| Neville Bower studied composition with Patrick Hadley and piano with Kendall Taylor, at the Royal College of Music. After a short career as a concert pianist and ballet pianist, he followed a more serious career as a composer whilst working as Director of Music at Ealing Grammar School. He composed much music for school use, but also wrote works for orchestra, choir, solo instruments and small ensembles. For a time he also conducted the Apollo Singers and amateur orchestras. His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and has featured in recital and concert programmes.
Orchestral works include:
Concertante for Oboe and Orchestra
Trumpet Concerto
The Gardens of Villandry for Large Orchestra
Prelude and Threnody for Double String Orchestra
Chamber Music includes:
String Quartet
Piano Sonata
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Music for a While (a collection of Piano Pieces)
Three Soundscapes for Piano (op.33):-
MPrism (No.1)
MGreenscape (No.2)
MLlyn Cau (No.3)
Eternal for Organ
Colour Studies for Piano
Escapements for Piano
Four Sound Pieces:-
MEvocation for Clarinet and Piano
MDance of Life for Viola and Piano
MEcstasy for Cello and Piano
MGlory for Trumpet and Piano.
Song Cycles include:
The Dream Follower
(nine songs to words by Thomas Hardy for Counter-Tenor and Piano)
Ghosts and Dreams
(seven songs to words by Thomas Hardy)
Songs of Innocence
(seven songs to words by William Blake)
Songs of Experience
(ten songs to words by William Blake)
The Path of Dreams
(three songs to words by Brooke, Tessimond, Wilde).
N.B. Titles in bold italic are available to buy from this web site.
Neville Bower's Essay on Creativity
British Composer Series
Dr David C F Wright Neville Bower
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