8 carefully selected and edited easy trumpet arrangements for players around grades 1-2 standard with chord symbols in concert pitch. Also includes fingering charts a guide to notation and instrument care. The accompanying CD features full backing tracks professionally arranged and recorded and full demonstration recordings to help you learn the songs.

The matching folio to Primal Scream's bestselling eighth album Riot City Blues Guitar Tab Edition. Features full Guitar Tab versions of all the songs from the album as well as a section explaining the notation and tablature. Includes the hit Country Girl .

This theme tune from the BBC TV series Badger is available for pianists of moderate ability.

Pentacle was selected as a test piece for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain First Section regional competition in 2009.

Britten's Elegy was first performed at The Maltings in Snape Suffolk by Nobuko Imai in 1984 as part of the 37th Aldburgh festival. This beautiful piece was originally sketched by Britten in 1930 upon leaving school at the age of sixteen.

Immortalised on the football terraces You'll never walk alone is an exquisite moving song in its original form and a highlight of the show Carousel . It is presented here with other all-time greats from the Rodgers and Hasmmerstein musicals Carousel and South Pacific in irresistible arrangements by Gwyn Arch. Part of the Faber Young Voices series and whcich has been devised specially to address the needs of young or newly-formed choirs looking for easy yet rewarding new repertoire.

Andrew Keeling was the winner of the 2002 Temple Church Prize for his Composition Ave verum corpus for SATB choir and organ. It is a 14th-century Eucharistic hymn given 21st-century treatment creating an unusual and evocative work.

Mozart's penultimate opera The Magic Flute presents an inextricable mixture of the unspoken and sung word high principle and low cunning the refined and the earthy the sublime and the comic for which reasons the rendering of the original German text into English has always been a problem. The present complete translation by the most distinguished translator of opera libretti of our time Andrew Porter magically succeeds in giving us a wonderfully lucid and musical singing text that preserves all the authentic contrasts and yet has imposed on it a unity that derives from Mr Porter's sensibility and acute intelligence.

The solo cantatas of Handel (most of them written in Italy during the years 1707-09) are commonly regarded as works of apprenticeship in which he forged a musical technique that would stand him in good stead as a composer of Italian operas. Available here is the second volume of solo Cantatas for Soprano with Basso Continuo. This highly authoritative edition has been edited and prepared by Andrew V. Jones.

Suitable for use by individuals as well as tutors working with student ensembles the Team Strings series has been developed to introduce musicians to playing as part of a group. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team Strings to play in ensembles with students using Team Woodwind Team Brass Team Percussion and Team Recorder. Team Strings: Viola is a flexible and adaptable course ideal for beginner Viola players. The tutor can be tailored to suit the specific needs of each student. Each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace and studentsare introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book. Team Strings has been specially written to support almost any combination of string instruments that the teacher may encounter. Imaginative Piano Accompaniments have been provided as well as helpful notes and clear ensemble scores to aid the teacher. Team Strings also includes all of the scales for the relevant grades set by the major examination boards. This volume comes complete with a CD of backing tracks designed to add a third dimension to practice sessions or performance when an accompanist is not available.

Song Offerings by Jonathan Harvey is a piece of great energy and sensuality. It was first performed by Spectrum with Rosemary Hardy soprano and conducted by Guy Protheroe in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 22nd March 1985. The piece is written for soprano and 8 instrumentalists.

The brevity of Lili Boulanger's life (1893-1918) does not obsecure its substantial achievements. With the cantata 'Faust et Helene' (1913) she became the first woman to win the Prix De Rome and several large projects including 'D'un Matin De Printemps' and its companion piece 'D'un Soir Triste' both in various scorings followed during the last five years of her life. 'D'un Matin De Printemps' is remarkable for its sharpness and vigour: Lili's textures and harmonic language place her music in the French mainstream of the period while her sensitivity to the expressive character and technical demands of the violin are in evidence throughout this striking piece. This new authoritative performing edition by musicologist and performer Neil Heyde is an invaluable addition to the French early 20th century repertory for the instrument. The edition includes a full introduction and critical commentary.

The Dreaded Groove and Hook is an up-tempo acid-jazz number that draws inspiration from bands like Jamiroquai and The Youngblood Brass Band. The groove in question is the main tune that is shared round the band whilst the hook in pop' terms is the catchy bit of the song. The whole band joins in to play a huge riff' that acts as a chorus to the jazz-like verses. The piece was commissioned by Jason Katsikaris and The Leyland Band who gave the first performance as part of their programme for the Brass In Concert Championships held at The Sage Gateshead on the 16th November 2008. The work has subsequently recorded by thesame band and conductor on the CD entitled Penlee . Brass Band Grade 5: 1st Section Duration: 4 minutes

he chorus parts of the shortened version of Henry Purcell's Fairy Queen edited and realised by Benjamin Britten Imogen Holst and devised for concert performance by Peter Pears with the words taken from an anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Arranged for accompanied SATB choir.

The Young Pianist's Repertoire Book Two provides a wide choice of pieces for those pianists completing Piano Lessons Book 2 . A wonderful collection that is both enjoyable and educational together the pieces function as an independent anthology for those who have been learning the piano for roughly two years. It forms part of the celebrated and much-loved Piano tutor course by Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood.

This is a celebration of music from the time the pioneers explored the vast reaches of North America. A presentation of eleven imaginative and idiomatic arrangements for elementary Violin (Grade 1-3) with Piano. Helpful background notes help players to understand the style and spirit of the music. The book is also compatible with the Viola and Cello editions giving an opportunity for young players to experience ensemble playing at quite an early stage.

The poignant and sonorous Reunion theme from Randy Edelman's score for the historical epic Gettysburg leads to the resplendent Finale music in this stirring arrangement by Andrew Duncan. Brass Band Grade 5: 1st Section Duration: 6 minutes.

This is the incidental music for Strings to the tragic play Abdelazer (or The Moor's Revenge) as composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). This is the score.

10 Jazz Standards - Authentic Jazz Playalong-Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong series This volume brings together Gershwin Porter Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz. It Don't Mean a Thing features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire idiomatically arranged for the intermediate (grades 4-6) Alto Saxophone player. Melody lyrics and chord symbols are provided offering opportunity for improvisation with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide and biographical note to each song in the collection. In addition the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano bass and drums for truly authentic performance.

Written for the annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Westminster Cathedral in December 2015 L’Estrange has delivered another enjoyable but challenging addition to the Christmas carol repertoire. Inspired by the early 17th-century Englishcomposer Orlando Gibbons and setting a text from the satirist George Wither of the same era this rousing carol is an ideal finale for a school church or cathedral Christmas concert. Arranged for SATB choir with optional organ accompaniment. Partof Faber Music’s Choral Signature Series. Written for the annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Westminster Cathedral in December 2015 L'Estrange has delivered another enjoyable but challenging addition to the Christmas carol repertoire. Inspired by the early 17th-century English composer Orlando Gibbons and setting a text from the satirist George Wither of the same era this rousing carol is an ideal finale for a school church or cathedral Christmas concert. This work is arranged for SATB choir with optional Organ accompaniment. Song Of The Angels is part of Faber Music's Choral Signature Series.