This exciting collection of original encores explores musical traditions from across the globe. Suitable for intermediate to advanced players these vibrant and dynamic pieces are perfectly suited to concert performance as encores small sets or as a suite. For all students and recitalists looking for fresh new music for solo violin. Ten International Violin Encores is an exciting collection of original encores by Aaron Minsky exploring musical traditions from across the globe. First published to worldwide acclaim as Ten International Cello Encores these compelling pieces are now available to violinists in this adaptation. Suitable for intermediate to advanced players these vibrant and dynamic pieces are perfectly suited to concert performance as encores small sets or as a suite and will be welcomed by all students and recitalists looking for fresh new music for solo violin. Unique entertaining pieces with an international flavour Encores inspiredby destinations around the world including Africa Asia Mexico and more A variety of contemporary styles including jazz heavy metal and Latin Technical challenges such as guitar-style strumming left-hand pizzicato ricochet bowing and percussive effects Useful fingering and bowing suggestions

This four-movement suite for organ is based on the divisions of the church year and references plainsong and other hymns relevant to the seasons. Drawing on a wide range of colours and textures the composer creates an evocative and varied suite of pieces perfectly suited for both recital and church performance. Hilary Tann 's Embertides is a four-movement suite for Organ based on the roughly equal divisions of the church year - Advent Lent Whitsun and Michaelmas - which in turn hark back to earlier secular traditions. Throughout there are short references and hints to plainsong and other hymns relevant to the seasons. Drawing on a wide range of colours and textures the composer creates an evocative and varied suite of pieces perfectly suited for both recital and church performance; as such the work will be welcomed by a wide range of players.

for SATB double choir and organ The King shall rejoice was commissioned by Westminster Cathedral to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's coronation. Setting powerful and optimistic words from Psalm 21 Chilcott establishes a celebratory mood from the outset with dancing 6/8 rhythms and jubilant chords. The King Shall Rejoice was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's coronation. Setting powerful and optimistic words from Psalm 21 Chilcott establishes a celebratory mood from the outset with dancing 6/8 rhythms and jubilant ringing chords. The voices soon divide into two choirs creating a striking antiphonal effect and the music moves through sections of slower more sustained writing in 4/4. The second half of the work sets an adapted version of the psalm text famously used by William Byrd - 'O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen rejoice in thy strength' - beforecoming to a buoyant and triumphant close with the final 'amen'.

For SATB unaccompanied. Originally published in the New Horizons collection Cantica Nova this expansive Advent motet creates a unique sound world through unusual harmonic inflections striking spatial effects unmeasured notation and haunting soprano and tenor solos. Featured on CDs by Ex Cathedra ( Christmas Music by Candlelight ) and The Sixteen ( O Guiding Night ) O Adonai et Dux domus Israel is quickly becoming a popular choice for choirs looking to develop their contemporary repertoire.For SATB unaccompanied. Originally published in the New Horizons collection Cantica Nova this expansive Advent motet creates a unique sound world through unusual harmonic inflections striking spatial effects unmeasured notation and haunting soprano and tenor solos. Featured on CDs by Ex Cathedra ( Christmas Music by Candlelight ) and The Sixteen ( O Guiding Night ) O Adonai et Dux domus Israel is quickly becoming a popular choice for choirs looking to develop their contemporary repertoire.

for upper voices SATB and piano or orchestra The Seeds of Stars is a resplendent setting of a philosophical text by Charles Bennett. The rippling piano part provides a shimmering accompaniment to radiant and expressive vocal lines. The Seeds of Stars is a resplendent setting by Bob Chilcott of a philosophical text by Charles Bennett. The rippling piano part provides a shimmering accompaniment to radiant and expressive vocal lines and Bob Chilcott effectively contrasts upper- and mixed-voice sections with stirring passages for all voices. Reflecting the vivid imagery of the text the upper voices soar above the choir during climatic moments but also bring the piece to its gentle profound close.

for SS(A) and piano or organ An attractive setting of the seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert with a gently syncopated accompaniment. The simple melody is coloured by subtle harmonic gestures mirroring the sentiments of the text. This setting of a text by George Herbert is written by Bob Chilcott for Unison and Divisi Upper Voices with Piano or Organ accompaniment. Part of the Oxford Upper Voices series (T125) the melody is simple and softly flowing suitable for amateur or younger choral groups.

With specially written poems by Karlis Verdins based on the Adonis chapters from Frazer's The Golden Bough each song in this little cycle explores a single Affekt.

for men's or upper voices and organ Unlike the earlier E major setting for men's voices this one is effectively for equal voices. A wonderful setting of the Evening Canticles in D for Men's Voices and Organ.

Full score-for soprano and baritone soloists SATB chorus and the composer's original chamber instrumentation Orchestral and vocal material is available on hire. Organ plays from the vocal score. Gabriel Faure: Requiem (1893 Version) for soprano and baritone soloists SATB chorus and the composer's original chamber instrumentation Orchestral and vocal material is available on hire. Organ plays from the vocal score.

Paperback-for SATB chorus with SAT and ATB verses and organ As the scholar John Stainer writes: 'There is in it a quaintness not without tenderness and devotional feeling which recalls the style of the composer's brother Henry by whose brilliant career and fame he was no doubt overshadowed'. Daniel Purcell 's setting of Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis for SATB chorus with SAT and ATB verses and Organ accompaniment. In the absence of any original material Geoffrey Webber's preparation of this edition has been influenced by the scholarly reconstruction of the work by John Stainer. In Stainer's words: 'there is in it a quaintness not without tenderness and devotional feeling which recalls the style of the composer's brother Henry by whose brilliant career and fame he was no doubt overshadowed' .

James Vivian is currently Director of Music at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle having previously served as Director of Music at the Temple Church in London. He was educated at King's College Cambridge where he was the Dr AH Mann Organ Student and studied the organ with Colin Walsh David Sanger and Marie-Louise Langlais. He is active as a recitalist and conductor and has performed concerts in Brazil the US Japan South Africa and throughout Europe. He has recorded with labels such as Signum EMI Decca SonyBMG and Hyperion.

With a text by G. M. Hopkins this work is interspersed with frequent solo passages initially for baritone (whose delicate solo opens the piece) but later for tenor soprano and alto soloists also. The polyphonic choral passages provide a balance to these frequent solos to mesmerising effect.

A setting in English of the Evening Canticles for SATB and organ.

for SATB unaccompanied These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting: Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon full of sumptuous harmonies: and Beati quorum via contrasts calm reflective passages with a stirring eight-part quasi-refrain. These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon full of sumptuous harmonies; and Beati quorum via contrasts calm reflective passages with a stirring eight-part quasi-refrain.

for SATB and organ Setting a joyful text by William Chatterton Dix Alleluia sing to Jesus! is suitable for performance throughout the church year. With a bright melody set against a rhythmic organ accompaniment this triumphant anthem will lift the spirits of performers and listeners alike. Setting a joyful text by William Chatterton Dix Alleluia sing to Jesus! is suitable for performance throughout the church year although its Eucharistic imagery will make it particularly poignant at Holy Communion Easter and Ascension. With a bright melody set against a rhythmic organ accompaniment this triumphant anthem will lift the spirits of performers and listeners alike.

A collection of hymns set out with varied harmonies and/or descants. They would make attractive choir items in a regular service or in a special service sung by massed choirs. The extended hymns in this collection apart from their inherent appeal to choirs and congregations alike lend themselves particularly well to use as choir items in situations where resources are limited. The suggested methods of performance for example contrast between unison and harmony may be easily adapted to suit local conditons.

English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable for use throughout the year inluding seventeen settings of the evening canticles together with settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate and the Preces and Responses. Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable for use throughout the year. The evening canticles are given due space with seventeen settings including those by Byrd Gibbons Purcell Walmisley Stanford Noble Howells Walton and Tippett. Also included are settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate Deo alongside seven settings of the Preces and Responses and two additional early Lord's Prayers. The selection is completed with three supplementary items: a set of previously unpublished Psalm chants byHowells John Sanders's Good Friday Reproaches and a written-out Order for Compline. Robert King has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscripts or printed sources. Playable keyboard reductions have been added for the majority of unaccompanied items.

The Lord's my Shepherd-for unison and SATB choirs and piano/organ This is an accessible piece that is both rich and moving. The unison line which can be sung by a junior choir has some short sections needing simple divisi. This is an accessible piece that is both rich and moving. The unison line which can be sung by a junior choir has some short sections needing simple divisi.

Paperback-Over a hundred nursery rhymes with simple piano accompaniments guitar chords and illustrations Over a hundred nursery rhymes with simple piano accompaniments guitar chords and illustrations

for SATB (with divisions) and organ This Easter anthem sets the second part of George Herbert's poem 'Easter'. The opening section has an almost pastoral feel with the sopranos and altos presenting a lilting melody in thirds underpinned by a flowing organ accompaniment. This Easter anthem by Bob Chilcott sets the second part of George Herbert's poem 'Easter' famously set in full by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his Five Mystical Songs . The opening section has an almost pastoral feel with the sopranos and altos presenting a lilting melody in thirds underpinned by a flowing organ accompaniment. The anthem becomes progressively more expansive and reflective with rich textures and harmonies before drawing to a profound close.