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Example A-level Compositions

Study the following example A level compositions by listening to the audio and analysing the notated scores. Note the quality of work required to achieve a high mark. Consider how these composers overcame some of the problems commonly found in your compositions and in theirs, problems such as:

  • How to achieve continuity and maintain coherence by: *repeating and developing rhythmically distinctive melodic motifs, *using chord progressions some of which may be functional and which develop and conclude over 4/8/16 bars, *using appropriate ostinati to create accompanying textures in melody dominated homophony allowing the melodic material to be heard clearly.

  • How to achieve contrast and maintain interest by: *introducing new themes each based on a new rhythmically contrasting repeating melodic motif, *modulating to new related keys in which existing melodies are reworked or new ones introduced, *developing accompanying textures with new voices/ostinati every 4/8/16 bars (especially simple two-part textures over-reliant on ostinati).

Sonatina for Flute & Piano (2021)

Score   Audio

Music for Strings, Percussion and Piano (2020)

Score   Audio

Rhapsody (2022)

Score   Audio

Song for Saint Cecilia (2019)

Score   Audio

Suite for Orchestra (2021)

Score   Audio

Fantasy on a Folk Song (2022)

Score   Audio

Three Preludes for Clarinet and Jazz Trio (2020)

Score    Audio

Trois Episodes (2019)

Score   Audio

Trois Chansons (2023)

Score   Audio

Kind Of Beautiful (2023)

Score   Audio

Tableaux (2023)

Score   Audio

Missa Brevis (2023)

Score   Audio

Suite for Viola & Piano (2021)

Score   Audio

Diamond Tranquility (2022)

Score   Audio

Overblown (2021)

Score   Audio

Prelude for Saxophone and Piano (2022)

Score   Audio

Recuerdos de Granada (2023)

Score   Audio

Piano Trio in F minor (2023)

Score   Audio

Overture To The Tinderbox (2023)

Score   Audio

Todaiji (2023)

Score   Audio

Reverie (2022)

Score   Audio

Fantasy Sonatina for Tuba & Piano (2021)

Score   Audio

Two Motets of the Sea (2022)

Score   Audio

Sonatina in E flat (2022)

Score   Audio

Fantasy Overture (2023)

Score   Audio

La Fille Aux Chevaux Ebouriffes (2023)

Score   Audio

La Belle Dame Sans Merci (2018)

Score   Audio

Fantasia for String Quartet (2022)

Score   Audio

Rhapsody in E minor (2019)

Score   Audio

A Pair of Romances (2021)

Score   Audio

Silk (2022)

Score   Audio

The Chevaliers' Dance (2023)

Score   Audio

The Stormy Evening Closes (2017)

Score   Audio

The Coming Of Wisdom With Time (2021)

Score   Audio

Tarantella (2021)

Score   Audio

String Quartet in C minor (2021)

Score   Audio

Fantasia for String Trio (2019)

Score   Audio

Il Viaggio Continua (2018)

Score   Audio

Quartet in C minor (2017)

Score   Audio

Dance of the Marionettes (2018)

Score   Audio

Allegro for String Quartet (2017)

Score   Audio

Nostalgia (2018)

Score   Audio

Piano Trio In F# Minor (2023)

Score   Audio

Bossa Nova: Concertino for Drum Kit and Orchestra (2019)

Score   Audio

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