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  • Spoorfor solo guitar 2020 00:10:00 Composers Edition buy/hire
    forces: guitar

    Commissioned as the test piece for the 2020 London International Guitar Competition, Spoor is a set of vignettes for solo guitar. Each of the five movements is very different in mood and character but, as the title suggests, share traces of the same material that links them together.

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  • Night’s Echofor viola and piano 2019 00:06:00 Composers Edition preview score buy/hire
    forces: viola & piano

    Commissioned by Paul Silverthorne to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his Amati viola.

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    https://composersedition.com/docs/flippdf/ce-pc1ne1/mobile/index.html
  • Short Storiesfor solo piano 2019 09:00:00 Composers Edition preview score buy/hire
    forces: piano

    Nine pieces for solo piano, written in memory of Oliver Knussen
    Notturno, A Dark March, Reverie, The Wind’s Compass, Slow Air, Little Room of Sleep, Little Machine, Velveteen Morning, Envoi

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    https://composersedition.com/docs/flippdf/ce-pc1ss2/mobile/index.html
  • Wynter Music for solo violin and nine players. Alternate version available for violin and piano 2006-7 00:08:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire
    forces: Solo vln, flt,clr,hn,perc,2vln,vla,vc,dbs. Alternate version available for violin and piano more...
    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Wynter-Music.mp3
  • Stobrod’s Violin for two players 1999 00:07:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire Recordings: Chimera
    forces: vn, pf

    Duo for violin and piano. Stobrod is a character in Charles Frazier’s novel ‘Cold Mountain’

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/stobrodsvln.mp3
  • Stroke for two percussionists 2001 00:04:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire Recordings: Digital Discoveries 2: On Shifting Ground
    forces: 2perc

    Duo for flexible percussion line up

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    http://philipcashian.sourcemusicservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/stroke-edit.mp3
  • Musica Meccanica for two players 1994 00:12:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire Recordings: Dark Inventions
    forces: vn, pf

    Three pieces for violin and piano

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Musica-Meccanica-First-Movement.mp3
  • jarl for solo viola 2002 00:03:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire
    forces: vla

    ‘Jarl’ is an old English word meaning chief or head of the tribe

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  • Hesper for two pianos 2010 00:02:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire
    forces: 2 pf

    Hesper (meaning evening star) was commissioned by the Cambridge Suzuki School

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  • Drift for solo cello 1996 00:02:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire
    forces: vc

    Fragment for solo cello

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  • Dancing with Venus for two players 1992 00:12:00 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire
    forces: vc, pf

    A set of vignettes for cello and piano based on Angela Carter’s short story, Black Venus

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  • Blow fanfare for 2 trumpets 2014 00:01:20 Composers Edition nkoda buy/hire
    forces: 2 tpts. more...
  • The thin night darkens for solo guitar 2014 00:06:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: gui

    The thin night darkens takes its title from a line in Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas.

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  • The Language of Birds for solo alto recorder 2016 00:05:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: solo alto recorder

    In mythology and folk tales from around the world the language of birds is often considered to be a magical language and the ability to understand it a sign of great wisdom. Whilst writing this short, virtuosic piece I began to realise that playing the recorder is extremely close to talking or singing and the instrument is a natural extension and amplification of the players body. This was very much in my mind whilst composing. The Language of Birds was written for Tabea Debus and commissioned by St John’s Smith Square as part of their Young Artists scheme.

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  • Talvi for guitar solo 1998 00:07:00 Music Sales buy/hire Recordings: Equinox Black Venus: New Music for Guitar
    forces: gui

    Talvi was commissioned by Tom Kerstens, who gave the first performance at the 1998 International Guitar Festival in Bath. Talvi, which is the Finnish word for Winter, was the name of a light sculpture exhibition that I saw at the Barbican Centre whilst writing the piece. The fluid and sometimes blurred images of some of the installations and the constant state of flux within the space as a whole seemed to perfectly mirror the type of musical material I was writing for Tom’s solo guitar piece.

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    http://philipcashian.sourcemusicservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Talvi.mp3
  • Tag for solo percussion 2000 00:09:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: percussion

    Tag is a piece for solo percussion built around bass drum and a taiko drum

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Tagexcerpt.mp3
  • Swale for solo piano 2016 00:03:00 ABRSM buy/hire
    forces: pf. more...
  • Songs from a still world for solo Bb clarinet or solo alto saxophone 2000 00:10:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: Bb clr or alt sax

    The title is taken from the poem Sad Song by the English playwright and poet Edward Bond.

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  • Spate for solo guitar 2007 00:02:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: gui

    Commissioned by Tom Kerstens

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  • Slow Moon for piano solo 1997 00:03:00 ABRSM buy/hire
    forces: pf

    Miniature for piano

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/slowmoon.mp3
  • Slow Air for piano solo 2011 00:01:30
    forces: pf

    Piano miniature written in memory of Duncan Prescott

  • Six Pieces after Paintings by Ben Hartley six miniatures for piano solo 2006 00:07:00 Music Sales buy/hire Recordings: Jubilees
    forces: pf

    Six miniatures for piano solo based on paintings by Ben Hartley.

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  • Orbit for piano solo 2003 00:01:00 ABRSM buy/hire Recordings: Spectrum 4
    forces: pf

    Miniature for piano written for the ABRSM Spectrum series

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  • Nocturne for piano solo 1984 00:06:00 Composers Edition buy/hire
    forces: pf

    Written for Richard McMahon

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  • Mr. Kersten’s Tango for guitar solo 2002 00:02:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: gui

    Commissioned by Tom Kerstens

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mrkerstens.mp3
  • Journey after Rain for piano solo 00:02:00
    forces: pf. solo

    Written for the One Minute Wonder series.

  • Landscape for piano solo 1995 00:05:00 ABRSM buy/hire Recordings: Spectrum Watercolour
    forces: pf

    Written foir the ABRSM’s Spectrum series

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/landscaoe.mp3
  • Four Inventions for piano solo 1997 00:11:00 Music Sales buy/hire
    forces: pf

    Four studies for piano solo

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/invention4.mp3
  • Four Hands for four hands at one piano 2008 00:01:30 ABRSM buy/hire
    forces: four hands at one piano

    Written for the ABRSM’s Spectrum series

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/four-hands.mp3
  • Forgotten Game for violin and piano 2007 00:01:30 ABRSM buy/hire
    forces: vn, pf

    A miniature written for the ABRSM’s Spectrum series

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  • Cortége for piano solo 2000 00:03:00 Composers Edition preview score buy/hire
    forces: pf

    Miniature for piano solo (taken from The Devil’s Box).

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    https://composersedition.com/docs/flippdf/ce-pc1c2/mobile/index.html
  • Black Venus for solo guitar 1999 00:06:00 Music Sales buy/hire Recordings: Black Venus: New Music for Guitar
    forces: gui

    Black Venus is a set of four short dances (i. passionate, ii. fast and energetic, iii. in slow motion, iv. agile) for solo guitar and takes its title from a short story by Angela Carter. Baudelaire sits in his darkened Parisien apartment in front of a raging fire whilst his Creole mistress dances for him, striking a series of exotic poses. She is naked except for her jewellery which sparks and glistens on the ceiling as it catches the light of the fire. Black Venus was commissioned by Tom Kerstens, who gave the first performance at the 1999 International Guitar Festival in Bath.

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    http://philipcashian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/05-Black-Venus-4.mp3
  • Scenes from the Life of Viscount Medardo for horn and piano. (Alternative version available for solo horn and seven players). 2016 00:12:00
    forces: french horn/piano

 

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