Nigel Hess’ vivacious and colourful A Christmas Overture originally commissioned as an orchestral work by John Rutter for his 2007 Christmas Festival proved an instant success with audience and orchestra alike. Traditional carols skilfullyjuxtaposed and interwoven provide the thematic material. These include: Ding Dong! Merrily On High; Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant; Infant Holy Infant Lowly; Personent Hodie; We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Angels From The Realms Of Glory whichbrings the overture to a majestic close. Fragments of other carols appear along the way to enrich the texture of what is surely one of the most attractive pieces written for the festive season. Nigel Hess' vivacious and colourful A Christmas Overture originally commissioned as an orchestral work by John Rutter for his 2007 Christmas Festival proved an instant success with audience and orchestra alike. Traditional carols skilfully juxtaposed and interwoven provide the thematic material. These include: Ding Dong! Merrily On High; Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant; Infant Holy Infant Lowly; Personent Hodie; We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Angels From The Realms Of Glory which brings the overture to a majestic close. Fragments of other carols appear along the way to enrich the texture of what is surely one of the mostattractive pieces written for the festive season. Brass Band Grade 4/5. Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

If you thought dinosaurs were creatures of the past you'd better think again! Velociraptors Iguanadons and pterodactyls are brought back to life in Jurassic Blue a colourful collection of pieces with a jazzy twist. Following on from Jackaroo this book begins with a revision of the first finger and then moves on to second third and fourth fingers. Each piece introduces a new rhythmic or technical point with useful suggestion boxes for the teacher. There's also the chance to create you own dinosaurs too inspired by Drew Hillier's wacky illustrations plus pictures to colour in. With PamWedgwood's lively accompaniments and the addition of words you can even sing along to Triceratops Rocks!

Amy Macdonald is a Scottish singer/songwriter. Her debut album This Is the Life was released on July 30 2007. Her first single Poison Prince was released on May 7 2007. All 12 songs from the album have been transcribed here for Piano Voice and Guitar chords with full lyrics.

The original lineup of David Coverdale's Whitesnake were one of the great exponents of earthy blues-rock in the '70s and their individual style of melodic rock gave them commercial success through the '80s. The lineup has included everthing from the soulful melodic duo of Mickey Moody and Bernie Marsden to the Guitar pyrotechnics of Steve Vai . This Guitar workshop is a powerful learning tool that will help you extend your stockpile of licks and fills and develop your improvisational skills. The combination of musical notation and Guitar tablature in this book together with backing tracks on the CD gives you the opportunity to learn eight ofWhitesnake's tracks note for note and then jam with a professional session band. The track listing reflects some of Whitesnake's most popular recordings providing something for guitarists to have fun with and improvise with as well as something to aspire to. The CD is split into two sections section 1 (tracks 1-8) is the backing tracks minus lead Guitar and vocals while section 2 (tracks 9-16) is the backing tracks with all Guitar parts added so in addition to the written tab you can hear the rhythm fills and solos as they should be played! The 'Jam With...' series allows you to accurately recreate the original songs or to use the transcriptions in this book in conjunction with the backing tracks as a basis for your own improvisation.

Infernal Ride is mercurial and virtuosic reflecting the mad-cap chase of Ichabod Crane's final ride on his horse Gunpowder in the story by Washington Irving namely The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Often an atmosphere of driven fear pushes the music forward only briefly stopping for breath. The work closes with flourishes in rapid succession perhaps with the hapless Ichabod meeting his unfortunate end! Brass Band Grade 5: 1st Section Duration: 7 minutes. Infernal Ride has been recorded by the Leyland Band conducted by Jason Katsikaris and is available on the CD Penlee .

Eight of their Greatest Songs-Here's your chance to master the melodic punk guitar playing of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong with nine of their hottest anthems in Guitar Tab and with superb soundalike backing tracks. From the unstoppable genre-defining classic Basket Case to the political ranting of American Idiot these eight Green Day favourites span the breadth of their awesome career. A specially recorded CD gives you the opportunity to take Billie's place within the songs and full performance demonstrations have been provided by Tom Fleming. Every song is presented with Tab melody line and guitar chord symbols.

Indisputably one of the giants of jazz Miles Davis has influenced the whole of jazz since World War Two. At several stages in his career Miles has discarded his previous approach to improvisation and taken up an entirely new direction. Time and again the resulting performances have changed the course of jazz history. To put it simply Miles has repeatedly proved to be ahead of the game and the man to watch. Saxophonist and arranger John Robert Brown is a Senior Lecturer of the full-time staff at the City of Leeds College of Music where he has taught harmony and directed ensembles since 1975. He is a Vice-President of the Clarinet and SaxophoneSociety of Great Britain.

Music for Japan is a terrific and rousing composition for orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe written in 1970. The slow yet significant meandering timbre and accent work towards to a middle section for amplified percussion strongly rhythmic and develops into an exciting and inspiring character. Then beautiful swirling effects add to the final chordal structure with its exultant layers of orchestral sound. This is the complete score for Full Orchestra.

Sweet is the Memory is a setting of a quotation from Cicero the great Roman orator and writer. 'Sweet is the memory of troubles past of trials o'er of sorrow gone'. The words would make this suitable for any reflective occasion or as a concert piece. Ken Burton is the Director of the London Adventist Choir. The setting is for unaccompanied mixed voices and has solo lines for a treble (or a few trebles) and tenor voice. The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challengingcontemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

This authoritative Faber Urtext edition of the Vocal Score to Weber's Mass in E Flat J224 is prepared from the composer's manuscript by the scholar Clive Brown and includes the previously unpublished Offertorium J226.

Written for the Huddersfield Choral Society to commemorate the centenary of the birth in 1895 of Sir Malcolm Sargent David Matthews' Vespers is based on four Latin texts interspersed with three poems by Rilke.

Ten classics arranged for voice piano and guitar as performed and recorded by the legendary Aretha Franklin. The accompanying CD includes full backings for each song professionally arranged to recreate the sounds of the original recordings.

Shackelton’s Cross was inspired by a painting created in 1957 by the English artist Edward Seago (1910–1974). The title refers to a cross which was erected to the memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton who led a number of explorations to the Antarctic.Shackleton died in 1922 whilst on a Polar expedition and the cross can be found on a promontory at the entrance to the bay at Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. The painting is owned by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and was part of anexhibition at Buckingham Palace from October 2011 to April 2012. Originally scored for oboe trumpet and small orchestra Daniel Hall’s sensitive arrangement follows the composer’s alternative versionfor solo trumpet and organ created forCrispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) and David Goode (organ). Shackleton s Cross was inspired by a painting created in 1957 by the English artist Edward Seago (1910 1974). The title refers to a cross which was erected to the memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton who led a number of explorations to the Antarctic. Shackleton died in 1922 whilst on a Polar expedition and the cross can be found on a promontory at the entrance to the bay at Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. The painting is owned by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and was part of an exhibition at Buckingham Palace from October 2011 to April 2012. Originally scored for oboe trumpet and small orchestra Daniel Hall s sensitive arrangement fortrumpet or cornet and brass band follows the composer s alternative version for solo trumpet and organ created for Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) and David Goode (organ).

This is the second book of Piano studies by renowned pianists Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood. It contains twenty-six progressive and graded studies to aid development of technique and endurance. A traditional approach to learning it includes exercises by composers such as Czerney and Gurlitt. The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series is devised jointly by world-famous piano teacher Fanny Waterman and her co-founder of the Leeds Piano Competition Marion Harewood is established as one of the foremost piano methods. It represents a distillation of the thoroughness inspiration and sense of adventure that characterize Fanny Waterman's own teaching methods. The excellence of themusical material and attractive presentation have won universal acclaim.

If you can play a few notes on an instrument then you are ready for this book. Imaginative little pieces for the absolute beginner - traditional tunes classics and original pieces with piano accompaniment.

Rome centre of the Western Church and a focus of musical excellence during the renaissance played host to many of the leading Italian church composers of the day including Festa Marenzio and most significant of all Palestrina. However Rome was a truly cosmopolitan centre and so this collection of nine motets draws on works from Spanish composers such as Morales and Victoria who both worked in Rome for a period of time and Northerners such as Desprez and Arcadelt who both sang in the papal choir.

An excellent selection of graded studies from prominent composers such as Czerny Bartok and Kodaly which have been lovingly collected and edited by Fanny Waterman. This series of books represents a distillation of the thoroughness inspiration and sense of adventure that characterise Waterman's own teaching methods. The excellence of the musical material and the attractive presentation have won universal acclaim.

The Jazz Sessions Series is a tremendous collection of Jazz standards classics and original material by contemporary composers Alexander L’Estrange and Tom Pilling. Each book is dedicated to a particular instrument but they are all able to work together for ensembles and Jazz bands providing an exciting and enjoyable repertoire. A professionally recorded CD accompanies each book and contains play-along backing tracks as a substitute for real life musicians. This allows for practice at an individual’s preferred pace and enables students to get an authentic feel of the style. One of the main purposes of Jazz Sessions is help encourage and develop improvisationalskills with a full written solo on one page and an alternative extended version for improvising. A great introduction to experimentation and ideal preparation for ABRSM exams. Reflects a variety of Jazz styles including swing Latin gospel and blues. Backing Tracks give opportunity for confident and atmospheric performance. Carefully tailored for intermediate musicians.

Celebrate the best pop from the last decade with over 30 chart-topping songs from the '00s arranged for voice and piano with guitar chord boxes. Includes the big songs from Duffy Girls Aloud and Take That as well as hits from Robbie Williams Dido and many more! CONTENTS: Amazed (Lonestar); Back To Black (Amy Winehouse); Black And Gold (Sam Sparro); Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis); Bring Me To Life (Evanescence); The Climb (Miley Cyrus); Come Away With Me (Norah Jones); Crazy (Gnarls Barkley); Dare (Gorillaz); Eternity (Robbie Williams); Fallin' (Alicia Keys); The Fear (Lily Allen); Fill My Little World (The Feeling); Handbags & Gladrags (Stereophonics); Haven'tMet You Yet (Michael Bublé); How To Save A Life (The Fray); Howl (Florence & The Machine); Hung Up (Madonna); I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Scissor Sisters); Last Request (Paolo Nutini); Life For Rent Dido); One Day Like This (Elbow); Over The Rainbow (Eva Cassidy); Patience (Take That); Pyramid Song (Radiohead); Rockstar (Nickelback); The Silence (Alexandra Burke); Sound Of The Underground (Girls Aloud); Strange And Beautiful (Aqualung); Sweet About Me (Gabriella Cilmi); Talk (Coldplay); These Words (Natasha Bedingfield); Valerie (Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse); When September Ends (Green Day); Warwick Avenue (Duffy); You Raise Me Up (Westlife); You’re Beautiful (James Blunt)

Play Hollywood features 10 all-time great film themes from across the decades from the classic Chariots Of Fire and Superman to action-packed Star Wars James Bond and Lord Of The Rings selected arranged by Richard Harris for the intermediate (Grade 3-5) flute player with fun backing tracks to play along with. In addition the accompaniment CD is 'enhanced' and includes a PDF of piano accompaniments to download.