FM166

Scenes from Shakespeare

for piano

Gary Higginson

£8.45

The style is accessible, often tonally based, but never clichéd.
Murray McLachlan, International Piano (September/October 2010 p72)
[Higginson’s] collection of eight pieces inspired by some of Shakespeare’s most famous lines could be especially valuable for enterprising students immediately after Grade 8.
Murray McLachlan, International Piano (September/October 2010 p72)

Scenes from Shakespeare is a follow-up volume to Shadows, and is a set of eight pieces for pianists of higher grade, each prefaced by a quotation from Shakespeare.

A CD of Gary Higginson’s music, entitled Scenes and Messages [SH209], has been released on the Sheva Collection label. These pieces are performed on that disc, and the samples provided here are taken from this recording by courtesy of Sheva Collection and the composer.

Sample pages

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  Composer Title Grade Forces
Gary HigginsonScenes from Shakespeare
for piano
6 to 8Piano
# Composer Movement Forces
1Gary Higginson1. Bottomʼs Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act IV Scene I
Piano
22. Beatrice and Benedict
Much Ado About Nothing, Act I Scene I
33. The Battle of Bosworth Field
Richard III, Act V
44. Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Twelfth Night, Act II Scene III
55. Prince Hal Rejects Falstaff
Henry IV Part 2, Act V Scene V
66. Hamlet Meets the Ghost of His Father
Hamlet, Act I Scene IV
77. The Statue Awakes
A Winter’s Tale, Act V Scene III
88. The Witches’ Dance
Macbeth, Act IV Scene I
Recorded performance

Alessandro Viale, Piano

Catalogue code: FM166Published: June 2010
Entry last updated: 14th December 2018