Composed for unaccompanied Double Mixed Chorus these two songs were commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation for the 75th Anniversary Concert of the Swedish Radio Choir. Based on two poems by Ann Jäderlund with textin Swedish and an English translation. By contemporary composer Esa-Pekka Salonen Djupt I Rummet and Kyss Min Mun are written for SSAATTBB Choir a cappella.

Work for Violin and Piano commissioned by Young Uck Kim.

Falla's best-known works arranged for intermediate piano solo (Grades 4-6). Includes 'Ritual Fire Dance' 'Dance Of The Miller' and 'Cancion'.

A New Beginning was written for the closing minutes of 1999 to herald the New Millennium. Commissioned by the New Millennium Experience Company. Scored for solo treble children's chorus SATB chorus and orchestra. Duration: c. 7 minutes. Vocal score and chorus parts are available on sale.

Terrestre was commissioned to celebrate the composer’s fiftieth birthday and while the name Terrestre calls to mind earthbound things the score suggests the physical sensation of taking wing. The first of the two movements l’Oiseau dansant describes an aboriginal tale of a bird that teaches a village to dance while the second movement l’Oiseau un satellite infime (infinitesimal) takes flight diving and soaring.The flutist is called upon to sing as he or she plays sometimes matching the Flute note sometimes harmonizing with it. Musicianship of the highest order is required of every member of the ensemble. KaijaSaariaho is a contemporary Finnish composer living and working in Paris and much influenced by the electronic experimentations of her association of IRCAM although Terrestre is entirely acoustic in itsinstrumentation. She gained international renown for her first opera l’Amour du Loin and continues a prolific compositional life with a wide range of international performances.

Commissioned by George Watson's College to mark the Millennium. The work was first performed in December 2000 at St. Giles Cathedral Edinburgh as part of the College's Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols by the choir ofGeorge Watson's College.

A work for solo clarinet in B flat timpani percussion and strings commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra. It was first performed in September 1991 at the Barbican Centre London by Andrew Marriner (clarinet) and theLondon Symphony Orchestra directed by Michael Tilson Thomas. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Two Human Hymns comprises of settings for six-part choir and organ of two poems by 17th century English poets who are almost exact contemporaries; George Herbert and Henry King. The music for the choir is mostly composedin simple songlike shapes which are little hymns. The texts though clearly relate to Christian beliefs could be more widely applicable to all human experience which is why they have called them 'Human Hymns'. Thus Love BadeMe Welcome (G.Herbert) whilst obviously a Christian allegory can be read as a gently hypnotic love song and it is attempted to capture something of this atmosphere in the setting. Like to the Falling of a Star (H.King) although it mentions no God could be a Calvinist sermon capping its lovely account of the wonders of nature with an almost operatically sinister denouement. In the first half of the piece the music bubbles upwards fresh andoptimistic; in the second half like all those doomed sinners it is going down down down. The first performance was given by University of Aberdeen Chapel Choir on 22nd October 1995. Duration: c.7 minutes.

A short 3 minute piece d'occasion written in 1951 for Tadeusz Ochlewski director of Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.

L'heure bleue a Serenade for 16 instruments was commissioned by Alte Oper Frankfurt and premiered on 13th September 2001 performed by the Ensemble Modern and conducted by Oliver Knussen. Duration 10 minutes.

Written for soprano and ensemble (Eb clarinet C clarinet viola cello double bass) with text by Mozart.

Set for unaccompanied upper voices this piece by Carol Barratt features an updated English language version of the sacred text. It was commissioned by Gordon Pullin and the Madrigal Choir of Notting Hill and was first performedat St. Paul's Cathedral in 1992.

Unusually for him Davies starts his Bassoon Concerto not with slow music but with speed and brilliance: the opening is a Presto initiated by the strings and only at the entry of the soloist does the tempo relax to thatof a real introduction. Out of this grow a big dancing Allegro. The slow movement begins and ends with a simple song around fantastical ornamentation from the soloist. The finale is again a recitative and dance with a slow coda.The whole work is an immense show of stamina poetry and athleticism for the bassoon set against an orchestra coloured by low wind (alto flute clarinet in A bass clarinet contrabassoon horns).

For Voice and Piano For Voice and Piano

This Homage a Chopin was premiered in Paris in 1949. This Homage a Chopin was premiered in Paris in 1949.

A collection of fourteen pieces for Cello and Piano introducing some lesser-known pieces. Suitable for intermediate-advanced players (grade 5-8).

A God And Yet A Man was written for the Chester Music Carol Book in 1984. It is a setting of a 15th century poem by an anonymous author scored for SSAATTBB split voice choir. It includes a Pianoreduction for rehearsal purposes. Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010) was a British composer best known for his film and television scores such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brideshead Revisited and MontyPython’s Life of Brian. He studied Trumpet and Composition at the Guildhall and spent the early part of his career as a successful Jazz musician.

Amers is the title of a book of poems by Saint-John Perse dedicated to the sea. It is also the title chosen by Kaija Saariaho born in Finland in 1952 for a work completed in the studios of IRCAM in Paris. Amers is the Frenchword for 'navigation beacons' strategically spaced along the coast for sailors. One of the earliest ideas about the piece was the effect of a solo cello 'as a sailor charting a course through a sea of sounds' but his journey scattered with phrases defined by the existing sound material is hampered by the surroundings. To a certain extent Amers is a concerto even though the composer has tried to avoid the usual duel between orchestra and soloist. Instead the piece divides naturally on three levels - each with a certain independence. The cello juxtaposed with the instrumental ensemble and with computer generated sounds cannot reach its scheduled ports of call directlyand is often pulled off course.

Work commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Gigue was the first major Piano work composed by William Busch in 1923. Gigue showed incredible skill and virtuosity for a composer who at the time was on 22 years old. Gigue was the first major Piano work composed by William Busch in 1923. Gigue showed incredible skill and virtuosity for a composer who at the time was on 22 years old.