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ALBUM LEAVES AND BLOSSOMS
* Piano solo *
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Timothy Raymond’s Album Leaves and Blossoms was commissioned by the Canadian pianist Margaret Bruce. A familiar verse of W. B. Yeats — ‘O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer, / Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole? / O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, / How can we know the dancer from the dance?’ (‘Among School Children’, 1928) — evokes something of the character of this cycle of seven interconnected pieces. There are certainly dance-like moments, but also elements that, for the composer, recall Piet Mondrian’s tree paintings and sketches made during the last years of the 19th century up to 1913. Visually, these trace a circuitous journey from figurative art towards a sort of ideal form — an essence of the thing observed.
PLAYING SCORE
Composer: Timothy Raymond
Publication date: June 2026
Instruments: Piano solo
Format: Playing score
Duration: c.15'
Pages: vii/20
ISMN: 979 0 708213 83 3
Code: HH667.SOL
Price: £14.00 more information
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SIX TRIO SONATAS
Musicalischen Divertissiments, Theil III
* Oboe, violin and basso continuo *
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German oboist and violinist Sebastian Bodinus (1700–1759) might be almost completely forgotten today were it not for his Musicalischen Divertissiments, a six-part collection of ensemble sonatas published by the Leopold family in Augsburg and issued between 1726 and 1730.
OBOE, VIOLIN, BASSO CONTINUO
 Music example: 1 (pdf)
Music example: 2 (pdf)
Music example: 3 (pdf)
Music example: 4 (pdf)
Music example: 5 (pdf)
Music example: 6 (pdf)
Part III (1728) comprises six trio sonatas for oboe, violin and basso continuo, an inevitable combination given that the composer began his career as an oboist before effectively setting the instrument aside in favour of the violin.
The present works promulgate the sonata model established in Part I of the collection (Edition HH, 2026). Fundamentally, they are sonate da chiesa, yet several introduce dance movements foreign to the Corellian prototype, including the menuet, bourrée and siciliana, while others feature imitative movements entitled ‘fuga’. Trio sonata sets for this particular scoring are scarce, making the publication of this first modern edition a most welcome addition to the repertoire.
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ed. Michael Elphinstone
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ABRSM
* NEW piano syllabus 2027 & 2028 *
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Nocturne
is included in the Grade 6 Piano syllabus of the ABRSM
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| Den lille danserinnen (‘The Little Ballerina’) evokes a charming, gracious, light-footed dancer, while Nocturne makes the piano sing in the romantic tradition. Both these delightful short pieces would be ideal encores!
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"I love these two little pieces, and I am sure many late intermediate players will enjoy them equally."Read Andrew Eales's review in Pianodao
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 List of works published and in press |
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You can download the current catalogue (pdf) by clicking the cover on the right. |
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Music example (pdf)