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Note: the dates on this  page refer either to the year(s) of composition or of major re-workings.
​ Some of these pieces have also been subject to a few small tweaks at a later date

Music Compositions

MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA

  • Dance Suite in five movements (1981; re-written between 2018 and 2020).
  • Symphony (2021)

Both these pieces are scored for double woodwind, 2 trumpets, 2 French horns, 3 trombones, (pedal) timpani, 2 percussionists, and strings.

  • Concerto Grosso for string orchestra (2023) - 2 solo violins and solo cello plus string ensemble

CHAMBER MUSIC

  • String Quartet No. 1 (2019-20)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (2021)
    (The last movement of this piece has been arranged in “Open Score” format for CoMA Sussex)
  • Sonata for flute & piano (1980, revised and re-written 2019)
  • Sonata for cello & piano (2020)
  • Sonata for violin & piano (2024)
  • Trio for flute, viola and harp (2020)
    (The last movement of this piece has been arranged for recorder, clarinet, violin, and guitar ensemble)
  • Trio for oboe, bass clarinet and piano (2025)
  • Ricercar octavi toni for brass (2023)

MUSIC FOR ORGAN

  • Prelude on O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (2019)
  • Prelude on O Sacred Head sore wounded (Passion Chorale) (2020)
  • Fantasia on Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) (2022)
  • Prelude on Rhyd-y-Groes (Great God of Wonders) (2022)
  • Meditation on Picardy (2025)
  • ‘Phrygian’ Toccata and Fugue (2022)

MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS

  • Dorian Mode Fantasia for piano or harpsichord (1977)
  • Springtime for violin and piano (1994)

MUSIC FOR PIANO SOLO

  • Toccata and Fugue (2021/2024)
  • Passacaglia and Fugue (2024)

MUSIC IN A PASTICHE STYLE

  • Canzona a 8 for brass (late 16th century Venetian) (1975)
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John Petley

Composer and organist based in the East Sussex High Weald
“This gifted composer's work certainly needs greater exposure, as the audience's reception demonstrated.”
​​Musical Opinion, issue 1540, July-September 2024, following the performance of my Concerto Grosso by the Musicians of All Saints in Lewes. ​
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