Stephen Goss

composer

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Piano Cycle

2012 | 12 mins | for piano

Fanfare: The Bird’s Nest
Repetitive Strain
Arioso
A flat
Velodrome

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Commissioned by Anthony Hewitt, the Olympianist, for his charity bike ride and concert tour from Land’s End to John O’Groats in May 2012. The commission was supported with funds from the Swaledale Festival. The first complete performance took place on May 19th at the Swaledale International Music Festival. Published by Doberman © 2016. Recorded on Landscape and Memory, Deux-Elles (DXL 1202© 2024).

Portraits and Landscapes

2010 | 15 mins | for piano

Sound of Iona
There’ll never be peace till Jamie comes hame
Rubha Hunish, Isle of Skye
Waltz and Réplique
Toccata

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Commissioned by Stuart Mitchell Capital for Emmanuel Despax. First private performance, London, 19th October 2010. First public performances Wigmore Hall, London and The Louvre Auditorium, Paris, September 2011. Published by Doberman-Yppan © 2014

Rough Music

2009 | 15 mins | for piano and spoken voice

text by Fiona Sampson

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Commissioned by Bobby Chen with funds from the Guildford International Music Festival. First performance, 22nd March, 2009, Studio One, PATS, Guildford, UK. Published by Doberman-Yppan DO1046 © 2016. Recorded by Bobby Chen and Fiona Sampson on Landscape and Memory, Deux-Elles (DXL 1202© 2024).

Interludes

2008 | 32 mins | for piano

The Gust of Wind
I am that merry wanderer of the night
Colloque Sentimental
Breaking the silence of the seas
Le Mezzetin
Scented Waltz
The Hatter
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
The Frozen Lake (Nederland, Colorado)

“An unusual, fresh and startlingly lovely meeting of creative minds” Classic FM Magazine

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Commissioned by Graham Caskie with funds from The RC Sherriff Trust. First performance 15th March 2008, Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames, UK. Recorded on Préludes and Interludes CACD1208 © 2008. Published by Doberman-Yppan © 2014

invisible starfall

2003 | 1 mins | for piano

“Stephen Goss’s Invisible Starfall was a delicate piece that expressed much in a short time with not very many notes.” Surrey Advertiser

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Commissioned by Clive Williamson as part of the new piano music project One Minute Wonders. First performed at the University of Surrey, 28th January 2004. Recorded by Clive Williamson on One Minute Wonders (CACD0612 © 2006)

an ideal insomnia

2002 | 11 mins | for piano

Night Music
Rockaby
The Hatter
Alter Klang

“I really like this! Ten minutes, four pieces, properly contemporary in style, neither terribly difficult nor abstruse, this could and should become a standard concert work.” Piano Magazine

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Commissioned by Graham Caskie. First performed at the Guildford International Music Festival, 19th March 2003. Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (CACD0604© 2006). Published by Doberman © 2015.