Sheet music for all compositions & arrangements is available on request

Concerto Inspired by Bach
Jazz piano trio and string orchestra, inspired J S Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto
Commissioned by London Chamber Orchestra, premiered at Cadogan Hall, 2013
Concerto Romanesque
Recorder, strings, percussion & harpsichord
Commissioned by 2015 Ryedale festival for Charlotte Barbour-Condini, Fitzwilliam Quartet and friends
Concerto Stella Matutina
Concerto Il Filo
Accordion, guitar & chamber orchestra
Commissioned by David Juritz and premiered at 2019 Beaumaris Festival, Wales
Concertino Suspended Animation
Piano or harpsichord, and strings
One-movement concerto
An End to Jealousy
Piano and strings, or tango quintet
One-movement concerto based on tango ‘Jalousie’
Semmerwater
Community opera, for string quintet plus clarinet, horn, bassoon, harpsichord, cast of singers: soloists + adult and children’s choirs
Commissioned by the 2009 Swaledale Festival. Winner of an AMI (Ability Media Award)
Circus
An expansion of CD Alexander Scriabin’s Ragtime Band for 150 keyboard players!
Commissioned by and performed at Uppingham School, Rutland, 2016
Click here to listen
Swaledale Festival
Piazzolla and Beyond (Harmonia Mundi)
Includes compositions Augmented Tango and, co-written with Adam Summerhayes, Milonga Bourgeois + arrangements
String orchestra + piano
Grinton Concerto (with Adam Summerhayes)
Concerto for recorder, violin, harpsichord & strings
Commissioned by 2013 Swaledale Festival
Brandy for 4, Air
For harpsichord, melodica and string orchestra
The Queen’s Farewell Stomp
8-part oboe band; 4-part version also available
Commissioned by the London Oboe Band for their recording ‘Playhouse Aires’, and played by oboe bands all around the world
Enter the Witches
Arranged for 6-part oboe band from Respectable Groove’s take on Purcell’s Witches Prelude from Dido & Aeneas
Le Tombeau d’une Tipula
Six-movement micro-sonata for recorder and harpsichord.
Click here to listen
Quartet for 2
Novelty piece for two players, eight recorders
Bebop Tango
Originally recorded by David Gordon Trio, arranged for cor anglais and piano Alison Teale for her recording Cor! Now also arranged for violin and piano
Quercus Quodlibet
Twelve-part recorder piece
Commissioned by the Society of Recorder Players’ for its 80th birthday, 2017
The Alchemist & The Catflap
Exists in many forms, including in a fully notated version for violin and piano (joint winner of audience prize at the 2000 UK & Eire Composition Platform) and now also for recorder and harpsichord, and jazz versions by Chris Garrick Quartet, David Gordon Trio, Butterfly’s Wing and others.
Sonata for bassoon & piano
Premiered at the 2005 Salisbury Festival
Commissioned by Miranda and Matthew Dodd
Rag of Spring
Ragtime for two pianos, a response to Stravinsky’s ‘Augurs of Spring’
From ‘Sacre’, a project with pianist John Law
Daba Daba, Bebop Tango, Salsova, Sambova, Encore Piece, Diminished Tango, Postlude (with Adam Summerhayes) and more
Gypsy-tango/world music group Zum
Mysterious Barracudas
Solo keyboard, originally for Respectable Groove; modelled on François Couperin’s 'Les Baricades Mistérieuses'
Lucky with the Weather
Recorder quartet
Last track on the Respectable Groove CD Tell-Tale Ducks
So much to play
Recorder trio
Milonga de mis amigos virtuales
Tango quintet Lockdown piece, with more than a nod to the classic Milonga de mis amores, written for London Tango Quintet, recording soon
Astor Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño, Verano Porteño (violin concerto movements), Libertango, Adios Nonino
For solo violin, string orchestra, piano
Invierno first appeared on Piazzolla and Beyond. Since performed by Sinfonia Lahti and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Libertango performed by London Mozart Players
Oriental Love, Various Finnish tangos, Black Cat tango
For the group Tango Alakulo
Other arrangements in progress for recording and performance with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Oriental Love performed by bass Matti Salminen with the group in BOZAR, Brussels, 2019
My Way
Bass singer and string quartet
For Willard White and Brodsky Quartet, performed at Cadogan Hall
Rameau ‘suite’
Strings, harpsichord & jazz piano - with optional wind and percussion
Several performances in various countries: premiere with Norwegian Chamber Orchestra at Risør Kammermusikkfest, 2014
Soon to be released, under the name ‘Triptych’, by the Orchestra of the Swan in a digital concert entitled ‘Timelapse 2.0’
CPE Bach ‘choro’, based on Cantabile from Sonata in B minor, Wq 55/3
Played by various instruments, including recorder-player Sophie Westbrooke (BBC Young musician final) and violinist Adam Summerhayes
Various jazz standards
Including Just One of those Things
CDs: David Gordon Trio Speaks Latin, Alexander Scriabin’s Ragtime Band
David Gordon Trio’s discs numbers 5 and 6, featuring everything from faithful recreations to complete re-writes of the originals.
Click here to have a look at CDs
Detour Ahead
Singer Jacqui Dankworth and her group
Una Matika de Ruda and others
For string orchestra London Concertante
Recordings out soon
Round Midnight, Blue Dream, Craitele, Una Matika de Ruda, Oblivión and a host of other arrangements & reconfigurations
For the gypsy-tango/world music frontrunners Zum
Vivaldi Tango
For strings, harpsichord + optional tango quintet
Based on Vivaldi’s violin concerto in C minor, RV 202
Dido & Aeneas, loosely modelled on Henry Purcell’s music
Respectable Groove
Mister Sam Records
CD for dancing 'Picking of Sticks'
A selection of tunes from Playford's 'English Dancing Master'
For string band + harpsichord and percussion
Performed by members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Mister Sam, Air, Blue Pyrenees, Undiminished, Angel Feet, English Isobars, The Alchemist and the Catflap, Bebop Tango, Greenland, Second Language, Salsova, September Moon, Sambova, and dozens of others
Jazz tunes written, played and recorded by David Gordon Trio
Click here to visit my CDs page
Tell-Tale Ducks, In No Mood, No Calypso, Folia and Friends, April Fool, and many others
Respectable Groove Repertoire
respectablegroove.co.uk
mistersamrecords.com
CD 'Le Départ' for Jacqui Dankworth
Time Takes its Time
Co-written with Jacqui Dankworth,
to her lyrics
Beautiful Ruin
For Lucy Dixon; words by Fran Landesmann
JazzPsalms for Peace: Psalm 139, Psalm 22 (under construction) and others, yet to be written
In progress. With Jacqui Dankworth, band & choir
Greta Green
For Butterfly’s Wing
Lyrics by Virginie Guiffray, based on words from the 15-year old Greta Thunberg’s school protest.
Various pieces
Various wind instruments
ABRSM and Faber
Six duets for teacher and student
Piano duet
No publisher - yet.
Concerto Inspired by Bach
Jazz piano trio and string orchestra, inspired J S Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto
Commissioned by London Chamber Orchestra, premiered at Cadogan Hall, 2013
Concerto Romanesque
Recorder, strings, percussion & harpsichord
Commissioned by 2015 Ryedale festival for Charlotte Barbour-Condini, Fitzwilliam Quartet and friends
Concerto Stella Matutina
Concerto Il Filo
Accordion, guitar & chamber orchestra
Commissioned by David Juritz and premiered at 2019 Beaumaris Festival, Wales
Concertino Suspended Animation
Piano or harpsichord, and strings
One-movement concerto
An End to Jealousy
Piano and strings, or tango quintet
One-movement concerto based on tango ‘Jalousie’
Semmerwater
Community opera, for string quintet plus clarinet, horn, bassoon, harpsichord, cast of singers: soloists + adult and children’s choirs
Commissioned by the 2009 Swaledale Festival. Winner of an AMI (Ability Media Award)
Circus
An expansion of CD Alexander Scriabin’s Ragtime Band for 150 keyboard players!
Commissioned by and performed at Uppingham School, Rutland, 2016
Click here to listen
Swaledale Festival
Piazzolla and Beyond (Harmonia Mundi)
Includes compositions Augmented Tango and, co-written with Adam Summerhayes, Milonga Bourgeois + arrangements
String orchestra + piano
Grinton Concerto (with Adam Summerhayes)
Concerto for recorder, violin, harpsichord & strings
Commissioned by 2013 Swaledale Festival
Brandy for 4, Air
For harpsichord, melodica and string orchestra
The Queen’s Farewell Stomp
8-part oboe band; 4-part version also available
Commissioned by the London Oboe Band for their recording ‘Playhouse Aires’, and played by oboe bands all around the world
Enter the Witches
Arranged for 6-part oboe band from Respectable Groove’s take on Purcell’s Witches Prelude from Dido & Aeneas
Le Tombeau d’une Tipula
Six-movement micro-sonata for recorder and harpsichord.
Click here to listen
Quartet for 2
Novelty piece for two players, eight recorders
Bebop Tango
Originally recorded by David Gordon Trio, arranged for cor anglais and piano Alison Teale for her recording Cor! Now also arranged for violin and piano
Quercus Quodlibet
Twelve-part recorder piece
Commissioned by the Society of Recorder Players’ for its 80th birthday, 2017
The Alchemist & The Catflap
Exists in many forms, including in a fully notated version for violin and piano (joint winner of audience prize at the 2000 UK & Eire Composition Platform) and now also for recorder and harpsichord, and jazz versions by Chris Garrick Quartet, David Gordon Trio, Butterfly’s Wing and others.
Sonata for bassoon & piano
Premiered at the 2005 Salisbury Festival
Commissioned by Miranda and Matthew Dodd
Rag of Spring
Ragtime for two pianos, a response to Stravinsky’s ‘Augurs of Spring’
From ‘Sacre’, a project with pianist John Law
Daba Daba, Bebop Tango, Salsova, Sambova, Encore Piece, Diminished Tango, Postlude (with Adam Summerhayes) and more
Gypsy-tango/world music group Zum
Mysterious Barracudas
Solo keyboard, originally for Respectable Groove; modelled on François Couperin’s 'Les Baricades Mistérieuses'
Lucky with the Weather
Recorder quartet
Last track on the Respectable Groove CD Tell-Tale Ducks
So much to play
Recorder trio
Milonga de mis amigos virtuales
Tango quintet Lockdown piece, with more than a nod to the classic Milonga de mis amores, written for London Tango Quintet, recording soon
Astor Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño, Verano Porteño (violin concerto movements), Libertango, Adios Nonino
For solo violin, string orchestra, piano
Invierno first appeared on Piazzolla and Beyond. Since performed by Sinfonia Lahti and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Libertango performed by London Mozart Players
Oriental Love, Various Finnish tangos, Black Cat tango
For the group Tango Alakulo
Other arrangements in progress for recording and performance with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Oriental Love performed by bass Matti Salminen with the group in BOZAR, Brussels, 2019
My Way
Bass singer and string quartet
For Willard White and Brodsky Quartet, performed at Cadogan Hall
Rameau ‘suite’
Strings, harpsichord & jazz piano - with optional wind and percussion
Several performances in various countries: premiere with Norwegian Chamber Orchestra at Risør Kammermusikkfest, 2014
Soon to be released, under the name ‘Triptych’, by the Orchestra of the Swan in a digital concert entitled ‘Timelapse 2.0’
CPE Bach ‘choro’, based on Cantabile from Sonata in B minor, Wq 55/3
Played by various instruments, including recorder-player Sophie Westbrooke (BBC Young musician final) and violinist Adam Summerhayes
Various jazz standards
Including Just One of those Things
CDs: David Gordon Trio Speaks Latin, Alexander Scriabin’s Ragtime Band
David Gordon Trio’s discs numbers 5 and 6, featuring everything from faithful recreations to complete re-writes of the originals.
Click here to have a look at CDs
Detour Ahead
Singer Jacqui Dankworth and her group
Una Matika de Ruda and others
For string orchestra London Concertante
Recordings out soon
Round Midnight, Blue Dream, Craitele, Una Matika de Ruda, Oblivión and a host of other arrangements & reconfigurations
For the gypsy-tango/world music frontrunners Zum
Vivaldi Tango
For strings, harpsichord + optional tango quintet
Based on Vivaldi’s violin concerto in C minor, RV 202
Dido & Aeneas, loosely modelled on Henry Purcell’s music
Respectable Groove
Mister Sam Records
CD for dancing 'Picking of Sticks'
A selection of tunes from Playford's 'English Dancing Master'
For string band + harpsichord and percussion
Performed by members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Mister Sam, Air, Blue Pyrenees, Undiminished, Angel Feet, English Isobars, The Alchemist and the Catflap, Bebop Tango, Greenland, Second Language, Salsova, September Moon, Sambova, and dozens of others
Jazz tunes written, played and recorded by David Gordon Trio
Click here to visit my CDs page
Tell-Tale Ducks, In No Mood, No Calypso, Folia and Friends, April Fool, and many others
Respectable Groove Repertoire
respectablegroove.co.uk
mistersamrecords.com
CD 'Le Départ' for Jacqui Dankworth
Time Takes its Time
Co-written with Jacqui Dankworth,
to her lyrics
Beautiful Ruin
For Lucy Dixon; words by Fran Landesmann
JazzPsalms for Peace: Psalm 139, Psalm 22 (under construction) and others, yet to be written
In progress. With Jacqui Dankworth, band & choir
Greta Green
For Butterfly’s Wing
Lyrics by Virginie Guiffray, based on words from the 15-year old Greta Thunberg’s school protest.
Various pieces
Various wind instruments
ABRSM and Faber
Six duets for teacher and student
Piano duet
No publisher - yet.