Richard Rodney Bennett: Reflections On A 16th Century Tune (Score)

Work for Double Woodwind Quintet, based on the sixteenth century French popular song A l?ombre d?un buissonet, first printed in La Couronne et Fleur (1536).

Richard Rodney Bennett: Reflections On A 16th Century Tune (Score/Parts)

Work for Double Woodwind Quintet, based on the sixteenth century French popular song A l?ombre d?un buissonet, first printed in La Couronne et Fleur (1536).

Five Seventeenth Century Pieces

Denis Bloodworth. These anonymous pieces have been transcribed from a small manuscript book of music for virginals in the British Library. Each piece may be performed in four versions: a) descant solo, b) descant and treble duet, c) descant treble and tenor trio and d) descant, treble, tenor and bass quartet.

C. Hubert Parry: Welcome Yule!

Ancient 15th Century Carol set by C. Hubert H Parry.

Robert Pearsall: Lay A Garland

One of the most popular 19th Century Part Songs in the Choral Repertoire. For SSAATTBB Choir.

Michael Hurd: A Parley Of Owls

Arranged for SATB unaccompanied. Commissioned by the Beccles Music Festival for performance in 1987. Words anon. (17th century).

Richard Rodney Bennett: Fanfare On A Sixteenth Century Tune (Score/Parts)

Work for 4 Trumpets, 2 Tenor Trombones and 2 Bass Trombones.

Howarth: English Dances From the 16th Century for Brass Ensemble (Score)

Steel: Six Pieces For Organ

Twentieth century English composer and teacher Christopher Steel followed the progress of many tonal composers of the last century: initial prominence followed by a passage into obscurity, followed by renewed posthumous appreciation. Steel was a composer of integrity and creativity who left a body of work of variety and quality. These Organ works date from the earlier part of his life and comprise Intrada, Flourish, Nocturne, Dance, Meditation and Postlude.

Gerald Cockshott: O This Night Is Born Noel

O This Night Is Born Noel, a french carol of the 17th century, arranged with English words by Gerald Cockshott. Scored for unison voices and piano.

Harrison Oxley: Angels Through The Heavens Winging

Angels Through The Heavens Winging is a traditional german carol from the 14th century arranged for treble voices and organ with English words by Harrison Oxley.

Gustav Holst: Three Movements From The Planets

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) is widely regarded as one of the most original of 20th century composers, and The Planets, composed in 1914-16, established him as a really popular composer. The work, with its vivid sense of invention and use of driving rhythm, is a masterpiece of the 20th century orchestral repertoire. Arthur Wills has transcribed these three movements from The Planets for organ to make a superb set of recital pieces or voluntaries.

Hurd: Canticles Of The Virgin Mary

Four songs for SSA and piano, all of which are from 15th century carols edited by the composer, commissioned for the 1965 Farnham Festival.Vocal score with piano accompaniment.

English Sacred Music Of The 20th Century 2: Leighton Carols And Anthems

An anthology of Carols and Anthems by Kenneth Leighton, one of the most distinguished of the British post-war composers, chiefly regarded today for his choral output. This anthology includes many pieces that are less well known, and find themselves in no other collection. Arranged for mixed voice choir SATB and organ.

Kenneth Leighton: Alleluia Pascha Nostrum for Cello and Piano Op.85

Meditations on Plainsong Melodies from the 12th Century Salsibury Chant for Easter Day. The work was commissioned by Raphael Wallfisch and Richard Markham. First performed in the Royal Exchange in Manchester in February 1982.

Harrison Oxley: Mater Ora Filium

Mater Ora Filium is an Irish folk song arranged as a carol to anonymous 15th-century words by Charles Wood. This version has been re-arranged for treble voices (two-part with optional solo) and organ by Harrison Oxley.

Evans: David Of The White Rock for SATB Chorus

This version of David of the White Rock (Dafydd Y Garreg Wen) is for Voice SATB Unaccompanied and has words in both English and Welsh and rehearsal Piano line. The tune remains in the Soprano Voice with traditional and effective harmonization.Tradition has it that David Owain was a famous Welsh harpist of the 18th century who, on his deathbed, composed this lovely tune. Words were added a century later by poet Ceiriog Hughes. David of the White Rock is widely known in Wales and abroad and is frequently sung by choirs and recorded, often with harp accompaniment.

C.S. Lang: Exercises For Organists, Book 2

Dr C S Lang, 20th century Organist, teacher and composer. He is best remembered for his work Tuba Tune, which regularly appears on recital programmes. This book is included in the list of highly influential pedagogical works he wrote for Organists.

C.S. Lang: Exercises For Organists Book 1

Dr C S Lang, 20th century Organist, teacher and composer. He is best remembered for his work Tuba Tune, which regularly appears on recital programmes. This book is included in the list of highly influential pedagogical works he wrote for Organists.

Muriel Herbert: The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

Muriel Herbert was a twentieth century English composer and teacher who was active in her early life, composing not only many songs but also some works for Violin. In recent years, a new appreciation has begun to form for her sensitive and stylish Vocal works.

Ernest Walker: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (ATB And Organ)

Twentieth century musician Ernest Walker was more widely known as a writer on music, educator, pianist and accompanist than as a composer, though his, mainly Choral, output is respected. Walker eschewed sentimentality or theatrical show in his compositions. His conservative style had room for chromatic harmony, as in I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes.

C. Hubert Parry: Seven Chorale Preludes Set 1 For Organ

Hubert Parry (1848-1918) was an extrmely influential English composer during the early years of the 20th century. Throughout his career as a composer he held positions in Oxford University and at the Royal College of Music. His compositions include Jerusalem, English Suite For Strings, Overture To An Unwritten Tragedy, Beast of Bettesthorne and Te Deum.

RR Bennett: A Farewell To Arms for SATB Chorus and Cello

However often Bennett may have employed serial techniques or introduced jazz and modern elements into his work, his Choral compositions are always tonal and melodic. In A Farewell To Arms he displays an exquisite sensitivity to the poetry of Ralph Knevet (17th century) and George Peele (16th century) and their mediations on the homely life after years spent soldiering. The Cello can be heard to serve as the ‘Voice’ of the old soldier. The music combines the jaggedly Romantic Cello line with Choral writing that suggests early music motifs and harmonies.Composer, performer and arranger Richard Rodney Bennett was internationally respected for his serious music and many award-winning film scores (Murder on the Orient Express, Nicholas and Alexandra) as well as his works for children and his religious pieces. In addition, this markedly versatile musician frequently performed as a jazz pianist.

John Joubert: Pro Pace Motets for Double Choir

These three motets, Pro Pace, though written at different times, form a triptych on the subject of peace. The first to be composed was Libera Plebem, composed for and first performed at the Attingham Park Summer School, 1955. The text is a 9th century Latin poem, in the form of a prayer for deliverance from the Black Death.The second motet, which was composed last, is a 10th century Latin lament for the day on which man first invented weapons for use against his own kind, and a protest against such use.The final motet, the longest and most elaborate of the set, traces the Passion story from its sombre and tragic beginnings to its hopeful and triumphant end. It is a setting of a Latin poem by Peter Abelard, and its function in the triptych is to equate the victory of Christ's Passion with the eventual victory of non-violence.

Tristan Keuris: Canzone For Alto Saxophone Solo

Tristan Keuris was an award-winning Dutch composer of the 20th century. His Canzone was originally composed for the Tromp Benelux Music Competition in 1990, so is replete with technical challenge. It was originally written for clarinet and has here been scored for Alto Saxophone by Raaf Hekkema.Hekkema is an internationally celebrated Saxophonist who is best known, perhaps, for scoring and recording Paganini’s Caprices for Saxophone solo.