POD-Richard Allain's The Magi's Gifts for SATB choir unaccompanied. This work was commissioned by Merton College Oxford as part of the Merton Choirbook a collection of music being assembled to celebrate Merton College's 750th anniversary in 2014. The Magi's Gifts was first performed on 19th January 2014 in Merton College Chapel by the Choir of Merton College conducted by Benjamin Nicholas. This…

Par BRIDGE FRANK. A collection of four songs by Frank Bridge. Includes: Day After Day, Speak To Me, My Love!, Dweller In My Deathless Dreams, and Journey's End. A collection of four songs by Frank Bridge. Includes: Day After Day, Speak To Me, My Love!, Dweller In My Deathless Dreams, and Journey's End./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Essential Repertoire for Piano. Core Classics is a collection of seven books of music from the piano canon, selected and graded by leading educationalists. Drawn from ABRSM's extensive back catalogue, each volume contains a rich selection of engaging pieces to form the backbone of any pianist's repertoire. From Bach to Beethoven, Scarlatti to Schumann, this series includes an abundance of much-lov…

Internationally renowned minimalist Philip Glass composed this Piano concerto in the traditional three-movement form. The first movement titled ‘The Vision’ is classic Glass with a steamroller quality that suggests the immensedrive and ambition the two explorers needed to draw on for their journey into the wilderness. At the beginning of the second movement the theme in the solo Indian Fl…

Sam Pegg's A Child Of The Snows for SATB choir and Piano accompaniment is a setting of a poem by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton was known as an avid traveller and was a friend to all he met on his wanderings. In his own house he was famed for his warmth and hospitality. For him the inn was almost a spiritual symbol. 'In all of my settings of his poems I have tried to convey the sense of a yearning…

Transcriptions. Par EMMANUEL TOMMY. The Mystery, Tommy Emmanuel's sixth US album, was inspired by Emmanuel's travels - each of the album's compositions is a musical snapshot or sojourn - a journey that brings us together with places and people - a journey into self discovery. This transcription book shows all twelve tunes on the CD note-for-note in standard notation and tablature. Also included ar…

A Cantata for Christmas Preview Pack ( Book/Listening CD)-The Song Heard 'Round the World is a journey of international carols and folk songs that incorporate narration and scripture to share Christmas story. With sections for Advent Christmas and Epiphany the anticipation incarnation and proclamation of Christ's birth is presented. Each movement is from a different nation filling the work wit…

Par PARRY BEN. This Spiritual Medley comprises three songs that speak of a journey through trial to eventual salvation and liberty. It should gradually gather pace and energy from a slightly more reflective start, though retaining a lively feel throughout. All My Trials developed into a popular protest song in the 1950s and 60s and has been recorded by, amongst others, Joan Baez, Paul McCartney an…

Largo In Homage to B.A.C.H. was commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival 2013 and Music Director Paul Goodwin to whom the work is dedicated.COMPOSER NOTE:My very first idea was to use the BACH initials as a basis for the work - not as the melodic motif often used by composers but rather as a harmonic structure. This is possible because in the German musical tradition B stands for B flat and H …

2 Octaves of Handbells Level 2-“Jesus shall reign where'er the sun does its successive journeys run.” This first line of the hymn tune DUKE STREET conveys triumph and victory and so does this arrangement and adaptation for two octaves of handbells.The music begins simply but soon builds. A second section features the melody in the bass with a gliding eighth-note accompaniment overhe…

The Finnish composer Saariaho compositions are said to be 'confronted with the darkest and most dazzling dimensions of your subconscious and glimpses of the existential journeys she has made.' TheGuardian.Solar was composed by Kaija Saariaho. This incredibly modern piece uses electronic instrument and classic Orchestral instruments together creating a fusion of sound.Theelectronic material can be…

Gates is the second section from the ballet MAA scored for Chamber group tape and live electronics. Written in 1991 commissioned by the Finnish National Opera this work beautifully demonstrates the poeticism of Saariaho's music with a sensuous calm that permeates throughout. MAA translates from Finnish into world earth or country. It is a complimentary title as the ballet does not have a plot…

Here is a wonderful Christmas piece with a tune that will capture your heart not once but twice. The end of each verse has a hook that draws you in but you fall all the way when you hear the joyful chorus. The text celebratesChrist's birth and the leadership that journeys with us from that time forth.

Gates is the second section from the ballet MAA scored for Chamber group tape and live electronics. Written in 1991 commissioned by the Finnish National Opera this work beautifully demonstrates the poeticism of Saariaho's music with a sensuous calm that permeates throughout. MAA translates from Finnish into world earth or country. It is a complimentary title as the ballet does not have a plot…

Commissioned for the 2015 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association Wide Open Spaces reflects on the journeys and adventures to be found in the wide open spaces within ourselves and in the world around us. The uplifting melody is passed from the upper voices to the lower voices before the piece opens out into an expansive texture with rich harmonies. Quartel introduces a pl…