Par WEELKES THOMAS. SSA Adapted by E H Fellowes from the original five-part setting/ Répertoire / SSA

21 character duets for pupil and teacher. Par COBB CELIA. Cool Beans is an eclectic mix of 21 character duets composed by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. The pieces draw on a wide range of moods, styles and playing techniques, and young string players will enjoy exploring and performing them with their teachers. The duets in Cool Beans are designed to encourage excellence in both technical and perfo…

Par JEFFREYS GEORGE. Publication of the complete English sacred music of George Jeffreys (c.1610?1685) opens a window on the achievement of one of the few pre-Commonwealth composers wholeheartedly committed to the contemporary Italianate stile nuovo. Besides a quantity of sacred works in Latin, there are 26 surviving English anthems and devotional pieces, plus three settings from the Communion Se…

Par WEBBER WILLIAM LLOYD. Complementing the Lyric Suite, a much loved title in our cello list, these three pieces are delightful miniatures from the pen of William Lloyd Webber. Air Varie, Slumber Song and In the Half-Light can be played as individual concert items or as suite of contrasting musical moods. Air Varie and In the Half-Light are recorded on ASV CD DCA 961, and Slumber Song is availabl…

Par MCCARTHY JAMES. The words of Peaceful was the Night are taken from John Milton?s ode On the Morning of Christ?s Nativity, written in 1629. Milton describes the universe halting in utter stillness at the moment of Christ?s appearing on the earth. (As the poet wrote: ?His reign of peace upon the Earth began. ?) In James McCarthy?s carol, the voices play a dual role, as narrator, and by evoking t…

Written in 1899 for the Cambridge Degree of Doctor of Music and prepared by Alan Tongue from the composer's manuscript, A Cambridge Mass is the largest work written by Ralph Vaughan Williams before A Sea Symphony of 1909, and amongst his most ambitious. The opening Credo is set for SATB soloists, double chorus and orchestra on the broadest and most dramatic scale. The Offertorium that follows is f…

Par MOREHEN JOHN. Sacred and secular rounds and canons in Latin and in English from the collections of the 17th-century editor and theorist Thomas Ravenscroft, on a variety of subjects such as drinking, hunting and street cries: thirty-five pieces for three to eleven voices. / Date parution : 1905-07-10/ Recueil / 3 - 11 Voix

Par STANFORD CHARLES VILLIERS. The Benedictus and Agnus Dei in B flat is published as part of an ongoing policy to reissue works by Charles Villiers Stanford in the Autograph Edition, in new engravings but as the composer wrote and approved them, with no editing from another hand. Simple in texture but highly effective in performance, these two short movements are a useful addition to the repertoi…

Par STILES SARAH. Something of a first in violin music, Dual Band features nine exciting violin duets that also offer nine exciting routes to creative improvisation. Through special IMPRO sections, players are encouraged to explore every aspect of the instrument as a means to open-minded music-making, carefully set within the formal framework of individual pieces. Titles include A Thought, Transqu…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. SATB, piano or organ From Five Mystical Songs./ Feuillet / SATB, Piano ou Orgue

Eleven songs to warm the heart and praise the Lord. Par THOMAS RUTHIE. The words and music of Ruthie Thomas proclaim the power of Christ in our world, through a distinctive voice and vision blending African-Caribbean, jazz, soul and calypso styles. Singing in her father´s Pentecostal Church was an important part of herchildhood, preparing the ground for her vocation to offer the Lord´s praises thr…

Lewin Gordon (Ed). Par LEWIN GORDON. The Light Touch is a fabulous collection of graded pieces for Alto Saxophone and Piano. The two volumes have been edited by Gordon Lewin. This is the second book for intermediate to advanced players from grade 4 all the way to grade 8. There are five glorious examples of Light saxophone music in various styles all of which are characterised by the light touch !…

Par SWANN DONALD. SATB and piano Guitar and double bass may be included with the keyboard part in Donald Swann’s popular arrangement of this majestic 4th century Greek hymn. The words are taken by the men; upper voices vocalise in a syncopated descant. Originally from Swann’s The Rope of Love, but by popular request now available separately for the first time./ Feuillet / SATB et Piano

Dart/Oxenbury (Ed). Par DART THURSTON / OXENBURY. Edited by Thurston Dart and William Oxenbury. A collection of 25 dances by Italian composers, originally printed in Venice, 1551. Transcribed from the copy in the Liceo Musicale, Bologna. ANONYMOUS Gagliarda 'Cathaccio'; Gagliarda 'Comadrina'; Gagliarda 'El Poverin'; Gagliarda 'Fantina'; Gagliarda 'Fornerina'; Gagliarda 'Gamba'; Gagliarda 'Gonelia'…

Par TALLIS THOMAS. SATB and optional organ From The Dorian Service. Edited by Leonard Ellingwood/ Répertoire / SATB et Orgue