Ten Venerable Dilemmas

by Roger Eno

John Alderton - piano

I took the pictures in Hong Kong Park (1 to 5)

and in the park at Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong (6 to 10)

These pieces were recorded in

Hong Kong.

Rachmaninoff - Prelude in D minor

Neil Alderton

Edelweiss - Li Yee Lin

My first ‘Distance-Learning’ student who

started piano lessons in March 2008

Rachmaninov - Prelude in D minor

Neil Alderton

Cavatina, by Stanley Myers

arranged for piano and played by John Alderton

Farewell to Stromness - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

played by John Alderton

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Mozart - Piano Concerto K246

John Alderton - piano Phoenix Orchestra

Malcolm Russell - conductor

(live performance in St Michael’s Church, Framlingham in 1985)

1st mvt

Liszt - Two Legends (No.2.)

John Alderton - pianoforte

live performance - Snape Maltings - 1975

- coming soon -

Solo Piano Music of Suffolk composer

Roger Eno

played by John Alderton

2nd mvt

3rd mvt

One of a series of commissioned composition dating from 1987 where I was asked to compose incidental music using electric keyboard for a series of cassette tapes on stress management and relaxation with Dr Gwynne Lewis

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, 2nd mvt

John Alderton - pianoforte

North Suffolk Youth Orchestra

Richard Featherstone - conductor

Live at Wangford Festival, Suffolk, in 1980

C O M I N G     S O O N

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 14 in Eb major

3nd mvt

John Alderton - pianoforte

Suffolk Youth Orchestra

Muir Mathieson - conductor

Live Concert,  Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1970

Gustav Holst - Suite in Eb major - 3rd mvt March

Leiston Royal British Legion Band (1975)

Musical Director - John Alderton

Guest Conductor - Imogen Holst

Live performance at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, in 1976

Sir Patrick Moore - xylophone - Penguin Parade

Ipswich Hospital Band - Musical Director - John Alderton

[wind band arrangement by John Alderton]

Live performance at Ipswich Corn Exchange, Suffolk, in 1996

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, 2nd mvt

John Alderton - pianoforte

North Suffolk Youth Orchestra

Richard Featherstone - conductor

Live at Beccles Middle School, Suffolk, in 1980

Joseph’s Song - John Goodwin/June Hammond

For 2 years I assisted with the musical arrangements for John

and June, from Pakefield Middle School, (Lowestoft) and

a CD was produced featuring their music for childen.

This is ‘Joseph’s Song’ from a Nativity entitled

 ‘A Child For All Time’ performed by children from Pakefield

Middle School (1999). I arranged the music for a

small ensemble, and also was pianist for this performance.

- Three Short Piano Pieces -

which I composed in 1960

John Alderton - pianoforte

J S Bach, arr John Alderton  

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

(grade 5 level)

John Alderton - pianoforte

(live performance - 1983)

Sicilliana, from Flute Sonata

J S Bach, arr Wilhelm Kempf

John Alderton - pianoforte

Live performance in 1983

Robert Schumann

Vogel als Prophet - Waldscenen, Op 82

John Alderton - pianoforte

recorded 10 October 2008