Soloist and recital
Solista y recital
David Johnstone is a composer with a large production specializing in string instruments and/or lighter classical musical writing. He also is an expert in writing string orchestral pieces that are well within the capabilities of youth and conservatoire orchestras. He has some 60 works published by the British publisher Creighton’s Collection. However, he is not restricted to solo string repertoire. He has made substantial contributions to most wind instruments, accordion and string chamber music repertoire.
His original music has been heard in more than 40 countries. His web includes many scores, transcriptions, and articles for downloading. In this large section one can see a list with exact details of his original works, and the 60 works professionally published by the editor Creighton's Collection of Great Britain.
Apart from composition work, on this web one can see hundreds of his arrangements in downloads, especially for cellists. This activity has led to with special collaborations as composer-arranger-performer, such as with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, Orchestre Nouvelle Generation de Montreal, the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lisbon), Orchestra da Camera del Locarnese (Suiza), The Zagreb Soloists, the Saint Petersburg Musical Theatre "Zazerkalye" Chamber Orchestra, the Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum (Poland), Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra (New Zealand), Camerata Cambrensis (Basque country), Essener Philharmoniker (Germany), Ensemble Metamorphosis of Belgrade (Serbia), with Ara Malikian and the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra (Madrid), and a long etc.. Currently, many courses, conservatoires and music schools, university String departments etc. use his repertoire; in fact, there are dozens of his arrangements and compositions on ‘You Tube’ …
Enjoy the music!
OUTSIDE CONTACT DETAILS FOR PUBLISHED WORKS
For the whole world, both for CDs and sheet music are available from Creighton’s Collection, by making contact here:
Creighton's Collection
244 Cathedral Road
Cardiff, CF11 9JG
Wales, Great Britain
Tel. +44 29 2039 7711 (from G.B. 029-2039-7711)
Or by Internet: www.cccd.co.uk E-mail: tim/at/creightonscollection.co.uk
Or only from within the Iberian peninsula, the Sheet Music Scores can be obtained from:
ERVITI Música
C/ San Martín 28, 2005 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa.
Tel. 943 42 65 36. Fax. 943 28 57 97
E-Mail: erviti/at/euskalnet/dot/net Personal Contact: Haizea
WITH distribution to all Spain, and Portugal
Trabajos
ACCORDION
The Pirates - album of 9 pieces, for Solo Accordion
(30 mins)
Written: 2003, publ. 2008
First Performance: 2004 (also later premiered in a version with choreography for the ‘Opera de Cámara de Navarra’)
Dedication: Nekane Iturrioz and Javier López Jaso
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Concert Miniatures - albums of 18 pieces in total, for Solo Accordion
- 2 Volumes each of 9 Pieces (18 in total)
(nearly 50 mins en total)
Written: 2006, publ. 2007
First Performance: 2008
Dedication: Angel Luis Goñi
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Video-audio Examples -
Angel’s Accordion Rag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrjxawyotK4
Song for Her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pes2TLN38mo
Lament - Funeral March: https://youtu.be/q3wEMLOwXY8
Easter Cantata: https://youtu.be/uLYWhON-IYc
Vocalise, for Solo Accordion
(3’ 30”)
Written: 2010
First Performance: 2010
Dedication: Iñigo Migueleiz
RECORDING (in a version for 3 Cellos): https://youtu.be/MdyowZ5n28c
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
The Song Sonata, a popular classical work for Duo of Accordion and Piano
(12’ 30”)
Written: 20o8
First Performance: 2010
Dedication: Nekane Iturrioz
VIDEOS -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT4qBc5Q14c and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwF-CUGn7P8
Sheet Music (both parts) in johnstone-music
Sonatina para Consuelo, for Solo Accordion
(8 mins)
Written: 2016
First Performance: not yet premiered for accordion
Dedication: Consuelo Pola
RECORDING (in the string quartet version): https://youtu.be/VzMmyFkNAwg
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
BASSOON
Sonata Nocturna, for Bassoon and Piano
(15 mins)
Written: 2005
First Performance: Not yet premiered
Dedication: José Manuel Rausell
Sheet Music (both parts) in johnstone-music
CELLO
Many pieces - serious classical music / light music / pop / jazz
American Cello Dance
(3 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 1997
First Performance: 1998
Dedication: Caroline Collier
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Introduction (Sarabande) and Gigue
(4 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 1998
First Performance: 2001
Dedication: Javier Navacues
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Fantasy on a theme of J.S.Bach
(4 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 1999
First Performance: 1999
Dedication: Fernando López
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
RECORDING: https://youtu.be/5GCbhPIl0rw
Pilgrim's Rest
(4' 30")
Solo Cello
Written: 1999, publ. 2007
First Performance: 1999
Dedication: Ernesto Schmied
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Tango Concierto
(8 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2002
First Performance: 2003
Dedication: Fernando Villanueva
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
(possibility of optional accordion accompaniment)
Pizzicato Blues
(3’ 30”)
Solo Cello
Written: 2000
First Performance: 2003
Dedication: Aaron Minsky
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Zapateado de San Fermin, for Cello and Piano
(5’ 30”)
Written: 2001
First Performance: in flute and orchestral version 2002
Dedication: Javier Navascues
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Pop-Classic Cello Concerto 'Entre Dos Mundos', for Solo Cello and Piano (reduction of String Orchestra)
Duration: 25 mins
Written: 2005
First performance: not yet premiered
Dedication: Carlos Ariel Gracia Baez
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Le Petit Tango
Piece of Tango influences
(5 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2003, publ. 2007
First Performance: 2004
Dedication: Rodolfo Zanni
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
The Cello Chairman
Jazz inegal piece
(3’ 00”)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2008
Dedication: Caroline Collier
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Graphic Design
Introductory Graphics piece
(4 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2003, publ. 2007
First Performance: 2004
Dedication: Michal Pajewski
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Spiral Perpetuum
Spiccato Caprice
(2 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2010
Dedication: Ilya Elinson
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Towards Eternity
Time and Motion piece
(5 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2010
Dedication: Martin Bochman, in memoriam
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=eRQ265wbRDA
Marble Arch “Sonata-Fantasy Breve”
Sonata-Fantasy Breve
(9-10 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: not yet premiered
Dedication: François Moncierro
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Journey in Gigue
Gigue
(4 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2009
Dedication: Javier Navascués Allué
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=FqmCUcE2YYI
Scherzo
Irregular Scale-Pattern Caprice
(4’ 30”)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2009
Dedication: Alice McVeigh
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=3utUafX9ZX0
Jovial Sebastián Bach
Light-hearted Bachian motives piece
(7 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2002, publ. 2007
First Performance: 2002
Dedication: Robert (Bob) Dent
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Fantasy on a Brazilian Theme
Popular style Cello song
(6-7 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2008
Dedication: Carlos Frutuoso
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Legato Blues
Blues
(4 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: publ. 2007
First Performance: 2007
Dedication: Aaron Minsky
Music published by Creighton's Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Danzas de Galicia
Celtic piece
(5’ 30”)
Solo Cello
Written: 1999, publ. 2007
First Performance: 1999
Dedication: Carlos Ariel Gracia
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
RECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunYzwUHwPs&feature=relmfu
Satanic Dance
String crossings Arpeggio Caprice
(3’ 30”)
Solo Cello
Written: 1989, rev./publ. 2007
First Performance: 1989
Dedication: Aritz Gómez Uranga
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
RECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=Ytc8_yt1G60
Dance Miniature with Variations
(‘The Prisoner’)
(3 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 1997, publ. 2007
First Performance: 1997
Dedication: Nieves Coscoyuela
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
RECORDING: https://youtu.be/YE3Kf-_FUPs
Lament
Arabic calling
(4 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 1998, rev./publ. 2007
First Performance: 1999
Dedication: Dimitar Furnadjiev
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
RECORDING: https://youtu.be/e3SOACX0ov8
Song of the Birds
(2 mins)
Solo Cello
(Traditional Catalan - Johnstone / Virtuoso Edition for Solo Cello)
Written: 2008
First Performance: 2010
Dedication: Wells Cunningham
RECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plZJ5NC11Js
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Fantasy Variations on a Basque theme / Nere Maitea Melody
(total work 10 mins) (the Melody alone 3 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2012
First Performance: 2015
Dedication: Adela Martin (melody) - Cyril Gibson (complete Variations)
RECORDING of the ‘NERE MAITEA’ Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWj8mXrTYE
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Intima, for Cello and Piano
(10 mins)
Written: 2012
First Performance: 2014
Dedication: Ramona and Juan
RECORDING:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JPJXFfWQcE
Sheet Music (both parts) in johnstone-music
Carmen Fantasy, for Solo Cello and Piano (or String Orchestra)
(11' 30")
Cello and Piano
Written: 2015
First Performance: 2015 in version for Cello and Cello Orchestra
Dedication: Rodolfo Zanni
(Also available for Solo Cello and String Orchestra or with Cello Orchestra)
VIDEO of the HABANERA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9hLWJv45_w
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Breaking Into Bach
2 albums of original Bach-influenced pieces for the Young Solo cellist - downloads in this web, used in many conservatoires and music schools as educational AND concert pieces!
(35 mins in total)
Solo Cello
Written: 2015
First Performance: Individual pieces have regularly been performed
Dedication: the International Bach movement “Bach in the Subways” and its founder Dale Henderson
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Song for Ane (Pastorale), for Solo Cello (or Solo Viola)
(4 mins)
Written: 2016
First Performance: 2016 (cello version)
Dedication: Irantzu Sarriguren and family
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Romantic Caprice-Sonata
(5 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2017
First Performance: not yet performed
Dedication: Aritz Gómez Uranga
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Poema-Sonatina
(5 mins)
Solo Cello
Written: 2017
First Performance: not yet performed
Dedication: Julieta Manzano
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
CLARINET
‘Accolades’ - 8 Caprices, for Solo Clarinet
(21 mins)
Sonatina/Sonata - collections of movements from the ‘Accolades’
(7’ 00”) and (14’ 00”) respectively
Written: 1995, rev. 2008
First Performance: 1997
Dedication: Joan Borràs
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Poema de Amor, for Clarinet and Piano
Duration: 6' 30"
Written: 2001
First performance: 2002 in the clarinet and string orchestra version
Dedication: Joan Borràs (clarinet) y Hernando Deheza (violin)
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
This work appears on the CD “Entre Dos Mundos”
The Borràs Dances (Las Danzas Borràs), for Clarinet and Piano (with extra optional cello)
I - Concert Dance-Caprice (“Jumping Joan”) II - Sarabande for Sara (“Soothing Sara”) III - In the Clouds - Waltz (“Wedding Waltz”)
(in total 10’ 30”)
Written: 2010
First Performance: 2010
Dedication: Joan Josep Borràs Grau and Sara Sicilia Felipe
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
DOUBLE BASS
Sonata Nocturna, for Double Bass and Piano
(15 mins)
Written: 2003, rev. 2005
First Performance: Not yet premiered
Dedication: Juan Canal
Sheet Music (both parts) in johnstone-music
Bass in Bach
2 albums of original Bach-influenced pieces for double bassists - downloads in this web, used in many conservatoires and music schools as educational AND concert pieces!
(35 mins in total)
Solo Double Bass
Written: 2016-2017
First Performance: Individual pieces have regularly been performed
Dedication: the International Bach movement “Bach in the Subways” and its founder Dale Henderson
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Low Fits to High Fits (Virtuoso concert piece) for Solo Double Bass
(4 mins )
Written: 2018
First Performance:
Dedication: Piotr Piotrowsky
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
FLUTE
Fantasy-Sonatina, for Flute and Piano
(6 mins )
Written: 2001
First Performance: 2003
Dedication: Roberto Casado
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Zapateado de San Fermin, for Flute as soloist
(5’ 30”)
Two versions:
Flute and Piano
Flute and Harp
Written: 2002, publ. 2005
First Performance: in flute and orchestral version 2002
Dedication: Roberto Casado
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Romanza (Romantic Concert Fantasy), for Alto Flute (Flute in G) and Piano
Duration: 8' 30"
Written: 2007
First performance: not yet premiered
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Sonata, for Solo Flute
(11 mins)
Written: 1998, rev. 2008, and publ. 2009
First Performance: 2008
Dedication: Roberto Casado
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
HARPSICHORD/SPINET
Minuet and Trio ‘Anglo-Russian’, for Spinet or Harpsichord
(3’ 30”)
Written: 2017
First Performance: not yet performed
Dedication: Grazyna Romanczuk
[or other solo keyboard instruments apart from piano]
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
OBOE
Sonata, for Solo Oboe
(12 mins)
Written: 2008
First Performance: not yet premiered
Dedication: Iñigo Oses
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Solo Caprice, for Oboe
(4’ 30”)
Written: 2015
First Performance: not yet premiered
Dedication: Iker Nausea
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
PIANO
(Piano accompanying another instrument, please see that instrument!)
Romantic Pieces for Piano Solo (a volume of 9 Pieces)
(35 mins)
Written: 2007
First Performance: performed separately
Dedication: Joanjo Albinyana
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
2 Small Jazz Pieces for Piano solo
(6 mins)
Written: 2007
First Performance: performed, but no details!
Dedication: -
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Sonatina para Piano Solo
(8 mins )
Written: 2016
First Performance: not yet premiered
Dedication: Consuelo Pola
RECORDING (in the string quartet version): https://youtu.be/VzMmyFkNAwg
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Nocturne (No.1) for Solo Piano
(3 mins )
Written: 2018
First Performance: not yet premiered, but used in a documentary-film recording
Dedicated: Alberto Navascués
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
RECORDER
Sonata for Solo Recorder
(14 mins )
Written: 2014 (rev.)
First Performance: 2015
Dedicated: Ernesto Schmied
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
SAXOPHONE
Sonata for Solo Tenor Saxophone (‘La Tumba del Capitan Walker’)
(11’ 30”)
Written: 2016
First Performance: 2016
Dedicated: Sergio Eslava
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
TROMBONE
Sonata Breve, for Solo Trombone
(5' 30")
Written: 2017
First Performance: Not yet premiered
Dedication: Santiago Blanco
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
TRUMPET
Levitation (Concert piece) for Solo Trumpet
(3’ 00”)
Written: 2018
First Performance: -
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
TXISTU (Basque Flute)
Olympic, for Solo Txistu
(5’ 15”)
Written: 2016
First Performance: 2016
Dedication: Raúl Madinabeitia
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Gran Ascension, for Solo Silbote (in C)
(16’ 00”)
Written: 2019
Dedication: Ainara Martínez
First performance: not yet premiered in concert, but to feature in a documentary-film recording with the dedicatee performing
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
VIOLA
Elegy ('The Oration of the Bull'), for Solo Viola and Piano
Duration: 7 mins
Written: 1997
Dedication: Asun Vidal
First performance: not yet premiered in this version
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Fantasy on a theme of J.S.Bach
For Solo Viola
(4’ 30”)
Written: 1999
First Performance: 1999
Dedication: Fernando López
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
RECORDING of the cello version: https://youtu.be/5GCbhPIl0rw
Sonatango - Sonata with tango influences, for Solo Viola
(13 mins)
Written: 2007
First Performance: 2013
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
Intima, for Viola and Piano
(10 mins)
Written: 2012
First Performance: 2014
Dedication: Ramona and Juan
RECORDING - Cello and Piano version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JPJXFfWQcE
Sheet Music (both parts) in johnstone-music
Breaking into Bach
2 albums of original Bach-influenced pieces for the Young Solo violist - downloads in this web, used in many conservatoires and music schools as educational AND concert pieces!
(35 mins in total)
Solo Viola
Written: 2015
First Performance: Individual pieces have regularly been performed
Dedication: the International Bach movement “Bach in the Subways” and its founder Dale Henderson
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
Song for Ane, for Solo Viola (or Solo Cello)
(4 mins)
Written: 2016
First Performance: 2016 (cello version)
Dedication: Irantzu Sarriguren and family
Sheet Music in johnstone-music
VIOLIN
Poema de Amor, for Violin and Piano
Duration: 6' 30"
Written: 2001
First performance: 2002 in the clarinet and string orchestra version
Dedication: Hernando Deheza
Music published by "Creighton's Collection" http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
This work appears on the CD “Entre Dos Mundos”
Zapateado de San Fermin, for Violin and Piano
(5’ 30”)
Written: 2002, publ. 2006
First Performance: in flute and orchestral version 2002
Dedication: Fermín Ansó
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html
This work appears on the CD “Entre Dos Mundos”
Sonata for Solo Violin
(17’ 00”)
Written: publ. 2008
First Performance: not yet premiered
Music published by Creighton’s Collection http://www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk/acatalog/David_Johnstone_Compositions.html