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Folksong Sequence Premiere at last
The premiere of Guy's Folksong Sequence will appear in Bingham Choral Society's Jubilee 'Prom' concert on November 26th 2022 (postponed from the previous year because of Covid). Bingham Choral will be joined by Mansfield Choral Society, Nottingham Symphony Orchestra,...
Responses in D
Guy has composed a set of responses for AATTBB which will be premiered at Evensong at Southwell Minster shortly
Songs of the Forest
As part of the Heritage Lottery Fund Leaves project at Southwell Minster (https://www.southwellminster.org/theme/leaves-of-southwell/) Guy has written SONGS OF THE FOREST, five children's songs based on folk tales, and all connected with animals and trees. This will...
Toccata Festiva
Guy has produced another lock down piece - Toccata Festiva for organ. It is an energetic pieces, full of irregular rhythms and sparkling chords, but neither challenging for the listener or too difficult for the player. A number of organists have started playing it at...
ATB MISSA BREVIS
Guy has composed a new Missa Brevis (Kyrie, Sanctus/Benedictus/Agnus) for the Men of Southwell Minster Choir, which was given its first performance at a service on February 7th. It varies from three to 6 parts, with organ accompaniment.
At Last – The King’s Singers
Guy has been sending arrangements to the King's Singers for years, but to no avail. Close harmony arranging is a speciality, and apart from writing for his own groups, Four Men in Accord and Odd One Out, he has written many numbers for the Lay Clerks if Southwell...
Song Cycle – The Ways of Love
A long cherished project has come to fruition. This was originally planned as a choral work, but it became evident that it would work much better as a song cycle. Guy has set eleven songs, all about love, and all about female poets, for Mezzo and piano. Up and coming...
Another (double) Trombone Arrangement
Following the success of his work for the English Trombone Consort and Virgo Music, Guy was asked to arrange Canhalibamo Rag by trombonist and bandleader Arthur Pryor (1889 - 1942) for both trombone quartet, and trombone with piano.
New Commission – Carols for Alresford
Guy has been commissioned by Alresford Community Choir, conductor, Keith Clark, to write a linked pair of carols. These will be called 'Two Gallery Carols' and are settings of traditional carol texts both discovered in a Dorset church gallery book by Revd LJT Darwall....
New Commission – Anthem for 50th Anniversary of Phoenix Singers (Taunton)
Guy has been commissioned to write a double choir motet for the 50th anniversary concert of the Phoenix Singers which will hopefully take place in 2021. Having been asked for a celebratory piece, he has chosen the text 'Laudibus in Sanctis', which is the adaptation of...