126) Hello David. We have never met but I just wanted to write and say how much I appreciate the music you have made available via your website. I have always enjoyed listening to the cello and after retirement decided to have a go at learning to play. I could already read music having played a little piano in my youth and fairly quickly got a repertoire together of easy first position pieces. Things get a little more complicated after that of course. There is no shortage of easy music for cello and keyboard. However I’ve had real trouble finding a selection of worthwhile music for unaccompanied cello which is aimed at players of my level (about grade 3 at present). Your volumes of Bach inspired pieces are just what I have been looking for. Challenging enough to be stimulating but not so difficult as to seem unattainable and hence discouraging. The Bach suites themselves are on the distant horizon. {I’ve been playing for about eighteen months}. One dau who knows? I can but dream. Thanks so much once again for providing entertataining, stimulating and worthwhile music to fill this gap in the repertoire. Kind regards. 
Frederick Peter Ridall (Grimsby, UK)

125) Guau! Vaya trabajazo! Enhorabuena David! 
Es una pieza preciosa de Debussy y bien complicada de hacer sonar bien...creo porque no la he estudiado, me dan ganas de ponerme a estudiarla escuchándola =) Vaya talento pasar al Cello esta sonoridad tan característica que emplea recursos pianísticos como el pedal...tengo curiosidad por oír como quedaría con el Cello! 
Congratulations!!! 
Tania

124) Las obras para orquesta son muy variadas, ingeniosas y accesibles para músicos de todos los niveles; seguramente estimularán la imaginación de quien las escuche.
The Works for orchestra are very varied, ingenious and accesible for musicians of all levels; they will surely stimulate the imagination of those who listen to them.
Carlos Ariel Gracia Báez, Mexican/Spanish Conductor (and cellist) – Artistic Director of the Academy of St. Matthews', Guest Conductor of the Orchestra di Camara dalla Sardegna

123) Gracias David por la cantidad de partituras de cello colgadas en tu web que facilita el poder tocar con otros instrumentistas.
Thanks David for the number of musical scores of the cello mounted in your Web which enables one to play with other instrumentalists.
RAUL OJER – Spanish Cellist, Cello Professor at the specialist music school ‘Vazquez de Mella’ (Navarre, Spain)

122) La Sonata Lírica para fagot y piano de D. Johnstone es una pieza de un
evidente carácter expresivo y poético. Sin duda ayudará al joven fagotista
de nivel medio a explorar/descubrir sonoridades interesantes/atractivas,
gracias a las variadas modulaciones que se producen en el discurso
musical, lo que le confiere a la pieza una riqueza expresiva.

The Sonata Lirica for bassoon and piano of D. Johnstone is a works of an evident expressive and lyrical character. Without doubt it will help the young bassoonist of medium-advanced level explore/discover interesting and attractive sonorities, thanks to varying modulations which are encountered in the course of the musical argument, which give the piece an expressive richness.

JOSE MANUEL RAUSELL – Spanish Bassoonist, Principal of the La Rioja Conservatoire (Spain)

121) La obra “Cinco por Dos son Once”  es una creación muy original para dos grupos de instrumentos de metales. La descripción sinfónica de la acción deportiva es antológica. No obstante, merece la pena investigar más y si es posible prologar la acción musical. Los trompetistas, trompistas, trombonistas y músicos de tuba van a estar encantados!

The work “Five times two is eleven” is a very original creation for two groups of brass instruments. The symphonic description of the sporting action is unforgettable. However, it is worthwhile investigating further and if possible extend the musical action. The trumpet players, horn players, trombonists and the tuba musicians are going to be delighted!

HERMINIO MARTIN ROMERO - Specialist technician in E-learning, VR, TV and Director of Telestudio TV.  Salamanca, Spain 

120) We love Follies, by the way! We're playing a gig at a local wine bar on October 23rd and plan to include them, in addition to several of your quartet arrangements. Having trios in the mix is helpful in many ways …

¡A prepósito, nos encantamos Follies! Estamos tocando un bolo en el bar de vinos el 23 de octubre y estamos decididos incluirlas, en adición de tus arreglos para cuartetos. Teniendo tríos mezclados es útil de muchas maneras …

Amadei Cello Ensemble (Quartet), Portland (Vancouver), Canada

119) Una escritura cómoda para pianistas de medio nivel, y con auténticas delicias cuando incluyes el piano en variados dúos y tríos.

A comfortable writing for medium level pianists, and really delightful when you include the piano in varied types of duos and trios.

SONIA JIMÉNEZ, Spain

118) Thanks for the Schubert "Ave Maria" in a key that works for my Vocal Soloist!!! Just what I was looking for.

Roger Petrich, composer, choral conductor & organist - North Carolina (U.S.A.)

117) Thank you very very much for your nice notes for cello duets. It helped us very much!!!!

Muchísimas gracias por tus notas en dúos de cellos. Nos ha ayudado mucho!!!!

Agne, cellist - Lithuania

116) "We ran a cello festival in Auckland, New Zealand using David Johnstone's music. It was such an exciting event especially with the variety of music he provided. All 33 cellists were impressed with the balance and beauty of the arrangements. We are very grateful for his talent and generosity in providing this for the cello community!"

Kia Ora, Auckland Cello Festival, New Zealand

115) Wow! just gave this new setting a read. This is glorious!  Can’t wait to find a good church service to use it in. Thanks!

Wow! Hemos dado una vuelta a este nuevo arreglo. Esto es golorioso! No podemos apenas esperar para usarla en un evento

Dru Stowe / The StoweHaven String Quartet

114) I just wanted to thank you. My cello bud and I are playing Mary, Young and Fair, for a St. Patrick's gig (yes, I know it's not Irish, but still!). It's GORGEOUS and we love it. I hope we can do honor to it's beauty. You wrote some wonderful harmonies. Thank you.

Nancy Mack, cellist – Atlanta, USA

113) Thank you so much for wonderful and useful transcriptions! We will enjoy performing them. Best regards from Belgium

Judith Ermert & cello students of Royal Conservatory Ghent

112) hola todo la informacion en esta pagina esta hermosa

Marian Gonzalez, Venezuela

111) Just writing to thank you for these brilliant arrangements for cello ensemble. They are clear, organised and easy to print. It has made such a difference to adult playing. No twinkle twinkle type scores! Great also that there are jazz/ modern fun pieces. More modern/ pop/ jazz standards please. Autumn Leaves, etc. Thank you for making them free to us amateurs. It makes things possible in tight budgets.

Nicola Smith, London

110) Thank you so much for the music (the arrangements are great)

University of Hawaii Cello Ensemble, Hawaii (2nd Annual Cellobration)

109) Hi David, As a new cello/bass choir just starting out in a rural area in (Port Macquarie) Australia, we were very pleased to discover your website and wonderful arrangements! It has helped us enormously in our first few get-togethers. We particularly enjoyed the Little Tango, and would like to try the Flower of the Quern in the future. Thanks,

Mandy Lee, Port Macquarie, Australia

108) muchas gracias por tener este lugar y compartir tus arreglos con otros músicos, estoy viendo con mi grupo de cámara ..estudiantes .. las 4 estaciones y una sarabande ...muchas gracias..saludos desde panamá...

Odilio González, Chiriqui, Panamá

107) Great site I truly appreciate the effort that you put into it.

I sent a message to you saying you should check out IMSLP which is the Petrucci music library and you can download numerous method books. Your site is great just the way it is and I keep recommending to my cellist friends.

Ronald Bourbeau, tuba player - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

106) gracias por todo el material que tienes en tu web y que nos ayuda tanto a los profesores para nuestras clases

‏Kiko Veniel, Cello Professor – Valencia

105) We are so grateful for your arrangements for this upcoming event!

Estamos muy agradecidos port us arreglos por este evento en breve!

ANDRIS - Suzuki Cello instructor, Cleveland Institute of Music, in Cleveland, Ohio

104) Hello, I am planning on playing Sonatango - Sonata with tango influences as part of my Masters of Music recital and am currently putting together a brief proposal for faculty and staff to review. I am hoping you can furnish that for me. Thank you for your time and assistance.

Stephanie Nagler – violist. Los Angeles

103) Hello, I am a student in my final year of my BMus degree and would like to perform David Johnstone's piece - Sonatango, Sonata with Tango Influences for Solo Viola.

Gemma Edwards – violist, London

102) Thank you so much for the wonderful quartet arrangements - they have given my students such a rich experience during our school music camp.

Gracias por los maravillosos arreglos para cuarteto – han dado mis alumnos una rica experiencia durante nuestros campamentos musicales escolares.

Sarah Jameson. Sídney, Australia

101) Hola. Soy profesor y director de la orquesta del Conservatorio Profesional de Alicante. He estado mirando sus partituras para orquesta y tengo interés en interpretar algunas de ellas con mi orquesta.

Rafa Garrigós - conductor

100) Hi David, this is great arrangement , i think it will work for us, i am saying this because our soloist is violist!!! but i will try to make an adaptation of cello solo part.. thank you so much for help, we are non profit organization and this is very nice present for us, ill try to make sure that we  will have you name as arranger in our programs

Airat Ichmouratov – Composer and Orchestral Management

99) Estimado Sr. Johnstone, me llamo Javier Martínez Campos, y soy cellista y compositor. Le escribo con motivo de su arreglo para cello solo y ensemble del Allegro Appassionato de Saint-Saens, ya que lo interpreté como solista el pasado día 15 de junio en la Fundación Louis Vuitton de Paris junto con Gautier Capuçon y la Classe d´Excellence de Violoncelle.

Muchas gracias por sus arreglos y por toda la labor que realiza, es impresionante. Un saludo,

Javier Martínez Campos - cellist

98) Dear Mr. Johnstone, I am very interested in your cello arrangements. I coach a group of cellists for String Academy of Wisconsin and we happened on your arrangement of Ave Verum Corpus which was beautifully and sensitively arranged.

Stefan Kartman – Professor of Cello, Wisconsin (U.S.A.)

97) thank you SO MUCH for giving us so many wonderful arrangements. thanks for your help and best congratulations for such work !!! best regards

Lucie – cellist, Paris

96) Thank you so much for the music (the arrangements are great)

University of Hawaii Cello Ensemble, Hawaii (2nd Annual Cellobration)

95) Estimado Sr. Johnstone: Agradecemos su gentileza de poner a disposición el arreglo de la obra Kaddisch de Maurice Ravel. La misma será interpretada en el concierto In memoriam 2015, en el marco del Día Internacional de Conmemoración anual en memoria de las víctimas del Holocausto y el cumplimento de 70 años de la Liberación de Auschwitz, el próximo 1° de febrero de 2015, en Caracas, Venezuela.

Carol Ramírez G., Venezuela

94) Hola Maestro David J, mi nombre es Gabriel, soy violinista y violista, realice mis estudios en mi país Cuba luego me traslade a trabaja a Nicaragua donde actualmente vivo y doy clases y he formado una orquesta de cuerdas con alumnos y profesores y he descubierto sus composiciones y son tan geniales que me gustaría tocarlas aquí con la orquesta que dirijo …

Gabriel Hernandez - Managua, Nicaragua

93) Thanks again! I'm planning on performing this work with my college string group I direct, either this Fall or Spring 2016. I'll leave the details for you when I have them confirmed, and I'll try to send a recording! And, of course, you'll be credited as the arranger in the program.

Sarah Wallin Huff - Violinist/Violist, Composer, Professor, Conductor

92) Hola, muchas gracias por esta página, esta increíble

Hello, many thanks for this web page, it’s incredible

Nicolas Avendaño Santos - Bogota (Colombia)

91) Saludos, y felicitaciones por el sitio!

Greetings, and congratulations on the site!

Federico Kersner - Composer, Argentina

90) I relly like your website... Great work

Realmente me gusta tu página web … gran trabajo

Sebastian Rivest

89) Hi just want to say that you are a genious. Thank you so much for your transciptions. I am a cellist and this site is a santuary for me. Keep good work.

Hola, solo querría decir que eres un genio. Muchísimas gracias por tus transcripciones. Soy violonchelista y este sitio es un sanctuario para mí. Que sigas con el buen trabajo.

Joana Rocha - cellist

88) Thank you so much for the wonderful quartet arrangements - they have given my students such a rich experience during our school music camp.

Gracias por los maravillosos arreglos para cuarteto – han dado mis alumnos una rica experiencia durante nuestros campamentos musicales escolares.

Sarah Jameson. Sídney, Australia

87 ) Thanks for your scholarly contribution

Gracias por tu contribución scolastica

Steven Hancoff, USA

86) Hola, soy cubano, ahora resido en Uruguay. Mi hermana ha constituido un cuarteto de cuerdas en Cuba (ella toca la viola)y gracias a este sitio he podido enviarle las partituras.. muchas gracias por este maravilloso sitio...

Hello, I’m Cuban, now resident in Uruguay. My sister has formed a string quartet in Cuba (she plays the viola) and thanks to this site I have been able to send her sheet music, many thanks for this marvelous place…

Héctor A. Soriano, Cuba

85) Dear Mr. Johnstone, I'm writing with gratitude for the wealth of cello quartet music that you have made available on your site. My cello students have enjoyed playing a number of them.

Apreciado Sr. Johnstone, estoy escribiendo con gratitud por la cantidad de música para cuartetos de cellos que has puesto disponible en tu web. Mis alumnos de cello han disfrutado tocando numerosas piezas. .

Russell Rollen – cellist, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

84) nice arrangements, kids love it. By Heck has a couple holes in it near the end, we're stomping our feet in the rests.

Buenos arreglos, los niños los encantan. By heck tiene un par de espacios cerca del fin, estamos dando patatas con los pies en los silencios.

Andy Bryenton, Knoxville Tennessee

83) Thanks for your fantastic arrangement! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaukATTNh2Q  

Gracias por tu arreglo fantástico! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaukATTNh2Q

Andreas Laake, Swiss conductor – Pura, Switzerland

82) Congratulations to your video! Best regards from the ,,Julius,, trio from Slovenia

Enhorabuena por vuestro video! Abrazos del trio “Julius” de Eslovenia

Slovenia. Robert Stanič (clarinet), Slovenia

(81) I would just like to say thank you for the piece you wrote concerning Robert Lindley who was my 4th Great grandfather. I always wondered where I got my love of listening to this instrument. Thank you Linda

Simplemente me gustaría dar gracias por el escrito escribistes sobre Robert Lindley, quien fue el padre de mi tatarabuelo. Siempre me preguntaba de donde recibí este amor a escuchar este instrumento. Gracias Linda

(80) Dear David, What a wonderful site! I do appreciate being able to download the Cello Quartet version of Libertango.Thank you for your generosity.

Apreciado David, ¡qué sitio más maravilloso! Aprecio poder descargar la versión para cuarteto de chelos de Libertango. Gracias por tu generosidad.

Dora Green, New Zealand

79) We are indebted to you - our programs always include your arrangements, we had two gigs this weekend and played no less than FIVE pieces you shared on your website (Magic Cello, Ave Verum, Yesterday, Michelle and Invierno). I posted a couple of clips on Facebook and am about to see if my WordPress site (http://amedeicellos.org ) will allow me to embed video or if I'll have to post it on YouTube first.

Amedei Cello Ensemble - Portland's premier cello quartet

78) Many thanks for your interest and support of the music of Aaron Minsky

Muchas gracias port u interés y apoyo de la música de Aaron Minsky

Todd Walmann – US Music Editor, Oxford University Press

77) Hola David!
Molte grazie, sei stato gentilissimo e molto prezioso! Le tue trascrizioni per quattro violoncelli sono molto belle!! Tantissimi complimenti! Tanti saluti
Katia Tinelli – Italian cellist

76) Resurrection for Accordion Quartet" is a GORGEOUS piece of music. It is going to be exciting to learn and perform the piece on the accordion. A recently formed American accordion quartet will be using Mr. Johnstone’s excellent piece in its premier performance.

Resurrección para un cuarteto de acordeones es una pieza de música bellísima. Va a ser estimulante aprender e interpretar la pieza con el acordeón. Un cuarteto Americano recientemente formado va a incluir la pieza excelente de Johnstone en su estreno

Dr. Roger H. Allen – Accordionist, New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

75) Me ha emocionado mucho … Felicidades, es de mucho nivel y ese dúo es increíble! Quienes son los intérpretes? Son excelentes!

Se siente toda la madurez y la sensibilidad de un gran músico

I have been deeply moved … congratulations, it’s of great level and this duo is incredible! Who are the players? They’re excellent!

One feels all the maturity and sensitiveness of a great musician.

MIKEL GAZTELURRUTIA – Spanish-Basque Jazz solo pianist

74) Many thanks for your interest and support of the music of Aaron Minsky.

Muchas gracias por tu interés y apoyo de la música de Aaron Minsky.

Todd Waldman – Oxford University Press (US Music Editor)

73) I really like your website! I just wanted you to know.

¡Me gusta mucho tu sitio web! Solo quisiera que tu sepas.

JOSH (place unknown)

72) es preciosa, me encantò (‘Sinfonia de la Pasión’)

It’s beautiful, I loved it (‘Sinfonia of Passion’)

ANNA DOBREVA – Bulgarian violinist

71) En primer lugar quisiera felicitarte con el estreno de la Sinfonia de la Pasión. Me ha gustado mucho esta obra por su belleza.

In first place I would like to congratulate you on the premiere of the Sinfonia of Passion. I really like this work for its beauty.

TATIANA KRIUKOVA – Russian/Spanish solo pianist (d. 2011)

70) Un temazo, enhorabuena. Un saludo

A great ‘hit’ theme, congratulations. Regards

Txuma Huarte – Spanish-Navarre Professional Sound Engineer

69) Acabo de oir el cd Adios Nonino y he de decirte que tiene una calidad impresionante, vayan mis felicitaciones también para el acordeonista.
Muy buen trabajo David, el sonido de tu cello es sencillamente delicioso, así como la expresión y sobretodo la entonación-afinación.

I have just Heard the CD Sdios Nonino and I have to tell you that it’s of an amazing quality, my congratulations also go to the accordionist.

Very good work, David, (the sound of your cello is simply delicious, as well as the expression and above all the intonation.

Rodolfo Zanni – Spanish/Argentine cello player, specialized in tango playing.

68) David, es una preciosisdad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Un regalo .

David, it’s abslutely beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A present.

Jaione Baleztena – TV Producer – Channel 6 Television, Navarre, Spain

67) La he escuchado (‘Sinfonia de la Pasión’) un par de veces, David. Es una obra muy muy bonita. Se me hace un poco corta. Pero es como si estuviera escuchando el movimiento lento de una sinfonía de Mahler… Sé que comparar es odioso, pero comparar con Mahler no debe enfadarte, jeje.

Enhorabuena.

I have Heard it (‘Sinfonia of Passion’) a couple of times. It is a very beautiful work. Indeed it seems almost too short. But it is as if one was listening to a slow movement from a Mahler Symphony … I know that to compare is bad, but to be compared to Mahler is not something to be angry about, ha-ha. Congratulations.

Joan Borràs – Spanish clarinettist and professor

66) David! Soy Moira. Muchísimas gracias por el CD, es chulísimo!!!

David! I’m Moira. Many thanks for the CD, it’s really cool!!!

Moira Garraus– Spanish-Navarre viola player

65) David, gracias por emprender una tarea titánica.
Todo por amor a la música. Sigue adelante,
Un abrazo, Mirtha

David, thanks for starting a titanic task.

All for the love of music. Keep going forward,

Best wishes, Mirtha

Mirtha Facundo – Peruvian pianist, and founder of the highly rated Spanish language website ‘Músicos y Partituras’

64) Brilliant David!
I listened to this concert in April and I liked it very very much.
Thank you for sending me this great audio.

Brillante David!

Escuché este concierto en abril y me gusto muchísimo.

Gracias por enviarme este fantástico audio.

Andrea Jiménez – Spanish-Navarre violinist

63) Sencillamente... Preciosa! Me encanta, enhorabuena. Saludos,
Cintia.

Simply … Wonderful. I love it, congratulations. Best wishes, Cintia

Cintia Rico Abajo – Spanish-Navarre violinist

62) Hola esta muy padre la página Saludos desde Monterrey, N.L. México

Hello, it’s very cool the web. Greetings from Monterrey, N.L. Mexico

Lourdes Gómez – Mexican professional orchestral cellist

61) Don't worry , David. You will be on my website! My best bass regards,  Vito

¡No te preocupes David. Vas a estar en mi web! Mis mejores deseos contrabajísticos, Vito

VITO LIUZZI, Professor of Doublebass in the ’G.Paisiello’ Conservatory of Music (Italy)

60) Hola!
  Muy bonito, enhorabuena. Ya sabes que cuando quieras hacemos la versión con clarinetes! (Sinfonia de la Pasión)

Very lovely, congratilations. You know that when you like we will do the versión with clarinets! ( Sinfonia of Passion)

Marixi Sesma – Spanish-Basque Clarinettist

59) Cool Site

Un sitio guay

PAT WILLIAMS – Newton Centre, Massachusetts (USA)

58) Hola, David

Es increíble la cantidad de artículos interesantes que has conseguido meter en tu web.

Empieza a ser una fuente de información musical muy, muy seria e importante.

Mis felicitaciones

Hello, David

It’s incredible the quantity of interesting articles that you have managed to put into your web. It’s starting to become a very, very serious and important source of musical information. My Congratulations.

JOAN BORRÀS – clarinetist of B3 Classic trio

57) Son Grandes músicas para Pequeños y Grandes artistas!

They are Big music for Small and Big artists!

ANGEL LUIS GOÑI - Spanish Accordion teacher (Pablo Sarasate

Professional Music Conservatoire) and performer

56) Enhorabuena por tu repertorio para flauta. Se agradece que los compositores os decidáis en pleno siglo XXI a componer obras accesibles, hermosas y bellas como las tuyas.

Congratulations for your flute repertoire. It is to be thanked that into the 21st century some composers write accessible, lovely and beautiful pieces such as yours.

ESTEFANIA SANTAMARGARITA – Flute Professor at the Ontinyent Professional Music Conservatoire (Valencia, Spain)

55) Es un repertorio inusual y muy recomendable para cuartetos que busquen algo diferente e interesante. Muy buena escritura a 4 voces en la que ninguna queda excluida en importancia. Gracias David

This is a very unusual and very recommendable repertoire for quartets who look for something different and interesting. The music is very well written in 4 voices in which no voice is excluded in importance. Thanks David.

CUARTETO MARNAY / MARNAY QUARTET

54) By the way, I love your web page. I can see you are a very active musician. And I’d like to ask you for permission for some time using some of your published cello arrangements for my students. They look great! And very inventive!

A propósito, me encanta tu página web. Puedo ver que eres un músico muy activo. Y me gustaría pedirte permiso para usar algunos de tus arreglos publicados para mis estudiantes. Parecen fantásticos! Y originales!

NABI CABESTANY – Spanish cellist, sub-principal cello in the Barcelona and Catalonia National Orchestra, and member of Barcelona Barroc

53) I enjoyed very much your article on Jules De Swert, Belgium's Unsung Cello Hero. Jules De Swert was my great, great grandfather on my father's side… Thank you so much for your article.

Disfruté mucho con tu artículo sobre Jules de Swert – El heroe desconocido Belga. Jules de Swert fue mi bis-bis-abuelo por parte de mi padre… Muchas gracias por tu artículo.

Tonie Maxwell (USA)

52) Un lugar en común que tiene la música para piano popular y la música culta.

A common place where one can find popular music for piano, and serious music.

ALBERTO NAVASCUES – Versatile Spanish Pianist, and Conservatoire Professor of Popular Music

51) Me gustan mucho tus tríos ofrecidos.

I like very much the trios that you offer.

ANA HERNANDEZ – Spanish Cellist

50) Muy buena escritura para violín, ambos como solista, como en tríos y cuartetos.

Very good violin writing, both as soloist and in trios and quartets.

INMACULADA ARAMBURO – Violinist – Basque National Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi)

49) Realmente muy interesante todo el material que aparece en tu página!

Really very interesting all the material that appears in your Web page!

CATALIN BUCATARU – Violin Soloist, Professor of Violin in the Basque National Superior Music Conservatoire ‘Musikene’, leader/concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra ‘Camerata Cambrensis’, Spain

48) La Song Sonata es otra de las maravillosas obras que ha escrito para el acordeón David Johnstone. El lirismo de sus melodías la convierte en un excelente medio para el desarrollo de la musicalidad en un grado medio.

The Song Sonata is another of the marvellous works written for the accordion by David Johnstone. The lyricism of its melodies make it an excellent medium for the development of musicality in the medium level courses.

NEKANE ITURRIOZ – Spanish-Basque Accordionist, Head Accordion professor at the Navarra superior Music Conservatoire

47) Una interesante variedad de estilos para piano …

An interesting variety of styles for the piano …

MIKEL GAZTELURRUTIA – Spanish Basque Jazz Pianist

46) Muchas gracias por tu trabajo dedicado a un instrumento tan olvidado. Gracias David

Many thanks for your dedicated work to such a forgotten instrument. Thanks David

FERNANDO LOPEZ GARCIN – Spanish Violist and Professor

45) Estoy muy contento con tus piezas de cuarteto, porque nos permite ampliar nuestro repertorio.

I am very happy with your quartet pieces, because they allow us to widen our repertoire.

ARITZ GOMEZ URANGA – Spanish professional Cellist

44) Son unas obras muy interesantes, siendo además muy adecuadas para el trabajo de orquesta de los alumnos de grado profesional.

They are very interesting pieces, also being very adequate for orchestral work in the professional level music conservatoires.

PEDRO MIGUEL AGUINAGA – Violin teacher and Orchestral conductor at the San Sebastian ‘Francisco Escudero’ Music Conservatoire (Basque Country, Spain).

43) Me gustan todas tus partituras para violín

I like all of your violin works

ANNA RADOMSKA – Principal 2nd violin of Navarre Symphony Orchestra, Spain

42) Una aportación lúdica y refrescante a nuestro repertorio. Bravo!

A recreational and refreshing contribution to our repertoire. Bravo!

SARA SICILIA – Spanish Pianist and Singer (Madrid)

41) ¡Magnificas piezas para metales! Ideales para grupos que quieren variar un poco

y salirse del repertorio clásico. ¡Buen trabajo!

Magnificent pieces for brass instruments! Ideal for groups who want to vary a bit

and leave the classical repertoire. Good work!

Aritz García de Albéniz – Spanish horn player, member of the Navarra

symphony Orchestra

40) Los Cuartetos de Cuerdas tienen una sonoridad propia, sabiendo cómo sacar el máximo provecho a cada instrumento. Su sonata para Violín Solo refleja gran madurez, originalidad y frescura. Una música muy atractiva de escuchar y de tocar.

The String Quartets have their own sonority, knowing how to give maximum opportunity each instrument. Your Solo Violin Sonata reflects great maturity, originality and freshness. A music that is very attractive to hear and to play.

DANIEL FRANCÉS – Spanish Chamber Music Violinist (member Gala Quartet), Violin Professor in the Tarazona Professional Music Conservatoire (Aragón, Spain)

39)Difícil encontrar música nueva que entienda tan bien como David la voz de la viola. No solo es interesante, sino un placer tanto escucharla como estudiarla e interpretarla. Animo a todos los violas.

It is difficult to find new music from someone who understands so well the voice of the viola as does David. Not only is it interesting, but a pleasure to hear and to study and perform it. I would animate all violists...

JAVIER GÓMEZ VILLANCOS – Sub-principal Violist of the ‘Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra’

38) Es difícil encontrar repertorio camerístico con contrabajo. Es una oportunidad el contar con estas piezas.

It is difficult to encounter chamber music repertoire with double bass. It is an opportunity to count on these pieces.

LAURA DE LA HOZ – Double Bass Professor in the Ponferrada Professional Music Conservatoire (Spain)

37) Las obras de David son piezas asequibles, bonitas y muy recomendables tanto para alumnos como para profesionales. Un placer tanto tocarlas como escucharlas. Muy recomendables .. !

The works of David Johnstone are accessible pieces, nice, and very recommendable both for students and for professionals. It is a pleasure both to play them and to hear them. Very recommendable .. !

ELISA LÓPEZ – Principal Clarinet, Navarre Symphony Orchestra (Spain) and clarinet professor of the Joaquín Maya Music School (Pamplona

36) ¡Muchas gracias David! Para los que tocamos en cuartetos de cuerda habitualmente es difícil a veces encontrar partituras diferentes. Pero tú lo has hecho fácil! Gracias otra vez.

Many thanks David! For those of us who regularly play in string quartets it is sometimes difficult to find different kinds of scores. But you have made it easy! Thanks once again.

MUSKILDA PASCUALENA – Spanish Violinist

35) Me gustan tus piezas para viola, y también los cuartetos de cuerda.

I like your viola pieces, and also the string quartets

ROBERT PAJEWSKI – Polish violist, member of the Navarre Symphony Orchestra, viola teacher in the Pablo Sarasate Conservatoire (Pamplona), and chamber musician (violist of Cuarteto Clásico)

34) Las obras de David Johnstone están muy bien escritas para la flauta. Música muy agradable de escuchar y de tocar, incluso muy recomendable para los alumnos de flauta. Los tríos con flauta son piezas muy interesantes e inusuales dentro del repertorio flautístico.

The works of David Johnstone are very well written for the flute. It is very pleasurable music to hear and play, and is also very recommendable for flute students. The trios with flute are very interesting pieces and unusual within the flute repertoire.

ROBERTO CASADO – Spanish Solo Flautist and Professor at the Pablo Sarasate Professional Conservatoire

33) Gracias por facilitar material y arreglos de combinaciones inusuales

Thanks for facilitating material and arrangements of unusual combinations

JAVIER NAVASCUES – Spanish Cellist and teacher

32) Me encanta tu estilo de composición. Sigue así, aunque vayas contra el corriente “de vanguardista”. Escribe, como siempre, para los corazones de las personas; no solo para el intelecto. Tus obras con piano – dúos y tríos – merecen la atención de los amantes de la música.

I really like your style of composition. Continue just like that, even if you go against the ‘avant-garde’ tendencies. Write, as always, for the hearts of the people; not just for the intellect. Your works with piano – duos and trios – are worthy of the attention of music lovers.

JOANJO ALBINYANA – Spanish solo and chamber music pianist, Piano Professor at the Ontinyent Professional Music Conservatoire (Valencia, Spain)

31) Gracias a la generosa colaboración de mi colega y amigo DAVID es que propongo esta donación y difusión de partituras para todos los colegas cellistas que visitan el maravilloso sitio …

It is thanks to the generous collaboration of my colleague and friend DAVID that I propose this donation and diffusion of music scores for all those colleague cellists that visit this marvellous site …

LEO VIOLA – Argentinian solo Cellist, ex-principal cello ‘Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina’

30) Considero a la “Sonata Nocturna” (Contrabajo-Piano) una importante aportación a la literatura contrabajística. Espero que David siga componiendo para este instrumento!

I consider the “Sonata Nocturna” (Double Bass – Piano) an important addition to double bass literature. I hope that David continues to compose for this instrument!

GIAN LUCA MANGIAROTTI – Double Bassist of the Navarra Symphony Orchestra (Spain)

29) Partituras muy recomendables para los estudiantes y profesionales de violín

Very recomendable scores for violin students and professionals.

VICENT BALAGUER - Violin Professor of the Baleares Music Conservatoire, and the Valencia Conservatoire.

28) I consider that ALL of the pieces for string orchestra are very interesting for people browsing the web for interesting and popular repertoire, and these both for professional players and students.

Considero que TODAS las piezas para orquesta de cuerdas son muy interesantes para la gente mirando a la web para encontrar repertorio interesante y popular, y estas ambas para músicos profesionales y para los estudiantes.

CAROLINE COLLIER – British conductor resident in France, artistic director of the chamber orchestras ‘Camerata Cambrensis’ and ‘Sinfonietta Academica’.

27) Potentes, intensas e interesantes tus piezas para grupos de 10 metales … enhorabuena.

Strong, intense and interesting works for groups of 10 brass instruments. Well done.

AITOR JIMÉNEZ, Spain

26) Muy interesantes tus piezas para violín, como solista y en la música de cámara

Your pieces for violin are very interesting, both as soloist and in chamber music

FERMIN ANSO – Spanish-Navarre Violinist, member of the Navarre Symphony Orchestra and of the folk group ‘Iddawc’

25) La obra para clarinete de Johnstone es merecedora de la atención de los clarinetistas. Tanto tus piezas solistas como tus obras camerísticas (p.e. los tríos) son de gran altura y combinan eclécticamente varios estilos con gran maestría, y demostrando profundo conocimiento técnico y musical de nuestro instrumento. Os animo a descrubirlas.

The works of Johnstone for clarinet are worthy of the attention of clarinettists. Both your soloist works and your chamber music pieces (e.g. the trios) are of very high level, and combine varying eclectic styles with great mastery, and show deep technical and musical knowledge of our instrument

JOAN BORRÀS – Spanish Chamber Music performer, Clarinet Professor of the ‘Adolfo Salazar’ Professional music Conservatoire, Madrid

24) Muy recomendables tus piezas para los estudiantes de viola

Your pieces are very recomendable to viola students

DAVID FONS – Professor of Viola Conservatoire José Iturbi of Valencia, and Invited Principal Viola of the Navarre Symphony Orchestra (Spain)

23) Hola David, que cantidad de material en tu web para cualquier cellista. Además el diseño de la misma es sencillo y accesible, enhorabuena!!! También por tu trabajo que es muy interesante.

JAVIER NAVASCUES – Spanish Navarre Cellist and Profesor en la Escuela ‘Maya’ de Pamplona (Navarre)

22) Thank you for sharing your talent.

VERONICA MARTINEZ – North American Oboist (California)

21) Hola David: Muchísimas Gracias por las transcripciones, están muy bien - felicitaciones, las pasaré a todos los cellistas amigos y seguramente luego contactaran contigo, te mando un gran abrazo.

RODOLFO ZANNI – Argentinian Cellist. Music Professor at the Tarragona Conservatoire (Catalonia)

20) I am delighted to see that other people are also concerned with producing repertoire for teaching which also presents more contemporary musical languages.

CHRISTOPHER BOCHMANN – British Composer, Educator and Cellist, Head of Music at the University of Évora in Portugal.

19) He tenido ocasión de tocar algunas de sus piezas. Se trata de obras llenas de encanto, muy bien escritas para la flauta, que constituyen una magnífica aportación al repertorio flautístico. Todo un descubrimiento!

XAVIER RELATS - Principal Flautist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra

18) Hola David! Muchas gracias por compartir tu música, tus arreglos, tus chistes ... Eres un artista y lo que más me emociona es que además de un gran cellista eres un gran amigo. Gracias por ser como eres, Eva.

EVA NIÑO – Cello Teacher, Music Schools ‘Luis Morondo’ of Barañain and ‘Valle de Egüés ( Navarra) and versatile performer

17) I'm Dominique Enon, Oboist from Paris. I've just got your oboe sonata! Very interesting work which certainly be included in a next concert program.

DOMINIQUE ENON – Professional Oboe Soloist, Paris

16) bravo-brilliant! thanks and until next-gh

GARY HOFFMAN – North-American International Solo Cellist

15) Querido David Muchas gracias por tus arreglos que me has enviado – ya me pondré a probarlos – Saludos y un gran cariño de tu amigo Leo Viola

LEO VIOLA – Argentinian Solo Cellist, Professor and Composer

14) Impresionantes todas obras de acordeón...desde las pedagógicas a las de concierto. Gran trabajo para el acordeón de un gran músico y mejor amigo

JAVIER LOPEZ JASO – Spanish Accordion soloist (Classical, tango and Jazz)

13) Hallo David, thank you for this information. I just downloaded your oboe piece and it looks very good.

PETER TAVERNARO – Professor Oboe, Bruckner University, Linz, Austria

12) Hola, David!
La web que elaboras (y no lo digo para quedar bien) es una página dinámica, en la que es fácil de moverse y encontrar mucha información, no sólo tuya, sino de otros intérpretes. Además, muy generosamente, das la oportunidad de descargar partituras y de escuchar trozos de tus composiciones (gratuitamente y desde antes de la crisis).
Me gustan mucho el formato de las fotos, ya que no has seguido lo convencional y le da un toque diferente. El calendario está bien pensado y elaborado (tres meses son suficientes). El formato de secciones (horizontales y verticales) son muy claras y, en caso de duda, tienen aclaración.
Saludos para todos. Josean

JOSEAN GASCUE – Laguardia, Basque country, Spain

11) Hola David. Un placer saludarte y decirte que tu página me gusta mucho. Un fuerte abrazo y que sigas con tanto humor como siempre.

JUAN JESÚS SILGUERO - Basque Flautist

10) Many thanks!
what a wonderful arrangement!
Best wishes,
Jacob.

JACOB A. SHAW - British Solo Cellist

9) Hi, my name is Zak Adams. I have played your Petit Tango and your Scherzo in the recital and solo music for violoncello category. I listened to your pizzicato blues and I really liked it. I was just wondering how I could get a score for it. I was hoping to play it in a recital. Thx- Zak.

ZAK ADAMS - Canadian Cellist

8) I didn't want to write you until I had a chance to really sit with the music you sent me. Well this past week I did just that. I had a few of my most advanced students meet at my studio to read through your cello ensembles and they are absolutely amazing...as is all your music. I really love it.
One of my students is working on the Haydn in D and I gave him your cadenza....we both love it. And your solo work is just incredible. Seriously man, I don't know why you aren't more famous. Then again, I'm sure you will be.
I'm going to have some of my more advanced students play some of your music and will send you a recording as soon as they perform it.
I played through all of it and there are a few that I might actually work on, either for performance or maybe even a Youtube video...not sure yet. Anyway, thank you again so much for your wonderful music.

WELLS CUNNINGHAM - North American Cellist

7) Un saludo después de visitar tu página, que es muy buena. Tu generosidad es abrumadora, más que ejemplar. Te mereces lo mejor.

MARINO RODRIGO - Navarra, Spain

6) The list of pieces seems really interesting and I have no doubt would be of enormous value to our students who are continually looking for new repertoire.

DAVID STRANGE - Profesor & Head of Strings, Royal Academy of Music, London)

5) Anyway, I did receive the music and everything looks fantastic. Must tell you I’m surprised at the seeing of my image on the front cover!!

ERNESTO SCHMIED - Recorder soloist based in Spain

4) I’ve played through the Solo Oboe Sonata once so far on the Piano. There are a handful of priceless phrases in there which if I was a plagiarist I would happily pinch and use as a starting point for some of my own work. But do not fear, I will not do that !!
you actually use complex bi-tonal arpeggios most of the time which by my standards, are fine.  However, the resounding ending in E flat to my ear works perfectly and is a fitting climax to the work. General comments – well done & hope to hear a live performance some time soon!

JONATHAN S. FEBLAND - British professional composer (1960-2017)

3) Thank you so very much for sending me your compositions. I wish I could find titles as imaginative as yours! It's a rather unique collection you've put together: pieces of that nature are rather rare for the solo cello. Maybe less so for cello and piano, but with the pieces you've sent me you have really filled the gap!
You sure know your tango! It's as easy to be swept away by your Tango Concierto as by any tango of the famous ones. And in the case of Bach, it seems that we are fighting the for the same thing: extending the repertoire beyond the Suites.

MATS LIDSTROM - Swedish Solo Cellist - Profesor Royal Academy of Music, London (ex-principal with the Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Norrköping Orchestra)

2) REALLY REALLY REALLY impressed with your marvellous pieces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They ALL have something clever or beautiful in them. Of course, I’m a cellist and they’re written so well for the cello, but Simon (still Professor of Music at Goldsmiths, Univ. of London, though also Deputy Vice-chancellor) thinks they’re marvellous too (and he is NEVER easily impressed).
Much love,

ALICE McVEIGH - American/British London-based cellist

1) Hi David! Of course I would be very happy to accept your dedication to me on your wonderful Legato Blues! I wish you much success with the book.

AARON MINSKY - North-American ‘pioneer’ rock/pop Cellist