Paul Lewis

Amboise is my favourite Loire Valley city. Though it was the historic architecture that first attracted me, the memories I celebrate here are of a personal nature and reflect the heartfelt hospitality...

Since my teenage years the music of French composer Michel Legrand has been a source of joy and inspiration. When I heard of his death in January 2019 I went straight to the piano and found this melod...

Orchestration: Solo Bassoon Flute (doubling piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Horn in F, Timpani (doubling susp.cymbal), Percussion (one player: Susp.cymbal, Snare drum, Tambourine, Tam-tam, 3 Wood bloc...

Orchestration: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Percussion (Side drum[s], Tenor drum[s], Bass drum, Cymbals, Suspend...

Orchestration: Solo Harp, 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, Timpani, Percussion (1 player: Snare Drum, Tambourine, Triangle, Cymbals, Suspended Cym...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani Percussion (4 players: Tubular Bells, Tam-Tam, Drum Kit, Tri...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb (2nd db Alto Sax), 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (3 players:Tubular Bells, Tam...

Orchestration: Flute (db.Piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, 2 Horns in F, Trumpet in Bb, Trombone, Timpani, Percussion 1-3 players: [can be played by one player with drum kit + extra instruments...

Orchestration: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Percussion (5 players (5th optional): Snare Drum, Cymbals (clashed)...

Orchestration: Piccolo, Flute db.Piccolo, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Percussion (5 players: Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tu...

English Suite was originally written for string quartet but is also published in a version for string orchestra (GMCO042). The work reflects the composer's love of the English countryside, uses folk s...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 'English Suite' was originally written for string quartet. The work reflects the composer's love of the English countryside, uses folk s...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) A suite for strings with a flavour of the French Navarre region. It is in three movements: Arrivee a Pau; Berceau d'un Prince; Le Vert G...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Whilst composing this piece to assuage the sadness of parting from a loved one, a single flower of my favourite rose blossomed in my gar...

Orchestration: nHarp (optional) Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) This suite was composed for, and first performed in 2011 at the 40th Rye Arts Festival in East Sussex. Once surrounded...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass With a lifelong passion for mediaeval architecture it was inevitable that I should fall in love with Norfolk on first sight in 1966; as a composer...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Whilst scoring a TV play starring actor Robert Hardy, I was asked by him to write a short organ piece in memory of his recently deceased...

Three latter-day salon pieces: A Rapture of Roses; A Shimmer of Champagne; Rhapsody in Chocolate The third of my 'Three Valentines, Rhapsody in Chocolate' was composed in 2007, ever since when I had t...

Two easy pieces in French folk song style for violin and piano. 'Lucie' Lucie picks flowers in the meadow. 'Naughty boy!' He makes his mother cry, pulls his old grandfather's beard and empties the sal...

Chamerolles is a fairytale French renaissance chateau built by the romantically named Lancelot du Lac, (Lancelot of the Lake,) which has been restored and its ancient gardens replanted. It is bathed i...

A suite in one movement based on characters from G.W.Pabst's infamous 1929 silent film Pandora's Box, an updating to 1920s Berlin of Frank Wedekind's scandalous Lulu plays. The music is drawn from my...

Never was a king more greatly loved in his lifetime yet more grossly maligned after his death than Richard III. This is a fanfare to celebrate the discovery of Richard III under a Leicester car park i...

Whilst scoring a TV play starring actor Robert Hardy, I was asked by him to write a short organ piece in memory of his recently deceased mother-in-law, the famous star of stage and screen Gladys Coope...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db.piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion [4] (Tambourine, Snare drum, Bass drum, Cymbals,...