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ARRANGEMENTS of J.S. BACH

8 Sarabandes for Rachel Podger (for solo violin)
Sarabande No. 1 – English Suite No. 3, BWV 808
Sarabande No. 2 – English Suite No. 1, BWV 806
Sarabande No. 3 – English Suite No. 2, BWV 807
Sarabande No. 4 – French Suite No. 6, BWV 817
Sarabande No. 5 – English Suite No. 6, BWV 811
Sarabande No. 6 – French Suite No. 5, BWV 816
Sarabande No. 7 – Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (St. Matthew Passion, Pt.2 No. 78), BWV 244
Sarabande No. 8 – Suite in A Major, BWV 832

14 Game Pieces for Rachel Podger & Lucie Horsch (for violin & recorder)
BWV 1079 The Musical Offering – Canon 1 a 2 (Cancrizans)
BWV 988 Goldberg Variations – Var. 7
BWV 808 English Suite No. 3 – Gavotte I & II ou la Musette
BWV 830 Keyboard Partita No. 6 – Corrente
BWV 817 French Suite No. 6 – Polonaise
BWV 1067 Orchestral Suite No. 2 – Battinerie
BWV 1012 Cello Suite No. 6 – Courante
BWV 855 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Prelude No. 10
BWV 988 Goldberg Variations – Var. 13
BWV 1079 The Musical Offering – Canon a 2 (Quaerendo invenietis)
BWV Ang. II 78 Partita ‘Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein’ – Var. No. 3
BWV 988 Goldberg Variations – Var. 27
BWV 850 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Prelude No. 5
BWV 811 – English Suite No. 6 – Gavotte II

10 Sarabandes for Lucile Boulanger (for solo viola da gamba)
Sarabande No. 1 – English Suite No. 2 BWV 807
Sarabande No. 2 – English Suite No. 1 BWV 806
Sarabande No. 3 – English Suite No. 6 BWV 811
Sarabande No. 4 – French Suite No. 6 BWV 817
Sarabande No. 5 – Violin Partita No. 1 BWV 1002
Sarabande No. 6 – Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder – St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
Sarabande No. 7 – French Suite No. 5 BWV 816
Sarabande No. 8 – English Suite No. 3 BWV 808
Sarabande No. 9 – Aria, Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Sarabande No. 10 – Suite in A Major BWV 832

Fugues for String Quartet
Fugue BWV 532
Fugue BWV 577
Fugue BWV 540
Fugue BWV 551
Fugue BWV 555
Fugue BWV 566
Fugue BWV 557
Fugue BWV 541
Fugue BWV 535
Chorale Prelude BWV 668 – Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit

8 Bach Sarabandes for Camila Corvalán (for solo viola)
Sarabande No. 1 – English Suite No. 3, BWV 808
Sarabande No. 2 – English Suite No. 1, BWV 806
Sarabande No. 3 – English Suite No. 2, BWV 807
Sarabande No. 4 – French Suite No. 6, BWV 817
Sarabande No. 5 – English Suite No. 6, BWV 811
Sarabande No. 6 – French Suite No. 5, BWV 816
Sarabande No. 7 – Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (St. Matthew Passion, Pt.2 No. 78), BWV 244
Sarabande No. 8 – Suite in A Major, BWV 832

5 Solo Piano Pieces from ‘Three or One’
BWV 196
BWV 105
BWV 202
BWV 165
BWV 33

Chorale Preludes for Piano, Violin & Cello (featured on ‘Three or One’)
Ach bleib’ bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 649
Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder BWV 742
Alle Menschen mussen sterben BWV 643
Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Her BWV 711
Auf meinen lieben Gott BWV 755 alio modo
Christe, du Lamm Gottes BWV 600
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 611
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund BWV 621
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist  BWV 614
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich BWV 605
Durch Adam’s Fall ist ganz verderbt BWV 637
Erbarm’ dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV 721
Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl BWV deest
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ BWV 604
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ BWV 723
Gott, durch deine Gute BWV 600
Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn BWV 601
Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn BWV Anh. 55
Herzlich Tut mich Verlangen BWV 727
Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
In Dulci Jubilo BWV 608
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 610
Komm, Gott, Schopfer, heiliger Geist BWV 667
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 633
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 731
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren BWV 648
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein BWV 734a
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland BWV 599
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV 618
O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sunde gross BWV 622
Partita BWV Ang. II 78 – Wenn wir in höchsten Noten sein – var. VI
Partita BWV Ang. II 78 – Wenn wir in höchsten Noten sein – var. IV
Parita diverse sopra il Corale, BWV 767 – O Gott, fu frommer Gott
Pedal-Exercitium BWV 598
Puer natus in Bethlehem BWV 603
Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 75. Ahn.III 172
Wen nur den lieben Gott lasst walten BWV 691
Wenn wir in hochsten Nothe sein BWV 641

INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITIONS
Taking A Nap, I Pound The Rice
Tapestries
Todavia No
Gentle Lady
Sunflower
Winter
Country Song
Y Tu Mama También
Femyang
Superslyick
Buenos Aires
Canción (sumergida) para mi Abuela
Out Through an Earhole
Miasma
Canon
Tara’s Halls
Beet-Twist Beatrice
Inspector Clouseau
The Sick Rose
Feelings of Sea Sickness
It’s Time

SONGS SET TO POEMS
A Dream
The Little Boy Lost
The Fly
A Cradle Song
On Another’s Sorrow
The Wild Flower’s Song
I laid me Down Upon a Bank
How Sweet I Roam’d
The Smile
London
Love to Faults is Always Blind
The Birds
Twilight
The Water’s Monotone
Lover’s Tale
Gentle Lady
He is a Stranger to me Now
Memories
O Mistress Mine
Take, O Take Those Lips Away
I Hid My Love
The Secret
Rest, Sweet Nymphs
Tara’s Halls
Ask Me no More
Early One Morning
All night by the Rose
To Mary
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
Fall, Leaves, Fall
Winter
Mother, I Cannot mind my Wheel
The Night Wind

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ABEL SELAOCOE
Largo,Violin Sonata No. 3 BWV 1005 (solo cello and string orchestra)
Sarabande, Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012 (solo cello and string orchestra)
Sarabande, Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012 (solo cello and SATB choir)
Les Voix Humaines (Marin Marais) (solo cello)
Ancestral Affirmations (SATB choir, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Lerato (SATB choir, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Tsohle Tsohle (SATB choir, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Ibuyile I’Africa (SATB choir, voice, cello, piano, bass)
Ibuyile I’Africa (SATB choir, voice, cello)
Camagu (string orchestra, voice, cello, bass, percussion)
Emmanuele (string orchestra, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Kae Mo Rata (string orchestra, voice, cello, bass, percussion)
Hlokomela (string orchestra, voice, cello, bass, percussion)
Tsepho (string orchestra, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Lerato (string orchestra, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Tsohle Tsohle (string orchestra, voice, cello, piano, bass, percussion)
Ditoro Kaofela (string orchestra, voice, cello, percussion)

ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOLO SOPRANO & STRING ORCHESTRA
Che si può fare, Cantata Opus 8.06 (Barbara Strozzi)
By Beauteous Softness, from Now Does the Glorious Day Appear Z332 (Henry Purcell)

ARRANGEMENTS OF RICHARD WAGNER (lead sheets)
Prelude (Parsifal)
Bells (Parsifal)
Flower Maiden’s Song (Parsifal)
Forest Murmuring (Die Meistersinger)
Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger)
Johannistag (Die Meistersinger)
Journey Over the Mountain (Siegfried)
Klingsor (Parsifal)
Lausch (Tristan und Isolde)
Mime’s Complaint (Siegfried)
Pilgrim’s Chorus (Tannhäuser)
Lohengrin Prelude
Wedding March (Lohengrin)
Siegfried Prelude
Die Walküre Prelude
Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)
Sailor’s Song (Tristan und Isolde)
The Night Watchman’s Song (Die Meistersinger)
The Shepherd’s Lament (Tristan und Isolde)
Prelude to Act III (Tristan und Isolde)
Fafner the Giant (Siegfried)
Walter’s Song (Die Meistersinger)
Kundry’s Aria (Parsifal)
Beckmesser’s Song (Die Meistersinger)

SONGS CO-WRITTEN WITH EMINE PIRHASEN
Sagan
The Host
Not the Man
I Love Your Money
Cry Baby
People Like Us
Can’t Help It
10,000 Years From Now
Take This Sorrow

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MAGIC LANTERN
Trembling
Two in One
Loops
Hear Me
Data Points
Love’s a Tailor
Joy is a Choice
Home
Holding Hands
Masks
Harvest Moon
From my Window
From Way Up Here
Gotta Get Paid
Guilty Hearts
Laura’s Song
Patriots
Somebody Told Me
Swim
The Bridge
Water Rising
Shine a Light On
Romeo and Juliet
Karachi
Winter
Bristol
Seraphim

ARRANGEMENTS FOR MOR KARBASI
Beso de Vida
Kantiga de Fuego
La Hija de la Primavera
Morenica Sos
Shecharhoret
Volveremos
Arvoles
Cuando Vuelvas
Ay Ke Buena
Nu Bello Cardillo
Como el Pasharo
Conde Olinos
Ya se Van los Pastores
Halil
El Pastor
Estrella Brillante
Judia
La Blanca
Paloma
La Galana y el Mar
La Galliarda
La Kantiga
La Pluma
Mi Niña me Trajo la Mar
Niña
Sol la Sadika
Tuve un Anhelo
Un Anio Hay
Yasmin

ARRANGEMENTS OF TANGOS
Villeguita
Milonga sin Palabras
Ensueños
Asi se Baila el Tango
Danzarin
Mi Dolor
A Evaristo Carriego
Bahia Blanca
Preparense
Tanguera
Yunta de Oro
Zum
Cité Tango
Milonga del Angel
La Cumparsita
El Dia Que me Quieras

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEMORY BAND
O Willow Waly
The Bold Grenadier
Aileen Duinn
Face of a Country
Tell me who you Love
As I Walked Over Salisbury Plain
I See Cuckoo
On Dancing Hill
The Highest Song in the Sky
The Wearing of the Horns
What Blood is
This
Where the River Meets the Sea
When I was on Horseback

TRANSCRIPTIONS
João Gilberto Complete Works (lead sheets)

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