John Glenesk Mortimer, composer and arranger

I specialise in composing and arranging all types of music to order. I come from a classical background, but am also at ease in many light-music styles.

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LIST OF WORKS

 

OPERA

Crime & Punishment (1968)

Tremblement de terre à Santiago (1985) fp Switzerland 1987

 

VOICES & ORCHESTRA

Le sang de la Communance (1989) fp Switzerland 1990

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (2009)

 

VOICES ALONE OR WITH PIANO OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS

The Drum (chorus a.c. 1984)

Trois poèmes de Verlaine (voice & piano)

Tres poemas de F.G. Lorca (solo soprano & strings - 1981) fp Granada 1989

Gesang der Geister über den Wassern (1987)

Cantus Mariae for soprano & string quartet

Dos canciones de Lorca for soprano & violin, or soprano & piano (1988)

Stabat Mater for chorus, organ and violin obligato (2007) fp Switzerland 2008

The Bridge On The River Arta (chorus, brass & perc. - 1984)

 

ORCHESTRA

Violin Concerto (1978) fp London 1982

Contrabassissimo for solo bass fp Edinburgh 2007

Percussionissimo for 3 solo percussionists fp Edinburgh 2008

Balkan Impressions

Concerto for two trombones and orchestra fp Switzerland 1991

Knights Of The Round Table

 

STRING ORCHESTRA

Music For Fourteen Strings (1983)

Caledonian Concerto for violin (2008) † fp Würzburg 2008

Celtic Moods

Concertino for piano

Contrabass Concerto (1988) fp Helsinki 1989

Tuba Concerto (1983) *

Brazilian Sketches

Prelude & Dance for solo trombone *

Concertino for flute and viola

Concertino for viola

Trombone Concerto No.1 (1982) * 

Trombone Concerto No.2 (1987) * 

Trombone Concerto No.3 (1990) *Holiday Suite

Concerto for oboe, cor anglais & strings fp Switzerland 1995

 

WIND / BRASS BAND

Prelude & Dance for solo trombone *

Caribbean Concerto for solo trombone *

Celtic Moods *

Celtic Visions *

Astral Variations for brass quartet & brass band (1989)

Prelude, Saraband & Finale *

Old Russia *

Cleopatra *

Scottish Dances *

Balkan Impressions *

Trombonissimo *

Clarinettissimo *

Percussionissimo *

Saxophonissimo *

Bassoonissimo *

Timpanissimo *

Contrabassissimo *

Tubissimo *

Hi-Lo for piccolo & tuba solo *

Conquistador *

The Jacobite Express *

Genghis Khan *

 

CHAMBER MUSIC

Violin Sonata (1969) fp Edinburgh 1970

Divertimento for Brass Quintet (1981) *

Brass Trio *

Brass Quartet *

Five Scottish Folktunes for viola & piano (1982)

Five Characteristic Pieces for 2 trombones *

Suite Parisienne for trombone quartet *

String Trio (1981)

Violin Sonatina

Serenade for wind sextet (1980)

Music For Flute & Viola (1982 rev. 1987)

Hebridean Sketches for trombone (or cello) & harp *

4 Miniatures for 2 oboes (1990)

Variations for trumpet & piano *

Bossa-Nova, Chaconne & Gavotte for oboe, bassoon & harpsichord

Danubia for trumpet & piano *

Swiss Suite (for I Salonisti)

Three Brazilian Sketches (for I Salonisti)

Basel Variations (for I Salonisti) fp New York 2007

Three Brazilian Sketches (for I Salonisti)

Alpine Cowboy for alphorn & piano or accordion *

Big Ben Suite for alphorn & piano or accordion *

Suite for flute & strings

Suite Parisienne for 4 trombones *

Four Sketches for wind quintet fp Lucerne 1995

Divertimento for Wind Ensemble (2010)

El Alma del violín - tango for violin and piano (2010)

Fiesta for 8 cellos (2010)

 

 

 

 

* Published by Marc Reift Editions, Switzerland, and recorded on CD Marcophone

† Published by Vogt & Fritz, Germany

 

ARRANGEMENTS

 

Too many to list them all. For wind band and brass band, see Marc Reift Editions, Switzerland. http://www.reift.ch

 

However here is a selection of my band arrangements:

 

FILM MUSIC

Ben Hur, Once Upon A Time In The West, Pink Panther, Romeo & Juliet, The Godfather, I Clowns, Un homme et une femme, Le professionnel, Pontoon, Death In Venice, Natural Born Killers, Elvira Madigan, The Bridge On The River Kwai, Never On A Sunday, The Last Samurai, Troy, The Longest Day, E.T., Jurassic Park, Jaws, Rocky, Rocky III, Rocky IV, The Rock, The Third Man, James Bond Theme, The Jungle Book, Aladdin, Cindarella, Pocahontas, 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, Alice In Wonderland, Henry V, Diva, Sister Act, Ghost, The Windmills Of Your Mind, Dr. Zhivago, Limelight, The Last Of The Mohicans, The Thorn Birds, Lawrence Of Arabia, Out Of Africa, Le retour du grand blond, Exodus, Bilitis, The Conquest Of Paradise, 633 Squadron, The Magnificent Seven, Around The World In 80 Days, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Born Free, Chariots Of Fire, Dances With Wolves, Fiddler On The Roof, Farinelli, The Mummy Returns, Hymn To Red October, The Bodyguard, Jean de Florette, La 7e Compagnie, Les gendarmes de St. Tropez, Titanic, Michel Strogoff, New York New York, Smile, Star Wars, Summer of '42, Superman, Batman, The Big Country, The Three Musketeers, Willow, Quo Vadis, The Great Train Robbery, Godzilla, Taras Bulba, Alamo, Spiderman, The Name Of The Rose, The Masque of Zorro, The Last Starfighter, The Avengers....

 

CLASSICAL

Borodin Polevtsian Dances, Vivaldi Four Seasons, Mussorgsky Great Gate Of Kiev, Puccini: Nessun Dorma, Finale Act I Tosca, Wagner: Elsa's Procession, Flying Dutchman Overture, Rossini Overture Gazza Ladra, Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812, Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker March, Coronation March, Beethoven: Adagio from the Pathétique Sonata, Egmont, Chopin Funeral March, John Ireland Epic March, Verdi Overture Forza del destino, Smetana Dance Of The Comedians, Dukas Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dvořák Largo from New World Symphony, Holst Jupiter, Beethoven Ode To Joy, Strauss: Annen-Polka, Egyptian March, Blue Danube, Rosen aus dem Süden, Kaiserwalzer, Vienna Woods, Thunder & Lightning, Tritsch-Tratsch, Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, Dinicu Hora Staccato, Widor Toccata, Mozart: 4th Horn Concerto, Requiem...

 

POP

Abba Golden Hits, Abba Forever, Yesterday, Michelle, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine, Flashdance, It's Raining Men, Alexandrie Alexandra, Caruso, Bohemian Rhapsody, Who Wants To Live Forever, We Are The Champions, Chess, Earth Song, I Will Survive, Music (John Miles), The Final Countdown, We've Only Just Begun, Y.M.C.A., We Are The World......