Paul Lewis

Three latter-day salon pieces: A Rapture of Roses; A Shimmer of Champagne; Rhapsody in Chocolate The third of my 'Three Valentines, Rhapsody in Chocolate' was composed in 2007, ever since when I had t...

Two easy pieces in French folk song style for violin and piano. 'Lucie' Lucie picks flowers in the meadow. 'Naughty boy!' He makes his mother cry, pulls his old grandfather's beard and empties the sal...

Chamerolles is a fairytale French renaissance chateau built by the romantically named Lancelot du Lac, (Lancelot of the Lake,) which has been restored and its ancient gardens replanted. It is bathed i...

A suite in one movement based on characters from G.W.Pabst's infamous 1929 silent film Pandora's Box, an updating to 1920s Berlin of Frank Wedekind's scandalous Lulu plays. The music is drawn from my...

Never was a king more greatly loved in his lifetime yet more grossly maligned after his death than Richard III. This is a fanfare to celebrate the discovery of Richard III under a Leicester car park i...

Whilst scoring a TV play starring actor Robert Hardy, I was asked by him to write a short organ piece in memory of his recently deceased mother-in-law, the famous star of stage and screen Gladys Coope...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db.piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion [4] (Tambourine, Snare drum, Bass drum, Cymbals,...

Orchestration 2 Flutes (2nd db.piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion [4] (Tambourine, Snare drum, Bass drum, Cymbals,...

Orchestration: Piccolo, Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani Percussion (3 players - Triangle, Wood Block, Tambourine, Cymbals, Sna...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes db. Piccolos, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (2 players - Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Tam-tam, Tambourin...

Russian Scenes are pictures of the old Russia my forbears would have known. The melodies are simple and folk-like, the middle movement being a lament, something which the possession of Russian blood e...

'Mermaids and Muses' is the generic term for my closest friends and colleagues: those whose talent, beauty and friendship are a source of continual joy and inspiration to me. One such is Hispano-Frenc...

A Flirtation of Flutes (scored for three flutes plus alto flute) is a jazzy, fun work written as an antidote to all that beautiful, florid and impressionistic French flute music that I love! Flirtatio...

A melody written long ago lies sleeping, unheard. Morning sunlight glints across the seashore. The friendship of two divinely talented harpists Kisses the melody back to life. Aubade is dedicated to M...

Paul Lewis writes 'The two Sentimental Songs were originally written for bassoon and piano following lunches in the beautiful cathedral city of Chichester with the original dedicatee, bassoonist Aliso...

This concerto was written for, and is dedicated to, Graham Salvage, the principle bassoonist of the Halle Orchestra. The first performance was given by Graham on March 4th 2005 in a concert in Turkey...

Valse Lente was inspired by a film scenario by actor Tom Burke and is also available as a harp solo. This arrangement was made for harpist Rachel Talitman and bassoonist Mavroudes Troullos but is also...

On May 30th 2004, a few days after completing my Concerto Burlesco for bassoon and small orchestra, I attended a concert given by bassoonist Alison Woodward, known to her friends as 'Poppy'. The ensui...

The two sentimental songs hark back in style to the palm court music played in seaside hotels in days gone by. Paul Lewis writes 'The bassoon is for me primarily an instrument of poetry and passion, a...

Three waltzes: Valse Nostalgique and Two Valses Pastiches - Valse Sentimentale and Valse Brave. Also see Paul Lewis' Saturday Night Jazz Suite for harp.

A suite of three pieces in light jazzy styles: 1.Jazzette 2.Blues for Harpo 3.Blue Fiver. The final movement (a homage to Dave Brubeck) is included in the new Associated Board Harp Examinations syllab...

Magyar Dance; Maidens' Dance; Peasant Dance; Lamentation; Gypsy Dance. Paul Lewis's mother, who died in 2005 aged 93, was a half-Russian violinist who, whilst in her twenties, led her own ensemble 'Ph...

In 1998, inspired by close acquaintance with two antique gilded harps, I decided to compose a work in a style that would remind them of their younger days! To think myself into a thoroughly Regency fr...

Four Jazz Age Dances for harp. 'Decospherics' is the name of a circle of ebullient Art Deco enthusiasts revolving around the fabulous Art Deco Weekends in Napier, New Zealand. Every year devotees of t...