Roughly eight months after the death of Anton n Dvorák (1 May 1904) his son-in-law Josef Suk began to compose a funeral symphony. While he was working on it fate struck a second time with the death of his beloved wife Otilie. He dedicated the five-movement symphony to Dvorák and his daughter Otilie and named it after the Angel of Death ?Asrael?.The principal source for our edition is the first edition of the score (1907) supplemented by the corrections Suk entered at the suggestion of conductor Václav Talich (1921). The most significant change was the expansion of the orchestra to include ad libitum parts for the fifth and sixth horns.Firstscholarly-critical editionIncludes Suk?s later corrections including ad libitum parts for the fifth and sixth hornsDetailed Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editorPerformance material (BA9532-72) available for hire

Premiered by The New York Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel at Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center New York City 10th June 2004. Orchestration 3 Flutes 3rd dbl. Piccolo2 Oboes1 English Horn in F3 Clarinets in Bb 3rd dbl. Bas Clarinet in Bb2 Bassoons1 Contra Bassoon4 Horns in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 Tuba1 (set of) Timpani2 Percussion (two players)1: Bass Drum (large) Chinese Cymbal Mark Tree2: TamTam (large) Vibraphone Antique Cymbal1 Harp1 Piano dbl. CelestaStringsAll non-octave transposing instruments are notated in their relevanttranspositions.Horns notated in bass clef sound a fourth above the notated pitch.All accidentals apply to each single note only except tied notes. Naturals for 'safety'. Programme Note This piece marks the conclusion of what could now be called 'The Nightshade Trilogy' three pieces which explore the contrasting worlds of Light and Darkness. As opposed to the earlier chamber work Nightshade which dealt with extremes of high and low pitches and the chamber orchestra composition Second Nightshade a two-fold piece contrasting darkness/anxiety and light/calm Final Nightshade for full symphony orchestra takes us on a journey in which the forces of dark and light struggle - and co-exist - in a predominantly polyphonic web with brooding undertones. The melodic point-of-departure is not surprisingly to be found in either of the two preceding pieces of the Trilogy but in an older piece Corpus Cum Figuris from 1985. Over the ensuing years I've dreamt on and off of 'doing something' with the opening measures of this older work perhaps even building a new composition on that very simple inward-looking time was ripe and there's a nice nostalgia angle to the idea: Corpus Cum Figuris was the first piece of mine to be

Orchestration:2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F (or Horns/Saxophones in Eb) 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion (Side drum Glockenspiel [1 player]) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola or Violin 3 Cello Double Bass)The famous Rule Britannia in a new arrangement by Nigel Wicken. Each verse features different sections of the orchestra. The final part has the benefit of some interesting harmonies more 'Wicken' than 'Arne'. Although no voice part is scored it is quite possible for the audience to join in at the traditional moments! The Violin 3 part is a treble clef version of the Viola partexcept for a few out-of-range notes.Duration: 4 minutes.

Urtext. Study edition of the score. For two Flutes two Oboes two Clarinets two Bassoons a Contrabassoon two Horns in C two Horns in F three Trombones Timpani in F and E and full string ensemble (Violins 1 & 2 Viola Cello and Double Bass).

This work written by Maxwell Davies in 1983 for chamber orchestra was commissioned to celebrate the quartercentenary of Edinburgh University. The first performance was given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by EdwardHarper in October 1983. Duration c. 29mins.This work was thought through in outline following a visit to the ruined pre-Reformation church of Hoy in Orkney on a fine Spring afternoon after Maxwell Davies had played theharmonium for the tiny congregation in its large bleak Victorian replacement. The old church was surrounded by the graves of centuries the more recent ones with familiar names largely of people who lived in houses now ruinous crofters fishermen clerics sea-captains. Next to it stood the chief farmhouse the Bu going back to Viking times. He thought of the lives and deaths encompassed there expressed through hundreds of years of music in thechurch and in the big barn of the farm.The plainsongs ‘Dies Irae’ and ‘Victimae Paschali Laudes’ are used throughout the work the first concerning the Day of Judgement from the Mass for the Dead the second particular toEaster Sunday and the Resurrection. These are subject to constant transformation the intervallic contour slowly changes from one into the other and their notes are made to dance through Renaissance astrological ‘magic square’patterns.The orchestra consists of double woodwind two horns two trumpets and strings.

Score-Walter Piston's Three New England Sketches for Symphony Orchestra.Commissioned by the Worcester County Musical Association. First performed on October 23 1959 by Detroit Symphony Orchestra atthe Worcester (Mass.) Music Festival Paul Paray Conducting.Instrumentation:Piccolo2 Flutes2 OboesEnglish Horn2 Clarinets In BbBass Clarinet2 BassoonsContrabassoon4 Horns In F3Trumpets In C (Parts in Bb)3 TrombonesTubaTimpaniPercussion (Snare Drum Bass Drum Cymbals Susp. Cymbal Triangle Tam-tam Glockenspiel Tambourine Wood Block)2 HarpsStrings

Stuart MacRae's Old Certainties was commissioned by Wolsey Orchestra Ipswich with generous funding from the Performing Rights Society Foundation New Works Award and first performed 10th October 2009 by Wolsey Orchestra conducted by Anthony Weeden in Ipswich Corn Exchange.Score in CInstrumentation2 Flutes2 Oboes (2 Cor Anglais)2 Clarinets in Bb2 BassoonsContrabassoon4 Horns in F2 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones (3 = Bass or Tenor)TimpaniPercussion (1 Player):Bass DrumTamtamChinese CymbalSuspended CymbalHi Hat3 WoodblocksStrings

For Orchestra. Premiered by The Royal Danish Orchestra conducted by Michael Schonwandt Koncerthuset DR 29th May 2009.Commissioned by and written for The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress.Dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky.Instrumentation.3 Flutes 3rd doubling Piccolo3 Oboe 3rd doubling Cor Anglais3 Clarinets in Bb 3rd doubling Bass Clarinet In Bb3 Bassoons 3rd doubling Contra Bassoon4 Horns in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 Tuba3 Percussion (three players)1 - Triangle Mark Tree Tubular Bells TamTam (Large) Glockenspiel Snare Drum Lion's Roar.2 - TamTam (Large) Chinese Cymbal Spring Coil (Mounted) TamTam (Large) Reco-Reco.3 - Bass Drum (Large) Antique Cymbals (full range) Spring Coil (mounted) TamTam (large) Cymbal (suspended) Reco-Reco.The three large TamTams should differ slightly in pitch.Strings (minimum 16-14-12-10-8)

Commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen for the Universe of Sound project.First perfromed at the Royal Festival Hall on 8th July 2012 by the Philharmonia Orchestra and PhilharmoniaVoices conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.Instrumentation.4 Flutes (3rd doubling Alto Flute Piccolo; 4th doubling Piccolo)3 Oboes (3rd doubling Bass Oboe)Cor Anglais2 Clarinets in BflatClarinet in A BassClarinet in B flat3 BassoonsContrabassoon6 Horns in F4 Trumpets in C2 Tenor TrombonesBass TromboneTenor Tuba in B flat (Euphonium)Bass Tuba2 Timpani (2nddoubling Suspended Cymbals China Cymbal)4 Percussion (Meditation Bowls Bass Drum Crotales Marimba Vibraphone Small & Large Tam-tam Glockenspiel Xylophone Side Drum Mark Tree SizzleCymbal)CelestaOrgan2 HarpsChorus (SSSAAAA)Strings

Serenade für 13 Instrumente-An announcement in the Wiener-Zeitung read: ?Concert. Today [23 March 1784] Herr [Anton] Stadler Sr. presently in the service of His Majesty the Emperor will hold a concert for his own benefit at the Royal Imperial National Court Theatre in which among other select pieces he will present a grand work for wind-band of a quite special character composed by Herr Mozart.? That this was almost certainly four movements from the present Serenade in B-flat major K.361 is suggested by an account of the occasion published some months later which states ?Today I heard a composition by Herr Mozart in 4 movements for wind ensemble . . . comprising 13 instruments: 4 horns 2oboes 2 bassoons 2 clarinetts 2 basset horns and a contrabass viol. . . .?Much music of the serenade-divertimento-cassation-Nachtmusik type was written in a light style and intended for social occasions rather than formal concerts. In such a context K.361 is striking for its seriousness of artistic content its length (seven movements lasting nearly an hour) and its extended instrumentation (most wind-band music of the period calls for five to eight or nine players not thirteen). If the work was not conceived in the first instance as a concert work its potential as such must have been recognized early on by Mozart or Stadler.- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition- Parts (BA5331-22) and study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP312) available for sale

Of Elgar's five Pomp and Circumstance Marches the first in D is the best known as it includes Land of Hope and Glory. The origin of the title of these marches is a speech in Shakespeare's 'Othello':O now for ever/ Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!/ Farewell the plumed troops and the big wars/ That makes ambition virtue!/ O farewell!/ Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump / The spirit-stirring drum th' ear-piercing fife / The royal banner and all quality / Pride pomp and circumstance of glorious war!This arrangement has been made to make it more accessible to the average orchestra; the instruments marked with an asterisk in the orchestrationlist above may be omitted if necessary.Duration: 6 minutes OrchestrationPiccolo 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in A or Bb Bass clarinet* 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion (Snare drum Triangle Bass drum Cymbals) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass) (* = instruments optional)

The theme from the film 'The Big Country' is surely the epitome of 'Western' music: you can see the cowboys the cattle the arid landscape the waggons spread out before you! Jerome Moross wrote a large amount of music but nothing that quite matched up to the brilliance of this piece. Arranged here for full orchestra by Richard Ling. Score and Parts.Orchestration: 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb Alto Saxophone (optional) 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 3 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion (Side drum Bass drum Cymbal Glockenspiel) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass)

Gustav Mahler's symphonies tend to be scored for a large orchestra putting this wonderful music out of reach of many smaller orchestras. This arrangement whilst not simplifying the music attempts to remedy this by reducing the orchestral requirements. The original orchestration requires 3 flutes 3 oboes 3 clarinets 3 bassoons 7 horns 4 trumpets 3 trombones tuba timpani percussion and strings. Although in many of Mahler's symphonies each movement seems to be an integral part of the larger work we feel that this movement can stand alone quite happily and offers a good entry to the symphonic world of Gustav Mahler.

This arrangement has been made from the original orchestration for full orchestra and incorporates the cuts authorized by the composer in 1963. The piano duet part is optional unless no wind is available. The brass parts are fully cued in both string and woodwind parts. The minimum wind required is 1 flute 1 oboe and 2 clarinets. This has recently been re-typeset by Goodmusic so is clearer than the original OUP printing but no musical changes have been made and the new edition is fully compaible with the old one.Duration: 7 minutes Orchestration2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb Bassoon 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Timpani Percussion (3 players - Cymbals Triangle Bass drum Tenor drum Glockenspiel Tubular bell in C Side drum Large gong) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass) Piano duet (optional) (Part included in Pack)

Arthur Sullivan's Overture From The Pirates Of Penzance arranged for amateur Orchestra by William H. Irving. This arrangement is playable by any combination which includes 1st Violin and Piano. Technical demands have been kept to approximatley Grade 4 except for the Piano part which requires a more advanced technique and the ability to adapt the part to the requirements of the group. The 3rd and 4th Horns 2nd Trombone and Tuba are optional.