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© Richard Stilgoe
Joyce the Librarian also available as a Sibelius file
Mrs Beamish also available as a Sibelius file
THE W I Calendar also available as a Sibelius file
© Richard Stilgoe
The Ancient Marriner
Birth of the ’Cello, The
Glyndebourne
Piano, The
Sonnet on a World Without Music
Steve
Very First Music, the Very Last Music , The
Violin Farm
Who Pays the Piper - also download the MP3 recording.
© Richard Stilgoe
Army Wife
Caithness Self-lift Chair
Cheese on Toast
Granny’s German Hip
Hairdrier
I Loved a Surgeon
Marineland
Night Before Christmas, The
Peace and Tranquility
Erica Thirl’s Dog
Narrations for existing pieces
The Young Person’s guide to the Orchestra.
Words © Richard Stilgoe
Music by Benjamin Britten.
Don Juan
Poems © Richard Stilgoe
music by Richard Strauss
Enigma, The
Poems © Richard Stilgoe
Music by Edward Elgar