REWORKINGS

ORCHESTRAL

Moor Mother: GUILTY (2024)
for symphony orchestra and speaker, c.10’
commissioned for Moor Mother & BBC Concert Orchestra

David Bowie: “Heroes” (2023)
for symphony orchestra, c.50’
commissioned by Komische Oper Berlin

Billie Eilish (2023)
- Oxytocin c.4’
- bad guy c.5’
- you should see me in a crown c.6’
- Happier Than Ever c.5’30”
for symphony orchestra
commissioned by Ensemble Reflektor

Jürg Halter: “Wir sind gute Menschen?” (2023)
for symphony orchestra and spoken voice, c.6’
commissioned for Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Small Ensemble

Ernst Bloch: Schelomo (2019)
for amplified solo cello and small ensemble, c.20’
oboe, clarinet in Bb, horn, trumpet, percussion, electric guitar, 2 violins, viola, 3 cellos, double bass
part of the HEROES! series commissioned by PODIUM Festival, Esslingen (Germany)

BALLETS

SOPHIE: OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES (2022)
for extended string quintet and dancers, c.45’
choreography by Gil Harush
commissioned by Ballett am Rhein and Beethovenfest Bonn

STRING QUARTET

Björk: Ancestors (2024)
for string quartet, c.4’30”

Radiohead: Pyramid Song (2024)
for string quartet, c.5’

Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, “Louange a l Eternite de Jesus”
for string quartet, c.6’

King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (2014/2021)
for string quartet, c.40’
commissioned by Mathieu van Bellen and Scaldis Music Festival
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Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss (2010)
version for string quartet
version for viola and accordion

Wooden Elephant Albums

Björk: Homogenic (2017)
for extended string quintet, c.45’
>>watch

Radiohead: Kid A (2018)
for extended string quintet, c.60’
>>listen&watch

Beyoncé: Lemonade (2019)
for extended string quintet and narrator, c.60’

SOPHIE: OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES (2022)
for extended string quintet, c.45’

Moor Mother: Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (2022)
for symphony orchestra, extended string quintet and voice, c.50’
commissioned by Beethovenfest Bonn

Aphex Twin: Drukqs (2021/23)
for extended string quintet and prepared piano, c.90’ (110’ with interval)

Wooden Elephant Other Works

Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (2019/21)
for extended string quintet, c.20’

Gregorio Allegri: Miserere (2021)
for string quintet, c.10’

Beyoncé: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (2021)
for extended string quintet, c.4’

Radiohead: Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box (2021)
for extended string quintet, c.5’

Radiohead: Pyramid Song (2024)
for string quintet, c.5’

Björk: Pagan Poetry (2021)
for string quintet, c.5’

STRING QUARTET EASY ARRANGEMENTS/ TRANSCRIPTIONS

A Little Chaos: Theme [Peter Gregson]
About Time: Main Theme [Nick Laird-Clowes]
Adele: Hello
Adele/Bob Dylan: Make You Feel My Love
Adele: Million Years Ago
Adele: Set Fire to the Rain
Adele: Skyfall
Al Green: Let’s Stay Together
Alexander Brothers, The: Bonnie Wee Jeannie McCall
Alicia Keys: No One
American Authors: Best Day of My Life
Angus and Julia Stone: Wedding Song
Arcade Fire: Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Arcade Fire: Wake Up
Avicii: Levels
Avicii: The Nights
Avicii: Wake Me Up
Bach: Sleepers Wake (‘Wachet Auf’)
Bastille: Pompeii
Beach Boys, The: Don't Worry Baby
Beach Boys, The: God Only Knows
Beach Boys, The: Then I Kissed Her
Beach Boys, The: Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Beatles, The: The Ballad of John and Yoko
Beatles, The: Eleanor Rigby
Beatles, The: Here, There and Everywhere
Beatles, The: Love Me Do
Beethoven: Adagio cantabile; 2nd movement from Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor
Belle and Sebastien: Fiction
Beyoncé: Ave Maria
Beyoncé: Love On Top [Wedding String Quartet version]
Biffy Clyro: Many of Horror (When We Collide)
Bill Withers: Lovely Day
Billy Joel: Pianoman
Birdy: Wings
Blink 182: Always
Bob Dylan: I Shall Be Released
Bollywood: Ainvayi Ainvayi
Bollywood: Bachna Ae Haseeno
Bollywood: Bo'ee V'Shalom
Bollywood: Boi Beshalom
Bollywood: Bole Chudiyan
Bollywood: Gal Mitthi Mitthi
Bollywood: Jashn E Bahaara
Bollywood: Meheira
Bollywood: Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna
Bollywood: Mi Bon Siach
Bollywood: Moshiach
Bollywood: Navrai Majhi
Bollywood: Pee Loon
Bollywood: Poovukkul Song
Bollywood: Punjabi Wedding Song
Bollywood: Raat Ke Dhai Baje
Bollywood: Sadi Gali
Bollywood: Tenu Leke
Bollywood: Tere Mast Mast Do Nain
Bollywood: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Bon Jovi: Livin’ on a Prayer
Boston: More Than a Feeling
Braveheart: For the Love of a Princess [James Horner]
Braveheart: Wallace Courts Murron [James Horner]
Brooke Fraser: Hymn
Bruce Springsteen: Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are
Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk
Bryan Adams: Heaven
Bush: Glycerine
Calvin Harris & Disciples: How Deep Is Your Love
Celine Dion: My Heart Will Go On (Theme from Titanic)
Champions League: Theme [UEFA/Handel]
Charlie McKerron: Bulgarian Red
Chris Cornell: You Know My Name
Christmas Medley [Joy to the World; Ding Dong Merrily on High; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer; The First Nowell; Angels from the Realms of Glory; I Saw Three Ships; Walking in the Air; Frosty the Snowman; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Coventry Carol; Hark! The Herald]
Cinematic Orchestra, The: Transformation
Clean Bandit: Rather Be
Coheed and Cambria: A Favour House Atlantic
Coldplay: Adventure of a Lifetime
Coldplay: Everglow
Coldplay: In My Place
Coldplay: Lovers in Japan
Coldplay: Sky Full of Stars
Coldplay: Something Just Like This
Coldplay: Viva La Vida
Coldplay: Yellow
Cole Porter: True Love from High Society
Cole Porter: You're Sensational from High Society
Coronas, The: Warm
Corrs, The: Runaway
Cyndi Lauper: True Colours
DaftPunk: Doin’ It Right
Daft Punk: Get Lucky
Dave Matthews Band: Tripping Billies
David Bowie: Changes
David Bowie: Heroes
David Bowie: Let’s Dance
David Bowie: Life on Mars?
David Garrett: Bach’s Tocatta
David Gray: Sail Away
David Gray: This Year’s Love
Death Cab for Cutie: I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Def Leppard: Hysteria
Des'ree: Kissing You from Romeo and Juliet
Depeche Mode: I Just Can't Get Enough
Dewayne Everettsmith: It’s Like Love
Diana Ross: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: Tujhe Dekha To [Bollywood String Quartet version]
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: Be Our Guest [Alan Menken]
Disney’s Cinderella: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Disney’s Frozen: Let It Go
Disney’s The Lion King: Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Disney’s The Little Mermaid: Kiss the Girl
Disney’s Mulan: Reflection
Disney’s Tangled: I See the Light
Dougie MacLean: Caledonia
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber: I Don’t Care (see also Justin Bieber)
Ed Sheeran: Perfect
Ed Sheeran: Photograph
Ed Sheeran: Shape of You
Ed Sheeran: Thinking Out Loud
Edith Piaf: La Vie en Rose
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Home
Einaudi, Ludovico: Nuvole Bianche
Einaudi, Ludovico: Svanire
Elbow: One Day Like This
Elgar: Salut d'Amour
Ellie Goulding: How Long Will I Love You
Ellie Goulding: Love Me Like You Do (from 50 Shades of Grey)
Elton John: Tiny Dancer
Elton John: Your Song (Moulin Rouge version)
Elvis: Can't Help Falling in Love
Europe: Final Countdown
Eva Cassidy: Fields of Gold
Eva Cassidy: Songbird
Explosions in the Sky: Your Hand in Mine [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Father of the Bride: End Credits [Alan Silvestri]
Father of the Bride: Main Title [Alan Silvestri]
Fleetwood Mac: Landslide
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Foo Fighters, The: Everlong
Four Tops, The: I Can't Help Myself
Francis McPeake: Wild Mountain Thyme
Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Franz Ferdinand: Take Me Out
Frightened Rabbit: Keep Yourself Warm
Frightened Rabbit: Living in Colour
Game of Thrones: Red Wedding (Rains of Castamere) [Ramin Djawadi]
Gavin James: The Book of Love
Gladiator: Now We Are Free (Main Theme) [Hans Zimmer]
Godfather, The: Love Theme [Nino Rota]
Goldfrapp: Number 1
Goo Goo Dolls, The: Iris
Good the Bad and the Ugly, The: Ecstasy of Gold [Ennio Morricone]
Hall & Oates: You Make My Dreams Come True
Hannover Street (film): Main Theme [John Barry]
Hip Hop Medley [Common: Be (Intro); Wu Tang Clan: Shame on a Nigga; Wu Tang Clan: C.R.E.A.M.; Dr. Dre: Still D.R.E.]
Ian Brown: Always Remember Me
Ian Brown: F.E.A.R.
Imogen Heap: Hide and Seek
Iron and Wine: Such Great Heights
Jackie Wilson: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Jason Derulo: Want To Want Me
Jason Mraz: I Won’t Give Up
Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell
Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
John Legend: All of Me
Josh Groban: Granted
Journey: Don't Stop Believing
Journey: Faithfully
Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Juliette Barnes: For Your Glory
Jurassic Park: Main Theme [John Williams]
Justice: D.A.N.C.E. [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Justin Bieber & Ed Sheeran: I Don’t Care (see also Ed Sheeran)
Justin Bieber: What Do You Mean?
Justin Timberlake: Mirrors
Kanye West: All of the Lights
Kanye West: Flashing Lights [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Kanye West: Gold Digger [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Kate Bush/Maxwell: Women’s Work
Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights
Kate Nash: Birds
Katrina and the Waves: Walking On Sunshine
Keane: Somewhere Only We Know
Kermit the Frog: Rainbow Connection
Kings of Leon: Milk [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Kings of Leon: Use Somebody
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: A Star Is Born
Last of the Mohicans: The Gael [Dougie Mclean]
Legend of 1900, The: Playing Love [Ennio Morricone]
Legends of the Fall: Ludlows [James Horner]
Local Hero: Wild Theme [Mark Knopfler]
Lonely the Brave: Backroads
Lord Huron: Ends of the Earth
Lord of the Rings: Concerning Hobbits [Howard Shore]
Love Actually: Portuguese Love Theme [Craig Armstrong]
Lumineers, The: Ho Hey
Madonna: Crazy for You [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Mark Knight & Funkagenda: Man With the Red Face
Maroon 5: Sugar
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gaye: I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye: You're All I Need to Get By
Mary Poppins: Fly a Kite [Sherman Brothers]
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend: Like I’m Gonna Lose You
MichaelJackson: Billie Jean
Michael Jackson: Medley (Smooth Criminal - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough - Thriller)
Moby: The Perfect Life
Monkees, The: I’m a Believer
Moulin Rouge: Come What May [David Baerwald]
Moulin Rouge: El Tango De Roxanne [Mariano Mores]
Mozart: Queen of the Night
Muppets, The: Theme Tune
Nat King Cole: L.O.V.E.
Nat King Cole: Unforgettable
Ne-Yo: Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)
Neighbourhood, The: Sweater Weather [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Red Right Hand
Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares For Me
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Everybody’s On the Run
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: If I Had a Gun
Norah Jones: Come Away With Me
Oasis: Champagne Supernova
Oasis: Little By Little
Oasis: Whatever
Oasis: Wonderwall
Of Monsters and Men: Little Talks [Vitamin String Quartet version]
OMI: Cheerleader
Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah’s Theme [Ennio Morricone]
One Direction: Little Things
One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful
Otis Redding: Try a Little Tenderness
Paramore: The Only Exception [Vitamin String Quartet version]
Paul Weller: Gravity
Pete Townsend: Let My Love Open the Door
Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You [Andrew Lloyd Webber]
Piano Guys, The: Beethoven’s 5 Secrets
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Pink Panther, The: Theme [Henry Mancini]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Main Title [Hans Zimmer]
Pogues, The: Love You ’Till the End
Polyphonic Spree: Soldier Girl
Portal: Still Alive
Pretty Woman: He Sleeps [James Newton Howard]
Pride and Prejudice: 1995 BBC Series Theme [Carl Davis]
P.S. I Love You: Kisses and Cake
Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro
Pulp Fiction: Misirlou [Ebene Quartet version]
Queen: Another One Bites the Dust
Queen: Under Pressure
Queen: You're My Best Friend
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Var.18 (‘The Big Tune’)
Radiohead: Creep
Radiohead: The Tourist
Ramones: Baby I Love You
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Road Trippin'
Reflekt: Need to Feel Loved
R.E.M.: Nightswimming
Rihanna: Only Girl in the World
Rihanna: Rude Boy (Vitamin String Quartet version)
Riverdance: Cloudsong
Rod Stewart: Have I Told You Lately
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene [Craig Armstrong]
Romeo and Juliet: Everybody’s Free [Quindon Tarver]
Ronan Keating: When You Say Nothing At All
Ronettes, The: Be My Baby
Roy Todd: Radiant as a Bride
Scent of a Woman: Por Una Cabeza [Carlos Gardel]
Sebastien Tellier: La Ritornelle
Sam Smith: Lay Me Down
Seal: Kiss from a Rose
Secret Garden: Anticipation
Serena Ryder: What I Wouldn’t Do
Shania Twain: From This Moment On
Sigur Ros: Staralfur
Sixpence None The Richer: Kiss Me
Sleeping At Last: Turning Page
Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol: Set Down Your Glass
Snowman, The: Walking in the Air [Howard Blake]
Sonic the Hedgehog: Green Hill Zone [Masato Nakamura]
Sound of Music, The: Edelweiss [Rogers and Hammerstein]
Star Trek: Main Title [Alexander Courage]
Star Wars: Han Solo and the Princess [John Williams]
Star Wars: Medley (Main Title - Yoda's Theme - Across the Stars) [John Williams]
Star Wars: Throne Room Music [John Williams]
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Stone Roses: Sally Cinnamon
Sufjan Stevens: Casimir Pulaski Day
Superman: Love Theme [John Williams]
Super Mario World: End Credits [Koji Kondo]
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
System F: Out of the Blue
Take That: Greatest Day
Take That: Patience
Taylor Swift: Blank Space
Temper Trap: Sweet Disposition
Titanic: Rose's Theme [James Horner] (for My Heart Will Go On see Celine Dion)
Theodorakis, Mikis: Zorba’s Dance
Thurston Harris: Little Bitty Pretty One
Tom Baxter: Better
Tom Odell/John Lennon: Real Love
Trad. Norwegian: Wedding March from Vestfold
Trad. Scots/Paolo Nutini: A Man’s a Man for a’ That [Robert Burns]
Trad. Scots: Ae Fond Kiss [Robert Burns]
Trad. Scots/The Corries: Auld Lang Syne (original) [Robert Burns]
Trad. Scots/The Corries: Wild Mountain Thyme [The Corries/Francis McPeake]
Trad. Scots: Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon
Trad. Welsh: Suo Gan
True Romance: You're So Cool [Hans Zimmer]
Twilight: Bella's Lullaby [Carter Burwell]
Twin Peaks: Main Title [Angelo Badalamenti]
U2: All I Want Is You
Vampire Weekend: M79
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Verve, The: Bittersweet Symphony
The Village People: YMCA
Waldteufel: Skater's Waltz
Walk the Moon: Shut Up and Dance
Wedding Medley [Mendelssohn: Wedding March; Take That: Greatest Day; Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars; Eva Cassidy: Songbird; Queen: You're My Best Friend; Madness: It Must Be Love; Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off You]
Weeknd, The: Earned It (from 50 Shades of Grey)
Wet Wet Wet: Love Is All Around
Whitehorse Inn, The: The Goodbye Song [Josef Locke]
Wolf Larsen: If I Be Wrong
X Factor, The: Theme [Simon Cowell]
Zero 7: Home