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Repertoire

Selected repertoire list

'Concerto style' Repertoire:

Key to accompaniment abbreviations:
o - orchestra; w - wind band; b - brass band; p - piano;
f - Fanfare Band; 10 - Ten-piece Brass Ensemble

Concerto (Joseph Horovitz) - o, w, b, p (16min)
Concerto (Jukka Linkola) - o, p (24min)
Concerto (Martin Ellerby) - o, w, b, p (22min)
Concerto (Philip Wilby) - o, w, b, p (21min)
Concerto (Robert Jager) - w, p (12min)
Concerto (Jan Bach) - o, w, p (20min)
Concerto (Derek Bourgeois - op.114b) - o, w, b, p (20min)
Concerto No.1 (Philip Sparke) - wb, b, p (18.5min)
Concerto No.1 (John Golland) - w, b, p (20min)
Concerto No.2 (John Golland) - b, p (21min)
Concerto (James Curnow) - o, w, p (17min)
Concerto - Three Stories - Three Worlds (Peter Meechan) - w, b, p (15.5min)
Concerto per Flicorno Basso (Amilcare Ponchielli - 1872) - w, b, p (12min)
Concertino (Marco Putz) - w, f (12min)
Concertino (Rolf Wilhelm) - w, p (12min)
Fever Fantasy (Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen) - e (6min)
Flight (Philip Wilby) - w, b, p (10min)
In League With Extraordinary Gentlemen - Concerto (Peter Graham) - w, b, p (18min)
Lullaby (Philip Venables) - b (7.5min)
Requiem Paraphrases (Peter Meechan) - w, b, p, 10, f (10min)
Symphonic Variants (James Curnow) - o, w, b, p (20min)
Symphonic Rhapsody (Edward Gregson) - b, p, f (10min)

Selected Concert Items from David's solo repertoire:

A Joy Untold (Terry Camsey)
Bravura (Peter Graham)
Brillante (Peter Graham)
Carnival of Venice (Arthur Remmington)
Czardas (Vittorio Monti arr. Wilson)
Devil's Duel (Peter Meechan)
Endearing Young Charms (Trad. arr Boddington)
Fantasia on 'Auld Lang Syne' (Simone Mantia arr. Meechan)
Fantasia on 'Rule Britannia' (John Hartman arr. Stephens)
Fantasie Originale (Emmanuel Picci arr. Antrobus)
Grandfather's Clock (Geo. Doughty)
Gypsy Airs (Pablo de Sarasate arr. Snell)
Napoli (Hermann Bellsdtedt arr. Owen)
'Neath The Dublin Skies (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Panache (Robin Dewhurst)
Pantomime (Philip Sparke)
Rock (Philip Wilby)
Slavische Fantasie (Carl Hohne arr. Graham)
Song and Greek Dance (Philip Wilby)
The Great Race (Peter Graham)
The Harmonius Blacksmith (George Handel arr. Fernie)
Theme and Variations (Rossini arr. Brennan)
Variations (Andrew Lloyd-Webber arr. Graham)

Slower and Lyrical Repertoire:

Be My Love (Carl Brodsky arr. Farr)
Comfort My People (Robert Redhead)
Carrickfergus (Trad. arr. Roberts)
Flower Song (Bizet arr. Snell)
Kol Nidrei (Max Bruch arr. Gay
Macushla (Dermot McMourough)
My Mountain Top (Andy Scott)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini arr. Snell)
Peace (John Golland)
So Deep Is The Night (Frederic Chopin arr. Fernie)
Softly As I Leave You (Alfred Devita arr. Catherall)
The Final Problem (Peter Graham)
The Holy Well (Peter Graham)
The Swan (Camille Saint-Saens arr. Snell)
There Will Be God (Joy Webb arr. Phillips)

Guest soloist for a band concert - containing a mix of serious and lighter repertoire
Guest soloist for a band concert - containing mainly lighter repertoire
Guest concerto soloist
Contemporary music recital with piano
Recital with piano containing a mixture of repertoire