Works - Solo

Four Preludes

For piano
8 mins. (pub. Ricordi)

First Performance:
Jonathan Higgins, Burgh House, London 1986

Prelude, Interlude and Postlude

For piano
10 mins. (pub. Ricordi)

First Performance:
Philip Mead, St. John's Smith Square , London
3rd June 1995

Winner of the 1995 Purcell composition prize

Programme Notes

Klezmer

Violin solo
9 mins. (pub. Ricordi)

First Performance:
Lucy Gould, Purcell Room, London
27th May 1993

"The highlight of the concert was undoubtedly the premiere of an unaccompanied piece by Adam Gorb, Klezmer, which proved entrancing. In the violin's biting rhythms and poignant, yearning melodies, Gorb captures the nuances and joie de vivre of the Jewish music to which the title refers, moving beyond The usual musical stereotypes to produce a work of profound emotional intensity."
The Strad October 1993

"…a knockout fron start to finish."
Tim Ashley, The Guardian January 2003

"...dark, nelodic and impassioned..."
www.classicalsource.com, January 2007

Programme Notes

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Piano Sonata

Commissioned by Michael Kearns
23 mins. (music available from the composer)

First Performance:
Donald Elman,
London College of Music and Media
5th March 1998

Piping Down the Valleys Wild

Recorder solo
Commissioned by John Turner
5 mins. (music available from the composer)

First Performance:
John Turner, Luton Music Club
16th February 1998

Schubertiad for Mark

For piano
2 mins 30secs

First Performance:
Peter Lawson, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
23rd October 2006