Cradle Song
2001
3 minutes
Soprano, or mezzo, or chorus SATB (or SA) and strings with harp (minimum 22221)
Adaptation of original piece for unaccompanied choir SATB from "Cohen's Carols"
Premièred by City of Oxford Orchestra and choir/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Leontovich: Carol of the Bells
2020
2 minutes
strings with harp (minimum 44221)
Premièred by Cohen Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Debussy: Two Winter Preludes (Snowflakes are Dancing & Footprints in the Snow)
2020
7 minutes (3,4)
strings with harp (minimum 44221)
The 2 Preludes can be performed together or separately
Premièred by Cohen Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
For Angel
2018
8 minutes
for Strings 64442 (Principal 2nd Violin plays offstage and his seat remains empty throughout)
Written in memory of David Angel. First performed by the Cohen Ensemble conducted by the composer at the Southbank Centre on 17th May 2018
Beginnings & Endings
2018
4 minutes
for Strings 64442
First performed by the Cohen Ensemble conducted by the composer at the Southbank Centre on 17th May 2018
Firefly
2017
4 minutes
for Xylophone and Strings
First performed by Dame Evelyn Glennie with the Cohen Ensemble conducted by the composer at the Apex, Bury-St-Edmunds on 28th September 2017
Prelude 49
2014
7 minutes
for vibraphone and strings
First performance given at Baltais Fligelis, Sigulda, Latvia by Andrei Pushkarev and Kremerata Baltica conducted by Jacques Cohen. UK premiere given by Dame Evelyn Glennie at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London with the Isis Ensemble conducted by Jacques Cohen
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extract on the audio page
Love Journeys
2014
20 minutes
for soprano and strings (minimum 64442)
in 8 movements
First performance given at Southbank Centre by Marie Vassiliou and Isis Ensemble conducted by Jacques Cohen
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extract on the audio page
Carsington Water
2012
5 minutes
Strings
Comissioned by Rachel Bolton and performed by Equinox and Isis Ensemble.
Published by Norsk MusicForlagne
Rachmaninov: Prelude Opus 3, No.2
2012
4 minutes
Strings
Premièred by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen.
Also performed by Sofia Soloists/ Plamen Djurov
Recorded on Transcriptions for Strings
CD on Meridian
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
2009
35 minutes
strings (minimum 64442)
Premièred by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Performed by numerous orchestras and extensively toured by Kremerata Baltica
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Recorded on Transcriptions for Strings CD on Meridian
Brahms: First Clarinet Sonata
2008
Arrangement for solo clarinet and strings
Premièred by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen with Sarah Williamson and performed subsequently with Anna Hashimoto
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Recorded on Transcriptions for Strings CD on Meridian
Yigdal
2006
15 minutes
Fantasia on a Traditional Jewish Theme for Strings
1st Performance by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen, further performances by Sofia Soloists, Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra (on tour) and Hertfordhire Chamber Orchestra
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Recorded on Music for Strings CD on Meridian
Listen to extract on the audio page
Fantasias, Canons and Fugues
1995
20 minutes
Strings 86442
1st performance in live broadcast by Bucharest Radio Chamber Orchestra, Romania and subsequently by the Isis Ensemble, and Oxford String Orchestra
Tuba Concerto
1989-2015
8 minutes
Tuba, Strings
Commissioned by Oren Marshall.
1st Performance, Oxford String Orchestra/Jacques Cohen.
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag