Par SAMUEL RHIAN. Rhian Samuel's fresh and stimulating vocal and instrumental works have earned her an enviable reputation as a composer willing to tackle challenging subjects and a variety of musical forms. The three contrasting pieces of Blythswood were written at Glaick in Scotland, on the mainland across from Skye, and each one evokes in terms of seascape or memory the idea of the 'distant vie…

Par BAIRSTOW EDWARD. One of the twentieth-century's most outstanding organist-composers, & ‘ The English Cesar Franck'. This is a warm and romantic work in three movements which can be programmed separately but together add up to a structure of sonata dimensions. Bairstow's career spanned the whole strata of provincial musical life from choral society to music festival, and encompassed Organ…

The Queens Service. Par STANFORD CHARLES VILLIERS. SATB and organ Stanford's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F was written in 1872, while the composer was a choral and organ scholar at Queens' College, Cambridge. Though early in date, the work already shows his remarkable talent for composition and his gift for writing large-scale choral music. Edited by Ralph Woodward, a latter-day organ scholar …

Tovet Donald (Ed). Par TOVEY DONALD FRANCIS. 34 Latin Motets for female voices in 2-4 parts by Lassus, Victoria, Palestrina, Gabrièli and Croce and a 5-part Kyrie by Mozart. All have English translations. CONTENTS AGOSTINI, Paolo: Adoramus te CONSTANTINI, Alessandro: Confitemini Domino CROCE: Et resurrexit GABRIÈLI, Andrea: Crucifixus LASSO, Orlando di: Adoramus te (1); Adoramus te (2); Agimus tib…

Par JOLLIFFE EDMUND. Although the English madrigal has been fairly described by John Rutter as a completed historical form, its younger sibling the partsong still flourishes in the hands of sympathetic composers like Edmund Jolliffe, who can clothe secular texts with music a cappella that fits their sentiments like a glove. In fact John Donne 's verse, though of a later period, receives a setting …

Par PACHELBEL JOHANN. Arranged for Organ by Nigel Ogden Among the all-time classical favourites and an essential item in any church organist's library of service music, Pachelbel's Canon in D receives a fresh and original makeover in this new arrangement by the celebrated recitalist and radio host Nigel Ogden. Scored by the composer for an ensemble of three violins and bass, the piece adapts beaut…

Par HAWKINS MALCOLM. Unison, piano and optional percussion An ear-catching piece about gossip! Children repeat conversations overheard on the two-five special train, with a delightful accompaniment of cymbal, claves and drum. Unison, piano and optional percussion An ear-catching piece about gossip! Children repeat conversations overheard on the two-five special train, with a delightful accompanime…

Elliott Kenneth (Ed). Par ELLIOTT KENNETH. Edited by Kenneth Elliott Containing a wide-ranging anthology of Latin church music, music of the reformed church, songs and instrumental music - music of court, cathedral and castle, kirk, burgh and countryside. This has remained one of the most popular Musica Britannica volumes amongst both scholars and performers. First published in 1957, revised 1964,…

Par FOGGITT PETER. A tour de force of choral energy and expertise in rhythmic precision, this is aerial music, fleet and vibrant as voices proclaim Martin Luther's vision of universal peace above a torrent of cascading Organ scales. The brightness of the Lydian mode matches this joyful proclamation, intoned chant-like in bold, clear intervals recalling the sounds both of medieval music and its ref…

Par PEIRSON RICHARD. The sense of rare and beautiful magic encountered in the early verse of Yeats is perfectly captured in this setting of He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven which, like the no less evocative texts selected by Warlock for 'The Curlew', is among the outstanding items from the early collection 'The Wind Among The Reeds'. To the rich symbolism of the poet's work, smoothly euphonious …

Par FIELD JOHN. Edited by Frank Merrick This is neglected repertoire by an important figure of the early Romantic movement who was a significant influence on Chopin. The contents include Piano Concertos in E flat, A flat and E flat, scored for strings, timps and double woodwind, horns and trumpets. First published in 1961./ Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre

Par WILLIAMS SANDY. Edited by Sandy Williams The first of three anthologies in the Touching the Pulse series, Worship and Where We Live questions the assumptions we all bring to the 'where' and 'how' of the lives of others. The editor's hope is that within the context of Christian worship, people will be helped to understand the life-situations of those whose experiences and emotions are different…

Their Background and Place In Welsh History and Culture. Par LUFF ALAN. Hymnes/ Répertoire / Chant

Par MARTIN BARNABY. Philip Moore draws on a lifetime's experience of music for Anglican worship to present Bishop Ken's classic evening hymn in darker, more subjective hues than those of Tallis's Canon, to which it is usually sung congregationally. In particular, a penitential note of strained serenity is struck in this nocturnal plea for repose of body and soul. The voices move quietly in comfort…