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Composed by Mark Goddard Educational New Edition Piano Solo Self published

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.

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It’s been a terrific exercise and I found it particularly difficult to choose just eight favourite pieces. So hard to simply discard so many ‘old and trusted friends’ that I’ve grown to love on this long journey through life, particularly having chosen music as a career.

At first, I thought about presenting eight soppy tunes, each paying tribute to the people I love most in life… Tunes that have strong associations, starting with our parents, (sisters, obviously[!]), Pat and the children — Tess, George and Rose. But this wouldn’t necessarily be MY desert island choices.

Next, it occurred to me that it was an opportunity to present eight pieces of music that I’d composed. An unadulterated display of egotism! But then, thinking sensitively about my beloved audience, (my sisters) I ultimately felt that I just couldn’t do it to them! Perhaps there will be another occasion.

So, in the end, it occurred to me that Lauren Laverne would want me to work chronologically through the decades. And she’d insist on some variety too, which is a good thing. And having been born rather conveniently at the beginning of a decade in 1960 — it makes the decade plan rather neat!

No. 1
Hubert Parry’s Hymn tune ‘Repton’: ‘Dear Lord and Father of Mankind’

No.2
Robert Farnon’s Colditz theme

No. 3
Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It”, in a version by Noel Coward

No. 4
Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”

No. 5
Mark Goddard’s “The Heat of the Sun — a Dream Cycle for Strings”

No.6
Bernstein/Sondheim: West Side Story (Anita/Maria duet) “A Boy Like That”

No. 7
J. S. Bach: Magnificat — The “Gloria”

No. 8
Mark Goddard: ‘Theseus’ from ‘About Gods’

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Composed by Mark Goddard Educational New Edition Piano Solo Self published

About a Minute

New Studies for Piano

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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Chamber Orchestra Composed by Mark Goddard New Edition Self published

Sea Legend for Small Orchestra

Op. 69

New Edition!

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 fully typeset, is republished as part of the composer’s 60th birthday celebrations and replaces the legacy ‘Facsimile Edition’ of 1989.

Duration: approximately 9 minutes.

A version of Sea Legend for BRASS BAND is available from Spartan Press:
Sea Legend for Brass Band  (SP125)

YouTube video

Introducing Sea Legend for small orchestra — a short trailer

Free sample PDF pages

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Composed by Mark Goddard Concert hall Ensemble New Edition Self published String Quartet

Halloween – 13 scary minutes for String Quartet

Five short movements for string quartet — Op. 43

Music by Mark Goddard

New Edition!

Mark Goddard’s Halloween was originally composed in 1982. It has recently been fully revised by the composer during October 2021 and fully typeset to the highest standards. This new edition replaces the old legacy edition of 1982.

Total duration: about 13 minutes.

Programme Note

The work is intended to be played without long breaks between movements. The musical form is essentially cyclic and centres on a small number of motivic elements, both harmonic and melodic, that reoccur in various spooky guises!

The five movements alternate between reflective and robust moods: slow-fast-slow-fast-slow. The reflective core of the piece (Movement III) is preoccupied by an inverted canon between violin I and cello, later passed to violin II and viola, which encapsulates and distils these intense motivic ingredients.

Score and parts available.

YouTube videos

Introducing Halloween — 13 scary minutes for string quartet
a short trailer

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Bassoon Quartet Composed by Mark Goddard Concert hall Ensemble New Edition Self published

Barbie Bassoon Girl

Bassoon Quartet  — Op. 89
Music by Mark Goddard

New 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 download in PDF format.

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Composed by Mark Goddard Concert hall Ensemble New Edition Self published

Circles for chamber ensemble

Five short movements for trumpet, piano, violin, viola and cello — Op. 47

Music by Mark Goddard

New Edition!

Mark Goddard’s Circles is available in various versions. This brand new edition is for chamber ensemble. Composed in 1982, this work won the Royal Academy of Music’s Humphrey Searle Composition Prize, and has recently revised by the composer (2021) and fully typeset to the highest standards. This new edition replaces the old legacy edition of 1982.

Total duration: about 12.5 minutes.

I     3:20 Page 1
II   2:00 Page 8
III 2:30 Page 17
IV 3:00 Page 26
V   1:40 Page 41

Programme Note

The work is intended to be played without long breaks between movements and it is hoped that performance will reveal five circles within a larger one, rather than five separate circles! The musical form is essentially cyclic and centres on a small number of motivic elements, both harmonic and melodic, that reoccur in various guises.

The five movements alternate between reflective and robust moods: slow-fast-slow-fast-slow. The reflective core of the piece (Movement III) is preoccupied by an inverted canon between violin and cello, later passed to trumpet and viola, which encapsulates and distils these intense motivic ingredients.

‘Circles for chamber ensemble’ was completed in 1982 and won the Humphrey Searle Composition Prize at the Royal Academy of Music.

Score and parts available.

 

 

YouTube videos

Introducing Circles for chamber ensemble — a short trailer

Follow the Score: Circles for chamber ensemble — follow every note

Sample Pages

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List of works (self published)

5 Epithets of War – Conductor’s Full Score  (SP106)  Choir and Orchestra

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)  Choir and Orchestra

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)  Choir and Orchestra

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)  Choir and Orchestra    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

Beowulf – A Musical Drama for Primary Schools  (Op. 52)  Recorders, Percussion, Guitars and Piano    more details

Duration: 30-40 minutes.  From the Anglo Saxon poem ‘Beowulf’, translated by Kevin Crossley-HOlland, adapted by Henrietta Leyser. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts).    Completed: 15th May, 1984

Beowulf – A Symphonic Poem  (Op. 62)  Orchestra    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

Beowulf – A Theatrical Event  (Op. 55)  Chamber Ensemble, Choir, Narrators, Actors    more details

Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (full score, vocal score and parts).    Completed: 10th October, 1984

Caverns  (Op. 44)  Chamber Orchestra    more details

Duration: 14 minutes.  Single wind/brass timps and strings. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts).    Completed: 1st April, 1982

Caverns  (Op. 45)  Orchestra    more details

Duration: 14 minutes.  Double wind/brass timps and strings. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts).    Completed: 1st April, 1982

Circles – for Chamber Ensemble  (Op. 47)  Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano     more details

Duration: 12 minutes.  Winning prize in the Humphrey Searle Chamber Music Prize 1982. The old printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts) was replaced in 2021 with a fully typeset and carefully revised full score and set of parts.

Halloween – 13 Scary Minutes  (Op. 43)  String Quartet    more details

Completed: 15th January, 1982 and revised October 2021. Fully typeset score and parts. Duration: approximately 13 minutes.

Circles   (Op. 42)  Trumpet and Organ    more details

Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and part).    Completed: 15th January, 1982

D minor Variations  (Op. 12)  Piano Duet    more details

1st Performance: Windsor Baptist Church: Janette Creber and Mark Goddard..  Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and part).    Completed: 1st June, 1976

Fugato, Theme and Variations (Op. 10) more details

Fugato, Theme and Variations for flute, violin, viola and bassoon. Written in April, 1976 and fully revised in 2018.

Gergask Songs – 6 Songs for Primary School  (Op. 75)  Voice and Piano    more details

Music by Mark Goddard, words by pupils

1st Performance: Aviemore MacDonald Resort Theatre.  Commissioned for the Highland Year of Culture 2007. Poetry by the Children at Gergask Primary School, Laggan Bridge. Children’s voices and piano accompaniment, with optional parts for flute, clarinet and/or bassoon.    Completed: 1st June, 2007

Heat Of The Sun, The – A Dream Cycle for Strings  (Op. 46)  String Orchestra    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

Joplin: Three Rags  (Op. 67)  Violin, Double Bass, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone and Percussion    more details

Joplin, arr: Goddard

Ragtime Dance, Bethena and Maple Leaf Rag, scored to match the 7 Instruments found in Stravinsky Soldier?s Tale. For Jackie Keirs and the Oxford Dance Theatre Tour, 1988 and 2008. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts).    Completed: 1st April, 1987

Fantasia after Brahms (Op. 7) more details

Completed: 15th December, 1975. 1st Performance: 11/12/1975 given by Chris Banks and Mark Goddard, Cheney School.

Completely revised and typeset in September 2018. Due to be published by EVC Music Publications Ltd in 2019.

Oxford Variations (Op. 13) more details

Theme and four variations. Completed: 15th August, 1976 and revised in 2018.
1st Performance: Yenworthy, Devon. September 30th 1976. Katie Thomas (flute) and Mark Goddard (piano).
Duration: 7 minutes. Light, attractive and fairly short!

Partita Variations  (Op. 36)  Organ Solo    more details

Written for Richard Pilliner. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript score.    Completed: 1st June, 1980

Reflection  (Op. 29)  Harpsichord    more details

Duration: 9 minutes.  Written for Richard Pilliner. Completed: January, 1980 and fully revised and typeset February 2019.

Retrospection  (Op. 32)  Clarinet and Bassoon    more details

Duration: 5 minutes.  Winning piece in the William Elkin Prize for composition RAM 1980. Printed facsimile of the original manuscript score.    Completed: 1st January, 1980

Sands Of Time  (Op. 48)  Brass Band    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 For Orchestra  (Op. 69)  Orchestra    more details

Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and parts: Fl, Obx2, Bn, Trpx3, Tps and Strings).    Completed: 1st February, 1989

Sinfonietta  (Op. 31)  Chamber Orchestra    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

Sonata Felice (Op. 16) Clarinet and Piano more details

Completed: 15th June, 1977 and fully revised in October 2018.
First performance at Cheney School Oxford: Beverley Couling (clarinet) and Mark Goddard (piano).

The Circus – A Light Overture for orchestra  (Op. 39)  Light Orchestra    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.

Weber: Trauer-Musik J116  (Op. 60)  Choir and Orchestra    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