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REV STEPHEN GAMBLE

Music, sermons, notes & videos of my dogs.

Having originally started with posting sermons on this Blog I branched out to include videos of my dogs, articles I have written, and some of my music. 

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The things I write are as full of inelegance and error as any other quality I may rather they posses, but they may possibly be useful or even entertaining to you - maybe if only to take issue with what I have said.

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Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 241 min read

Sonata for Strings Memories of Farndale, by Stephen Gamble

Prelude - Quasi Fugue - Quasi Chaconne. Is it possible to fall in love with a landscape? Does a landscape speak to you? Can you hear echoes of the voices from times long past of those who have lived there? From a theme written down, to working out the music in my head, to writing it out. I get quite a lot of time to 'work out the music in my head' as Chronic Fatigue means I have to spend time being quiet and still. Composed in 2024.

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 201 min read

Sonata for Strings: Autumn in the Yorkshire Dales, by Stephen Gamble

00.00 Preludio: Autumn Advances - Allegro 06.60 Autumn Falls: Andante con moto 09.52 A Moment of Repose: Adagio 14.07 Harvest Dances (quasi una chaconne): Allegro - Presto The first thought of this Sonata for strings came about as I was watching and listening to the counterpoint of tree branches moving, and autumn leaves falling, all caught up in the wind, with sunlight and cloud passing. This movement was written first and the other three then grew from it. 'The Moment of Re

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 131 min read

Lament for Orchestra, in A minor, 'Jeremiad'. By Stephen Gamble

A Jeremiad is a lament that alternates elegy and rage. After the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, who lamented the moral decay of his society, and angrily condemned it's corrupt rulers. Worked up from a sketch written in 2001. It got no further than a sketch as I didn't have the orchestral tools back then. I can't recall what I was so moved and agitated about, I'm normally very placid. Strings, Horns, Trumpets, Oboes, Flutes, Clarinets, Bassoons, Timpani.

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 11 min read

Nocturne For Orchestra, 'In the Dales', by Stephen Gamble

Written between the 25th May & the 1st of June, while on holiday in the Yorkshire Dales. As Beethoven said of his Pastoral Symphony, this is..."More the expression of feeling than tone painting" It's how the landscape made me feel, or as near as I can get to that state of mind and heart. It was a summer evening, the light was fading, but still bright enough to see my way.

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
May 221 min read

Sonata No 7 for Solo Violin, “The Relics of Nicholas Postgate” by Stephen Gamble

In the summer of 2011 I visited St Hedda’s Church at Egton Bridge and was very moved by the relics and story of Nicholas Postgate. He was a Roman Catholic Priest executed in 1679 for practising his calling at a time when Roman Catholic forms of worship were illegal. The fragile nature of the relics, a small cross, a lock of his hair and a worn wooden rosary, seemed to speak of the fragility of human life and endeavour. It brought to mind our Lord’s promise to St Paul’s in 2 C

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Apr 231 min read

The Leyburn Shawl: Sinfonia for Orchestra, by Stephen Gamble

The Leyburn Shawl is a path that runs along the limestone escarpment just outside the North Yorkshire town of Leyburn. There’s an old story that Mary, Queen of Scots, escaping captivity in nearby Bolton Castle, dropped her shawl as she fled along the ridge pursued by soldiers on horseback guided by hounds. The music is not a retelling of the story, but it does perhaps have a feeling of the landscape and history of the place. It was originally written for solo violin, then orc

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 71 min read

Sinfonia for Strings, in A minor - 'Sinfonia con Rammarico Doloroso', by Stephen Gamble

Sinfonia con Rammarico Doloroso - sinfonia with sorrowful regret. Originally a sonata for solo violin, written in 2009, but arranged for string orchestra in 2026. The movements are ... Preludio: Adagio - Presto -Andante e cantabile - Quasi improvisando - Presto con rabbia ( rabbia means rage) The score can be found at arrangeme.com ( once I have uploaded it)

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 20, 20251 min read

Eine Kliene Sonatensatz, By Stephen Gamble

Eine Kliene Sonatensatz, By Stephen Gamble Bagatelle in C major, for Solo Violin Ideally this little sonata movement should have been...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 7, 20251 min read

Sicilienne, In the Romantic Manner.

Bagatelle for Solo Violin: Sicilienne, In the Romantic Manner, by Stephen Gamble. (3 minutes) #newmusic #musicforsoloviolin

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 4, 20251 min read

Daydream, for Solo Violin, by Stephen Gamble

Actually, Daydream No1, I have written others. This was written back in 2001. I can play it, but the electronic violinist is more...

 
 
 
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