Wind Band
Buffoonery for Solo Bassoon & Wind Band (SP209) available from Spartan Press
Goddard, arr: Goddard
Duration: 4-5 minutes. This arrangement was made for use by the R.A.F. massed bands tour of the U.K. in October 1991 and subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1992. The solo bassoon part is almost the same as the version for bassoon and piano (SP143), with the piano part freely arranged for military band. The piece would work equally well for trombone and band. Recorded on CD: Polyphonic QPRM 117D played by the arranger with the Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force – U.K. tour 1991. Completed: 14th November, 1991. YouTube video excerpts viewable here.
Brass Band
Paso-doble Demento – A Lollipop for Brass Band (SP126) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 3 minutes. This entertaining ‘lollipop’ item started life as a bassoon quartet(!) but was ‘refurbished’ for Wantage Silver Band in 1989. The style of the piece is rooted in ‘big band’ sounds and is in a simplified scoring with a single part for each of Eb horns, baritones and euphoniums. The ‘kit’ percussion part is optional. The scoring is thinned out. Manuscript form. Completed: 1st May, 1989
Sands Of Time (Op. 48) more details
Two pieces for brass band. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 1st May, 1983
Sea Legend – A Symphonic Poem (SP125) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 15 minutes. 15 minute ‘tone poem’ written for Wantage Silver Band, featuring three solo cornets. The ingredients of a ‘Rip-roaring Seafarer’s Yarn’ permeate the musical textures unfettered. Manuscript form. (Also available for small orchestra on hire only). Completed: 1st May, 1989
The Circus – A Light Overture for brass band (SP129) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 5 minutes. 1st Performance: Wantage Silver Band. This overture, which parallels some of the traditional circus acts (for example trapeze, jugglers, clowns etc), is meant as an affectionate parody of a musical style all too readily neglected these days. Manuscript form. (Also available for orchestra). Completed: 1st May, 1983
Brass Band and Solo Trombone
Bone Shaker (SP127) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 4-5 minutes. Solo trombone and brass band. This piece was originally written as the final ‘prank’ movement of a concerto for trombone and orchestra. Manuscript form. Completed: 1st May, 1989
String Orchestra
Chesterton Flowers (SP124) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 10 minutes. 1st Performance: November 1987. Chesterton Flowers was written for a concert given as part of a Flower Festival at the Oxfordshire village of Chesterton, in June 1985. Hollyhocks, Deadly Nightshade, French Marigolds and Canterbury Bells. 4 Bassoons (No contra required). Completed: 1st November, 1987
Heat Of The Sun, The – A Dream Cycle for Strings (Op. 46) more details
Duration: 21 minutes. 1st Performance: James Judd with the Wren Orchestra. BBC Capital Radio Broadcast from St. Johns Smith Square London.. Winning work in the Capital Radio Prize 1982. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 1st June, 1982
Medieval Carol (SP150) available from Spartan Press
Originally arranged for West Oxfordshire Adult Education String Workshop, this short piece is for players of an early grade. Individual parts for all Spartan Press ensembles are available separately, quickly and inexpensively. Completed: 10th June, 1990
Chamber Ensemble, Choir, Narrators, Actors
Beowulf – A Theatrical Event (Op. 55) more details
Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (full score, vocal score and parts). Completed: 10th October, 1984
Choir and Orchestra
5 Epithets of War – Conductor’s Full Score (SP106) available from Spartan Press
Composer: Goddard, Author: Scannell
Duration: 10 minutes. Scored for: 5 part choir (SSATB) Organ Brass Quintet String Quartet Timpani/Percussion Player 1: Timpani and bass drum Player 2: Glockenspiel, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam and snare drum. Adapted from the poetry of Vernon Scannell (1922 – 2007) Commissioned in 1980 by Oxford Education Department for performance by the combined secondary school choirs of Oxfordshire, conducted by Chris Banks. Completed: 1st November, 1980
5 Epithets of War – Set of Parts (SP1310) available from Spartan Press
Composer: Goddard, Author: Scannell
PARTS include: Organ, Brass Quintet, String Quartet, Percussion Player 1: Timpani and bass drum Player 2: Glockenspiel, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam and snare drum. Completed: 1st January, 1980
5 Epithets of War – Vocal Score (SP1309) available from Spartan Press
Composer: Goddard, Author: Scannell
Duration: 10 minutes. Scored for: 5 part choir (SSATB) Organ Brass Quintet String Quartet Timpani/Percussion Player 1: Timpani and bass drum Player 2: Glockenspiel, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam and snare drum. Adapted from the poetry of Vernon Scannell (1922 – 2007) Commissioned in 1980 by Oxford Education Department for performance by the combined secondary school choirs of Oxfordshire, conducted by Chris Banks. Completed: 1st January, 1980
A Pardoner’s Tale – A Dramatic Cantata (Op. 40) more details
Duration: 25 minutes. Text by Chaucer, music by Mark Goddard. Scored for Choir, Tenor and Baritone Soloists, Narrator and Orchestra. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score, vocal score and parts). Completed: 15th April, 1981
Weber: Trauer-Musik J116 (Op. 60) more details
Weber, Reconstructed by Mark Goddard, editor: Marshall Stoneham
Duration: 6 minutes. 1st Performance: March 1986. Choir, Baritone soloist and Orchestra. Reconstruction. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 15th March, 1986
Light Orchestra
The Circus – A Light Overture for orchestra (Op. 39) more details
Duration: 5 minutes. Completed: 1st April, 1981 and revised in September 2018. Winner of the Eric Coates Prize for composition at the Royal Academy of Music. First performance: Abingdon and District Music Society.
Chamber Orchestra
Caverns (Op. 44) more details
Duration: 14 minutes. Single wind/brass timps and strings. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 1st April, 1982
Sinfonietta (Op. 31) more details
Duration: 16 minutes. 1st Performance: John Carewe with RAM orchestra. Four movements for chamber orchestra. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 1st December, 1979
Orchestra
Beowulf – A Symphonic Poem (Op. 62) more details
1st Performance: Oxford Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Town Hall. MG conducing.. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 1st September, 1986
Caverns (Op. 45) more details
Duration: 14 minutes. Double wind/brass timps and strings. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts). Completed: 1st April, 1982
Sea Legend – A Symphonic Poem For Orchestra (Op. 69) more details
Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts: Fl, Obx2, Bn, Trpx3, Tps and Strings). Completed: 1st February, 1989
Trombone Concerto – Full Orchestral Score (SP1394) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 20 minutes. 1st Performance: Mike Skitt – Burford Orchestra, March 1986 and Wantage Silver Band.. Commissioned by John Esaias for the Burford Orchestra and the trombonist Michael Skitt. Five movements. Completed: 1st June, 1987
Trombone Concerto (SP1395) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 20 minutes. 1st Performance: Mike Skitt – Burford Orchestra, March 1986 and Wantage Silver Band.. Commissioned by John Esaias for the Burford Orchestra and the trombonist Michael Skitt. Five movements. Completed: 1st June, 1987
Orchestra and Narrator
A Tale of Five Winds – A Story for Christmas (Orchestra with Narrator) (SP179) available from Spartan Press
Composer: Goddard, Author: Pegg
Duration: 25-30 minutes. 1st Performance: Headington Singers Concert in 1990?. Text adapted from a Chinese poem by Stephen Pegg. Completed: 1st December, 1985