Listen to the World is a five-volume series of delightful piano pieces covering all grades, which take as their inspiration a variety of intriguing and exotic themes. Much of the music was written in response to my frequent trips abroad as concert pianist and ABRSM Examiner. Fascinating sounds emanate from all around us — the noises of the elements, animals and people going about their everyday business. There are exotic evocations and some ancient symbolism in the mix too, alongside a little humour here and there to lighten the mood.

The piano is such a marvellous vehicle for expression, and through its prism of musical colours we might catch an occasional glimpse of ourselves, of familiar and less familiar places, or perhaps of dreams we are yet to have.

In this volume there is music in a banyan tree, along the Panama Canal and echoing eerily within the crumbling walls of an ancient Machu Picchu temple. If we listen hard enough, the world might be trying to tell us something…

Contents

1. Song of the Water Lily
2. The Biggest Tree
3. The Balancing Eel
4. As Seen from the Moon
5. Dawn Transit Through the Panama Canal
6. Kilts and Cabers
7. Under the Banyan Tree
8. Machu Picchu Dawn
9. The World Keeps Turning
10. The Ayers Rock Camel Hop
11. Up the Creek Without a Paddle
12. The Tortoise and the Hare
13. Amazonian Quest
14. Unfurling Ferns
15. Antarctic Expedition
16. Stingray City