Other Orchestral Works
As well as the Sinfoniettas, Bob has written other pieces with the idea of attracting the younger generation to classical music in mind.
MARCH NOT ALONE
All about building something strong as a community, this is one of those uplifting pieces where everyone wants to get together and join in.
Written for full orchestra, there is also an arrangement for symphonic wind band.
SONESSENCE
Hauntingly beautiful work for piano and cello, without a time-signature, giving the performers freedom of expression and flow. This piece is included on the Texas UIL Prescribed Music List for 2024/25.
OLIVIA, THE WITCH AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
A Christmas story about a young girl who gets lost and meets a witch.
Narration describes the forthcoming action, thereby inviting the audience to use their imagination as the music unfolds.
Testimonials include: "We had a narrator that did it with a Yorkshire dialect and it went down a storm."
"I don't know how we can match that for our next Christmas concert."
SILENT POOL
"Silent Pool" (a ghost story). The waters of the Silent Pool in Albury, Surrey, are exceptionally clear and still. Legend has it that the pool is haunted, and this work interweaves calm, atmospheric music with Christina Buchanan's beautiful re-telling of the legend, seen from an unusual viewpoint. An intimate work scored for piano, narrator and solo instrument (cello, clarinet or horn).
ANDANTE FOR THREE CELLOS
As chosen for performance at the International Composers Festival 2022.
