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Scenes from Shakespeare

for piano

Gary Higginson

	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 Higginson	Scenes from Shakespeare for piano	6 to 8	Piano
	#	Composer	Movement		Forces
	1	Gary Higginson	1. Bottomʼs Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act IV Scene I		Piano
	2		2. Beatrice and Benedict Much Ado About Nothing, Act I Scene I
	3		3. The Battle of Bosworth Field Richard III, Act V
	4		4. Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek Twelfth Night, Act II Scene III
	5		5. Prince Hal Rejects Falstaff Henry IV Part 2, Act V Scene V
	6		6. Hamlet Meets the Ghost of His Father Hamlet, Act I Scene IV
	7		7. The Statue Awakes A Winter’s Tale, Act V Scene III
	8		8. The Witches’ Dance Macbeth, Act IV Scene I

Recorded performance

Alessandro Viale, Piano

Catalogue code: FM166 • Published: June 2010
Entry last updated: 14th December 2018