This gorgeous piece is from Rameau’s opera Les Boréades (c.1763) and was for the entry of Polymnie, the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn and dance. Arranged for guitar ensemble/orchestra (four guitars and bass guitar). Score and parts.
Australiana
Guitar ensemble/orchestra. Three Australian folk songs with lyrics by Henry Lawson (The Drover’s Dream, Andy’s Gone with Cattle, and Freedom on the Wallaby). Score and parts.
Strike the Viol
This song by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) is from the collection ‘Come ye sons of Art’ (1694), originally for voice and small instrumental ensemble. I have arranged it here for guitar ensemble/orchestra (four guitars and bass guitar).
Round Dance
Guitar quartet. Score and parts
Si dolce e l’tormento
Si dolce e l’tormento (‘So sweet is the torment’) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Originally a song with guitar accompaniment, arranged here for guitar ensemble/orchestra with three variations. Score and parts.
Obsession quintet
Obsession, for guitar ensemble/orchestra (four guitars and bass guitar). A challenging piece. Score and parts.
Obsession
Guitar quartet. Obsession: a challenging piece. Score and parts.
March
Guitar quartet: a March in Dm with a slower middle section in Gm. Score and parts.
Kirribilli on Parade
A moderately difficult piece for guitar quartet. Score and parts.
Andante cantabile in D
Guitar quartet. The famous second movement of Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 (Op.11), arranged here for four guitars. Score and parts.