Roll The Old Cariot Along

Somewhere A Voice Is Calling

The Ash Grove

The Holy Child No. 3 In C

Somewhere A Voice Is Calling

Composer and arranger Albert W Ketèlbey is now almost unknown except for his work Bells Across the Meadows but until the time of the Second World War he strode the country’s musical stage like a giant of light musicalentertainment. In 1929 he was declared ‘Britain’s greatest composer’ according to the number of performances of his works. Over the course of his career he was a church Organist musical director at London’s VaudevilleTheatre editor to several music publishing firms and Music Director of the Columbia Gramophone Company.His most popular works are a series of Orchestral tone poems like this one based on a verse from his own poem In a MonasteryGarden. The simplified version was prepared by the composer.

Arranged for 2 sopranos and Piano by Alec Rowley. No 265 from the Ashdown Vocal Duets series.

A Plantation Song for 2 Voices and Piano. Arranged By Henry Geehl.

Three Carols For The Nativity is a collection of Christmas music scored for two medium Voice parts with Piano accompaniment. They were written for the children of Grass Royal School in Yeovil. They can beperformed separately or as a suite and would be suitable for any Primary or Junior School Choir. F. Roy Bennett was a respected music educator and author of the 20th century who wrote many books of music theoryand history that are highly prized by primary and secondary school music teachers. As a composer he was a gifted writer of words and music for school choirs.

Arditi Il Bacio was expertly composed by Luigi Arditi in 1860.

Arranged for Two part Singing by Harry Dexter

Unison Songs No.87. Words and music by F Roy Bennett. Duration c. 5 mins.

For Unison Voices and Piano.

Le Bal is the last of a dozen miniatures entitled Jeux D'Enfants (Games For Children) written by Bizet in 1871 for Piano Duet. A vibrant and exciting short piece that along with the rest of the set explores themesplay and invention.

Bizet's Agnus Dei arranged for SA by Henry Geehl. 2 part songs no.222

Composer John Ireland had a particular love for the Sussex Downs where he lived much of his life in a converted windmill. The Downland Suite reflects his appreciation of that landscape and is among the most loved of his manyworks. Originally composed for Brass Band in four movements the two favourite elements of the Downland Suite are here extracted and arranged for Piano. The Elegy and Menuet has also been arranged for String Orchestra and isplayed frequently. The Elegy is reminiscent of Elgar and has an ineffable Englishness about it. The Menuet has been described as ‘bucolic’. Both are within the reach of intermediate pianists in this arrangement.

Arranged for voice and piano in the key of F.

A soft haunting vocal duet written in 1868 by Alice Hawthorne - the pseudonymn of Philadelphia composer Septimus Winner.

Mendelssohn wrote the Christian anthem Hear My Prayer in Germany in 1844 and premiered it the next year in London. William Bartholomew wrote the English lyrics as well as collaborating with the composer on his oratorioElijah.Wings of a Dove the second part of Hear My Prayer is frequently performed as a separate work and was made famous in the UK through a 1927 recording. The work was originally written for SATB Chorus and Organ or Orchestra and is here rendered for two Voices with Piano transposed from G to F to meet the requirements of amateur singers.

Written for voice and piano in F major.