Programme notes
Jo has written programme notes for a number of organisations and individuals, among them Britten Sinfonia, Aldeburgh Productions, Mitsuko Uchida, Henri Oguike Dance Company, and the Spitalfields Festival.
Her library of notes continues to grow all the time and is constantly being updated. Please see below for a list of notes currently available, or contact Jo if what you are looking for is not there. Commissions for new notes are always welcomed.
Fees for the reproduction of existing notes and for new commissions are always negotiable, so please ask for a quote.
A sample note is available here.
Currently available notes
A-C
- William Alwyn: Naiades
- William Alwyn: Crepuscule
- Malcolm Arnold: English Dances
- J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
- J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
- J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
- J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
- J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, BWV 1042
- J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
- J.S. Bach: 'Ricercare' from The Musical Offering
- J.S. Bach: Oboe Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031
- J.S. Bach (arr. Maxwell Davies): Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor
- J.S. Bach (arr. Maxwell Davies): Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major
- J.S. Bach (arr. Steve Martland): Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
- Samuel Barber: Knoxville : Summer of 1915
- Samuel Barber: Summer Music
- Béla Bartók: Contrasts
- Béla Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
- Béla Bartók: Hungarian Sketches
- Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
- Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 53, 'Waldstein'
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 101
- Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 133, 'Grosse Fuge'
- Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 in B flat major
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to 'Egmont', Op. 84
- Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue
- Alban Berg: Piano Sonata no. 1
- Luciano Berio: Duetti
- Luciano Berio: Folk Songs
- Frank Bridge: Sir Roger de Coverley
- Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations
- Benjamin Britten: Russian Funeral
- Benjamin Britten: St Nicolas
- Benjamin Britten: Young Apollo
- Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Op. 2
- Anton Bruckner: Mass in E minor
- Anton Bruckner: Overture in G minor
- Aaron Copland: In the Beginning
- Aaron Copland: Quiet City
- Peter Cornelius: Three Kings
D-H
- Luigi Dallapiccola: Piccola Musica Notturna
- Claude Debussy: Deux danses
- Claude Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie
- Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
- Claude Debussy: Syrinx
- Antonín Dvoràk: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
- Edward Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations
- Manuel de Falla: Harpsichord Concerto
- Manuel de Falla: Psyche
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona a tre cori
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona a Quattro, 'La Spiritata'
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona seconda a Quattro
- Karl Hartmann: Concerto funèbre
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in D major, H. 18/11
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 49 in F minor, 'La passione'
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Little Organ Mass ('Kleine Orgelmesse')
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis
- Franz Joseph Haydn: 'Nelson' Mass
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Theresienmesse
- Gustav Holst: Christmas Day
- Michael Head: The Little Road to Bethlehem
I-P
- John Ireland: The Holy Boy
- György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
- Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4, 'The Italian'
- Oliver Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Cor Anglais and Strings, K. 580a
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to 'Idomeneo'
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, K. 594
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 15 in B flat major, K. 450
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, K. 452
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no. 6, 'Serenata Notturna', K. 239
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola in E flat major, K. 364
- Thea Musgrave: In the Still of the Night
- Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
- Elizabeth Poston: Boar's Head Carol
- Francis Poulenc: Exultate Deo
- Francis Poulenc: Gloria
- Francis Poulenc: Salve Regina
- Francis Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
- Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence
- Serge Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
- Henry Purcell: Chacony in G minor
- Henry Purcell: Fantasia 7 in C minor, Z738
- Henry Purcell: Fantasia 13 in F major, 'Upon One Note'
- Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer
- Henry Purcell: In Nomine 1, Z746
- Henry Purcell: Jehova quam multi sunt
- Henry Purcell (arr. Britten): If Music be the Food of Love
- Henry Purcell (arr. Britten): Pious Celinda
- Henry Purcell (arr. Britten): I'll Sail Upon the Dog-star
- Henry Purcell (arr. Britten): Sweeter than Roses
Q-S
- A.R. Rahman: Bombay
- Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
- John Rutter: Nativity Carol
- John Rutter: Silent Night
- Steve Reich: Clapping Music
- Steve Reich: Duet
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture on Russian Themes
- Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
- Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894
- Franz Schubert (arr. Mahler): Death and the Maiden
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Festival Overture
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for string octet, Op. 11
- Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Two Scarlatti Pieces
- Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
- Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
- Richard Strauss: Prelude to 'Capriccio'
- Igor Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale
- Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in D for String Orchestra
- Igor Stravinsky: Octet
- Igor Stravinsky: Elegy
- Igor Stravinsky: Trois petites chansons
- Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
- Igor Stravinsky: Three Songs from William Shakespeare
- Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
T-Z
- Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew ‘twas the Wind
- Thomas Tallis: 'Gloria' from Missa 'Salve Intemerata Virgo'
- Thomas Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu
- Thomas Tallis: O nata lux
- Thomas Tallis: Videte miraculum
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
- Michael Tippett: A Child of our Time
- Michael Tippett: Double Concerto
- Michael Tippett: Fantasia Concertante
- Michael Tippett: Little Music
- Michael Tippett: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense
- Michael Tippett: Preludio Vespro di al Monteverdi
- Michael Tippett: Plebs angelica
- Michael Tippett: Piano Sonata No. 2
- Michael Tippett: Piano Sonata No. 4
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins and cello in G minor, RV 578
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, RV 319
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra in G minor, RV 576
- Antonio Vivaldi: Trumpet Concerto in B flat major