Jamiroquai – Seven Days in Sunny June
A texturally dense, advanced arrangement of Jamiroquai’s Seven Days in Sunny June.
Grade: ARSM
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Dudley Moore/Michael Peacock – Rhapsody on the Themes from Six Weeks
This is a textural transformation of the themes and harmony from Dudley Moores soundtrack to the 1982 film ”Six Weeks”, a drama about a 12 year old girl dying from leukaemia. I found the music in a book in an second hand music store in Glasgow, Thistle Music, and immediately fell in love with the harmony.
The original score is played in a fairly improvisatory jazz ballad fashion, I wrote this to solidify and add weight to the texture of the music, in order to transform it into a more substantial piece of solo piano music in a classical style, hopefully with some success.
Difficulty – ARSM – Very advanced
Francis Poulenc – Cavatina from Cello Sonata
A solo arrangement of the in turns sweet, majestic, malevolent, and uplifting Cavatina from Poulenc’s Sonata Pour Violincelle, completed in 1948. The arrangement is designed to sound true to the original, just re-organising the parts so the cello can sing through properly.
Difficulty – ARSM – very advanced
You can download the score for free here: Score
Laufey – Bewitched
An arrangement of Laufey’s modern love ballad Bewitched. Designed for beginner pianists to enjoy, the first verse and chorus are written at approximately grade 2 standard, then are expanded on in a texturally lush second section, for the more advanced or adventurous students.
Difficulty – Grade 2, then Grade 7.
Duke Ellington – Reflections in D
An abridged and simplified version of Duke Ellington – Reflections in D, as played by the great Bill Evans on Conversations with Myself. I have modelled this for students of a grade 5-6 skill level. I have also included some helpful learning notes and excersizes as a few extra pages at the end of the file.
Difficulty – Grade 5-6 – Intermediate
Nick Drake – River Man
An intermediate arrangement of the melancholic 60’s folk classic, River Man by Nick Drake
Difficulty: Grade 5-6 – Intermediate
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
An advanced arrangement of the Chris Cornell classic Black Hole Sun.
Difficulty: ARSM – Very advanced.
Michael Peacock Piano 