Paul Burnell

25 Jun 2024, Article
Woodland So Brighly
New Album: Woodland So Brightly ​ The album 'Woodland So Brightly' is now released and available on your favourite digital music sites such as   Apple Music ,   Spotify   etc. ​ Sheet music for the pieces is available here on Musica Neo as well as other digital sheet music sites.
24 Jun 2023, Article
New Album now available
The album 'So (Not) To Speak' was released on 23 June 2023 and is available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and many other digital outlets.  The album  features twenty-eight compositions over 37 tracks.  The album features a wide variety of musical  and vocal  styles, with the compositions written between 1995 and 2023. iTunes link:  https://music.apple.com/gb/album/so-not-to-speak/1686008469 Spotify link:  ...
12 May 2023, Article
So (Not) To Speak
The album 'So (Not) To Speak ' , featuring twenty-eight compositions over 37 tracks is due for digital release on Friday 23rd June.  The album features a wide variety of musical  and vocal  styles, with the compositions written between 1995 and 2023. Many of the pieces on the album are being uploaded to MusicaNeo. ​ A dvance listening is available until the release date via this link from the distributor The Orchard: ​ https://promo.theorchard.com/4UD0fOlY8iJPxWjFtIWG ​ ...
08 Jul 2021, Article
Reflections on a Haunted House: Piano album
​ 'Reflections on a Haunted House' comprises sixty short pieces, thirty of which are for piano. The titles of the piano movements are taken from the short story 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). Woolf's 'A Haunted House' was first published in the 1921 collection 'Monday or Tuesday' and later in the 1944 collection 'A Haunted House and Other Short Stories'. The remaining thirty pieces in the collection are all electronic pieces, half of which (fifteen movements) feature spoken text ...
01 Jul 2020, Article
The Teddy Bears' Picnic arrangement featured by MusicaNeo
MusicaNeo have selected my instrumental arrangement of  'The Teddy Bears' Picnic' in their “Featured Sheet Music” section. This arrangement - for a duet of instruments in Eb and Bb - is one of three arrangements of the piece originally composed by John W. Bratton in 1907.  The other two arrangements uploaded to MusicNeo at the same time are for a flexibly scored quartet and for a duet of Tenor and Bass Recorders.    There are no vocal parts in any of the arrangements.  The ...
10 Dec 2019, Article
New album 'Griff Said Ruff'
Twenty-two songs feature on the forthcoming album 'Griff Said Ruff' which will be available from digital music stores on 31 December 2019. ​ Advance listening possible through   this link    from the album's distributor The Orchard, or by pasting the below into your browser: ​ https://promo.theorchard.com/whtkQ04BA5usBeyfyzRH ​ Scores and parts for all pieces on the album are available from  MusicaNeo. ​ Track listing: ​ 1.La Vie est la Vie Vide/ 2.Griff Said Ruff/ ...
04 Mar 2018, Article
Composer Outlook Interview with Borough New Music
As a preview to Series 6 of Borough New Music, the composer Paul Burnell talks about his work, which features in the opening recital by Chris Brannick & Sara Stowe on Tuesday 6 March 2018. Interview by Clare Simmonds. Read the full interview  here  . The Little Era Ending Songs are available on MusicaNeo: The Petri Dish The Last Lullaby Left Unsaid Charon Charon So Many Will Fall Turning Round the Sun
03 Jan 2018, Article
Accompanied Readings Vol. 2 now released
The second volume of Accompanied Readings is now released.  The album contains seven of fourteen accompaniments, composed by Paul Burnell, to spoken word texts published between the years 1886 and 1899. ​ The scores and parts for the pieces are already available from MusicaNeo. The album is available from digital stores such as  iTunes  and  Spotify  with the CD available from  CDbaby  . Track listing and programme notes is as follows: At Dead ...
13 Nov 2017, Article
Album 'Accompanied Readings Vol. 2' released January 2018
In January 2018 the second volume of Accompanied Readings will be released.  The album contains seven of fourteen accompaniments, composed by Paul Burnell, to spoken word texts published between the years 1886 and 1899. The scores and parts for the pieces are already available from MusicaNeo.  The album will be available from digital stores such as iTunes and Spotify with the CD available from CDbaby. The second volume features: The Time Machine (Excerpts), an Accompanied Reading ...
28 Aug 2017, Article
'And She Flew' in concert
Jillian Bain Christie, Rosie Bergonzi, Catherine Herriott are performing at Morley College in October.   ' And She Flew' is included in the programme. The music is available from Musicaneo. ‘And She Flew’ was composed by Paul Burnell in 2006 and was first performed by percussionist Chris Brannick. The piece can be performed as a solo or together with accompanying instruments playing a quiet tremolo. The performer speaks rhythmically and at the same time rubs together the palms of their ...
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