Joby Talbot

Joby Talbot's String Quartet was premiered at the 1999 Brighton Festival by the Duke Quartet.

POD-Released in 2005 the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence Talbot composed a new piece of music each month scoredfor up to five instruments. The resulting twelve compositions were then premiered on Classic FM and were recorded on CD. February - The Arctic Circle was the second piece to be composed and is scored herefor solo Piano.

For AATBarBarB unaccompanied arranged by Philip Lawson.This arrangement of Leon was commissioned by The King?s Singers and Seán Curran Company as part of a collaborative project.It was made possible by the NewEngland Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Commissioning support provided by theUniversity of Notre Dame?s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.First performance 9 November 2012 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center University of Notre Dame Illinois.

A magisterial sixty-minute work marking stages of St James' pilgrimage to Santiago di Compostela.

Taken from Once Around The Sun this is the month of October. Written for Vibraphone Marimba Cabaça and Piano.