Par ELLIN BENJAMIN. Nahstops 2 was written in 2004 at the request of James Watson, then Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. ‘Jim’, as we knew him, had been a supporter of my music during my student days and the only prerequisite for this piece was that it fitted the same instrumentation as Elgar Howarth’s version of ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’; ie, a large symphonic b…

Stringsets. Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Benjamin Britten's last completed composition, Welcome Ode was originally written for school choir and orchestra. The three movements - Jig, Roundel and Canon, here transcribed for strings (score and parts), form the Welcome Suite which ensembles familiar with Britten's earlier Simple Symphony will find equally challenging and rewarding./ Répertoire / Cordes

for wind quintet and piano. Par SCHWEITZER BENJAMIN. Benjamin Schweitzer presents his first work for this combination. Willing to try out something new, he adds to the typical character of the wind instruments the sound of the piano. The work is made up of two movements, each movement of several parts. Complex interwoven passages are set against stringently composed sections. The composer says of …

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. The Oxen is a lamenting poem of Thomas Hardy's set to music by esteemed composer Benjamin Britten, arranged for upper voices with piano accompaniment.   / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Hautes et Piano

Par RICHMOND JEFF / BENJAMIN NELL. This 2018 Broadway adaptation of the hit 2004 movie about the cut-throat social status of a group of teenage girls features lyrics by Nell Benjamin with music by Jeff Richmond and was nominated for several Tony Awards®. Our folio includes 10 songs in easy piano arrangements: / Niveau : Facile / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Répertoire / Piano

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. The first performance of the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op.74 was given by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Benjamin Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival on 24 June, 1965. Available here is Britten's fantastic song-cycle of pieces set to the lyrics and proverbs of William Blake, for Baritone Voice with Piano accompaniment. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / C…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Study score for Benjamin Britten's Rhapsody For String Quartet ./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par SCHWEITZER BENJAMIN. An Zimmern was initially planned to be part of a cycle of Hölderlin settings. Hölderlin’s late lyrics offer a certain riveness between equation, lunatic bursts and a dissociated smoothness. This ‘riveness’ can be found in the work’s concentrated character, which combines fragile colours of piano and flute, an eruptive climax and exactly organized lines and motives. During …

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Benjamin Britten wrote his 'String Quartet in F' in April 1928, shortly after he began lessons with Frank Bridge. He was fourteen at the time and it is thought that this piece was set as a homework exercise by this new teacher.This study score is in four parts./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. King Arthur was the first of 28 scores Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) composed for radio between 1937 and 1947. It was an ambitious dramatisation of King Arthur' s life and times - part pageant, part play, part cantata - written by D.G. Bridson. This colourful suite incorporates the Introduction, a dramatic Wild Dance, some of the music underscoring the scenes for Galahad and …

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. This fantastic book contains 3 complete suites from Opus numbers 72, 80 and 87. Each suite has background information written by Benjamin Britten for a more authentic performance. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Violoncelle