Flute,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.763454 Composed by Traditional Welsh. Arranged by Nigel Williams. Celtic,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and part. 8 pages. Nigel Williams #5747595. Published by Nigel Williams (A0.763454). Featured in the 1980's Steven Spielberg film Empire of the Sun, this beautiful traditional Welsh lullaby melody became very well known. In this arrangement the flute mainly leads, but when the melody moves to the piano the flute has an attractive counter-melody. Ideal High School student repertoire and with a performance duration of around two and a half minutes, a great recital piece. The full score has phrasing suggested and a one page flute part attached. Enjoy browsing my many instrumental solo, duets, trios, quartets and ensemble pieces (including Suo Gan for string orchestra) on SMP.

Flute,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.626863 By Stephen DeCesare. By Traditional. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Celtic,Christmas,Folk,Instructional,Irish,Standards. Score and part. 10 pages. Exultet Music #5800657. Published by Exultet Music (A0.626863). The traditional Welsh lullaby that has been popularized by artists such as The Choir of King's College, The Irish Tenors and was also featured in the 1987 film Empire of the Sun has been freshly arranged for a Flute or Violin solo with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church, school or concert setting. An accompaniment track is also available.

Piano,Soprano Flute - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1311257 Composed by G F Handel. Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick. Baroque,Historic,Instructional,Opera. Score and part. 6 pages. Colin Kirkpatrick Publications #900255. Published by Colin Kirkpatrick Publications (A0.1311257). This piece is probably Handel’s best-known melody, although it began life as an operatic aria. The opera was called Xerxes, sometimes written Serses and pronounced something like “ZERT-sees�. It was commissioned by The King’s Theatre in London and composed by Handel (who had become naturalized British and lived in London at the time) around 1737 and 1738. The opera is loosely based on the real historical figure King Xerxes, who ruled from around 522-486 BC and was the fourth king of the Achaemenid Empire, a vast region that covered most of the present-day Middle East including modern Turkey.  The melody is often known simply as Handel’s Largo (despite being marked “Larghetto� in the musical score) and is the opening aria in the opera. Known by its opening line Ombra mai fu the aria is sung by Xerxes to a plane tree: “Tender and beautiful fronds of my beloved plane tree, let fate smile upon you...�Although the melody has survived over the years, the opera itself was a complete failure when it was first performed at the King’s Theatre in London’s Haymarket in 1738. The style of the opera was not appreciated by London opera-goers and it generally received poor reviews. The audience may have been confused by the innovative nature of the work because Handel introduced unexpected comic elements into the plot.This arrangement for flute and piano is in G major and uses the lower register of the instrument thus making the arrangement suitable for elementary players.  The lowest note is the D just below the treble staff and the highest note is the G just above the top line. The piano part has been kept as simple as possible. Being so well-known, this piece would make a suitable encore.