SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR Traditional Irish arr. Hall
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (new publisher tbc)
ABRSM Piano Grade 3 (2021-22 & 2023-24 syllabus) List B10
Scotsman Steps
Saxophone Solo
Grade 3-4
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Cycle Song
Saxophone Solo
Grade 3
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Snake Pass
Saxophone Solo
Grade 2-3
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Happy Half Hour
Saxophone Solo
Grade 2-3
From Tourama for Saxophone
Eb/Bb (Forton Music FM1149)
La Giralda
Saxophone Solo
Grade 2
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Jump On
Saxophone Solo
Grade 1
From Tourama for Saxophone (Bb/Eb)
(Forton Music FM1149)
Reflection & Celebration for Solo Recorder
Recorder solo (Treble & Descant)
4
Commission. Premiered 13 Nov 2021 @Lucy Sanderson Hall, Galashiels.
"Reflection and Celebration, a haunting yet forward looking piece written for and performed flawlessly by Dorothea Hall on recorder. The reflective first half seemed to this onlooker at least to blend in superbly with the pastoral murals behind the performer." John Wood
Yin and Yang
Clarinet Solo
Grade 1
TRINITY COLLEGE 2023- CLARINET SYLLABUS
GRADE 1
From Full Speed Ahead (BrassWind Publications0336)
Armenian Lullaby
Clarinet Solo
Grade 2
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
March Hare
Clarinet Solo
Grade 3
TRINITY COLLEGE 2023- CLARINET SYLLABUS
GRADE 3
TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON CLARINET EXAM PIECES
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Takata - Taka - Takata
Clarinet Solo
Grade 3
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Una Súplica Ferviente (arr. Rob Hall)
Solo Piano
Commissioned and recorded by Salvatore Tomasino at Society of Musicians Edinburgh June 2018
NUMBER CRUNCHER
Solo Piano
Grade 1
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
WETA WALK
Solo Piano
Grade 2
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
ISLAND HOP
Solo Piano
Grade 2
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
WERE YOU THERE? Traditional American Spiritual arr. Hall
Solo Piano
Grade 2
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
TUNDRA [Nordic Scenes]
Solo Piano
Grade 2
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
THE NIGHTINGALES (Los Bilbilicos) Traditional Ladino arr. Hall
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH Traditional English arr. Hall
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
SPINNING PLATES
Solo Piano
Grade 2
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
NÖEL NOUVELET Traditional French arr. Hall
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
MARSH MALLOW
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
BOTHY BOOTS [Nordic Scenes]
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
MARDI GRAS MARCH
Solo Piano
Grade 3+
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
FRUGBY
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
MIRROR FJORD [Nordic Scenes]
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
BILL'S BOUNCE
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES For Piano (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
AE FOND KISS Traditional Scottish arr. Hall
Solo Piano
Grade 3
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES FOR PIANO (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR [Nordic Scenes]
Solo Piano
Grade 3+
From EIGHTEEN EASY ESCAPES FOR PIANO (Clifton Edition/Stainer&Bell)
ASIAN TIGER PROWL
SOLO PIANO
Grade 1
ABRSM PIANO EXAM PIECES Grade1
2017-18 SYLLABUS [List C:1]
Commission
Published July 2016
Over 140,000 copies sold.
Cover by Kate Benjamin and Andy Potts
© 2016 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Reproduced by kind permission.
SHIFTING SANDS
Solo Piano
From ELEVEN MORE ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Grade 3-4
ELK DANCE
Solo Piano
From ELEVEN MORE ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Grade 3
ATLANTIC COAST EXPRESS
Solo Piano
From ELEVEN MORE ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Grade 5
BLUES FOR MRS SIPPI
Solo Piano
From ELEVEN MORE ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Grade 3-4
WHITE DWARF II
Solo Piano
From ELEVEN MORE ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Grade 3
PATIENCE (Piano arr.)
Solo Piano
From ELEVEN MORE ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Grade 5+
LIFTS, ESCALATORS & EXTREME TRAVELATORS
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Solo Piano Work (approx Grade 6)
HINTERLAND (solo piano arr.)
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS) Solo Piano work (approx Grade 6-7)
PIED PIPER (solo piano arr.)
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Arrangement for solo piano (approx Grade 5/6)
CAFE GRAFITTI
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS) Solo Piano work (approx Grade 7)
CAMPSIE FALLS (piano solo)
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS)
Solo Piano work (approx Grade 6)
WYNDING DOWN
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS) Solo Piano work (Grade 5/6)
RONDEAU (solo piano)
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS) Solo Piano work (approx Gr 7-8)
SWAN SONG (Epilogue)
Solo Piano
From EIGHT ESCAPES FOR PIANO (SPARTAN PRESS) Solo Piano work (approx Grade 5)
Beyond the Barrier
Solo Piano
22.00
Part 1 Behind The Barrier
Part 2 Breaking The Barrier
Part 1 first performed in Manchester University Concert Hall by David Fanning (1989)
Part 1 was written before the downfall of communism in east europe
Part 2 was added in response to the collapse of communism
Close Encounters for Bb Clarinet & Piano (2024)
Bb Clarinet; Piano
c.16
1. Cobbler's Awl
2. Luminare
3. Jumbo Jive
4. Amber Sky
5. Hammer & Chisel
Stainer & Bell / Clifton Edition C501
III.Scherzo (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano)
Clarinet & Piano
2.30
From Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
Forton Music FM1148
II. Elegy (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano)
Clarinet & Piano
5.30
From Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
Forton Music FM1148
I. Incitation (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano)
Clarinet & Piano
5.40
From Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
Forton Music FM1148
Home Run
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 4
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Premiered 21.4.23 at Dollar Academy, Scotland by Rob Hall & Chick Lyall (pno)
Lost For Words
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 4
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Ziveli
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 4
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
German Bight
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 3
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Moormist
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 3
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Wishing Well
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 2-3
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Kevin Coldbrew
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 2
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
No Road is Long
Saxophone & Piano
Grade 1
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Folk Law
Two Saxophones (2xBb or 2xEb)
Grade 2
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
Simon Says
Two Saxophones (2xBb or 2xEb)
Grade 1
From Tourama for Saxophone
Bb/Eb (Forton Music FM1149)
New Day, New Town
Clarinet & Piano
Grade 2
TRINITY COLLEGE 2023- CLARINET SYLLABUS
GRADE 2
TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON 2023 EXAM PIECES
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Rangitoto Rag
Clarinet & Piano
Grade 2
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Winter Palace
Clarinet & Piano
Grade 2
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Seven Hills (Istanbul)
Clarinet & Piano
Grade 2
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Paraglide
Clarinet & Piano
Grade 3
TRINITY COLLEGE 2023- CLARINET SYLLABUS
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Journey's End
Clarinet & Piano
Grade 3
From FULL SPEED AHEAD (BRASSWIND PUBLICATIONS 0336)
Rondeau
Sopranino Sax & Piano
5.00
First performed Lerwick Town Hall, Shetland May 2010
The Regime
Sop Sax & Piano
4.00
First performed The Hub, Edinburgh Jazz Festival 27 July 2011 2010
Tenebrae
Tenor Sax & Piano
7.00
First performed Carstairs Junction Kirk, Scotland May 2010
Scherzo
Clarinet & Piano
3
Adapted from Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
First performed Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall in May 1991
Rhyme or Reason
Sop Sax & Piano
4.49
Broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland 2010
Pied Piper
Sopranino Sax & Piano
3.22
Premiered at Sound Scotland Festival, Aberdeen, Oct 2008
by Rob Hall (Sopranino Sax) Chick Lyall (pno)
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland in 2010
Elegy
Clarinet & Piano
6.45
Adapted from Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
First performed Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall in May 1991
Campsie Falls
Sop Sax & Piano
4.58
Jacobs Ladder
Alto Sax & Piano
5.59
Across The Sound
Tenor Sax & Piano
5.20
Clarinet Sonata
Clarinet & Piano
12.00
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano (Allegro/Elegy/Scherzo)
Premiere performance Concert Hall,RNCM,Manchester May 1991
Movements 2 (Elegy) and 3 (Scherzo) recorded by
Rob Hall (cl) and Chick Lyall (pno) 'Rhyme Or Reason' (FMR CD281-0909)
21st Century Lullaby
Voice (A) & Guitar
4.00
Sonatina
Descant Recorder & Guitar
8.00
Music For About 14 Musicians
Piano x 3, Violin x 6, Trp, Trb, Bs Clar
5.00
Premiered on YouTube June 2020
Music For About 14 Musicians began as an exercise in style for a large ensemble class at St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh exploring influential music from around the globe. Introducing Steve Reich's classic minimalist work Music for 18 Musicians, the group's instrumentation of multiple violins, pianos, and assorted winds, with occasional variations - hence the 'About' in the title - lent itself well to the genre.
This condensed version for video was put together during the Covid19 lock-down in June 2020. Visual artist Susheila Jamieson's perceptive photographic art provides a sympathetic backdrop to the music.
St Mary's Music School
Junior Ensemble
Composer, conductor, project direction - Rob Hall
Visual artist - Susheila Jamieson
Audio editing - Rory Wilson
Video editing - Fiona Duncan
Borderland
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
18.00
Borderland is a large work for big band in 6 movements titled:
The Changing Light
Bizzyberry
Common Time
Windblown
In A New Light
Salmon Run
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010 Biggar
Further performances: Sept 2011 Eastgate Theatre, Peebles Oct 2012 Biggar Little Festival
The Changing Light
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
2.34
Part 1 of Borderland a suite of 6 pieces for big band
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010
Bizzyberry
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
3.48
Part 2 of Borderland a suite of 6 pieces for big band
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010
Common Time
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
3.00
Part 3 of Borderland a suite of 6 pieces for big band
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010
Windblown
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
4.00
Part 4 of Borderland a suite of 6 pieces for big band
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010
In a New Light
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
0.30
Part 5 of Borderland a suite of 6 pieces for big band
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010
Salmon Run
Big Band (+F.Horn/Bs Clar)
3.10
Part 6 of Borderland a suite of 6 pieces for big band
Commissioned by Biggar Big Band in 2009
Premiere performance: Apr 30 2010
Interplay (Evans arr. Hall)
Jazz Quartet
4.19
Recorded in Cologne, Germany 2001
Philipp van Endert Trio
Special guests Kenny Wheeler (flg) Rob Hall (sax)
Dropped It
Sax/Trb/Bs/Dr
7.25
Firth of Fifth
Sax/Trb/Bs/Dr
8.18
A Highland Canvas
S.Sax/Gtr/Keys/Bs/Dr
10.04
Commissioned by Highland Festival 2001. Cross-artform collaboration with artist James Hawkins and video artist John McGeogh. With Malcolm MacFarlane (gtr) Chick Lyall (piano/keys) Rick Standley (double bass) Nic France (drums).
Waterscapes
A.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
8.41
Beinn Fada
A.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
8.09
Lochan Na Speura
Clar/Gtr/Keys/Bs/Dr
7.29
Western Shores
S.Sax/Gtr/Keys/Bs/Dr
8.22
Tak Ma Doon
A.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
6.09
Heading North
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
9.17
The Old School House
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
10.08
Broadcasts inc. BBC Scotland
Torridon Hills
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
7.18
Colin The Caveman
Clar/Pno/Bs/Dr
9.17
Broadcasts inc. BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland
Patience
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
6.28
Playground Pass
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
11.17
Dogs Life
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
5.21
Amazing Grace (arrangement)
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
5.52
Open Up
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
5.10
Peage
Clar/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
4.52
Logan Rock
S.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
6.23
Turn of the Tide
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
7.05
Hard Shoulder
S.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
5.53
Counting the Days
S.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
8.08
Your Turn
S.Sax/Pno/Bs/Dr
6.37
Stretch
S.Sax/Gtr/Pno/Bs/Dr
6.00
Blues for Abi
Jazz Quintet (sop sax; pno; gtr; ac bass; dr)
6.32
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 'Best of Jazz' with Humphrey Lyttleton in 1997.
Many subsequent broadcasts.
Crossing Bridges
Big Band
6.40
First performed Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester 1991
RNCM Big Band directed by Clark Rundell
Broadcast BBC Scotland April 2010
The Vine & the Fig Tree
SATB Choir + Mezzo Soprano, Saxophone (Sop/Ten), Double Bass, Piano (& Bell)
15.00
Cantata for Choir, soloist and instrumentalists
Commissioned by eXe Singers 2011
Premiere performance All Saints Church, Kenton, Devon 11 Nov 2011
Requiem (Dona Nobis Pacem)
SATB Choir + Sop Saxophone, Double Bass, Piano
3.00
Part 1 of The Vine & the Fig Tree, a cantata for SATB, soloist and instrumentalists
Commissioned by eXe Singers 2011
Premiere performance All Saints Church, Kenton, Devon 11 Nov 2011
Strange Meeting
SATB Choir + Mezzo Soprano, Tenor Saxophone, Double Bass, Piano, & Bell
6.30
Part 2 of The Vine & the Fig Tree, a cantata for SATB, soloist and instrumentalists
Commissioned by eXe Singers 2011
Premiere performance All Saints Church, Kenton, Devon 11 Nov 2011
The Vine & the Fig Tree
SATB Choir + Mezzo Soprano, Sop Saxophone, Double Bass, Piano
5.30
Part 3 of The Vine & the Fig Tree, a cantata for SATB, soloist and instrumentalists
Commissioned by eXe Singers 2011
Premiere performance All Saints Church, Kenton, Devon 11 Nov 2011
Give Me Oil In My Lamp (arrangement)
Gospel choir/soloist & band
5.00
Arranged for Praise Gathering Music Ltd 2008
First performed Glasgow Royal Concert Hall June 2008
Soloists: Gamu Nenghu(vocals) Clifford Haxton (keyboard)
Phil Mellstrom (guitar) Rob Hall (tenor sax)
Recorded on 'Receive Our Praise' PGM label
Pie Jesu
SATB + Chamber Orchestra + S.Sax + Elec Pno
6.00
First performed Manchester University Concert Hall 1990 Manchester University Chamber Choir and Orchestra S.Sax - Rob Hall Performed by eXe Singers April 2011 Mamhead Church Devon S.Sax - Rob Hall
Christe Redemptor Omnium
SATB Choir
My first composition to receive a public performance. Winning item of a carol competition run by Manchester University
Judged by James MacMillan CBE.
Performed in Holyrood Church Manchester by the University Chamber Choir Dec 1987
