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. Archipelago
2. Chesil Beach
3. Unexpected Item in Bagging Area
4. The Garden of Gethsemane
5. Postcard from San José
6. Balloons over Albuquerque
7. A Day in the Life of a Squirrel
8. Butterflies doze in Tambopata
9. The Whirling Dervish
10. Snowbound in Whistler
11. Boat Ride through the Everglades
12. Leg Before Wicket
13. The Quiet Men of Easter Island