Vaughan Williams began this work - his earliest known piece for a solo instrument with orchestra - in 1896 shortly after returning to the Royal College of Music to study composition with Stanford and completed it in 1904. After his death the manuscript was donated to the British Library and it was here that the pianist Mark Bebbington rediscovered it in 2010 subsequently recording it for Somm…
This scholarly edition replaces the original 1958 edition and includes detailed preliminary matter comprising a preface sources and editorial method and detailed textual notes.
Reduction for viola and piano-This work was inspired by Lionel Tertis who was the Viola soloist for a performance of Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi in 1925. Tertis' talent led the composer to write this Suite for him in 1934 which comprises eight short pieces. This edition features a Piano reduction of the original orchestral score.The solo viola part is also included on a separate insert.
Vaughan Williams wrote his Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955 when he was in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony and is considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre moments the symphony is optimistic in mood and displays Vaughan Williams's love for exotic and colourful combinations of instruments with a percussion sections that he said employs 'all the 'phones …
Viola/cello and piano-Adapted from the Opera Sir John In Love by Vaughan Williams and arranged for Viola or Cello with Piano Accompaniment by Watson Forbes Fantasia On Greensleeves truly is a beautiful traditional piece.The solo Viola and Cello parts are also included both printed separately using appropriate clefs on the same insert.
Vaughan Williams's 6th Symphony was composed immediately after the Second World War and its dramatic and at times violent musical language was long felt to be a comment on that conflict (though the composer denied it had any programmatic intent). Its power and invention were immediately recognized and it has remained part of the concert repertoire ever since. For this newly engraved edition edito…
Described by Walton as the 'greatest symphony since Beethoven' Vaughan Williams's fourth symphony is noted for its abrasively dissonant harmonic language.This new scholarly edition edited by David Matthews will replace the existing 1935 OUP edition. The preliminary text will include a preface sources and editorial method and detailed textual notes.
This is the first publication of Vaughan Williams's earliest substantial work for orchestra composed 1897-8 and premiered in April 1901. This attractive work already shows evidence of the composer's emerging musical style and sure grasp of orchestral techniques. Its five movements display much variety and sense of overall architecture with a sombre opening Prelude a fleet-footed Scherzo a grac…
Originally composed for and dedicated to Henry J. Wood on the occasion of his Jubilee in grateful recognition of his services to music by Vaughan Williams. This charming serenade is set to the words from Act five scene one of Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice. It may be sung with four soloists - SATB with Chorus or all the solo parts may be sung in chorus.
Paperback-Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives and Lazarus when he was 21 and here presents five variants that are in his own words 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others'. The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and is a wonderful examp…
Paperback-Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives and Lazarus when he was 21 and here presents five variants that are in his own words 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others'.The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and is a wonderful exampl…
A Cantata for Women's Voices with Orchestral or Piano Accompaniment-Cantata for women's chorus with orchestra or strings and piano A cantata of sixteen charming folk song settings in seasonal groupings. Material is available on hire.
The 1948 film 'Scott of the Antarctic' is well-known for its Vaughan Williams score which he later reworked to create Sinfonia Antartica. Vaughan Williams's original score for the film is now presented in its full unedited form allowing listeners to hear the full grandeur of the composer's original.
Published for the very first time this is a beautiful arrangement of the old German tune Lasst uns das Kindlein Wiegan setting words adapted from an old Scots poem by Ursula Wood (who later married Vaughan Williams). With flowing contrapuntal lines and characteristic harmonies O My Dear Heart will be popular with all upper-voice choirs. Arranged for SSSAAA a cappella but a Piano accompaniment …
Paperback-Taken from the cantata Dona Nobis Pacem this short movement is scored for SATB choir with a piano reduction of the orchestral parts. Material for the full orchestral version and an accompaniment for strings and piano is available on hire.
