Margaret Rizza has chosen 218 of the most beautiful hymns which are contemplative in nature and which invite us to enter more deeply into prayer. They are perfect for moments of prayer and meditation during churchservices. Choir leaders will find many are particularly fitting for use during the service of Holy Communion.Margaret Rizza has included some of the hymns for the music others for their …

Piano-Bent Sørensen THE SHADOWS OF SILENCE For piano Programme Note The Shadows of Silence (2003-2004)Quite some time ago I heard - through a conversation in a mobile phone - a wonderful concert of ringing church bells from an European capital. I found it very hard to concentrate about the conversation because I was so engrossed by the chaotic world of bell sound. The night after I dreamt tha…

For Acoustic Guitar-During the course of my teaching piano and guitar I have not come across another book that took these classic masterpieces and arranged them for the beginner guitar student. There is an amazing amount of literature like this forthe piano but not for the guitar. My goal with this book is to fill this void in the guitar literature. I chose compositions that the young guitar stu…

The Wings Of Night for Trombone and String Quartet was composed by Bent Sørensen in 1998 as a commission from the Warsaw Autumn for Christian Lindberg and the Silesian String Quartet.Programme note: I do not yet know what to write about this short piece which I have just finished. But like my Piano Concerto LA NOTTE it seems to take place at night-time - or perhaps it is only because I wrote th…

I Sing Because

Par PEGLER HEIDI / WEDGWOOD P.. Have you always wanted to be able to sing? Then this book is for you - because it's never too late! This all-in-one tutor book covers approximately two years of singing lessons, and includes essential music theory and technical skills for beginners. The learning process is broken down into bite-sized, manageable chunks with two CDs containing a wealth of music from …

from Matilda-When I Grow Up comes from Matilda he Musical the award-winning stage version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel from the Royal Shakespeare Company.The song is a wish list of the kind of pleasures adulthood is imagined to bring. Of course it is a poignant list because in this case all it contains is freedom from the trials of childhood.This choral version for SATB and piano …

'I would prefer not to be in the audience for a performance of this, but only because I'd want to be taking part instead.' Music Teacher Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass SSA vocal score Kyrie eleison Forces or Category: SSA, piano, bass (optional), drums (optional) for SSA, piano, and optional bass and drumkit ad lib.

An iconic text and tune have been thoughtfully set by Shane Warby for the BYU Singers. A simple two-part opening eventually builds into a dynamic proclamation of 'I can sing because I'm free!? A statement of surety in a God who watches even the smallest creatures. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

The world première of A New Commandment a piece by the late Sir John Tavener specially commissioned for Summer Fields was in February 2014 at the Sheldonian Theatre Oxford.This work waspossibly one of his very last commissions before his sudden and untimely death in November 2013. COMPOSER’S NOTE'I have set these words from St John’s Gospel many times because I feel them to beamong the mo…