OPERA
Crime & Punishment (1968)
Tremblement de terre à Santiago (1985) fp Switzerland 1987
VOICES & ORCHESTRA
Le sang de la Communance (1989) fp Switzerland 1990
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (2009) fp Switzerland 2011 *
The Pied Piper (2012) fp Switzerland 2013
Tam O’ Shanter (2012) fp Edinburgh 2012
Stabat Mater – see below, orchestral arrangement
Os mutorum (2019) fp Edinburgh 2021
Ceòl na Mara (2022) Gaelic words by Myles Campbell
VOICES ALONE OR WITH PIANO OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS
The Drum (chorus a.c. 1984)
Trois poèmes de Verlaine (voice & piano)
Tres poemas de F.G. Lorca (solo soprano & strings – 1981) fp Granada 1989
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern (1987)
Cantus Mariae for soprano & string quartet
Dos canciones de Lorca for soprano & violin, or soprano & piano (1988)
Stabat Mater for chorus, organ and violin obligato (2007) fp Switzerland 2008 *
The Bridge On The River Arta (chorus, brass & perc. – 1984)
Rain in Summer (Tennyson – mezzo-soprano, cor anglais, harpsichord, violin, cello) Bern 2014
Nightingale Song SATB *
Do not stand at my grave and weep – voice & piano *
The Song of Man (solo soprano, SATB and chamber ensemble) fp planned Switzerland 2019 *
Songs for voice and piano: (2019–2024) I’m No Dancer, A Song for George, Ring Out, Wild Bells, The Seeds of Old Renewed,
It was a Lover and his Lass, The Bones Thus Spoke, If ever Two were One, What Passing Bells
Balcony Scene for Romeo & Juliet (2023) soprano, baritone, violin, viola, bass & piano
Let Us Live and Love (2023) poems of Catullus for baritone, violin, viola, bass & piano
ORCHESTRA
Violin Concerto (1978) fp London 1982
Contrabassissimo for solo bass fp Edinburgh 2007
Percussionissimo for 3 solo percussionists fp Edinburgh 2008
Balkan Impressions
Concerto for two trombones and orchestra fp Switzerland 1991
Knights Of The Round Table
The Donkey And His Band (2011) for chamber orchestra and narrator
5 Dances for flute(s) and orchestra
Edinburgh Overture (2013)
Viola Concerto fp Edinburgh 2016
Concerto lirico for double bass and orchestra 2018 *
Serenade for flute & orchestra 2019
St Andrew Concerto (for orchestra) 2023
STRING ORCHESTRA
Music For Fourteen Strings (1983)
Caledonian Concerto for violin (2008) ** fp Würzburg 2008
Celtic Moods
Concertino for piano
Contrabass Concerto (1988) fp Helsinki 1989
Tuba Concerto (1983) *
Brazilian Sketches
Prelude & Dance for solo trombone *
Concertino for flute and viola
Concertino for viola
Trombone Concerto No.1 (1982) *
Trombone Concerto No.2 (1987) *
Trombone Concerto No.3 (1990) *
Holiday Suite *
Concerto for oboe, cor anglais & strings fp Switzerland 1995 (lost)
Suite for flute and strings
Concertino for clarinet & strings (2010)
WIND / BRASS BAND
Prelude & Dance for solo trombone *
Caribbean Concerto for solo trombone *
Celtic Moods *
Celtic Visions *
Astral Variations for brass quartet & brass band (1989)
Prelude, Saraband & Finale *
Old Russia *
Cleopatra *
Scottish Dances *
Balkan Impressions *
Trombonissimo *
Clarinettissimo *
Percussionissimo *
Saxophonissimo *
Bassoonissimo *
Timpanissimo *
Contrabassissimo *
Tubissimo *
Hi-Lo for piccolo & tuba solo *
Conquistador *
The Jacobite Express *
Genghis Khan *
Song Of The Sea for solo violin and wind band (2014)
El violín enamorado for solo violin and wind band (2014)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Violin Sonata (1969) fp Edinburgh 1970
Divertimento for Brass Quintet (1981) *
Brass Trio *
Brass Quartet *
Five Scottish Folktunes for viola & piano (1982)
Five Characteristic Pieces for 2 trombones *
Suite Parisienne for trombone quartet *
String Trio (1981)
Violin Sonatina
Serenade for wind sextet (1980)
Music For Flute & Viola (1982 rev. 1987)
Hebridean Sketches for trombone (or cello) & harp *
4 Miniatures for 2 oboes (1990)
Variations for trumpet & piano *
Bossa-Nova, Chaconne & Gavotte for oboe, bassoon & harpsichord
Danubia for trumpet & piano *
Swiss Suite (for I Salonisti)
Three Brazilian Sketches (for I Salonisti)
Basel Variations (for I Salonisti) fp New York 2007
Three Brazilian Sketches (for I Salonisti)
Alpine Cowboy for alphorn & piano or accordion *
Big Ben Suite for alphorn & piano or accordion *
Suite for flute & strings (as yet unperformed)
Five Dances for flute(s), piano & percussion OR flute(s) and piano only
Suite Parisienne for 4 trombones *
Four Sketches for wind quintet fp Lucerne 1995
Divertimento for Wind Ensemble (2010)
El Alma del violín – tango for violin and piano (2010)
Fiesta for 8 cellos (2010)
Paris Swing for violin and viola (2011)
Three Dances for guitar, violin, cello and harpsichord (fp 2017 Mallorca)
Sonata for horn and piano (2019) virtual recording (2020)
Craigour Suite (2019) for piano duet or ensemble
Concertino for cor anglais and piano (or string orchestra) 2020 (virtual recording 2021)
5 Studies for oboe and bassoon 2021 (virtual recording)
Six Pinocchio Sketches 2023 (flute, flugel horn, guitar & organ)
Five Odyssey Sketches 2023 (violin, viola, bass & piano)
All the World’s a Stage (violin, viola, bass & piano)
* Published by Marc Reift Editions, Switzerland, and recorded on CD Marcophone
** Published by Vogt & Fritz, Germany
ARRANGEMENTS
Too many to list them all. For wind band and brass band, see Marc Reift Editions, Switzerland. http://www.reift.ch
However here is a selection of my band arrangements:
FILM MUSIC
Ben Hur, Once Upon A Time In The West, Pink Panther, Romeo & Juliet, The Godfather, I Clowns, Un homme et une femme, Le professionnel, Pontoon, Death In Venice, Natural Born Killers, Elvira Madigan, The Bridge On The River Kwai, Never On A Sunday, The Last Samurai, Troy, The Longest Day, E.T., Jurassic Park, Jaws, Rocky, Rocky III, Rocky IV, The Rock, The Third Man, James Bond Theme, The Jungle Book, Aladdin, Cindarella, Pocahontas, 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, Alice In Wonderland, Henry V, Diva, Sister Act, Ghost, The Windmills Of Your Mind, Dr. Zhivago, Limelight, The Last Of The Mohicans, The Thorn Birds, Lawrence Of Arabia, Out Of Africa, Le retour du grand blond, Exodus, Bilitis, The Conquest Of Paradise, 633 Squadron, The Magnificent Seven, Around The World In 80 Days, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Born Free, Chariots Of Fire, Dances With Wolves, Fiddler On The Roof, Farinelli, The Mummy Returns, Hymn To Red October, The Bodyguard, Jean de Florette, La 7e Compagnie, Les gendarmes de St. Tropez, Titanic, Michel Strogoff, New York New York, Smile, Star Wars, Summer of ’42, Superman, Batman, The Big Country, The Three Musketeers, Willow, Quo Vadis, The Great Train Robbery, Godzilla, Taras Bulba, Alamo, Spiderman, The Name Of The Rose, The Masque of Zorro, The Last Starfighter, The Avengers, Giulietta degli spiriti, The Sea Hawk, Amarcord, Casanova, The 10 Commandments, Zulu, La Califfa, Sacco e Vanzetti, Flight of the Intruder, Rabbi Jacob, Thomas Crown Affair, Godzilla, Les Zouaves, Love Boat, Otto e mezzo, The Last Starfighter, Treasure Planet, Toma & Jerry, Nostromo, Free Willy, Troy, A Summer Place, A Genius 2 Partners and a Dupe, Arachnophobia, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner, Flashdance, Reality, Singin’ in the Rain…etc…
CLASSICAL
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Mussorgsky: Great Gate Of Kiev
Puccini: Nessun Dorma, Finale Act I Tosca
Wagner: Elsa’s Procession, Flying Dutchman Overture, Tannhäuser Ov., Ride of the Valkyries
Rossini: Overture Gazza Ladra, La Danza, Italiana in Algeri, Introduction Theme & Var.
Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812, Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker March, Coronation March, Pique Dame Prelude, Swan Lake
Beethoven: Adagio from the Pathétique Sonata, Egmont Ov., Turkish March, Coriolan Ov., Ode to Joy, Militärmarsch, Turkish March, Wellingtons Sieg, Zapfenstreich,
Finale from 5th Symphony
Chopin: Funeral March, Nocturnes
John Ireland: Epic March
Verdi: Forza del destino Ov., Macbeth Prelude, Traviata Prelude, Rigoletto Ov
Smetana: Dance Of The Comedians
Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dvorák: Largo from New World Symphony, Festive March, March from Wind Serenade
Holst: Jupiter
J. & E. Strauss: Annen-Polka, Egyptian March, Blue Danube, Rosen aus dem Süden, Kaiserwalzer, Vienna Woods, Thunder & Lightning, Tritsch-Tratsch, Cachucha Galop, Explosionspolka, Ausser Rand, Orpheus-Quadrille, Im Sturmschritt, Ohne Sorgen, Russian March, Spanish March, Winterlust, Tik-Tak, Festmarsch, Wein Weib und Gesang, Im Krapfenwald’l, Soubrette Polka, Einzugsgalopp, Melodien-Quadrille, Künstler-Quadrille, Jockey Polka, Masked Ball-Qaudrille, Carman-Quadrille, Mit Dampf, Bahn Frei, Banditen- Galopp, Wiener Blut
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Dinicu: Hora Staccato
Widor: Toccata
Mozart: 4th Horn Concerto, Requiem, Il Seraglio Ov.
Saint-Saëns: French Military March, Organ Symphony Finale
Pierné March Of The Toy Soldiers
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Alexander Nevsky, Love of 3 Oranges March, Peter and the Wolf
Shostakovich Festival Overture
Wagner: Grosser Festmarsch, Tannhäuser Ov., Mastersingers Ov., Rule Britannia, Elsa’s Procession, Rienzi Overture
Albeniz: Tango, Asturias
Gershwin: Girl Crazy Ov., An American in Paris
Elgar: NImrod, Ave Verum, Enigma Variations (extracts)
Janacek: Fanfare from Sinfonietta
Gounod: Faust Ballet, Ave Maria, Funeral March of a Marionette
Caccini: Ave Maria
Gottschalk Grande Tarantella, Souvenirs of Puerto Rico
Mascagni: Intermezzo
Halvorsen: Entry of the Boyars
Bellini: Norma Ov.
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Morning Mood
Lehar: Land des Lächelns Ov.
Lully: Marche royale
Handel: Messiah Ov., Water Music, Largo, The Harmonious Blacksmith, Queen of Sheeba
Paganini: Caprice 24, Moto perpetuo
Massanet: Werther Prelude, Meditation
Donizetti: A Night in Venice
Rameau: Tambourin, Les Indes galantes
Alvarez: Suspiros de España
Suppé: Beautiful Galatea
Ziehrer: Fesche Geister, 2 Nightingales, Pfeilschnell, Schönfeld-Marsch
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg 2 Finale
C.P.E Bach: Solfegietto
Coates: Knightsbridge
Boccherini: Fandango
Walton: Crown Imperial:
Wood: British Sea Songs
Lortzing: Holzschuhtanz
Auber: La muette de Portici
Sullivan: The Lost Chord, Mikado, HMS Pinafore
Glazunov: Festive Ov.
Bruch: Adagio from Violin Concerto
Allegri: Miserere
Parry: Jersusalem
Tárrega: Alhambra Serenade
Ravel: Bolero
Kalliwoda Morceau de Salon
Offenbach: Barcarole, La vie parisienne
Gigout: Toccata
R. Strauss: Festmusik der Stadt Wien, Militärmarsch, Concert Ov., Kriegsmarsch, Festive Prelude
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble-Bee, Trombone Concerto, Scheherazade
Brandt: Konzertstück 1 & 2
Guilmant: Morceau symphonique
Liszt: Liebestraum
Brahms: Allegretto from 3rd Symphony
Ivanovici: Donauwellen
…etc…
POP, JAZZ & MUSICALS
Abba Golden Hits, Abba Forever, Yesterday, Michelle, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine, Flashdance, It’s Raining Men, Alexandrie Alexandra, Caruso, Bohemian Rhapsody, Who Wants To Live Forever, We Are The Champions, Chess, Earth Song, I Will Survive, Music (John Miles), The Final Countdown, We’ve Only Just Begun, Y.M.C.A., We Are The World, Something Stupid, I will Follow Him, The Joust, Money Money, Ave Maria Paiën, Les 3 cloches, Nature Boy, Fiddler on the Roof, Gabriella’s Song, No Woman No Cry, Over the Rainbow, Rivers of Babylon, Pie Jesu (Webber), La Mer (Trenet), Elite Syncopations, Morning Has Broken, You Raise Me Up, Torna a Surriento, West SIde Story, Cats, Born in the USA, Another Brick in the Wall, Sex Bomb, Highway to Hell, Hotel California, Gimme gimme gimme, I Feel Good, Knock on Wood, Minnie the Moocher, Voulez-Vous, Satisfaction, Madame la Marquise, Proud Mary, Pas de Boogie-Woogie, Les cactus, I Love Rock ‘n Roll, Life on Mars, Sweet Sweet Smile, Goodbye to Love, Jambalaya, We’ve only just begun, My Way, Einsamer Hirte, Morgens um 7, Gonna Fly Now, Strangers in the Night, Con te partirò, I will always love you, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Oh Happy Day, Deep River, In the Mood, My Heart Will Go On, I Got Rhythm, Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux, Connemara…etc…
FOLK-SONGS
many! I might try to list them one day…