In Letter from Home Philip Sparke portrays the many feelings and emotions that a letter from home can evoke. This intimate work opens with a gentle woodwind melody which gradually becomes more confused as new emotions are introduced. Finally resignation sets in but a sense of peace and balance is restored with the final chorale. In this emotional work Philip Sparke truly captures the highs and lows of being away from home.

The “Missa Divi Xaverii” ZWV 12 an expansive and unusually richly scored work marks a highlight in the œuvre of Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745). It was composed in 1729 while he was working at the Dresden court. The principal source of this first edition is the damaged autograph score which had long been kept under lock and key. Passages missing because of its damaged condition have been supplemented using secondary sources or reconstructed by Václav Luks clearly marked as such in the musical text. The first performance to use the present new edition took place in the summer of 2014 when it was performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. A CD recording by Collegium 1704 conducted by Václav Luks has been released by the label Accent (ACC 24301). The “ Missa Divi Xaverii ” ZWV 12 an expansive and unusually richly scored work marks a highlight in the œuvre of Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745). It was composed in 1729 while he was working at the Dresden court. The principal source of this first edition is the damaged autograph score which had long been kept under lock and key. Passages missing because of its damaged condition have been supplemented using secondary sources or reconstructed by Václav Luks clearly marked as such in the musical text. The first performance to use the present new edition took place in the summer of 2014 when it was performed at the Utrecht Early MusicFestival. A CD recording by Collegium 1704 conducted by Václav Luks has been released by the label Accent (ACC 24301). Magnum opus of Zelenka ’s music and the Bohemian Baroque. Scholarly-critical first edition. Welcome addition to the sacred choral repertoire. Also suitable for ambitious amateur choirs. Instructive Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng). Performance material available for hire .

for tuba and celeste (or piano)

This volume comprises 46 unknown songs of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Musical versions of poems by Scott/Storck Matthisson Holty Heine Gellert and more are waiting to be discovered. „ Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters a

This selection of etudes for guitar are classic musical exercises for the ages. They form the technical basis for any guitar player. A number of preliminary studies are added by the editor and serve as excellent introductions to each of the pieces' challenges.

A collection of songs for Voice and Piano by John Eccles edited by Michael Pilkington. A collection of songs for Voice and Piano by John Eccles edited by Michael Pilkington.

Time to Begin Activities is colorful cheerful and a delight for students to complete either at the lesson or at home. Activities reinforce reading rhythm and theory introduced in Time to Begin. Each unit includes at least one game-like activity. As students near the grand staff note names direction and intervals become an integrated activity.

For Alto Saxophone and Piano.

A Monmouth Overture was composed for the Haberdashers’ Symphonic Winds as part of Philip Sparke’s year as composer-in residence at the Monmouth School. The work is based around the fifteenth century Agincourt Song written in honour of the victorious Henry V who triumphed over the larger but outdated French army. Henry V was born in Monmouth in 1387 giving this wonderful overture its historical title.

In search of 'La Valse'-WINNING PERFORMANCE EBBC LILLE 2016 Raveling Unraveling – In Search of ‘La Valse’ was written for the Cory Band as their own-choice test piece for the 2016 European Brass Band Championships in Lille. The piece found its genesis in Sparke’s The Unknown Journey (2014) forconcert band and the use of Ravel’s La Valse as a structural undercurrent to the original piece is an act of reverence. Sparke’s aim was to produce a work that is organic rather than episodic in nature. The composer’s view is that little inmusic does this better than La Valse and for this reason he uses various sections of this masterpiece both manipulated and quoted verbatim (including much of its stunningclosing passages) to provide the overall geography of his new work. Asthe music progresses more of the Ravel appears surfacing completely as the piece reaches its climax - a gesture of homage to the French master. Winning Performance EBBC Lille 2016 Raveling Unraveling – In Search of ‘La Valse’ was written for the Cory Band as their own-choice test piece for the 2016 European Brass Band Championships in Lille. The piece found its genesis in Sparke’s The Unknown Journey (2014) for concert band and the use of Ravel’s La Valse as a structural undercurrent to the original piece is an act of reverence. Sparke’s aim was to produce a work that is organic rather than episodic in nature. The composer’s view is that little in music does this better than La Valse and for this reason he uses various sections of this masterpiece both manipulated and quoted verbatim (including much of itsstunningclosing passages) to provide the overall geography of his new work. As the music progresses more of the Ravel appears surfacing completely as the piece reaches its climax - a gesture of homage to the French master.

Arranged and adapted by Andrea Cappellari. Include Backing Tracks CD.

en vingt-deux morceaux pour piano-Twenty-two pieces for Piano solo by French composer Darius Milhaud.

Vocal score for Thomas Hewitt Jones' Coventry Carol for SATB choir and Piano/Organ accompaniment. Thomas Hewitt Jones is an award-winning composer of contemporary classical and commercial music. Winner of the 2003 BBC Young Composer Competition his music has been published by Boosey & Hawkes Oxford University Press Banks Music the RSCM Encore Publications Universal Music and is frequently heard on radio TV and the cinema in the UK and abroad.

to my mother- Mysterious Waltz : this title should draw your attention! This particular waltz is not based on any specific example least of all the Viennese waltz. Two souls are latent in this work one lovely and cheerful and one melancholic with a touch of irony. Which of these two characters will finally dominate the listener depends on the conductor who will reveal this secret according to his personal disposition…

The St. John Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday of 1724. Written three years before the St. Matthew Passion it was a work Bach revised during the rest of his life in fact he did not leave us a definitive version either in print or fair copy. The sources give evidence of four different versions used at four performances - 1724 1725 around 1730 and during the last years of Bach 's life. They often contain two or more readings for the same passage or even different movements that on different occasions occupied the same place in the work. Barenreiter's edition uses the final version IV as its basis with alternativemovements and readings contained in the appendices. A comprehensive preface in the study score (German/English) TP197 gives full information. - Full score performance material (BA5037) vocal score (BA5037-90) and study score (TP197) available for sale.

Besides the Masses the Requiem and the Vespers Mozart's lengthier church-music works also include four Litanies all composed in Salzburg. After his first Italian journey (13 December 1769 to 28 March 1771) Mozart returned to his post as archiepiscopal Konzertmeister. Undoubtedly inspired by what he had just experienced he wrote the Litaniae Lauretanae (Loretian Litany) K.109 (74e) his first work in this genre which is dated May 1771. The form of the Litany was found already in early Christian times. Like its name suggests it is a prayer of supplication with a steady repetition of acclamations; however with regard to its manner ofperformance it is also a kind of responsory prayer. While the Loretian Litany is an eloquent expression of Marian devotion the Sacramental Litany is a testimony of praise and veneration of the Eucharist and a recognition of its salvational effect. - Urtext of the New Mozart Edition - Full score performance material (BA4890) and vocal score (BA4890-90) available for sale.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 887-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 887. Panufnik A

En 2007 Philip Sparke est nommé compositeur en résidence à l’établissement scolaire de Monmouth (Monmouth School) bourgade historique sur la frontière Angleterre/Pays de Galles. L’école puise dans un passé prestigieux qui remonte à 1614. Elle dispose d’un département de musique particulièrement actif qui peut s’enorgueillir de posséder deux Orchestres d’Harmonie en collaboration avec l’école des filles Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls et un Brass Band.Cette résidence passionnante et innovante a donné lieu à trois rencontres (entre le compositeurs et élèves) et à trois commandes d’œuvres une pour chaque formation. La création des œuvres a eu lieu dans lecadre du concert de fin d’année. Almshouse Street Blues est la pièce que Philip Sparke a composée pour le Brass Band dont les membres ont eux-mêmes choisi le style. L’établissement scolaire de Monmouth est situé dans Almshouse Street (Rue Almshouse). La ville de Monmouth accueille chaque année un festival d’été dynamique et créatif qui rassemble entre autres des groupes de blues mais propose également un large éventail de styles musicaux tels que le jazz la soul le rock et le bhangra.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1196-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 1196. Britten B

Ten Songs For High Voice by John Blow edited by Michael Pilkington.