A Chronological List of Compositions by Dr Robert Howard

2024
Love Came Down at Christmas, for unaccompanied solo voice
Love Came Down at Christmas, for unaccompanied SA choir
Love Came Down at Christmas, for unaccompanied SATB choir
Minute Bagatelle, for piano
Vigil, for organ
Violin Sonata No. 1 (‘Circling’), for violin & piano

2023
String Quartet No. 2, ‘Locomotion’
Fanfare in Canon, for brass quartet
Invocation & Dance, for bassoon & piano
Postlude in Glory, for organ
Piano Sonata No. 1, ‘Bells’

2022
Lauda, for piano
Praise the Lord, for solo or unison voices & organ/piano
Praise the Lord, for SA choir & organ/piano
Praise the Lord, for SA & lower unison voices & organ/piano
The Little Child, for solo voice or unison voices & organ/piano
The Little Child, version for SA choir & organ/piano
The Little Child, version for SATB choir & organ/piano
Variations on ‘Barbara Allen,’ for piano

2021
Ave Maria, for unison voices or solo voice & organ/piano
Ave Maria, version for SATB choir & organ/piano
Ave Maria, version for SA choir & organ/piano
Berceuse, for piano
God of All Creation, for solo voice or unison choir & organ/piano
God of All Creation, for SA choir & organ/piano
God of All Creation, for 3-part choir (S, A & men) & organ/piano
This Little Babe, version for 2-part choir or duet (S/T & A/B) & organ/piano
This Little Babe, version for solo voice & organ/piano

2020
Alleluia, unaccompanied version for SATB choir
God So Loved the World, for solo voice (soprano or tenor) & organ/piano
God So Loved the World, version for SA choir & organ/piano
God So Loved the World, version for SATB choir & organ/piano
Hope, version for SA choir & organ/piano
I Gave You Love… (The Reproaches), version for SA choir & organ/piano (& congregation)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, version for unison voices & organ/piano
People in the Wind III, for four horns
Tantara, for solo trombone

2019
Bread of the World, version for organ/piano
Bread of the World, for SATB choir or quartet, unaccompanied, ad lib.
For Mary, Mother of Our Lord, version for SA choir & organ/piano
For Mary, Mother of Our Lord, version for solo voice or unison voices & organ/piano
Glory, Love, and Praise, and Honour, for SATB choir & organ/piano
Glory, Love, and Praise, and Honour, version for solo voice or unison voices & organ/piano
Glory, Love, and Praise, and Honour, version for two-part choir or duet (S/T & A/B) & organ/piano
I Gave You Love… (The Reproaches), version for solo voice & organ/piano (also congregation)
I Gave You Love… (The Reproaches), for SATB choir & organ/piano (& congregation)
Soliloquy, for viola
Study for Snare, for snare drum (1995, elab. 2019)
Study for Snare No. 2, for snare drum (1993, elab. 2019)
This Little Babe, version for SATB choir & organ/piano
Two Studies for Snare, for snare drum (1993/1995, elab. 2019)

2018
Alleluia, version for SA choir & organ/piano
Ave verum corpus, version for SA choir & organ/piano
A Babe Is Born, version for SSA choir & organ/piano
For Mary, Mother of Our Lord, for SATB choir & organ/piano
Gloria Patri, version for SA choir & organ/piano
Jubilate Deo, version for SA choir & organ/piano
Once in Royal David’s City, for SATB choir & organ/piano
Once in Royal David’s City, version for any voice(s) & organ/piano

2017
Alleluia, version for solo organ/piano
Alleluia, version for solo voice & organ/piano
Alleluia, for SATB choir & organ/piano
Flourish, for trumpet
Resonance, for piano

2016
A Babe Is Born, version for SATB choir & organ/piano
Jubilate Deo, version for solo voice & organ/piano
Ave verum corpus, version for solo voice & organ/piano
Jubilate Deo, for SATB choir & organ/piano
Ave verum corpus, for SATB choir & organ/piano

2015
Reclining Figure, for piano
Cortege, version for solo piano/organ
Cortege, for orchestra
A Babe Is Born, revised version for solo voice & piano
Mosaic VI, for solo tuba

2014
Six Fragments (complete set of Fragments I-VI, 2009-2014), for piano
Fragment VI, for piano
Meditation, for organ
Mosaic V, for solo vibraphone
Strathspey, for piano

2013
Fragment V, for piano
Mosaic IV, for solo guitar
Spiral, for piano
Chagall Reflection II (elaboration), for piano
Seven Sketches (Complete set of Sketches I-VII, 2005-2011), for piano

2012
Flautando, for flute
Fragment IV, for piano
Mosaic III, for solo harp
Sub-Bass, for double bass (low C string required)
There Is No Rose, for unaccompanied SATB choir/soloists

2011
Fragment III, for solo piano
Gloria Patri, for SATB choir & organ (separate edition of the Gloria from Magnificat and Nunc dimittis)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for SATB choir & organ
Mosaic II, for solo celesta
Sketch VII – ‘End Sequence,’ for piano

2010
Journey, flexibly scored in 4 parts
Fragment II, for piano
Mosaic I, for solo harpsichord
Sketch VI – ‘Chorale,’ for piano
Stasis, for piano

2009
Arioso, for solo violin (elab. 2020)
Departure, for piano
Fragment I, for piano
Rotations, for piano
Sketch V – ‘Theme,’ for piano

2008
The Haunted Woods, for piano
Niarbyl, for piano
Peasant Song, for solo violin
Sketch IV – ‘Points,’ for piano
Stomping Dance, for two violins

2007
Festival Suite, in four movements, for orchestra
Harmony, for piano
Sketch II – ‘Ground,‘ for piano
Sketch III – ‘Toccata,‘ for piano
Tresillo, for classroom percussion

2006
Eurydice to Orpheus, for soprano & piano
Fantasy on Anna’s Theme, flexibly scored in 4 parts
Farewell, for piano
Rocking, for piano
Rocking (sketch), for piano
People in the Wind II, for piano (1 hand)

2005
Chagall Reflection I (original), for piano
Festive Fanfare, for orchestra
Rumblin’-Tum! a graphic score piece for any solo wind instrument
Sketch I – ‘Sequence,’ for solo piano
Three-Way Piece, flexibly scored in 4 parts

2004
Carousel, flexibly scored in up to 7 parts
Klee’s Sketchbook, a graphic score piece for string quartet
Streight Lines, graphic score, for two pianos
Timanfaya, an improvisational text piece for any voices (& instruments)
Wesleyan Overture, for orchestra

2003
In Memory III, flexibly scored in 10 parts (for ‘sinfonietta’)
Like Clockwork, for orchestra
Music to Hear, SATB choir & flexible 4 part instrumental
Music to Hear, unaccompanied version for SATB choir/soloists
The Stations of the Cross, for string quartet
Addition I & II, for piano
Sonnet II, for piano
Sonnet III, for piano
Three Sonnets (complete Sonnets I-III, 2002-2003, for piano)

2002
Achaian II, for two bassoons
Achaian I, for solo cello
Contours, for solo soprano saxophone
Elegy, for solo French horn (in F)
In Memory, for piano (originally concert band)
The Lantern Tower, for orchestra
The Lantern Tower (Chorales I), for piano (2002)
The Lantern Tower (Chorales II), for piano (2002)
Sonnet I, for piano
Ghost, flexibly scored in 4 parts
A Babe Is Born, carol for choir and organ/piano or orchestra
A Babe Is Born, flexibly scored in four instrumental parts (& solo or unison voices & organ/piano)

2001
Alla Campana II, flexibly scored for up to five parts
Alla Campana, flexibly scored for three parts
Chorale for St Andrews, for piano
Critical Mass, flexibly scored
Distant Bells, for violin & piano
Lines on a Walk, flexibly scored in 15 parts
Lines on a Walk II, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin & cello
Music, When Soft Voices Die, mezzo-soprano and piano
People in the Wind I, for 8 handbells (4 players)
Porthleven, for piano
La Reproduction Interdite, for bassoon
Still, for piano
Still, for piano  (4 hands)

2000
Introit, for brass quartet of 1 trumpet in Bb, 2 horns in F & 1 trombone
Mother and Child, for piano
Mother and Child II, arranged for ensemble
Promenade, for orchestra
Promenade II, flexibly scored for any tuned instruments
Promenade IIa, for clarinet in Bb, marimba &/or vibraphone, piano & cello
Promenade III, flexibly scored in 15 parts
Promenade IV, flexibly scored in 4 parts
Promenade IVa, for piano
Promenade V, for solo instrument
Solitaire, for piano
Trio in canon, for bassoon, guitar & trombone
Dual Form, for clarinet & cello
Broadway Boogie-Woogie, for piano
Alter? When the Hills Do, for mezzo-soprano & piano

1999
Ascension, for solo piano
Family of Man, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & cello
The Island, for orchestra
Pied Piper, for oboe
Prelude to 1984, for piano
Sequence, for four violas
Sequence II, for four cellos
Sequence III, for three violas and three cellos
Sequence IV, for string quartet
Six of One, for piano
Summertime, by George Gershwin, arr. RAH for clarinet quartet (clarinet & string trio)
Two Forms, for marimba

1998
Chamber Concerto, for sinfonietta
Christmas: 1924, for baritone & piano
The Day of Pentecost, for unaccompanied SATB choir
Duo Sonatina, for bassoon & piano
Hark! the herald-angels sing, for solo/unison voices & organ/piano
Litany, for bassoon
Mary Magdalen’s Song, for solo female voice (& men on chorus) & piano
Mirror Image, for piano, in 3 movements: Recollections (1997), Reflections, From S to Z
The Mystery of the Trinity, for piano
Poco Variazioni, for cello
Prelude to Animal Farm, for chamber ensemble
Preludium II, for flute, oboe, cello & piano
Reflections, arranged for string orchestra
Soldiers’ Marching Song, for solo (bass) male voice(s) and piano
String Quartet No. 1
Transfigurations, for piano duet
Trinity – a piano trio, for violin, cello & piano

1997
A, B & C, for solo piano
Dances of the Dead, for oboe, 2 clarinets in Bb, bassoon, piano, viola, cello & double bass (rev. 2024)
In Memoriam, for chamber orchestra (rev. 2024)
May You Be Always Joyful, version for mezzo-soprano, wind quintet & piano (rev. 2023/4)
May You Be Always Joyful, version for mezzo-soprano & piano (rev. 2023/4)
Mikrokosmos No. 149, by Béla Bartók, arr. RAH, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola & cello
New Routes from an Old Castle, for woodwind, brass, piano & percussion (rev. 2024)
Once in Royal David’s City, for solo/unison voices & organ/piano
Recollections, for piano (incorporated into Mirror Image in 1998)

1996
Archforms, for orchestra
Away in a Manger, for unison voices or solo voice & piano
Axis, for string quartet
Fantasy, for clarinet
Improvisation, for bassoon
Mirage Sextet, for clarinet in A, bassoon, piano, violin, viola & cello (rev. 1996)
O Little Town of Bethlehem, for unison voices or solo voice & piano
Scherzetto, for string trio
Toccatina, for piano

1995
Fiddler’s Air, for violin
For an Unmarked Grave, for flute, trumpet, piano, cello & bassoon (elab. 2020)
Intrada, for piano
Monody, for solo cello
Music for a Film Scene, for piano
Music for Clapping
Procession, for orchestra
Rondino, for oboe quartet

1994
Folk Lament, for bassoon
Pastoral Intermezzo No. 2, for piano
Prelude in C minor, for piano
Prelude in E flat ‘Neo Rhapsody,’ for piano
Study for Snare No. 2 (elab. 2019)
This Little Babe, for unison voices & piano/organ
Three Bassoon Solos, for solo bassoon
Two Pastoral Intermezzi (Nos. 1 & 2, 1993-1994)

1993
Alla Marcia, for piano
Pastoral Intermezzo, for piano
Prelude in B-flat, for piano
Prelude in F, for piano
Prelude in G, for piano
Prelude on the Whole Tone Scale, for piano
Study for Snare (elab. 2019)

1992
Duettino, for violin & cello
Hope (harmonised 2020), for voice(s) & organ/piano
Nocturne, for piano
Pierrot, for bassoon
Prelude in C, for piano
Romance, for cello or bassoon, & piano

1991
The Clown, for bassoon
March in G, for two violins & cello
Springtide, for bassoon & piano
Springtide, for bassoon & piano, alternate version, in C

1990
Arietta, for solo piano
Jig, for (classroom) soprano/descant recorder (or flute)
Waltz in D, for solo piano