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JACK GIBBONS (born 1962) |
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"Jack Gibbons is
renowned for his skills as a piano virtuoso. What is less well known,
perhaps, is that he is also a composer of distinction... Every
song [of Gibbons] was a tour de force, |
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In addition to his performing career Jack Gibbons is also now becoming known as a composer. This side of his career began unexpectantly when he returned to composition while recovering from injuries sustained in a life-threatening car accident in 2001. As a child he had begun composing at the age of 9, his first composition being entitled simply Sonata in C! By the age of 13 he had written and fully orchestrated a three movement piano concerto and at 14 was awarded a special composition prize by the British composer Sir Lennox Berkeley. Since then his performing career prevented him from pursuing his own writing. Then in 2001, while recovering from his injuries Gibbons began writing songs (including settings of poems by Christina Rossetti, Emily Brontė and others). He has since had his music performed with great success in New York (in a concert consisting entirely of his own work) as well as in the UK and on the BBC. Jack's songs and piano music have recently been recorded (with award-winning soprano Ann Mackay) for future CD release. |
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Below is a list of works to date, with approximate durations. For any enquiries regarding the music of Jack Gibbons please send an email to info@jackgibbons.com. To read a recent review of Jack's music, or to listen to audio samples follow the links at the foot of this page. |
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List of the music to date of Jack Gibbons with approximate durations SONGS (listed in alphabetical order) A Dirge (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2'30) A Life Beyond (words by Jack Gibbons) (c.2'30) A Red, Red Rose (words by Robert Burns) (c.2'30) Among the flowers (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.3') Beloved Again (words by Emily Brontė) (c.4'30) Echo (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.3') Echo’s Song (words by Ben Jonson) (c.3') Epitaph for a child (words by Robert Herrick) (c.3') I Love My Jean (words by Robert Burns) (c.3') I'll Not Weep (words by Emily Brontė) (c.4'30) In The Lane (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.1'30) Love me, I Love You (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2') Mariana (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2') May (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2'30) Music, when and soft voices die (words by Percy Bysshe Shelley)
(c.3') Oh What Comes Over the Sea (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2') Once (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.3') Perhaps (to R.A.L.) (words by Vera Brittain) (c.5') Remember Me (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.8') Roses for the flush of youth (words by Christina Rossetti)
(c.2') Sapessi pure! (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.3'30) Shall Earth No More Inspire Three (words by Emily Brontė)
(c.3') Sleep Not (words by Emily Brontė) (c.2'30) The Bourne (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2') The The Linnet (words by Walter de la Mare) (c.2') Weep you no more (words by John Dowland) (c.3') When I am Dead My Dearest (words by Christina Rossetti) (c.2') When We Two Parted (words by Lord Byron) (c.3')
CHORAL Sudden Light for women’s chorus (words by Dante Gabriel
Rossetti) (c.3'30)
PIANO (listed in alphabetical order) A Merry Little Dance (c.4'30) In Dulci Jubilo (c.3') Little Prelude (c.2') Lullaby (c.5'30) Music Box (c.4') Prelude in E major (c.2') Pričre (c.4') Sarabande (c.5'30) Serenade (c.4'30) Shanty (c.7') Siciliano (c.3'30) Song Without Words (c.4'30) Stanza (c.5') Tarantella (c.5'30) Waltz in E flat minor (c.4') Waltz in E major (c.3'30) Waltz in F minor (c.6') Waltz in G major (c.3')
ORCHESTRA Lament for strings (c'7) |
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CLICK ON THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT TO VISIT THE PRESS ROOM TO READ A RECENT REVIEW OF A CONCERT OF JACK GIBBONS' MUSIC |
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TO HEAR SAMPLES OF THE MUSIC OF JACK GIBBONS CLICK ON THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO THE AUDIO/VIDEO CLIPS |
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