Par HOLMAN PETER. Music for three violins and bass formed a small yet distinctive corpus of instrumental music at the Restoration court of Charles II and in the Catholic chapel of James II. Introduced to England by the German violinist Thomas Baltzar, the genre was adopted by John Jenkins, whose ten late fantasia-suites for three violins, bass viol and continuo, together with Gottfried Finger’s fi…

Reflecting his admiration for the age of flying boats and Bakelite radios the 'Art-Deco Suite' is an affectionate study in nostalgia - a trio of images from the 1920s and 30s set in music of timeless elegance.The first piece 'Ritzy' speaks for itself: classy carefree and full of elite syncopations. 'Acacia Avenue' in contrast is a miniature tone poem its languidly flowing melody conjuring up…

An abundantly versatile composer Peter Foggitt in A Christmas Lullaby tunes in to the spirit of minimalism that has inspired so much remarkable music since Tavener Górecki and Pärt discovered a new gift to be simple in their ground-breaking works of the 1970s and 1980s. To the nativity scene painted in words by John Addington Symonds the unchanging-changing chords of the limpid accompaniment for…

Lewis Carroll from 'Alice in Wonderland' and inspiration for this lively and fun piece of light organ music. ' . . . suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!' (when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to h…

Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. His works include operas ballets chamber music secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies written over nearly fifty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century.Vaughan Williams …

Unison and keyboardWritten by a celebrated arranger and composer of popular classic Holy Moses this lively and inspiring cantata is a pageant of Christmas past and present - including 'An Elizabethan Christmas Present' 'Mysterious Handel' 'Mozart's Mince Pies' 'A Victorian Cockney's Lament' and 'Christmas Rapping'. Stuffed full of memorable tunes it ends with a rumbustuous 'Christmas Dinner'.…

Edited by Jeremy DibbleA key figure in the so-called English Musical Renaissance Parry was a considerable composer of chamber music. His three violin sonatas the first of which in d minor is here published for the first time along with the Fantasie-sonata and Sonata in D major date from the 1870s and 80s and are contemporary with his four symphonies and setting of Milton's Blest Pair of Sir…

Grades 3 and 4. Par LCM. The rudiments and pieces for the London College of Music and Media's Tuned Percussion examinations for Grades 3 and 4./ Recueil / Percussions

John and Charles Wesley On Music and Musicians-Carlton R Young with Preface by Richard WatsonThe achievement of John and Charles Wesley in establishing the foundations of Methodist music has been largely unexplored - until now. Carlton R Young one of the leading scholars in the field explains the theological background to the vast hymnic repertoire the brothers created and the history behind su…

The John Wilbraham Method-ISBN 0 85249 860 8Probably the most important book on the subject to have appeared in recent years Sound the Trumpet encapsulates the musical philosophy of John Wilbraham one of the 20th-century???s most eminent and colourful trumpet players and teachers. Matthew Booth himself a former student explains how knowledge of Wilbraham???s unique insights into the art and cr…

Written to inaugurate a series of lunchtime concerts at Manchester Town Hall one of Britain's finest examples of Victorian architecture and home of the magnificent Cavaille-Coll organ. English through and through New Era opens with a short fanfare motif which helps to bind the sections together as it marches along with more than a hint of Elgar. Easy under the fingers (and feet) this is a real p…

Ralph Vaughan Williams' work has been arranged for Solo Cor Anglais or E flat Saxophone and String Quartet by Robert Stanton for Solo Cor Anglais and String Quartet or String Orchestra. Includes Full score and parts for Cor Anglais and one of each string part. Extra parts may be made by the customer to use for the String Orchestra version without a fee subject to obtaining authorisation and a li…

Summer Nights-Mezzo-soprano or Tenor and Piano. A completely revised edition of the original Augener publication based on the 1841 Paris version of the renowned song cycle later adapted by the composer to be sung with Orchestra. The introduction and variants in this piano score enable the singer to rehearse and perform the songs in any other published version. Robin Bowman who is well known in E…

This is a rowdy and lusty setting of a favourite song from the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The music has tremendous swing to its stride and a folksong quality to which by the use of judicious pauses the composer adds the feel of impromptu singing. A certain exaggeration might even be called for in performance for example in the robustly canonic second verse with no loss of h…