Distant Lights (PDF)

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  • Index
    Stilhed
    Floating Piano
    Gentle Rain
    A Kiss Goodnight
    At The Heart
    Distant Lights
    Far Away
    Lovely Waltz
    Sad Song
    Sleep Tight
    
    These pieces were composed by sitting at the piano and improvising with different hand patterns. When a mood I liked was found, I expanded upon it and let the music take me where it wanted to go. The result is a collection of short and very introspective pieces, often evoking a feeling of calmness and reflection. Pedal should be used throughout in every piece (as a general guide change pedal every bar). The album was recorded on a pianette and every 'noise' of the instrument was captured in the studio which adds to the atmosphere. 
    
    Edmund Jolliffe

• Instrumentation +

  • Piano

• About the composer +

  • Edmund’s music draws on a huge range of styles and influences and he is equally at home writing for film/tv and the concert hall.     
    
    Recent commissions include pieces for the ABRSM, OUP, The ORA Singers, The Pink Singers and Odense Percussion. Composition Prizes include first prize in the Orpheus Academy Competition, 40th Ithaca College Choral Competition, the Eastern Michigan University Choral Competition, the Kantos Choir Competition and the Freudig Singers Choral Competition. His music is published (Hal Leonard, OUP, Stainer & Bell, ABRSM - set pieces for piano and clarinet grade exams -Edition Svitzer, Banks Music, Tetractys). 
    
    In 2026 an album of his choral music ‘Choral Reflections’ (Convivium Records) was released. This was supported by the PRS Composers’ Fund. 
    
    Edmund has been writing music to picture for twenty-five years. Major series he has composed music for include ‘Who do you think you are?’, ‘Celebrity Traitors/The Traitors’, ‘Sort your life out’ (BBC1), ‘The Great War: The People’s Story’, ‘Long Lost Family’ (ITV1), ‘Homestead Rescue’ (Discovery) ‘Crazy Delicious’ (C4/Netflix) and ‘Unreported World’ (C4).
    
    Edmund studied music at Oxford University and completed a Masters in Film Composition at the Royal College of Music under Joseph Horovitz and Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli. He also studied on the Advanced Composition Course at Dartington International Summer School and has attended composer residencies at the Banff Centre, Canada (Gladys and Merrill Muttart foundation scholarship), the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, New Mexico and the Anderson Center, Minnesota. He is a fellow of the ISM and a full member of the PRS and MCPS. 
    
    He taught composition for many years at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music (Junior Departments) and also lectured in Composing for the Moving Image at City University. 
    
    More information about him can be found at: www.edmundjolliffe.com

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  • • Front Cover graphics and layout: Bolette Marie Madsen
      Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
      Copyright © Edition SVITZER
      www.editionsvitzer.com

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Stilhed (PDF)

Floating Piano (PDF)

Gentle Rain (PDF)

A Kiss Goodnight (PDF)

At the Heart (PDF)

Far Away (PDF)

Lovely Waltz (PDF)

Sad Song (PDF)

Sleep Tight (PDF)