Category: Composed by Mark Goddard
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Desert Island Selection
During Februrary 2023, a Goddard family initiative was launched to keep in touch using ‘Zoom’, including each sibling presenting their own ‘Desert Island Discs’ selections. Roughly following the time-honoured Radio 4 programme, we each, in turn, chose eight pieces of music to represent our lives to date. Watch the YouTube Video (20 minutes) It’s been…
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About a Minute
Now published by Clifton Edition Music by Mark Goddard Op. 90 Six short piano studies, each about a minute long,and each portraying a contrasting emotion or state of mind. Contents 1. Contentment 2. Apprehension 3. Disquiet 4. Mischief 5. Fulfilment 6. Assimilation
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First Performance of About Gods
Available from Clifton Edition About Gods: Six Preludes for Piano Op. 88 Six Legendary Figures from Greek Mythology, each with their own unique musical character. Approximately grades 6-8. Full duration: 10-11 minutes. Published by Clifton Edition. Buy the book here. Contents 1. Hestia2. Atalanta3. Aphrodite4. Hermes5. Icarus6. Theseus Short introductory video trainer The final piece…
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Sea Legend for Small Orchestra
Op. 69 New Edition in Preparation… First performed in Oxford in February 1989 and features three solo trumpets. The ingredients of a “Rip-roaring Seafarer’s Yarn” permeate the music throughout. See YouTube video trailer link to get a taste of the music. Described as a ‘Tone Poem’, this new edition of Sea Legend, carefully revised and…
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Halloween – 13 scary minutes for String Quartet
Five short movements for string quartet — Op. 43 Music by Mark Goddard New Edition in preparation with Clifton Edition, due for release during 2026. Mark Goddard’s Halloween was originally composed in 1982. It was fully revised by the composer during October 2021 and fully typeset to the highest standards. This new edition replaces the…
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Barbie Bassoon Girl
Bassoon Quartet — Op. 89Music by Mark Goddard Free Edition! A rampant, 4 minute bassoon quartet arrangement by Mark Goddard – a tongue in cheek ‘Spot the Tune’ competition, to satisfy a challenge issued by Barry Lee in October 2021. The score and parts for four bassoons are available free of charge: See below to…
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Five Orbits for chamber ensemble
Five short movements for trumpet, piano, violin, viola and cello — Op. 47 Music by Mark Goddard A new edition is in preparation and due for release later in 2026 from Clifton Edition. Mark Goddard’s Five Orbits, originally called “CIrcles”, was composed in as 1982, work won the Royal Academy of Music’s Humphrey Searle Composition…
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Chesterton Flowers
A Suite for Strings — Op. 66 Music by Mark Goddard Clifton Edition are preparing a new edition of this work, due later in 2026 Mark Goddard’s Chesterton Flowers: A Suite for Strings Op. 66includes: Hollyhocks, Deadly Nightshade, French Marigolds and Canterbury Bells. This music was commissioned for a performance at a flower festival, held…
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A Tale of Five Winds
A Christmas Story for Wind Quintet and Narrator — Op. 57 Story by Stephen Pegg. Music by Mark Goddard A new edition is now available in printed or digital format from Clifton Edition! A charming Christmas story, ideal for a family Christmas concert. The Narrator tells the story, while the music features each of the…
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About Gods
New Preludes for Piano Op. 88 Six Legendary Figures from Greek Mythology, each with their own unique musical character. Approximately grades 6-8. Full duration: 10-11 minutes. Available from Clifton Edition The final piece of the set (Theseus) appeared in International Piano Magazine during the autumn of 2020. Contents Hestia Greek Goddess of the hearth,…