Basset clarinet in A or clarinet in A and piano - difficult - Digital Download (after Kandinsky). Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: score and parts. Downloadable. Duration 12 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q19145. Published by Schott Music - Digital

Piano - difficult - Digital Download For piano. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 5 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6363. Published by Schott Music - Digital

Ensemble - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q23834

For thirteen players. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: study score. Music Of Our Time. Downloadable, Study score. Duration 20 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q23834. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q23834).

This three-movement work reflects the character of the wunderkammer, or Cabinet of Curiosities, which flourished between the 16th to 18th centuries: ’in this labyrinthine landscape, I found a natural context to construct my own private collection of musical objects, ciphers, and quotations. The volatile and virtuosic textures of the work are created by demanding soloistic agility from each performer. Whilst being required to fit seamlessly together to form complex musical surfaces the musicians are also set belligerently strident and dramatic roles. The concerto form (kammerkonzert) proved a natural arena for such contradictory tensions that seek resolution through metamorphosis.’ (Kenneth Hesketh)

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Soprano voice and piano - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q6613

(Selected Poems of the Tang Dynasty). Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 18 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6613. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6613).

English.

Composed in 2007 for the Leeds Lieder festival, Hesketh's Shimmerwords and Idle Songs for soprano and piano is a 18 minute song cycle made up of six songs in four sections. The text is taken from a collection of Chinese poetry from the 8th and 9th centuries which cover various subjects from nature and travel to life itself. The music is both colourful and direct with an abundance of humour and clarity.

Violin - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q6379

For solo violin. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 12 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6379. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6379).

Taking his starting point from 17th century philosopher-poet Cyrano de Bergerac's 'Grandes Plaines du Jour', Hesketh powerfully fuses a huge range of performing and compositional techniques into this 12 minute work for solo violin. Inspired by Bergerac's imaginations of other worlds and utopian societies, the work explores extreme ranges and timbres whilst using techniques such as left hand pizzicato and natural harmonics. Open-fifth material, which is natural to the instrument, is prominent and short duets alternating between arco and pizzicato figures add yet another dimension.

Cello - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q6621

(Drei Perspektiven). Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 9 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6621. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6621).

'Die hängende Figur ist Judas' (The hanging figure is Judas) was commissioned by Dr. Margitta Giera as a gift for the German sculptor Michael Langer. Hesketh’s first ideas for the work came from a photograph of the Great Tympanum carving of the Last Judgement at St. Foy Cathedral in Conques, France showing an image of the hanged Judas surrounded by mocking demons. Two violent outer movements frame a bleak central section with each movement of the piece unfolds a different perspective of a swinging motif, be it a chord, a gesture or a rhythm. This is a demanding work which will challenge the very best players.

Children's voices (SSA) and piano - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q19668

For children's voices (SSA) and piano. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: choral score. Choral Music of Our Time. Downloadable, Choral score. Duration 6 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q19668. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q19668).

English.

Hesketh’s work for 3-part children’s choir and piano sets two texts about the start of spring by William Blake and an anonymous source. Written for conductor Simon Emery and the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, Enter, Spring mixes contrapuntal and homophonic textures in the choir, supported by a lively accompaniment.

Oboe - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q20514

For solo oboe. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 8 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q20514. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q20514).

Stimulated by my love of automata, this work for solo oboe takes its name from the invention of Wolfgang von Kempelen, who in the late eighteenth century constructed an extraordinary mechanical man powered by clockwork, dressed in a stylish Turkish costume and capable of playing chess. The chess player turned out to be a fraud but sparked many other thinkers and inventors to pondering what the possibilities of automation might be. In Hesketh’s highly virtuosic work, the through-composed melody is subjected to a series of distortions by pulleys, cams, gears and cranks. There are also the onomatopoeic effects of winding up and whirring noises that add to the air of the mechanical.

Fl(afl).cl(bcl).2bsn(2.cbns)-Ctpt.Bbtpt.tbn.btbn 8 wind instruments - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q18829

For eight wind instruments. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: score. Downloadable, Score. Duration 14 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q18829. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q18829).

Flute - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q6463

For solo flute. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 13 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6463. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6463).

Influenced by a series of wood-engraved prints titled 'Opus' by Russian artist Naum Gabo, the three movements of this piece reflect the varying states that result from simple linear designs floating against dark, mottled backgrounds, with white lines echoing the effect of light. Gabo's constructivist influences based in the use of glass and transparency shine through in the music, which is brilliantly innovative and forward looking in its approach.

Fl(afl).cl(bcl).2bsn(2.cbns)-Ctpt.Bbtpt.tbn.btbn 8 wind instruments - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q23841

For eight wind instruments. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: set of parts. Downloadable, Set of parts. Duration 14 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q23841. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q23841).

Piano - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q19046

For piano solo. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 5 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q19046. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q19046).

The title of this work is a reference to the poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats. Important images from the poem are freely connected to suggest musical gestures and contours. Such phrases as perilous seas and plaintive anthem placed musically alongside each other give the work a continuity not suggested by the original poem. The topography in the last verse of the poem also finds its way into the work: Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep The resulting work therefore utilises an organic and associative musical form, one that is dramatic and often capricious in nature. The work evaporates at its close - at Keats' instigation - through the words Fled is that music:- do I wake or sleep?. Through Magic Casements was written for William Cale on the occasion of his final recital at the Royal College of Music. © 2009 KH.

Choral - Digital Download

SKU: HX.353429

By Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: scorch. Choral. Christmas. Octavo. 14 pages. Hal Leonard Europe #81654. Published by Hal Leonard Europe (HX.353429).

Clarinet, violin and piano - difficult - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q6299

Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: score and parts. Downloadable, Score and parts. Duration 12 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6299. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6299).

A concert suite of three pieces for piano, clarinet and violin. The composer has created concise aural pictures: whimsical, witty and pointed, they make an appealing addition to the contemporary chamber music repertoire.