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George Morton is a professional arranger and orchestrator specialising in reducing large scale symphonic works for ensemble and chamber orchestra. His orchestrations are published by Universal Edition, 360 Music and Schott Music and are performed extensively across the world. George's arrangements have been described as brilliant by John Storgårds (BBC Phil, Lapland Chamber Orchestra), just right for the occasion and beautifully done by Bob Chilcott and enjoyable, idiomatic arrangements by David Owen Norris (pianist and broadcaster). George was awarded 'Best Arranger' at the Making Music Awards 2020 (information here) for his orchestration of Clara Schumann's Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques.
George's arrangements have been performed by ensembles including the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Zug Sinfonietta, NOVA Filharmonija, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Juilliard Chamber Ensemble, Musikschule der Hansestadt, Mozart Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Deva, Covent Garden Sinfonia, Nova Foresta, Bath Philharmonia, Kungliga Opera Stockholm and Camerata Innsbruck. In 2020 Sheku Kanneh–Mason chose George's reduction of the Dvořák Cello Concerto for his first public performances of the work and for subsequent streamed concerts with Oxford Philharmonic and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras. Recent commission highlights include BBC Singers, RLPO, BBC Concert Orchestra, LPO Education and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Below is a full list of arrangements and orchestrations, including links to full details, information on hire/license and demo scores and recordings. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss a commission or project. Chamber Orchestra/Ensemble * denotes work in progress, please contact for more information BEACH Children's Album info 1 1 1 1 - 0 1 0 0 - str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 info 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - timp, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) COATES Dam Busters March 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc, pno, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) COLERIDGE–TAYLOR Othello Suite info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - tmp, str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) DVOŘÁK Concerto for Violoncello info 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - timp, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) [version 1] 1 2 1 1 - 3 2 2 0 - timp, str [version 2] ELGAR Enigma Variations info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc, pno, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc, pno, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) GRIEG Holberg Suite info 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - str (1 1 1 1 1) HOLST The Planets info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc, pno, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) - Small SSA chorus HOLST A Somerset Rhapsody info 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0 - 1perc, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) SMYTH Overture to The Wreckers info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 2perc, hp or pno, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Suite info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 2perc, cel, hp, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) STRAUSS Til Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche info 1 1 2 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - timp+1, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) TCHAIKOVSKY Sérénade Mélancolique info 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) - vln or vc solo TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - timp+1, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - timp, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sinfonia Antartica info 2[1.2/pic] 1 2 1[/cbsn] - 2 2 1 0 - 2perc, pno, harm/cel, hp - str (min. 6 5 4 3 2) - sop, small SA chorus WALTON Partita for Orchestra info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc, pno - str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) WIECK–SCHUMANN, Clara Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1[ad lib.] 0 0 - tmp[adlib] - str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) [version 2] Coming Soon Please contact for more information BEACH Eskimos info 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 1perc, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) COLERIDGE–TAYLOR African Dances info 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 0 0 - hp. str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) + solo vln STRAUSS Don Juan info 1 1 2 1 - 2 1 1 0 - 2perc, hp - str (min. 2 2 2 2 1) Symphony Orchestra BRAHMS Allegro Energico from Piano Trio No. 3 info 2+1 2+1 2 2 - 4 2 3 1 - tmp, perc - str PIAZZOLLA Libertango 2+1 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 1 - tmp, 2perc, str WIECK–SCHUMANN, Clara Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques info 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 0 - timp+1, str [version 1] TRAD. Danny Boy info 1 1 0 0 - 4 0 0 0 - timp, 2perc, str - sop solo Wind Orchestra SMYTH Overture to The Wreckers info for Symphonic Wind Orchestra Education projects BEETHOVEN Finale from Symphony No. 5 info Symphony orchestra with mixed ability parts (grade 3+) BEETHOVEN Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 info Symphony orchestra with mixed ability parts (grade 3+) CIMEROSA Concerto for Oboe and Strings Miscellaneous ARLEN Somewhere Over the Rainbow arr. for symphony orchestra CHANDLER Suite for Small Orchestra arr. for chamber orchestra from String Quartet No. 2 CHAPLIN Smile arr. for solo violin & string orchestra WARLOCK Late Summer arr. for tenor, flute, cor anglais & string quartet Various Film Themes Reductions for Covent Garden Sinfonia 2019 Quezon's Game (film, 2020) Orchestration and preparation for live concert premiere *denotes arrangement in progress/coming soon, please contact for more details |
HOLST Planets | John Storgårds/Lapland Chamber Orchestra
DVORAK Cello Concert | Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Fantasia Orchestra
BBC Singers/BBC Concert Orchestra/Jess Gillam/Bob Chilcott
ELGAR Enigma Variations | Són/Robin Browning
HOLST Planets | Philip MacKenzie/Mozart Symphony Orchestra
Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Marios Papadopoulos/Oxford Philharmonic
HOLST Planets | Zug Sinfonietta
DVORAK Cello Concerto | Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Jason Thornton/Bath Philharmonia
Jess Gillam/Bob Chilcott/BBC Concert Orchestra
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