I am Jhon - welcome to my updated site which now includes MP3 files, and thank you for visiting! Here is a selection of my original music compositions/arrangements, some of European influence and some Asian. They are copyright, but you are completely free to play or download the files for personal enjoyment or study, or as gifts to your friends - click the thumbnail image to get the music. Unfortunately, from 2/12/03 the MP3 versions atre unavailable, because MP3.com has closed down. I'll put them back as soon as possinle

MUSIC IN EUROPEAN STYLES

Chauntecleer	The tale of Chauntecleer and the Fox, retold from Chaucer's story in modern words with original music and narrated by the composer (in three Parts). Easy listening, and good fun.	MP3 CD 30:45
The Morebattle Hunt	A country dance with a story. The local hunt sets off in great style - what with so much ado they never even see the fox - but return, triumphant home!	MIDI MP3 3:45
Kyrie Eleison	Concert setting for high voice with symphony orchestra. In this synthesised realization the vocal part has been allotted to a solo oboe.	MIDI MP3 7:31
Peasblossom	A woodland frolic based on a character from Shakespeare's 'A Misummer Night's Dream'	MIDI MP3 6:56
The Hobbit	Tone poem for solo tuba and small orchestra, depicting some of the adventures of Tolkein's Hobbit, including the slaying of the Dragon	MIDI MP3 15:34
Tarantella	Ballet scene inspired by an old picture of Lucille Grahn and Jules Perrot in a Pas de Deux	MIDI MP3 5:42
Clover The Cow	Clover is trudging down the lane that leads to the meadow. Flies bother her. She swishes them off with her tail, does a few steps of a country dance, and lumbers on, dreaming of green grass.	MIDI MP3 3:43
Panorama	Scene from the ballet THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, using Tchaikovsky's orchestration	MIDI MP3 3:33
Introduction: The Sleeping Beauty	Introduction to the ballet THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, using Tchaikovsky's orchestration. The themes of Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy are heard.	MIDI MP3 5:21
In Bethlehem	Carol for boys' choir with organ and brass	MIDI MP3 5:51
A Watch-Night Carol	Carol for boys' choir with organ and recorder	MIDI MP3 6:07
Nightingale Wood	'The tangled briars part...we make our way ever deeper into the moonlit wood to a secret glade where nightingales enchant the darkness'	MIDI MP3 6:54

MUSIC EVOKING ASIAN STYLES

'Come Spring, Come Autumn'	Setting of Chinese traditional song 'Chun Qi Chew La'	MIDI MP3 4:11
Mr Hoh's Hoedown	Fast, humorous East-West spoof depicting a 'great day', with energetic Chinese band giving its all!	MIDI MP3 3:38
Tarian	Malaysian semi-traditional dance music	MIDI MP3 5:43
Bangsawan	Themes from a form of Malaysian stage entertainment, now obsolete	MIDI MP3 4:40
Threads	A sad ShaanXi folk song about Lan Huahua, sold in marriage to an elderly landowner.	MIDI MP3 1:04
The Pale Lady	No-one knows who is the pale lady who walks the castle gardens at night - a Japanese nocturne	MIDI 3:23
Kanding Town	In Kanding you have to be able to sing to get a girl, and this is from a song about wooing. Kanding is a town in the XiKang area of SiChuan.	MIDI MP3 4:34
Atsumori And Naozane	A scene from 'Tales of Heike'. Atsumori Taira, a young samurai, is taken prisoner in battle by Naozane and his life is forfeit. He charms his captor by playing the flute, and Naozane is disposed to spare him. But Atsumori insists on dying, and the swordblade severs his neck. Naozane retreats to a monastery to mourn and pray.	MIDI MP3 9:19
Tsuru	Tsuru is the Japanese word for a crane. The hen-bird's mate has deserted her by the lakeside. She flies up and circles the lake looking for him, then settles in a lonely marsh calling sadly for him as night falls.	MIDI MP3 5:02

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