This Other World

Another World’s Hell was commissioned in versions for brass wind and fanfare bands by the Société Cantonale des Musiques Vaudoises and the Association Cantonale des Musiques Neuchâteloises for the 2013 Swiss Cantonales festivals. It is inspired by a passage in Aldous Huxley’s classic 1932 science-fiction novel Brave New World which  describes in unusually close detail the music that is being played at a dance. This is Dobson’s interpretation of  the  imagined  ‘future music’ that Huxley dreamed of. Brass Band Grade 5Duration: 13 minutes

Inspired by workshops with the pupils of All Hallows School in Shepton Mallet this work is about how the world around us can support us change us and lead us in our lives. The text is drawn from a pool of lyrics written by the pupils.

Words by the International Students of Waldorf College Forest City IowaHere is a truly unique musical experience for singers of all ages. This call and response song features soloist choir and audience singing aboutunity peace and community in ten different languages! ?Sahayta? uses words and phrases from Arabic Hebrew Hindi Sanskrit Spanish English Filipino Swahili and other African tribal languages and is appropriatefor any age treble choir. This infectious world-beat dance unites musicians and audience in the spirit of love and brotherhood.

Webs In A Stolen Dream for Chamber Ensemble (1996). Written for The Nordic Music Season in the UK as a joint commission from the Storstrøm’s Ensemble Avanti Sonanza Cikada Ensemble and the Composer’s Ensemble.  Programme Note Ever since the first time I read György Ligeti’s description of a particular dream he had as a child this dream has pursued me. Both because for some strange reason it is impossible to get rid of and because I literally spoken ’dream it’ myself now and then.  He writes among other things:  ’In my earliest childhood I once dreamt that I couldn’t reach my bed (which had bars and was regarded as a safe place of refuge). For the whole room was filled with a thin but dense web very much like the web which the silk butterfly’s caterpillar is spun in. Not only I but also other beings were caught in this gigantic net.  When something moved this made a shaking which spread to the whole system. All around inextricable knots were made and at other places cavities where rags of the original web substance was drifting about. The changes of the system were irrevocable: no condition could possibly come back. There was something extremely sad about this process the feeling of hopelessness because of the expiring time and the past which could never be re-made’  In my short piece I only move a little hesitating distance into this equivocal world where the beauty of the silk thin net is so totally grown together with the feeling of decay loss and ’gone time’.  Karl Aage Rasmussen   

We Have All the Time in the World is the classic James Bond theme featuring the warm, graceful vocals of Louis Armstrong. Beloved for its sophisticated, smooth sound, the track - written by John Barry and Hal David - has transcended its tie to cinema, becoming one of the most requested songs at weddings, anniversaries and other celebrations. This brand new arrangement by Thomas Lydon for SSA choir brings this standard to the Novello Choral Pops series - the perfect number for choirs seeking a stylish, soulful number to add to their repertoire. / Choeur SSA Et Piano

We Have All the Time in the World is the classic James Bond theme featuring the warm, graceful vocals of Louis Armstrong. Beloved for its sophisticated, smooth sound, the track - written by John Barry and Hal David - has transcended its tie to cinema, becoming one of the most requested songs at weddings, anniversaries and other celebrations. This brand new arrangement by Thomas Lydon for TTBB choir brings this standard to the Novello Choral Pops series - the perfect number for choirs seeking a stylish, soulful number to add to their repertoire. / Choeur TTBB Et Piano

Originally published in the New Horizons collection The Ivy and the Holly this carol has a mysterious other-worldly character that complements the sixteenth-century text attributed to the Wedderburn brothers. With a restrained tempo some dark harmonies and sonorous overlapping textures Cradle Song creates an atmosphere of hushed wonder and provides a compelling alternative to more familiar settings of this popular lullaby.

Par STEVENS CAT. The matching folio to Yusuf Islam's An Other Cup . This is the first pop release from the former Cat Stevens since converting to Islam, and comes 28 years after his last release, 'Back To Earth'. Now performing simply as Yusuf, An Other Cup is a welcome return to the classic singer-songwriter sound that earned Cat Stevens rave reviews in the sixties and seventies. Includes all the songs from the album arranged for Piano, Voice, and Guitar! / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Rép International / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare