These well-known words seem endlessly fruitful for the composer and conjure up such lovely images which strike each of us in our own way. For Paul Spicer it was the beauty of the language with its flower imagery which made him want to set the words with richly warm harmony and to temper that with gently imitative refrains. The result is a beautifully expressive and approachable short carol which would be a welcome alternative to other well-known settings of this text.

Corrected edition of Bartok's Rhapsody No.1 for Violin. Includes a Piano reduction of the orchestral part.

Setting of the traditional vesper hymn Hail O Star of the ocean. The texture is homophonic and sustained with much use of pedal points in the chord progressions and the closing amens bring a melodic flowering in the sopranos. A welcome addition to the repertoire for choirs of all abilities from the pen of this leading choral composer. Ave Maris Stella is a setting by James MacMillan of the traditional vesper hymn (Hail O Star of the ocean') commissioned by Christopher Gray and the Choir of Truro Cathedral. The texture is homophonic and sustained with much use of pedal points in the chord progressions and the closing amens bring a melodic flowering in the sopranos. A welcome addition to the repertoire for choirs of all abilities from the pen of this leading choral composer.

A cappella motet from The Peacemakers-Motets is a set of intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works including The Armed Man Requiem Adiemus and The Peacemakers. Although scored for mixed choir a cappella most pieces include an optional accompaniment for piano or organ. Next to the complete vocal score (BH 12937) all 19 separate motets are also available as single pieces.Motets was recorded on Deutsche Grammophon 0289 479 3232 by Stephen Layton and Polyphony. Motets is a set of 19 intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works including The Armed Man Requiem Adiemus and The Peacemakers . Although scored for mixed choir a cappella most pieces include an optional accompaniment for Piano or Organ.

Composed for Emma Halnan winner of The Arts Club - Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award 2016. The composer comments that for the first ten years of this century I lived and composed on the Gower Peninsula an area of sandy beaches and dramatic cliff scenery with coastal caves; the first area in the UK to be officially designated as one of outstanding natural beauty. Living in an old mill alongside the Bury Pill stream I wrote from a stable block enjoying a vista across Cheriton Valley and the river to Ryers Down. This work is a musical reflection of time spent there.

Chritsmas Carol- Devised as a choral Christmas waltz this carol for unaccompanied mixed voices (no divisi) by Welsh composer Gareth Treseder is a jolly setting of a traditional text. The work is structured in the manner of a hymn that becomes increasingly complex via different vocal textures. The catchy melody is passed around each part of the choir and interweaving textures should offer a welcome contrast to the common homophonic textures of Christmas music. A sure audience-pleaser this carol will also be very rewarding for the singers and will add a jovial twist to a Christmas concert of service.

Composed in 1986 for the wedding of friends of the composer’s and first performed by him at the marriage ceremony. The manuscript recently came to light as the couple celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary. This exquisite miniature is a welcome addition to the canon of reflective nuptial organ pieces by James MacMillan begun with Wedding Introit and White Note Paraphrase. A recording by Kerry Beaumont was recently released (Herald HAVPCD377). Composed in 1986 for the wedding of friends of the composer’s and first performed by him at the marriage ceremony. The manuscript recently came to light as the couple celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary. This exquisite miniature is a welcome addition to the canon of reflective nuptial organ pieces by James MacMillan begun with Wedding Introit and White Note Paraphrase . A recording by Kerry Beaumont was recently released.

Grade 1-These delightful collections of carefully-selected pieces provide the perfect repertoire resource for aspiring Grade 1 and Grade 2 instrumentalists. Each piece included in these wide-ranging collections is complemented by useful practice and performance tips. A CD of demonstration and backing tracks is also included to enhance both private practice and public performance. Grade By Grade Flute: Grade 1 - Book/CD draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical contemporary and educational repertoire highlighting composers such as Serge Prokofieff Dmitri Shostakovich Karl Jenkins Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall Vera Gray and others. This practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 Flute and creates the perfect package for teaching exam preparation and performance all carefully selected by JanetWay . Grade By Grade Flute: Grade - 1 Book/CD includes: 19 pieces & short studies each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip. Grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises. Selection of sight-reading activities. Aural awareness tasks. Piano accompaniment booklet. CD of full performance demonstrations Piano backing tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

Grade 2-These delightful collections of carefully-selected pieces provide the perfect repertoire resource for aspiring Grade 1 and Grade 2 instrumentalists. Each piece included in these wide-ranging collections is complemented by useful practice and performance tips. A CD of demonstration and backing tracks is also included to enhance both private practice and public performance. Grade By Grade Clarinet: Grade 2 - Book/CD draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical contemporary and educational repertoire highlighting composers such as Serge Prokofieff Dmitri Shostakovich Karl Jenkins Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall Vera Gray and others. This practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 2 Clarinet and creates the perfect package for teaching exam preparation and performance all carefully selected by JanetWay . Grade By Grade Clarinet: Grade 2 - Book/CD includes: 19 pieces & short studies each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip. Grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises. Selection of sight-reading activities. Aural awareness tasks. Piano accompaniment booklet. CD of full performance demonstrations Piano backing tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

Close harmony arrangement of a traditional Christmas text by the former member and later musical director of the Swingle Singers Carol Canning. Close harmony arrangement of a traditional Christmas text by the former member and later musical director of the Swingle Singers Carol Canning. Arranged for SAATTBB a capella.

Britten For Organ is a superb collection of four pieces by composer Benjamin Britten for solo Organ as edited by Colin Matthews and Timothy Bond.

Five-movement work for mixed chorus a cappella with mutiple divisi and semi-chorus. A setting of a poem by Michael Symmons Roberts (English) with Latin text from the mass and an English traditional rhyme. Five-movement work for mixed chorus a cappella with mutiple divisi and semi-chorus.A setting of a poem by Michael Symmons Roberts (English) with Latin text from the mass and an English traditional rhyme. Co-commissioned in 2006 by the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble ZaterdagMatinee the Three Choirs Festival and Soundstreams Canada. Recording: BIS SACD 1719 by Netherlands Radio Choir conducted by Celso Antunes. “The music itself was a revelation: a mesmeric blending of traditional and contemporary elements … a choral array of chanting and whispering of shouting and speaking of whistling and controlling disparate lines so that they wondrously merged … Theco-creator of Sun-Dogs was British poet Michael Symmons Roberts who addresses theological and mythical symbolisms. Dogs beggars suns and stars turn into metaphors … The whole settled upon the ears like magic …” Indiana Herald-Times. Suitable for advanced standard choirs.

Stunning solo keyboard music for intermediate-level players from the creator of Microjazz. Available for the first time with playalong CD featuring amazing performance and backing tracks.A companion volume to the composer's Concert Collection 1 this group of newly-composed pieces provides entertaining takes on more well-known tunes including folksongs and spirituals as well as famous melodies such as Grieg's Morning from Peer Gynt and Mozart's Musical Joke.21 songs for solo Piano including improvisations on favourite Spirituals Folksongs and best loved classical themes.

Eine dramatische Sonate-Mr Emmet represents an enigma: is he a business man with briefcase and umbrella pursuing the ultimate commercial contract a double agent extorting a much shadier deal from a foreign power or a tragicomical everyman sifting through the flotsam and jetsam of a lifetime to prepare himself for death? A one-hour opera for three singers and small instrumental ensemble with a libretto by David Pountney premiered in 2000. The vocal score is in English and German.

15 original pieces-Take the stage with 'The Christopher Norton Concert Collection for Tenor Saxophone'. Explore stunning music for tenor saxophone and piano for intermediate to advanced-level players from the creator of 'Microjazz'! The collection includes 15 entertaining and inventive pieces based on well-known American folk tunes Christmas carols and nursery rhymes. Take the stage with 'The Christopher Norton Concert Collection for Tenor Saxophone'. Explore stunning music for tenor saxophone and piano for intermediate to advanced-level players from the creator of 'Microjazz'! The collection includes 15 entertaining and inventive pieces based on well-known American folk tunes Christmas carols and nursery rhymes.

Edward Huws Jones’ popular series of traditional fiddle repertoire now available with expertly-recorded audio CD. Containing colourful instrumental backing tracks and full demonstrations the new audio resource will aid and inspire your private practice and public performance alike. These generous collections of authentic music some familiar some more exotic but all of it faithfully arranged enable you to create your own ceilidh bluegrass club or charanga band.The violin edition includes optional easy violin part and guitar chords whilst the complete edition also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is highly flexible which means the musiccan be played as solos duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles.Edwards Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style giving his own suggestions for a lively performance. Edward Huws Jones' popular series of traditional fiddle repertoire now available with expertly-recorded audio CD. Containing colourful instrumental backing tracks and full demonstrations the new audio resource will aid and inspire your private practice and public performance alike. These generous collections of authentic music some familiar some more exotic but all of it faithfully arranged enable you to create your own ceilidh bluegrass club or charanga band.The violin edition includes optional easy violin part and guitar chords whilst the complete edition also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is highly flexible which means themusic can be played as solos duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles.Edwards Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style giving his own suggestions for a lively performance.

For many years now the internationally acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt has been firmly established as one of the leading interpreters of J.S. Bach's music on the piano through her concerts and award winning recordings. For this unique collection Angela has commissioned vibrant contributions from a selection of leading international contemporary composers including Elena Kats-Chernin Brett Dean Robin Holloway Dominic Muldowney and Yehudi Wyner. Each piece presents an homage to J.S Bach alongside beloved transcriptions from Herbert Howells and William Walton. Aimed at the intermediate to advanced pianist this collection also includes two transcriptions of chorale preludes byAngela Hewitt herself. Leading Bach pianist Angela Hewitt has assembled a new book of music paying tribute to the ultimate Baroque master. The new Bach Book is a successor to Harriet Cohen’s dating from 1932 collecting arrangements from leading composers of her day which Cohen then toured in concert. Hewitt’s book includes two of the original arrangements - by Walton and Howells - together with her own transcriptions of three organ chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein and six new works commissioned by the Wigmore Hall from contemporary composers Brett Dean Robin Holloway Elena Kats-Chernin Dominic Muldowney Kurt Schwertsik and Yehudi Wyner. Contents: Prelude andChorale; Homage a Bach (Brett Dean) Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV727 (J.S. Bach) Fantasia & Fuga Op.105 (Kurt Schwertsik) Partitina on the Opening Notes of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Bass (Robin Holloway) O Mensch bewein dein Sunde gross BWV622 (J.S. Bach) Fantasia on BACH (Yehundi Wyner) Wenn wir in hochsten Hoten sein BWV641 (J.S. Bach) Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV614 (J.S. Bach) Fantastia on BACH (Dominic Muldowney) Bach Study (Elena Kats-Chernin) Alle Menschen mussen sterben BWV643 (J.S. Bach)

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from Riverdance-The last song in Riverdance - The Show. The composer draws from the comforting feeling of returning home after a long journey for this piece. Scored for soprano solo and mixed chorus this effective piece is ideal for choirs of any standard. The last song in Riverdance - The Show. The composer draws from the comforting feeling of returning home after a long journey for this piece. Scored for soprano solo and mixed chorus this effective piece is ideal for choirs of any standard.

30-minute suite for orchestral with female chorus from Khachaturian’s celebrated ballet Spartacus (1955). Scene 9 presents the culmination of the drama to music strongly reminiscent of Khachaturian’s Cello Concerto: Spartacus – among treacherous pirates – faces the apparent collapse of the rebellion and his death is followed by a powerful yet relatively restrained Requiem with chorus followed by a stirring apotheosis. Performance materials available on hire. Suitable for advanced standard performers.