Ten cellists two bassists and a timpanist – what a sound! And what a great piece to play when ten cellists and a couple of bassists are in one place (and a timpanist if possible!) – perhaps in the break of an orchestra rehearsal or on a music course? This relatively short piece is not hard and is very rewarding to play.

This String Trio was only partly written by Schubert and has been finished by the Schubert expert Brian Newbould. It is a charming work and Newbould has done a wonderful job in creating a full length trio in the style of Schubert and using quotations from other Schubert works as Schubert himself did on occasion. A full note about the creation of this piece is included as a preface in the printed music.

Arranged From The Piano Duet K521-This Piano quartet started life as Mozart's Piano duet K521. John Cooley's arrangement of it for Piano quartet is very successful and brings this lovely piece into the hands of string players.

This String Quartet along with other chamber works by Onslow is worthy of serious study alongside works of other composers of the period such as Beethoven. It has a lively and tuneful first movement a beautiful theme and variations (including a florid variation with an exciting part for 1st Violin) a pretty minuet and trio and a rousing final movement. All instruments have interesting parts. George Onslow an Anglo-French composer was born in Clermont-Ferrand in July 1784 and died there in October 1853. Three of his String Quintets and his Piano quintet are also published by SJ Music (Q1993-5 Q1991-1 Q1993-4 and Q2005-2).

This edition of Onslow 's fifteenth String Quintet has the advantage of being either a two Viola or a two Cello quintet as it is published with parts for two cellists or two violists. It is a major work with good parts for all players with the 1st Violin part having a particularly large numbers of fast semi quavers (sixteenths) in the outer movements. It is known as 'The Bullet' due to the circumstances of its composition: Onslow was boar hunting in the Auvergne when a theme occurred to him. He dismounted and sat on a nearby fallen tree trunk and wrote it down. A boar then burst from the bushes and his companions fired missing the boar and hitting Onslow.The quintet was completed on his recovery and graphically illustrates his sufferings. George Onslow an Anglo-French composer was born in Clermont-Ferrand in July 1784 and died there in October 1853.

These arrangements of three lilting folk songs ( Billy Boy Blow the Wind Southerly The Keel Row ) are lovely to play and to listen to. They are straightforward technically and so accessible for beginner to intermediate standard players (Grade 4-6).

Score to String Quintet (arr. anon).

These four folksongs for String Quartet are ideal for school students at intermediate level: short easy and fun to play. Summers was born in 1973 and started composing aged eight going on to study at Cambridge University and the Royal Northern College of Music. The four songs are: Lady Maisry; Sheep shearing song; Did you see the dark-haired boy; Sej dinom-dánom .

Score to Schubert 's String Trio (completed Newbould).

Sue Otty's arrangement for Violin and Piano of Romance from Dmitri Shostakovich's suite The Gadfly .

Romance For Cello - The Gadfly Op. 97

The English Rose by Edward German and La Wally by Alfredo Catalani arranged by Sue Otty for Violoncello and Piano.

This String Quintet (with two Violas or three Violins) was composed in 1799. It is tuneful and straightforward and suitable for players who are not yet at the standard required to play the Mozart Dvorak or Brahms quintets with two Violas. This edition has the advantage of having a third Violin part included if two Viola players are not available. Johann Michael Haydn was the younger brother of his much more famous older brother Franz Joseph – commonly regarded as the 'father' of the classical String Quartet format.

This Fantasy for clarinet and string quartet was written in 1921 only three years before Stanfords death in London in 1924. He was born in Dublin in 1852 and his musical career started while he was still an undergraduate at Cambridge University when he was appointed organist at Trinity College and conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society. In 1882 aged 30 he was one of the founding professors of the Royal College of Music where he taught composition for the rest of his life and where his pupils included rising composers whose fame went on to surpass his own such as Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Four years later he was also appointed Professor of Music at Cambridge University. Stanford’s second Fantasy(Q1996-7) and fifth string quartet (Q1998-1) are also published by SJ Music.This Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet was written in 1921 only three years before Stanford 's death in London in 1924. Stanford 's second Fantasy (Q1996-7) and fifth String Quartet (Q1998-1) are also published by SJ Music.

The English Rose by Edward German and La Wally by Alfredo Catalani arranged by Sue Otty for Violoncello and Piano.

This String Quintet (with two Violas or three Violins) was composed in 1799. It is tuneful and straightforward and suitable for players who are not yet at the standard required to play the Mozart Dvorak or Brahms quintets with two Violas. This edition has the advantage of having a third Violin part included if two Viola players are not available. Johann Michael Haydn was the younger brother of his much more famous older brother Franz Joseph – commonly regarded as the 'father' of the classical String Quartet format.

This Fantasy for clarinet and string quartet was written in 1921 only three years before Stanfords death in London in 1924. He was born in Dublin in 1852 and his musical career started while he was still an undergraduate at Cambridge University when he was appointed organist at Trinity College and conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society. In 1882 aged 30 he was one of the founding professors of the Royal College of Music where he taught composition for the rest of his life and where his pupils included rising composers whose fame went on to surpass his own such as Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Four years later he was also appointed Professor of Music at Cambridge University. Stanford’s second Fantasy(Q1996-7) and fifth string quartet (Q1998-1) are also published by SJ Music.This Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet was written in 1921 only three years before Stanford 's death in London in 1924. Stanford 's second Fantasy (Q1996-7) and fifth String Quartet (Q1998-1) are also published by SJ Music.

Three Northumbrian Folk Songs

Ten cellists two bassists and a timpanist – what a sound! And what a great piece to play when ten cellists and a couple of bassists are in one place (and a timpanist if possible!) – perhaps in the break of an orchestra rehearsal or on a music course? This relatively short piece is not hard and is very rewarding to play.

This String Trio was only partly written by Schubert and has been finished by the Schubert expert Brian Newbould. It is a charming work and Newbould has done a wonderful job in creating a full length trio in the style of Schubert and using quotations from other Schubert works as Schubert himself did on occasion. A full note about the creation of this piece is included as a preface in the printed music.