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Edgar Broughton Band - Yahoo! Group


Established on the 20th April in response to the band being back out there.

Good move Neil. All you fans sign up now to the Edgar Broughton Band Yahoo! Group.

> www.edgarboughtonband.co.uk - Official Band Website
> Edgar Broughton Band Yahoo! Group - Yahoo! Group

If you've arrived here from the Group, leave a Comment below.


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Daniel Barenboim - Reith Lecture 1

In the Beginning was Sound at time: 37'58"
Julian Joseph (Jazz pianist) Where do you see improvisation in that whole area of learning from music?

Daniel Barenboim (conductor & pianist) Improvisation is the highest form of art for me.

> BBC Radio 4- Reith Lectures 2006
> www.danielbarenboim.com


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Salsa Celtica - Barfly

Dougie Hudson & JohnManaged to get a chat with Dougie, conga supremo, Phil, montuno master and Toby, salsa chief. This evening it was great to see and hear old friends from Edinburgh. Salsa Celitca played the Barfly in Digbeth, Birmingham. About 70 people in attendance, a great time was had by all. Swinging between Salsa sophistication and Celtic pogoing.

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HEAR! Lotus Feet

New web page: Lotus Feet - FlashMP3Player
  • FlashMP3Player that plays MP3 recording of eMac QuickTime sounds
with links to:
  • Scorch Page
  • MIDI
  • PDF

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HEAR! Miro

New web page: Miro - FlashMP3Player
  • FlashMP3Player that plays MP3 recording of eMac QuickTime sounds
with links to:
  • Scorch Page
  • MIDI

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Edgar Broughton Band Tour 2006

They're on the road again, go to here for current details and booking. I spoke to Steve then Arthur and Andy while they were on the road to Sheffield this afternoon. I'm going to try and get to the Frome gig tomorrow. Missed the gig in Wolverhampton last night. Steve says they sound better than ever.... can't wait to hear them again.

> www.ents24.com Tickets & Bookings
> Photos > Edgar Broughton Band 1987 tour of Germany, Norway & Switzerland.


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Flash MP3 Player

I'm using the Flash MP3 Player, thanks Jeroen Wijering who made the player.


Visit some of my music to listen to:

  • My Funny Valentine
  • Rise & Fall
  • Miro

More music will be added when available.

> Flash MP3 Player


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Great Radnor Hills

Do you know this Round? After a lovely walk with a friend, this is what I remember of it. Do you know the composer and the rest of the words?

If you can help me complete this round, e-mail me here, thanks.

> Great Radnor Hills - Scorch page



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eccho ring

My birthday present from Helen & Kemp was the CD, Stormin' Norma 2 by Kemp English on Norma, the grand organ of Dunedin Town Hall.

On the CD is a superb performance and recording of Eccho Ring my composition for Clare & John's wedding in 1999.

> Dunedin Town Hall Organ "Norma"
> eccho ring - more information

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Miro +

Image: Miro

NEW VERSION 7:
Miro (Caravan)
by John Wesley Barker (Juan Tizol)

for flute, clarinet, accordian, piano, strings, Fender Rhodes, bass and drums.

Originally written in February, MIRO is revised ever so often.
duration: 5'47"


> Miro - Scorch page
Miro - MP3

© Copyright John Wesley Barker (Publishing) 2005. All Rights Reserved.

> Recent Works more download options
> iCompositions - my 'artists' page
> Music Of Puerto Rico - Juan Tizol
> also - Miro, 11th February 2005


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Transit Of Venus - complete score


Download the NEW! edition Transit Of Venus with all 3 pieces in one PDF file to print and view. Includes three pieces with Transit Exercise and Programme Notes.

> more downloads
> Lulu Storefront - bound edition


File Name Size Download
Transit Of Venus - complete 3.1 MB Download
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Lotus Feet

Lotus Feet by John McLaughlin

reworked by John Wesley Barker
in memory of an adventurer lost at sea

for flute, clarinet, violin, guitar, harp, electric piano, strings, bass, congas, glockenspiel & piano [3'15"]


> Lotus Feet - Scorch Page

> Lotus Feet - MIDI 49KB


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Seven Waves

I began practicing this splendid challenging piece in earnest 12 years ago.

Source: Seven Waves by Joseph Hyde

Image hosted by Photobucket.com

The flautist and the tape are speaking in the same language - a language made up of the sounds of the flute and the voice - but are saying completely different things.
Although the tape is made entirely from flute and voice sounds, it is essentially abstract, a landscape of sculpted forms, cold, and at times almost violently un-human.
The flautist explores this landscape for us, following a winding path of free material, almost improvisatory in character. In contrast to the tape, the flute part concentrates very much on the human qualities of performance. Many sections exhibit all-too human qualities of nervousness, panic and hysteria, with the flautist's voice being used to theatrical, almost melodramatic effect; whilst others are contrastingly calm and dreamlike.
Electronic amplification is used to 'zoom-in' on the flute, to reveal a secret inner world of breath sounds, clicking keys, and mysterious whistling tones. The live electronics similarly function as a kind of microscope, picking out elements of the flute part and magnifying them out of proportion.

  • Written for flautist John Wesley-Barker, and was premiered by him
  • Premier performed with BEAST, as part of the rumours series, at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham, in November 1993. (It is a recording of this concert that is heard here.)
  • Performed with BEAST at Edinburgh University in 1994.
  • Won third prize in the mixed category of the 1994 Concorso Luigi Russolo (Varèse, Italy).

> Joseph Hyde
> Audio extract - 0'13", from a live recording, Birmingham 1993, with John Wesley Barker, flute.
> BEAST


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Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

Sleigh Ride transcription for Percussion & Strings, adapted from version for McFalls Chamber Christmas concert at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh some years ago.

> Sleigh Ride - Scorch Page
Sleigh Ride - MIDI
> Leroy Anderson American Composer of Light Concert Music - official website

download Scorch


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Inner Urge (Out There)

dedicated to my friend Rick

Inner Urge (Out There)
by Joe Henderson (John Wesley Barker)

for flute, piano, acoustic bass, drums, congas, timbales, afuche, guiro & strings
A re-setting of Inner Urge by Joe Henderson


> Inner Urge (Out There) - Scorch page
Inner Urge (Out There) - MP3

download Scorch

> Recent Works more download options.


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