Philip Seaton

Philip Seaton

Brought up in Nth.London, Philip now lives and works in Tokyo
Visit Philip's website, or click here to listen to YouTube and other recordings of some of his works,

Pieces are listed in order of composition - most recent first.
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For Baritone & Piano (3½min)
Words by Nakahara Chuya {English translation by Nicholas Wong}
For more information on this piece, see Philip Seaton's music BLOG
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For Choir {SATB} (6min)
Words by Chirstina Rossetti
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For Choir{SATB} & organ (5min)
Words by Anne Brontë
For more information on this piece, see Philip Seaton's music BLOG
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For Baritone, piano & violin (7min)
A short suite of 3 songs that celebrate the English summer.
For more information on this piece, see Philip Seaton's music BLOG
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Full Score (Baritone, Piano, Violin) Violin

For Baritone, piano & violin or oboe      (3min)
Pie Jesu is one of the short movements within Requiem - see below.   This is an arrangement for baritone, oboe/violin and piano.
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     Full Score (Baritone, piano, violin/oboe)        Violin/Oboe

For piano, violin & cello      (5min)
Joya no Kane is a Japanese New Year Eve's tradtion.   In the last moment of December 31, temple bells ring out across the nation to signal the end of one year and the start of the next.
For more information on this piece, see Philip Seaton's music BLOG
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     Piano      Violin      Cello
Download a Recording   by the Silver Park Trio

For String Quartet      (24min)
I. Moderato    II. Allego    III. Lento e mesto    IV. Allegro giocoso
Premiered at the Chofu International Music Festival, 3 July 2021
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     Full Score        Violin 1        Violin 2        Viola        Cello

For Baritone & piano (12min)
Four Songs of Love and Loss is a suite of English romantic poems connected by the theme of “memory”
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For piano, violin & cello      (36 min)
Trio Concertante is a virtuoso work in three parts, each containing two sub-movements.
   I,   Adagio maestoso - Allegro moderato
II.   Lento - Presto agitato
   III.   Andante - Coda
The third part contains a cadenza in the manner of a romantic violin concerto.
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     Piano Part I      Piano Parts II & III      Violin      Cello

For 3-part childrens chorus and piano (2 min)
ABC is a short piece commissioned by Hokkaido International School, Japan.
The music is a bit of light-hearted fun, but there’s a serious educational message, too
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For chamber choir & organ    (30 min)
A Christmas Carol is a modern musical adaptation of the novella by Charles Dickens.
It uses the "lessons & carols" format of a traditional carol service - using adaptations of both the music and the words of well-known Christmas carols - to create a moving re-telling of the story of a modern-day Scrooge confronted with today's consequences of human's greed - war, social deprivation, environmental extinction.
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     Choir (SATB) and organ
     Programme notes and words only - designed to be printed double-sided on A4 paper to be folded into an A5 booklet.
Download a recording   by the Stanmore Cnoral Society
     Full recording with displayed text
   Stave 3: "O're there is a stranger"    with displayed text and images

For wind septet and strings.     (16min)
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     Full score
     Bassoon    Clarinet in Bb    Flute    Horn in F    Oboe    Trombone    Trumpet in Bb
     Violin 1    Violin-2    Viola    Cello    Double Bass

For choir, organ and strings.    (10min)
The Greatest of Love is the words of I Corinthians 13 set to original music,
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     Full score - Choir, organ and strings
     Organ     Violin 1     Violin 2     Viola     Cello     Double Bass
     Rehearsal score - Choir and piano

For chamber choir and string quartet.    (10min)
The Mill Suite was commissioned by the Mill Hill Music Festival and performed at the opening concert of the 2003 festival.
Poems, each featuring a mill, by Percy Shelley, Thomas Hardy, Richard Milnes, Samuel Woodworth and Samuel Rogers, set to original music.
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     Full score - Choir and quartet
     Violin 1    Violin 2    Viola    Cello
     Rehearsal score - Choir and piano
   Programme notes and words only - designed to be printed double-sided on A4 paper to be folded into an A5 booklet.

For Choir, Orchestra and Baritone Solo   (37 min)
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     Full Score     Full Score in 2 parts (for ease of printing)
        Movements 1 & 2         Movements 3 & 4
     Orchestra Set
     Rehearsal score - Choir and piano

For 2 violins & piano    (4 min)
An adaptation for solo violin & piano is also available
Rainy Day was inspired by a washi (Japanese paper doll) given to the composer.   It evokes the emotions of a child who cannot play outside because of the rain .... until sunshine breaks through the clouds.
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     Piano      Violin 1       Violin 2
              Solo Violin

For string quartet (10 min)
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Full score Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello

For piano quintet (32 min)
Reflections is a romantic style piano quintet depicting the journey of a river from its source in the hills to the ocean.
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Piano Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello