The authorship of the six poems used in this song cycle is generally attributed to Petronius Arbiter (died ca AD66) Nero's Arbiter of Elegance and author of the Satyricon a comic novel with poems interspersed in the prosenarrative. William Arrowsmith author of a translation of the Satyricon wrote that '(The Satyricon)was clearly written not to be read silently but to be read aloud by a trained artist with a voice and virtuosity capable ofregistering the enormous variety of the work.' It is these considerations which were foremost in Elias' mind whilst writing the work - that they represent a great variety of verse forms and demonstrate a wide range offlexibility and style and that above all the Latin itself was very much alive and vibrant. Therefore the tenor part is thoughout the most important aspect of the work even though the orchestra does more than merelyaccompany. Each of the songs is different from the others and there are no more direct musical links except between III and IV. The music develops throughtout the work the sixth song containing distant memories of the first.

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate its 40th birthday. The first performance took place in June 1986 at St. Magnus' Cathedral Kirkwall as part of the tenth St. Magnus Festival. Writtenfor and first performed by Isaac Stern Davies's Violin Concerto brings together two streams in his music: symphonism and folk-fiddling. In its strongly developed substance it asks to be measured in the company of Beethoven Brahms and Sibelius while there is also particularly in the middle movement a strong element of the Scots lament. The orchestra is generally muted in colour though there is a dramatic role for the timpanist. There are threemovements played without a break - this is only one of many connections with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Duration c. 30mins.

George Odam. Radiant stage cantata about the Incas of Peru and the cat moon and sun people. Designed to encourage an exchange of ideas between curriculum areas such as Drama Art Geography History and Religious Studies withdance and choral speaking. The Inca King’s throne is the only ‘prop’ needed although samples of topic work such as models pots paintings and maps can adorn the arena-style production. Sound project work cards on Sea Desert andMountain music are included in the set of parts.

Prex Lausque has been composed by Rory Boyle for SATB Chorus and Piano. Scottish composer Rory Boyle has won several important musical awards notably the BBC Scottish Composers' Prize(1971) two Royal Philharmonic Society Prizes (1973 and 1975) and the Zaiks Prize (1987) for his orchestral score 'Winter Music'. His list of works covers most genres and has been performed and broadcast widely in Britainand abroad. He has been commissioned by many festivals societies and leading performers including Evelyn Glennie Nicholas Daniel Peter Seivewright and the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble and he has also written extensively foryounger players including four children's operas; he was the first Composer Laureate for Schools with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra a position he held for three years.

Score and Parts for Big Band.

Verse 1' marks the beginning of a more ambitious and intense style of composition. The ideas are relatively simple and develop gradually in a cyclic fashion within a one movement sectional design. Progressively faster tempi leadto the main climax of the work near the end of the piece. Then a short coda leads to a very quiet ending and a return to the original tonal centre of C. Quoting composer:'In April 1975 I occupied a flat in Aldeburgh Suffolk near the seafront. As a member of the English Chamber Orchestra I had come to work for a week on a recording of Britten’s opera ‘Death in Venice’ so the real and suggested sound of the sea was in my ears so to speak for dayson end. A few weeks later when I started work on 'Verse 1' it became clear in the first few bars that I was recalling and suggesting the sea and the beach at Aldeburgh. I am not aware of any direct influence from Britten’smusic but I do however quote a small fragment from a theme to be found in a piano quartet by Mahler played early in the piece by the flute (bars 6 & 7). This work was awarded the First Prize in the Viotti InternationalCompetition for composers in Italy in 1975.

Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination and these varied ensembles are easy andenjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral groupings. Whether there are five or fiftyplayers every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each set contains a score plus around 50 parts eachone carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There are more demanding parts too for experiencedplayers. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements of well-known titles are a must forevery school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites? Bumper pack contents: 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas'(G) 'Once In Royal David’s City' (G) 'The First Nowell' (C) 'While Shepherds Watched' (F) 'Silent Night' (C) 'We Three Kings' (Em/G) 'O Come All Ye Faithful' (G) Edited by Nicholas Hare.

(Lennon & McCartney) (G) Edited by Nicholas Hare. Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumentalcombination and these varied ensembles are easy and enjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestralgroupings. Whether there are five or fifty players every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each setcontains a score plus around 50 parts each one carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There aremore demanding parts too for experienced players. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements ofwell-known titles are a must for every school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites. And don’t forget we haveKaleidoscope bumper carol packs and seasonal gems for your Christmas Concert too!

House Of Winter is a setting of four Christmas poems by George Mackay Brown for AATBBB or SATBBB a cappella choir. The music is continuous and though scored for unaccompanied voices it becomes almost orchestra in itsevocation of the calm frozen stillness of an Orkney winter on the one hand and the wildness of a December storm on the other. The setting is largely homphonic in Davies’s 'adult' modal style and with a characteristicinventiveness of vocal scoring as in the storm sequence with its whistling upper voices and eruptive bass line. The first performance took place during the tenth St. Magnus Festival as part of a concert given by The King'sSingers in Kirkwall in June 1986. Vocal score with piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.

This outstanding album containing over 155 pages of favourite classical and traditional melodies arranged for easy piano by Carol Barratt. Includes Fur Elise Moonlight Sonata Clair De Lune and The Can-Can.

Giant Just Brass No. 2-Brass Ensemble Score to George Frideric Handel's Music For The Royal Fireworks . Edited by Elgar Howarth.

(Hairston) (C) Edited by Nicholas Hare. Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination andthese varied ensembles are easy and enjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral groupings. Whetherthere are five or fifty players every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each set contains a scoreplus around 50 parts each one carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There are more demandingparts too for experienced players. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements of well-knowntitles are a must for every school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites. And don’t forget we have Kaleidoscopebumper carol packs and seasonal gems for your Christmas Concert too!

Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras carefully structured in two levels. The ‘Easy’ level does not normally exceed Grade 2 in difficulty with most partsplayable in first position while the ‘Moderately Easy’ level includes some parts of around Grade 3 standard. At easy level alternative parts are provided so that the absence of viola or a double bass does not prevent the piecefrom being performed. Available in score or sets of instrumental parts. There are over 30 titles covering a wide range of styles including classical pieces folk tunes and Christmas collections. Playstrings is an idealintroduction to orchestral playing for young string players. Set of 21 parts contains: 4 x Violin 1 4 x Violin 2 4 x Violin 3 2 x Viola 1 2 x Viola 2 2 x Cello 1 2 x Cello 2 1 x Double Bass.

Arranged for two soprano's and organ. Words and music by Robert Saxton.

Just Brass No. 57-A Londoner in New York part 1: Echoes of Harlem The Chrysler Building Grand Central.Music for brass ensemble. Parts included for: E-flat trumpet 3 trumpets in B-flat horn in F 3 trombones bass trombone tuba and percussion.

El Retablo De Maese Pedro was one of most beautiful works of the widely-known Spanish composer Manuel of Falla. The artist who was a friend of Picasso Stravinsky of Ravel and Poulenc created El Retablo De Maese Pedro in 1923for the countess of Polignac.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French composer who is often associated with the early Impressionist movement. He is best known for his evocative Piano compositions from which these Two Pieces For ClarinetAnd Piano have been transcribed. The Golliwog’s Cakewalk is taken from a suite of works inspired by Debussy’s daughter and her toys. The cakewalk was a popular dance in the 1890’s and 1900’s andis reflected in the syncopated ragtime style. The Girl With Flaxen Hair is taken from Debussy’s first book of preludes. Its title character is inspired by a poem about a Scottish maiden who is supposed tosymbolise tranquillity and simplicity – aspects which are reflected in both the melody and harmony.

For SATB Choir A Cappella. Edited by Patrick Little.

Georg Frideric Händel ’s Serse (Xerxes) has everything one would expect from a Baroque opera - many intertwining love stories affairs intrigues scheming misunderstanding and forgiving – allpresented in the great master’s magnificent music. The opera is set in Persia in 480 BC and is very loosely based upon Xerxes I of Persia though there is little in either the Baroque libretto or music that is relevant tothat setting the main focus is on the characters ( Serse Arsamene Amastre Romilda Atalanta Ariodate and Elviro – some of which are based on real historical persons) and their plotting. The English version forthe opera in three acts was made for the English National Opera’s production first performed in 1985 on the 300th anniversary of Händel ’s birth. In this edition of the Vocal score with the original Italian and thelater English lyrics accompaniment is provided by the instruments indicated in the orchestration (2 Recorders (or Flutes) 2 Oboes 2 Horns in F Trumpet in D Strings and Continuo [Harpsichord Cello Double Bass Bassoon]) butcan also be played by the Piano. Serse ’s part originally sung by a castrato can be performed by a Soprano or a Countertenor.

(Marks) (C) Edited by Nicholas Hare. Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination and thesevaried ensembles are easy and enjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral groupings. Whether thereare five or fifty players every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each set contains a score plusaround 50 parts each one carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There are more demanding partstoo for experienced players. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements of well-known titles area must for every school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites. And don’t forget we have Kaleidoscope bumper carolpacks and seasonal gems for your Christmas Concert too!