Par RODGERS SARAH. Standard: Advanced Set for the Guildhall School examinations grades 7 and 8, Spanish Sonata is written in a lively and approachable idiom that will appeal to many players and their teachers. In three widely contrasted movements, it looks set to become a regular concert item, and reflects the diverse interests of its composer, Sarah Rodgers, in the many popular and folk idioms of…

Par LUCIUK JULIUSZ. The Three Miniature Pieces for violin and piano were written in 1984. The composer dedicated them to his daughter Agnieszka, who performed them during her diploma cincert at the end of her studies at Cracow Music Academy. This work forms cycle, to be performed as a whole, although each of the pieces can also function independently. As a cycle, it has an inner logic, based on an…

Usher in the Christmas season with Christmas Carol Celebration. Brimming with fresh, new arrangements of favorite carols reflecting moments both triumphant and tender in the Christmas story, this 40-minute cantata for choir and congregation is easily prepared and presented, yet highly effective. Selective new original material is woven into the work to complement the classic carols. The narration …

Rockschool is about playing the styles of music you enjoy.The specially written tunes develop the key skills, styles and techniques you need so you can play the hits of yesterday, today and tomorrow.The Rockschool packs have standard music notation plus great sounding CDs featuring top musicians. Includes full notation plus click-track and non click-track backing tracks on the CD. Students are enc…

This is the second in the trilogy called 'Widow Poems,? written after the sudden death of a lover. Each of the three represents a different stage in the arc of the poet's grief. In this one, the bereaved begins to handle the material affairs of the deceased as she, glossing Shakespeare's famous funeral poem, contrasts his state of peace with her own dread. / 2 Choeurs A Cappella

A modern day music theatre phenomenon, Matilda The Musical is the multiple Olivier Award-winning adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, newly adapted for the stage with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin . This official songbook presents all the songs from the show arranged for voice and piano with chord symbols, as well as an eight-page colour photo section and an exclusive foreword wr…

Featuring 'Morning Mood' and 'In the Hall of the Mountain King,' this authentic-sounding arrangement includes 6/8 time, legato, staccato and marcato styles, frequent doublings, a wide variety of dynamic markings, and one the most famous accelerandos ever written! (5:00) / Orchestre

Grade 5. Par HARRIS PAUL. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books, including this volume for Grade 5, have been specifically written to reflect Trinity's parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout. Designed…

Par GAYE MARVIN / LONGFIELD ROBERT (Arr.). Though initially written over 50 years ago, Marvin Gaye's plea for peace and understanding is a message that still resonates strongly and needs to be heard. This arrangement for string quartet by Robert Longfield maintains the original's easy cool and RandB rhythms in a format that allows modern-day students to find a way to bring some loving here today. …

Par HARRIS PAUL. A piece a week. Piano Grade 1 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve your sight-reading! graded piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun, short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week. By continually reading accessible new repertoire, the crucial processing of information and hand-eye coordinat…

James Rae’s 'Jazz Ensemble' series was first published in the 1980s and quickly proved very popular. There were six separate titles in the series written for a flexible mixed ensemble, with parts provided for C, Bb, Eb, Bass, Easy Bass and Drums with a supporting piano part in the score. It was and still is ideal for the practical part of GCSE studies, catering as it does for almost any imaginable…

How often do we find a warm ballad written especially for Hanukkah? No boom-chicks here, and no minor key either, just a tender heartfelt message of family and tradition. Incorporates a contemporary setting of the traditional Hebrew 'Maoz Tzur? just before a dramatic modulation to the final refrain. / 3 Parties Mixtes

Music for Royal Occasions is an exciting volume of pieces written for coronations and other royal celebrations over the past five centuries. It includes long-standing favourites, such as Handel's Zadok the priest and Parry's I was glad - and works from earlier years, such an Henry Purcell's I was glad and the delightful Rejoice in the Lord alway . Many well-loved composers were commissioned to wri…

Par SENFTER JOHANNA. Johanna Senfter (1879–1961) is one of the most interesting composers of the late Romantic period. She studied piano and composition at the Frankfurt Conservatoire 1895–1903 and thereafter in Leipzig with Max Reger 1908/9. Her most significant legacy is her organ music, which takes up the contrapuntal, highly chromatic composition techniques used by her teacher. These ten chora…

Par CRAXTON J. / RICHARDSON A.. The First Book of Oboe Solos has been complied with the true beginner in mind, and it should be possible to use this book from the very first lesson. The stylistic range is as wide as is compatible with technical considerations and original pieces have been specially written in the absence of other suitable material. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Hautbois et Piano