, Ye Bells! – Christmas Carol for Choir and Organ

Look Here, the Winter’s Brightening – Christmas Carol for Choir and Organ

Winter Awakens for Choir and Organ

Locomotion I for a cappella choir

Offal Court Song (Prince and The Pauper) for Choir

Starry Messenger – Oratorio for Solo Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass, Choir and Orchestra

Traleralera – An Armistice Christmas Carol (German and English) for Choir and Organ

Musical Theatre

Goldilocks and the Three Bears – A Children’s Orchestral Play

Code Crackers – A Comedy Musical in 2 Acts – Soloists, Choir, Orchestra and Big Band

Here is a sample medley from the original production with Lucy Mervik, Stephanie Myatt, Andrew Westwood, James Ottaway, Charlie Cox et al. (2000).

Visit the resources page for bonus material