Charles Tebbs performs his own composition, 'Nocturne' live at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall, 2011 (Steinway)

An old musical number in new clothes, because some of my favourite things include 5/4 and that wonderfully intense version of the song by Coltrane. For more info on the Tebbs trio go to http://www.charlestebbs.co.uk/nottingham-jazz-band/ With Martyn Spencer (bass) and Jon Richmond (drums).

Moonlight from Sunlight (from 'Trilogy'), original piano music composed and performed by Charles Tebbs, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 2011 (Steinway).
This piece takes as its starting point the ever-popular (with composers and listeners alike) combination of broken chords and sustain pedal. Think of the famous first movement of Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata, for example, and lots of contemporary minimalist pieces besides (Glass, Einaudi etc.). I have added my own rhythmic slant to this tried and tested formula: the hands drift in and out of phase with each other, the left hand generally following four-in-a-bar, the right hand based on multiples of three, creating an ever-shifting perspective. The middle section allows the threes to take over, with a fleeting melody added on top. Technicalities aside, this is my offering to the stars, planets and their interplay of different orbits.

Performed by Paul Hale on the Nicholson Organ at Southwell Minster. The piece won a competition held by the South-East Wales Organist's Association and was premiered by Paul Hale on the new organ of Landaff cathedral in October 2010. It is perhaps best thought of as a series of musical adventures on the opening theme, the title implying a hybrid between prelude and fugue.
Paul Hale is Rector Chori and Cathedral Organist at Southwell Minster and is a consultant and adviser on Organs. Dr Charles Tebbs is a composer and keyboard teacher and performer and lives and works in Nottingham UK.