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.
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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When I posted a picture of the Moors in sunshine a friend expressed surprise as it had been cloudy where she was, which was not far off....
Played by Lucy Alessio, recorded by Gavin Langley. Written by me. The Scythe, Sickle and Spade Jig, in honour and celebration of the hard...
Played by Lucy Alessio, recorded by Gavin Langley. Written by me. A Moonwort is a small fern. I am sorry to say I once inadvertently sat...
Golden Fields and Alsop’s Fable are separate pieces but go well together. Golden Fields is a response to evening sunshine on fields late...
Watching, and listening, to the counterpoint of tree branches moving, and autumn leaves falling, all caught up in the wind, with sunlight...
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A little capriccio on a jig I wrote.
I originally recorded this on the violin myself, but I have decided to add a bar. The first section was seven bars long, and the...
I am interested in the way folk songs, and folk music, often deal with dark subjects in humorous ways, and the invention of the folk hero...
The music follows the structure of the prayer Kyrie Eleison - Christie Eleison - Kryie Eleison Lord have Mercy - Christ have Mercy - Lord...
Turns out I can play it if I don't wait till evening to have a go. Not play it well, but passable if you squint with your ears.
Great Fryup Dale is on the North York Moors. The name comes from the Old English Freya's Hop (hop meaning a dale).
The Leyburn Shawl is a path that runs along the limestone escarpment just outside the North Yorkshire town of Leyburn. There’s an old...
Going through some old papers I came across this little dance I wrote back in 2010. It's from a folk sonata called 'On Beacon Hill'. I...
Sketch for Horn, Violin, Flute, Viola, and Cello, by Stephen Gamble "More the expression of feeling than painting" Beethoven Instruments...
I had a go at a social media challenge to write a piece of music in 60 minutes - this is the result. 50 minutes to sketch on paper, then...
The Slow Air on which this Capriccio is based is called 'Westgate Carr Road', and was written by me. The music is a capriccio in that it...