"Daybreak in the Forest" Symphonic Suite (Op. No. 1)
Overture-Nocturne (Leggiero)
1st Movement-The Forest (Tranquillo)
2nd-Promise of Tomorrow
(Andante
3rd-Dawn (Legato)
4th- Fauna (Presto)
5th- Creatures (Animato)
6th- Daybreak (Encore Finale-Con Forza)
The Winterland Symphonic Suite (Op. No. 2)
Winterland (1st Movement)
Glistening Snow (2nd Movement)
Drifting Snow 3rd Mvt. (Eng. Horn Duet Concerto)
Winter Nights 4th Mvt. (Contemporary Jazz Piano
Concerto)
The Open Hearth (5th Movement)
Jack Frost (6th Movement)
Snowman (7th Movement)
Symphony No. 3 (Op. No. 46)
I. Andante-Con Animato
II. Andantino cantabile
III. Allegro: Scherzo-con pizzicato
IV. Adagietto-Lieblich; Concerto Grosso
Symphony No. 4 (Op. No. 60)
I. Adagio, Capricioso
II. Douce
III. Risoluto, Con Pizzicato
IV. Elegante
Symphony No. 5 (Op. No. 73)
I. Andante
II. Intrepido, Marsiale, Capriccio
III. Valse, Andantino, Adagietto
IV. Allegretto, Risoluto
Symphony No. 9 (Op. No. 74)
I. Andantino, con Vivo
II. Valse, Moderato, con Vivace
III. Andantino
IV. Andante, Moderato
Concertos: Violin, Viola, Piano and Orchestra;
Violin and Orchestra & Concerto for Cello
and Orchestra.
Oratorio 2000 (Op. No. 55)
Choral works in six parts
for Chorus, Pipe Organ and Orchestra
Chamber Music, Twelve Piano Sonatas & Ensemble
Compositions
An exceptionally gifted and highly respected violoinist
with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Simon James)
has performed Richard Englefield's Violin Concerto No.
1.The orchestral performance was recorded by the
esteemed Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in
Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Simon James is also the
Director and Concertmaster of the Northwest
Symphonia Orchestra and CEO of Simon James Music
Production Co. in Seattle. His biography follows:
Australian violinist Simon James is in his fifteenth
season with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Before
joining the SSO, he was a member of the Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra and the Lincoln Center Mostly
Mozart Festival Orchestra. A graduate of the
Manhattan School of Music, he won the Dr. Benjamin
Alexander Memorial Scholarship. He also won an
Australia Council Award. Mr. James has played solo
recitals and concertos throughout the world and is a
former member of the Claremont Trio, the Sonora &
Peters String Quartet, and the Australia Chamber
Soloists.
He is a founding member of the Seattle Violin Virtuosi
and Seattle Chamber Orchestra and serves as
Concertmaster. He was concertmaster for the
Bolshoi Ballet's recent Seattle performance of "Swan
Lake". This year he has recorded Richard Englefield's
Violin Concerto #1 with the Slovak Radio Symphony
Orchestra under the direction of Kirk Trevor. He also
recorded music of Saint-Saens, Ravel, and Debussy
with harpist Juliet Stratton. An active studio
musician, he has recorded over 200 motion picture
and television scores, many of which have won
numerous awards. The amazing Simon James is
presently producing Englefield's new chamber music
CD featuring string quartet with flute, cello quartet,
flute duet, Horn Ensembles and concert piano
sonatas.
Referring to Simon James, Mr. Englefield said, "There
is no finer musician, administrator and virtuoso
violinist in the world than the exceptionally gifted
Simon James. He stands very tall in the world of
symphony. He is also a magnificently fine fellow."
