| PERFORMANCES
AND REVIEWS OF PAT'S MUSIC
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1990
"Elegy"
for cello and
piano, based on a tone row.
Competition runner-up.
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| 1998
"Five
Songs of Ariel and Caliban"
for SATB Choir and Strings
performed by Bungay Choral Society, (with very favourable press
review). combining contemporary harmony and
sound effects with earlier styles.
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REVIEW
Beccles and Bungay Journal,
April 21 2000
"Songs of Ariel and Caliban"
Concert first proves premier performance.
" . . . The work certainly caught the threatening atmosphere of The
Tempest, with much staccato work, but ensemble and choir worked
harmoniously together, and the work, certainly something very different
for the society, retained the interest of the audience throughout. It is
one which will no doubt be heard again at other concerts".
Terry Reeve
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| 2001
"Dark Fantasy", comprising three songs, with original
words and music. It has elements of mystery and magic, and includes
environmental issues. It can be performed by SSAA, SSAB, or SATB, with
or without simple instrumental parts. All three songs build up the
voices in layers, and the whole cycle can be quickly learned in one
session.
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REVIEW
SATIPS Independent Prep.
Schools Magazine
"Dark Fantasy"
This is a competition-winning piece containing three songs of increasing
difficulty. There are optional parts for pitched and unpitched
instruments. The first song, Hawks and Hounds, has an
environmental text and looks fun. Its ostinato figures could be easily
taught to any group. The careful instrumentation and dynamics add much
to the sense of foreboding as does the change to the minor key half-way
through. The second song is a dirge and builds up to a large climax
before fading away. It has two independent melodies, an ostinato and a
part for a second soprano in parallel fifths. Though more complex than
the first, the melodic writing should come quite easily. The impetus for
the final song is a battle between 3/4 and 6/8 rhythms set over a drum
ostinato. As it progresses, the material becomes more complex. The
overall effect is exciting and this should prove a good challenge for an
able choir.
Alan Childs
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| 2002
"The Only Blonde in the World" (polytonal
and for flexible instrumentation) was short-listed for the CoMA/Liverpool
Tate competition, for which there were over 80 entries). It was
later workshopped and recorded at the CoMA Summer School in 2002.
It
was then selected for performance in London by the London Chamber
Group Wind Quintet at a "Music Party" in 2003.
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| Phoenix
Music
publishes some very-easy-to-play pieces
for beginner string ensemble, which are currently in print and
available.
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| 2004
"What’s Out There?" (an
electronic composition) was
played on "ghetto blasters" in the streets of Lunel, France
during their contemporary music festival.
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| 2004
"Glass & Steel" (a miniature electro-acoustic
piece). was accepted by the 60X60 project in New York in
2004 and was publicly aired in the UK Mix at
the Digital Music Research Network conference in Leeds in 2007.
It also made the Order of Magnitude Dance Mix and was broadcast
in the USA on the Martian Gardens contemporary music radio show in
August 2007. It has since been played at events in Russia and
Canada. The track and CD are both available on iTunes and 'CD Baby'.
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| 2007
"Stop Daydreaming" (a 'duet' for solo bassoon) was
performed by Robert Howard at the Prescot Festival in June 2007, and
performed again in 2011 (arranged for Fiona Linane on clarinet) at St
Chad’s in Durham.
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| 2008
The Centre for Global and Social Analysis at Athabasca University,
Alberta. Canada asked for a copy of "Loveliest of Trees"
for baritone and piano based on Houseman's poem and the Japanese melody
"Sakura".
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2008, Suffolk County Council, have used both published and unpublished
string arrangements for beginners as they were unable to find what they
needed in the music shops. They have been very well received.
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| 2010
"Tweety"
and
"Cheeky Ducks"
were broadcast on 209 Radio
(Headstand – poetry and music).
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| January
2011 “Time Nearly Stood Still” for double string orchestra
was workshopped by the Yorkshire Late Starters Orchestra in Durham. The
conductor, Robin Michael commented on the piece “Great, fantastic,
terrific!”
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| 2011
"Refracting Waters" Three Aquarelles for
flute and alto flute commissioned by, and main title given by Carl
Willets was performed in an arrangement for flute and
saxophone in the USA in 2012. This was
also performed in its original
format for flute and alto flute at the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, in June
2012.
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2011 "Calling" for solo Horn
in F will be performed by Michelle McQuade Dewhirst at the Composer's
Voice Concert in New York on 11th March 2012
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2012 "Almost a Passacaglia"
(viola version) was performed at
the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, in June 2012.
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| A
22 track CD with a range of Pat Hanchet's styles is available for £10
including postage and packing.
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| To
commission or order copies of compositions or arrangements, contact the
composer at p.hanchet@ntlworld.com
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CATALOGUE OF
COMPOSITIONS
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| INSTRUMENTAL
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| 1961
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"Intermezzo"
for solo violin and chamber orchestra (Walton-like)
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| 1961
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"Elegy"
for string quartet (12 tone, but nice!)
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| 1961
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"Follia Fugue" for
String Trio
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| 1990
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"Elegy" for Cello
and piano (A re-working of the Elegy for string quartet)
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| 2000
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“Tristan
Awake” (For Virtuoso String Bass Quartet)
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| 2001
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“Swirly
Canon” and “Opens” for string quartet
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| 2001
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"Two
part invention" (Taking huge liberties with Bach, with a modern twist)
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| 2002
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“The Only Blonde
in the World” aka “Trepidation” (From minimum of four players up
to full orchestra, (a neurotic piece with a large element of chance)
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| 2006
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“Stop
Daydreaming” a contemporary theatre piece ‘duet’ for solo bassoon
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| 2008
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“Ca the Yowes”
Variations for string orchestra
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| 2009/2010
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“Timepieces”
– Two movements (contemporary) for double string orchestra - ‘The
March of Time’ and ‘Time Nearly Stood Still’
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| 2011
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"Refracting
Waters" Three Aquarelles for flute and alto flute (up to grade 6)
available with score at concert pitch, and transposed parts as
appropriate for other instrumental combinations
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| 2011
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“Almost a
Passacaglia” miniature for unaccompanied violin or viola (transposed)
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| 2011
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“Aphrodite”
for alto flute and marimba
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| 2011
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“Calling”
for solo natural horn in F
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2011
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"Approach and Retreat" a theatre piece for
two trumpets
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2012
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"Little David (Come out of
Hiding)" for harp
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2012
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"Dancing Dulcimer" (making
use of quarter tones)
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2012
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"Lullaby (Hopes and Fears) for
flute
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| VOCAL
(a capella and accompanied)
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| 1961
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"Pleasure
It Is" (3 voices, a bit mediaeval)
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| 1998
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"Five Songs of
Ariel and Caliban" for SATB and Strings. (early
music influences with some modern harmonies and ‘sound effects’)
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| 2005
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“Drinking
Together” a social round
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| 2007
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“Cargoes” for
soprano and percussion
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| 2007
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“Lovliest of
Trees” for baritone and piano
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| 2009
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Reworkings of two "Ariel and Caliban" songs for countertenor & piano and baritone &
piano
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| ELECTRO
ACOUSTIC
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| 2001
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"What’s Out
There?"
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| 2002
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Tweety, Cheeky
Ducks, Spaced-out Fiddler, KidsPlay, Skye (arr.), “Handel’s Water
Music”, Tintinnabulation
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2003
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“Glass
and Steel”, “Family of Robins”, “Broadcasting House”
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2006
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“OM”
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2006
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a "Folksy Fiddly Piece" and a distorted
"Spoken Piece"
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| FOR
YOUNG PERFORMERS
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2003
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"Cinderella" for
narrator, flute, accordion (or oboe), harp, violin, cello and percussion
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| VOCAL
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| 2001
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“Dark Fantasy”
Three easy and flexible songs for young people, SSAA or SATB and/or
Instruments (with original words medieval, mysterious, magic and
environmental).
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2007
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“The House
That Jack Built” for unison voices and piano
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| CLASSROOM
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| 1965
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"Black
and White" (Keyboard ensemble, using whole-tone scale)
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| 1966
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"Variants"
(Mixed ability flexible instrumentation, slightly ‘poppy’)
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| 1966
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"Folkweave"
(intertwining tunes)
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| 1966
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"A Quodlibet"
(more intertwining of standard songs)
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| 1967
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"March, Dirge and
Hex" (Layered strands, to be executed in many different ways,
for classroom instruments)
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2012
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"Stomping and Roaming" (for
beginner recorders with simple keyboard/piano accompaniment)
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| EASY
STRINGS
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1993
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"Round
and Round" (2 easy rounds, each using a different finger pattern)
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1996
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"Hopscotch" and
"Spooky House" for violin with piano accompaniment (studies in left-hand
shifts).
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1999
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"Sheherazade" and
"Open Sesame" (for flexible string duo or trio, using a lot of open string
crossings) + "Sinbad" 2004
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| 2000
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"Indians
and Cowboys" (for beginner string ensemble)
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| 2002
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"Snakes and
Ladders", an easy round for string ensemble
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| 2002
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"Scaley Waltz" and
"Arpeggio Tango", Easy pieces for string ensemble
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| 2003
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“Apples for
Tea” -Very, very easy piece using 3 fingers
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| 2009
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“Count, Bow,
Pluck” – Open strings with varying time signatures and slightly
jazzy accompaniment
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