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Christopher Brown

 

composer

conductor

editor

music typesetter

“One of Britain’s most accomplished composers of the post
Leighton-Howells-Britten generation”  (Musical Opinion)

© Christopher Brown 2011

chamber & instrumental music

“... full of spicy wit  ... idiomatic part-writing ...”
 (The Musical Times on “Divertimento for Wind Quintet”)

The organ, King’s College,

Cambridge

First performance:

Piano solo
Publisher:  
24 Preludes and Fugues op. 98    
In preparation

First performance:

Bassoon and Piano
Publisher:  ABRSM
4 mins.
Air and Burlesque     

First performance:

Louise Tombleson and Rebecca Low
Treble Recorder and Viola
Publisher:  Musography
June 2001: Hitchin
4 mins.
Arietta and Rondo     

First performance:

Bob Devereux, The Lindsays and Friends
Reciter, Clarinet, Bassoon/Contrabassoon, Horn and String Quartet
Publisher:  Musography
21.12.98: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
32 mins.
Brown the Bear op. 87    A Musical Tale for Narrator and Ensemble
Libretto by Bob Deveruex (after Samivel's "Brun l'Ours")

First performance:

Alan Maries, Keith Maries and David Atherton
Clarinet, Horn and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
August 1966: Canford Summer School of Music
8 mins.
Burlesque op. 4    

First performance:

John Turner and Peter Lawson
Treble Recorder and Piano
Publisher:  Forsyth
4.11.86: BBC Radio 3
3 mins.
Caprice op. 68    

First performance:

Rachel Brown and Anne Smillie
Trumpet and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
19.2.94: St. Neots
5 mins.
Celebration     

First performance:

The Music Group of London (Jack Brymer, Alan Civil, Hugh Bean, Eileen Croxford, David Parkhouse)
Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello and Piano
Publisher:  Chester Music
13.3.75: St. John's, Smith Square, London
28 mins.
Chamber Music op. 40    

First performance:

Rachel Brown and Anne Smillie
Trumpet and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
March 1987
8 mins.
Christmas Pieces op. 65    

First performance:

Horn and Piano
Publisher:  ABRSM
4 mins.
Contrasts and Duologue     

First performance:

Rachel Brown and Anne Smillie
Trumpet (optional doubling on Cornett, Natural Trumpet & Flugelhorn) and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
25.5.01: Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
14 mins.
Dance Variants op. 92    

First performance:

William Tilden, Christopher Brown, Alan Maries, Keith Maries, Warwick Edwards
Wind Quintet
Publisher:  Musography
14.11.63: Bottisham Village College, Cambridgeshire
12 mins.
Divertimento op. 1    before Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

First performance:

The Lindsays
String Quartet
Publisher:  Musography
9.5.92: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2 mins.
Fanfare for Sir Michael Tippett op. 79    

First performance:

Gabrieli String Quartet
String Quartet
Publisher:  Chester Music
29.7.81: Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
10 mins.
Festival Variations op. 54    

First performance:

Brian McNamara and Christopher Brown
Violin and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
25.1.68: British Council, Berlin
8 mins.
Five Studies op. 11    

First performance:

John Lock
Organ solo
Publisher:  Musography
17.6.84: Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
5 mins.
Gallery Prelude op. 61    

First performance:

Fine Arts Brass
Brass Quintet
Publisher:  Musography
1.8.87: Cambridge Festival, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
20 mins.
Images op. 70    

First performance:

Thomas Trotter and Evelyn Glennie (with Gregory Knowles)
Organ and Percussion (1 or 2 players)
Publisher:  Musography
9.7.91: St. Albans International Organ Festival, St. Alban's Abbey
24 mins.
La Légende de l'Étoile op. 75    

First performance:

Violin and Piano
Publisher:  ABRSM
10 mins.
Little Suite op. 58a    

First performance:

June Moore and Gerhardt Hamburger
Piano Duet
Publisher:  Musography
22.2.93: Luton Music Club, Library Theatre, Luton
12 mins.
Luton Variations     
with Antony Hopkins, Christopher Wiggins, John McCabe and Stephen Dodgson

First performance:

John Morehen
Organ solo
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
1972: Washington Cathedral, Washington DC
3 mins.
Nocturne     
included in "Easy Modern Organ Music" (OUP)

First performance:

Timothy Brown
Organ solo
Publisher:  Musography
9.2.76: St. Mary's Church, Dorchester, Dorset
2 mins.
Paraphrase     

First performance:

Flute and Piano
Publisher:  ABRSM
4 mins.
Pastorale and Dance     

First performance:

Roger Garland, Robert Stobie and Ruth Wolfers
Violin, Cello and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
18.2.68: Cambridge
25 mins.
Piano Trio op. 8    

First performance:

Rachel Beckles Willson
Piano solo
Publisher:  Musography
1991: Glasgow
1 min.
Polka op. 74a    
from "Die Schwindlerin" (see Opera)

First performance:

Oboe and Piano
Publisher:  ABRSM
4 mins.
Romance and Capriccio     

First performance:

Trumpet and Piano
Publisher:  ABRSM
2 mins.
Scherzo     

First performance:

Anne Smillie and Christopher Brown
Piano Duet
Publisher:  Musography
Christmas 1986: Sedbergh
10 mins.
Sonatina op. 69a    
adapted from the "Toy Symphony" (see Orchestral works)

First performance:

The Lindsays
String Quartet
Publisher:  Musography
25.9.93: Wigmore Hall, London
4 mins.
Sous la Mer op. 83    Petite Fantasie sur "La Marseillaise"

First performance:

Rebecca Low and Lydia Clatworthy
Viola and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
26.2.94: St. John's Arts & Recreation Centre, Old Harlow
13 mins.
Star Song I op. 84    De Profundis

First performance:

Leopold String Trio
String Trio
Publisher:  Musography
19.2.97: Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
24 mins.
Star Song III op. 86    

First performance:

Dussek Piano Trio
Violin, Cello and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
13.11.99: Lyddington Parish Church, Rutland
28 mins.
Star Song IV op. 89    Phantasy - Les Rêves de Blacas d'Aups

First performance:

The Lindsays
String Quartet
Publisher:  Musography
9.3.70: Keele University
15 mins.
String Quartet no. 1 op. 24    

First performance:

National Symphony String Qaurtet
String Quartet
Publisher:  Chester Music
25.11.77: Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
26 mins.
String Quartet no. 2 op. 43    

First performance:

Rachel Beckles Willson
Piano solo
Publisher:  Musography
5.3.92: Glasgow
13 mins.
Studies op. 77    

First performance:

Joanna Borrett and Michael Dussek
Cello and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
14.11.92: Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
20 mins.
The Ship of Fools op. 81    Variations for Cello and Piano

First performance:

John Turner
Two Treble Recorders
Publisher:  Forsyth
Date & place not known
5 mins.
Three Inventions     

First performance:

Richard Walshaw
Organ solo
Publisher:  Chester Music
7.8.82: Melton Mowbray
5 mins.
Toccata op. 56    

First performance:

Legrand Ensemble (John Turner, Basil Howitt, Keith Elcombe)
Treble Recorder, Cello and Harpsichord (or Piano)
Publisher:  Chester Music
28.10.72: Wilmslow Parish Church
15 mins.
Trio op. 36    

First performance:

performers unknown
Flute, Bassoon and Piano
Publisher:  Chester Music
1982: Denmark
15 mins.
Trio op. 36a    

First performance:

Oriel Trio (Betty Mills, Lucy Vincent, pianist unknown)
Flute, Oboe and Piano
Publisher:  Chester Music
16.10.84: Welshpool
15 mins.
Trio op. 36b    

First performance:

Michael McIntyre and Ruth Wolfers
Violin and Piano
Publisher:  Musography
6.3.66: Selwyn College, Cambridge
18 mins.
Violin Sonata op. 5    

First performance:

Anne Smillie
Piano solo
Publisher:  Musography
6.5.72: Huntingdon
10 mins.
Winter Pictures op. 33    A suite for young players