Iain is a prolific arranger having made over 120 arrangements, from chamber orchestrations of operas, a version of Elgar's Concert Allegro for piano and full orchestra, works for chamber orchestra and ensembles, and numerous piano reductions. He is Arranger-in-Residence for the Aurora Orchestra.

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.

Many of the arrangements below are available for purchase. However, some are unavailable owing to copyright laws. All arrangements are produced to a high quality using Sibelius software.

Opera
Orchestra
Chamber Ensembles
Piano
Organ
Orchestral Accompaniments
Violin and Piano

 

Opera

Antonin 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

Performed by Iford Opera 2005, English Touring Opera 2008

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."

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Felix Mendelssohn: Heimkehr aus der Fremde (The Homecoming)

Chamber orchestra version for 10 players:

flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass

Performed at the Ryedale Festival 2010

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Samuel Arnold: Inkle and Yarico

Orchestration from surviving vocal score for 9 players:

flute, oboe, bassoon, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord

Performed at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 2007

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Orchestra

Elgar: Concert Allegro (piano and orchestra)

Chamber Ensembles

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

Leroy Anderson: Jazz Pizzicato, Sleigh Ride (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

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

Irving Berlin: Pack up your sins and send them to the devil (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

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

Brahms: Hungarian Dances (clarinet, cello, piano)

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (string quintet, wind quintet, piano, crotales)
Debussy: Children's Corner (wind quintet and piano)
Debussy: Petite Suite (wind quintet and piano)

Delius: Two Aquarelles (piano trio)

Dvorak: Serenade (piano trio)

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

Duke Ellington: Take the A Train (chamber orchestra)

Elgar: Serenade (piano trio)
Elgar: String Quartet fragments (string quartet)

Faure: Dolly (wind quintet and piano)
Faure: Pavane (wind quintet and piano)
Faure: Sicilienne (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)
Faure: Sicilienne (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)
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor K608 (string quartet, wind quintet, 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)

Piazzolla: Tres Minutos con la Realidad (piano trio)
Piazzolla: Tango del diablo, Romance del diablo, Vayamos del diablo (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

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

Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee (string quintet, wind quintet, trumpet, trombone, xylophone)

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

Satie: Gymnopedie 3 (string quintet, wind quintet)

Warlock: Capriol Suite (piano trio)

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Piano

ABBA: Money, money, money

The Beatles: Strawberry fields forever

Irving Berlin: White Christmas

Bizet: Carmen Fantasy

Bizet: Carmen - easy to play version

Delius: Two Aquarelles


Elgar: Five Piano Improvisations (published by Novello)

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

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Elgar: Falstaff
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

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
Gershwin: Promenade - Walking the Dog (piano duet)

Handel: Hornpipe (Water Music)

Holst: Jupiter (The Planets)

Mendelssohn: Wedding March (jazz version)

Puccini: La Bohème - easy to play version

Traditional: The Sailor's Hornpipe (1'59")

Walton: Five Bagatelles

Warlock: Capriol Suite

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Organ

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5
Elgar: Elegy
Elgar: Nursery Suite
Elgar: Severn Suite
Elgar: Spanish Lady Suite
Elgar: EDU (Enigma Variations) - organ duet

Mozart: Fantasia in F Minor K608

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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

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Orchestral Accompaniment (piano reductions)

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

Sally Beamish: Trumpet Concerto
Sally Beamish: Cello Concerto No. 2
Sally Beamish: The Lion and the Deer
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock

Barry: The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit

Chausson: Poème

Debussy: Sirenes (Nocturnes)

Fauré: Requiem (organ)

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (trumpet and piano)
Handel: 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 lusinghieri, Vado ma dove, La ci darem la mano, Pa-pa-pa-pa, Deh vieni, Bei Männern
Mozart: 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)
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Elgar: Elegy
Elgar: Nursery Suite

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