Bruce Hebenton Graham

Bruce 's  Major Compositions 
            

The Symphonies

           
Symphony No 1 (1981/ revised 1997, 2009 and 2020)
Standard symphonic line-up 
Total  playing time approx 29.30 minutes 

Symphony No 2  (1998 Revised 2009)
Standard symphonic line-up 
Total  playing time approx 20.30 minutes



           

Symphony  No 3 (1997 Revised 2008)
Standard symphonic line-up 
Total  playing time approx 19.25 minutes 

Symphony No 4 (The American) (2009) 
Triple Woodwinds symphonic line-up          
Total  Playing Time approx. 25.30 minutes

Symphony No 5 (Of Circus and Carnival) (2010/11)
Triple Woodinds Sym. Line-up
Total  Playing Time approx. 28.30 minutes

Symphony No 6 (For Jane Austen)(2012)

Standard symphonic line-up
Total playing time 18.00 minutes

The  Legend Of  Tutenkhamun (1998, Revised 2008/9) 
Strings, 4x w/winds, F/horn, Harp, Tymps, Percussion
Total  playing time approx. 8.47 minutes 

The 'Cats' Suite   14'.25
(for Concert Orch up to Sym Orch)
Cats-a-Creepin'
Tia - the Tortoiseshell
Swee'Pea - the Burmilla

 



Reverie for Brass Band 
As Movement 2 from Symphony No 1
Total  playing time 6.45 minutes 

Brass  Quintet No 1  (1991)
2x Tpts, Horn, Tbne, Tuba
Total playing  time approx 10.15minutes


Suite No 1  (for Solo Violin, Strings, and Harp)
(A similar version is available for Solo Flute, Stgs, and Harp)
Playing Time - 27.00 Minutes

Double Guitar Concerto No 1 (for Two Classical Guitars) 
Total Playing Time  21.00 minutes


Double Guitar Concerto No 2 (for Two Classical Guitars)
Total Playing Time 18.30 minutes


Solo Guitar Concerto No 1 (2009)
Also entitled Five Innovations for Solo Guitar and Orchestra 
for Guitar Solo with Small Orchestra of Flute, Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Strings, Harp, Percussion

Similar versions are available for Solo Cello, and Solo Piano 
Total Playing Time approx.29.30 minutes

 


Concertante  - (Cycles)(1983  revised 2025 Vn 8)
for Violin and Cello soloists, Strings, Harp, wind sextet, and two percussion  

Total playing time  17.31`Minutes
            

Other Large Scale Works


 'Robbie!' - The Musical 

(1980?/ Revised 1982 and 2007) 2 hours, plus  Interval) 

'Robbie!' - The School Concert Version (Adapted 2010)
          
'Robbie!' - The Evening Concert (Adapted 2010)
        
           
'Tam  O'Shanter' (Short Ballet 12 - 23 minutes)from the Musical 'Robbie',   
(With additional dances before the main ballet) 



The Dance Of The Undead from 'Tam O'Shanter'
(Solo Violin with standard symphony orchestra) 
This can be used as a stand-alone concert piece lasting 4'.42

Tiananmen Square 4th June 1989 (1990) 
2x Tpts, 2x Tenor Saxes, Bass-Clar, Strings, 
Bass, Drums, Orchestral and Orientale Percussion
Total  playing time 6.33 Minutes 

Quodlibet   (A Wee Scotch)    (2021)
(Written for Concert Orchestra up to full Sym Orch)
Total playing Time  9'.oo Minutes


Expressions (Electronic Music Suite) (pre 1990)
Full LP Recording
             

Impressions (Electronic Music Suite)
Just after  'Expressions') Full LP Recording 

Works for Concert Band

Cause and Effect     (Abstract)     5'.44

Shenandoah         (Ballad)    3'.12
The Homecoming      (Coachride)   3'.42
Ladies Of Quisqueya        (Samba)    4'.12
Breakfast In Bonn       (German March)    4'.00

Camptown Races  (Swing)      3'.12

The Large Jazz Compositions

There are also another 24 Jazz Suites written for 
 
Large Jazz Orchestra 
of  8-14 Brass, 5-6 Saxes/Reeds

Rhythm Section and Multiple Percussion 


      
Even More Large Scale Works  

Bruce Hebenton Graham has now expanded his one-man show, which he has been performing internationally for over 50 years, to a full evening show of Comedy,  utilising various sizes of orchestras from a Concert Orchestra up to his full  SeemFunny Orchestra, with

all the superb orchestrations by Bruce himself.             It is the funniest show of all the various 

comedy orchestras world-wide, taking in the audio and visual complexities together.

The reason that it sounds much better than any of the other orchestras is because it has been written for the orchestra first, and not for an actor/personality, who then adds only a simple musical backing.       This is the easy way to do it, but it is never so funny!.        

                     (Bruce can get 15 laughs before the first note is played! ) 

Even the greatest musical comics of the past have not been able to make this work properly, - until now!   That is because they didn't have Bruce's musical Scores (or his expertise with a

large orchestra)

                                                                                                                                Charles Cleese