Arrangements

Iain is a prolific arranger, having made over sixty arrangements for organ, piano and chamber ensembles. His solo piano arrangement of Elgar/Payne: Symphony No.3 is published by Boosey and Hawkes, and his transcription of Elgar's Five Piano Improvisations is published by Novello.

He has recently arranged Elgar's Concert Allegro for piano and orchestra. Click here to listen and view the arrangement.

Many of the arrangements below are available for purchase. However, some are unavailable owing to copyright laws.Iain's arrangements are produced to a very high quality using Sibelius software. Follow the links below to see a complete list of arrangements.

Opera
Solo Piano
Ensembles
Organ
Orchestral Accompaniments
Violin and Piano

 

Opera

Dvoràk: Rusalka

Chamber orchestra version for 12 players:

flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling cor anglais), clarinet, bassoon, horn,
violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harp, timpani (2) and triangle

Evening Standard, 13th October 2008
"...The other surprise was how well Dvorak’s sumptuous score could be presented in chamber form: a virtuoso arrangement for 12 instrumentalists, alert to the colours of the original, by Iain Farrington. Opera companies strapped for cash will surely be knocking on his door."

The Times, 13th October 2008
"Dvorák's Wagnerian score - a riot of diminished chords and tremolandos - is presented in Iain Farrington's version for just 12 instrumentalists, persuasively conducted by Alex Ingram. Out goes the chorus, but otherwise Dvorák's leitmotif-saturated music, with its shimmering, otherworldly atmosphere, is preserved remarkably well.".

Financial Times, 13th October 2008
"Although the orchestral line-up looks impossibly thin on paper, the conductor Alex Ingram achieved a good balance with the stage and his small orchestra filled the Hackney Empire."

The Independent, 19th October 2008
"...sensitively scored for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington."

The Guardian, 30th July 2005:
"Oliver Gooch conjured a magical atmosphere, scaling the opera to chamber proportions with such a sure touch as to make one feel disinclined to watch a full-scale production again.
The idea of Dvorak purely as a symphonist disregards the often extreme delicacy of his writing. Here, Iain Farrington's arrangement was faithful to the spirit of Dvorak's instrumentation, with flute, timpani, harp and horn bringing an impressionistic shimmer. Gooch also let the recurring motifs reveal the composer's astute characterisation."

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Solo Piano

Bizet: Carmen Fantasy

Bizet: Carmen - easy to play version

Delius: Two Aquarelles


Elgar: Five Piano Improvisations (published by Novello)

Symphony No. 1 in A flat
W.M. and Nimrod (Enigma Variations)
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

Elgar/Payne: Symphony No. 3 (published by Boosey & Hawkes)

Gershwin:
I've got a crush on you (3'47")
Do it again (4'05")
Summertime (4'29")
But not for me (3'04")
I got rhythm (2'07")
Someone to watch over me
It ain't necessarily so
Promenade - Walking the Dog (piano duet)

Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (jazz version)
Hornpipe (Water Music)

Holst: Jupiter (The Planets)

Mendelssohn: Wedding March (jazz version)

Puccini: La Bohème - easy to play version

Traditional: 'Jack's the Lad' or 'The Sailor's Hornpipe' (1'59")

Warlock: Capriol Suite

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Ensembles

Albeniz: Iberia - Evocacion, Triana (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Balakirev: Islamey (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Bizet: Jeux d'enfants (wind quintet and piano)
Carmen Suite, 6 movements (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Brahms: Hungarian Dances (clarinet, cello, piano)

Debussy: Children's Corner (wind quintet and piano)
Petite Suite (wind quintet and piano)

Delius: Two Aquarelles (piano trio)

Dvorak: Serenade (piano trio)

Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice (wind quintet and piano)

Elgar: Serenade (piano trio)

Faure: Dolly (wind quintet and piano)
Pavane (wind quintet and piano)
Sicilienne (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)
Pavane (wind quintet and piano)

Gershwin: I got rhythm (2'17")
Someone to watch over me
It ain't necessarily so (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Gershwin: But not for me
Summertime
I've got a crush on you
I got rhythm
Someone to watch over me
It ain't necessarily so (piano trio)

Gounod: Waltz - Faust (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (flute, clarinet, two oboes, violin, cello, piano)

Holst: St Paul's Suite (piano trio)

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Mozart: Fantasia in F minor K608 (wind quintet and piano)
Fantasia in F minor K608 (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano)

Mozart: Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro' (flute, clarinet, two oboes, violin, cello, piano)

Obradors: El Vito (1'42") (clarinet, violin, cello, piano or piano trio)

Offenbach: Can Can (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (wind quintet and piano)
Pavane pour une infante defunte (wind quintet and piano)
Le tombeau de Couperin (wind quintet and piano)
Trois Chansons (wind quintet)

Saint-Saens: Danse macabre (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Warlock: Capriol Suite (piano trio)

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Organ

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5
Elegy
Nursery Suite
Severn Suite
Spanish Lady Suite

Mozart: Fantasia in F Minor K608

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Ravel: Toccata (Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Pavane pour une Infante défunte (organ duet)
Mother Goose Suite

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Orchestral Accompaniment

Bach: St John Passion (also transposed down a semitone)

Barry: The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit

Chausson: Poème

Fauré: Requiem

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (trumpet and piano)
Arias including -
Un cenno leggiadretto
Meine Seele hört im Sehen
Ma quando tornerai
Di cor mio

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto

Holloway: The Spacious Firmament (two pianos and percussion) (published by Boosey & Hawkes)

Mozart: Arias including -
Zeffiretti
Vado
La ci darem
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Deh vieni
Bei Männern
Agnus Dei (C major Mass)

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major (trumpet and organ/piano)

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Violin and Piano

Elgar: W.M. and Nimrod (Enigma Variations)
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Serenade for Strings
Elegy
Nursery Suite

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