With Plenty To Chew On-Seven concert pieces including 'Carmina Banana' and other favourites!When I began putting together a few piano pieces back in 2007 I didn't imagine they would quickly spawn a thriving eleven-volume series entitled Eye-Tunes taking players from 'easy' to grade 8 level. Nor did I imagine these might trigger a further five volumes of arrangements for flute and piano two called Creature Comforts (which predictably enough are comprised of animal-inspired pieces) or indeed the three volumes in this current series Flute Pastilles. While it goes without saying that not all pieces conceived for piano will work equally well for the combination of flute andpiano I'm a great believer that a good tune is frequently one which will transcribe easily. I like to think of these cherry-picked arrangements concise though they are as being 'proper' pieces in that they can earn their keep beyond the confines of the practice room or flute lesson. From Book 1 you will find a sprinkling of more thoughtful pieces such as Wind over Goonhilly Forget-Me-Not and Follow the North Star to offset the more jaunty pieces. These in particular call for a little extra attention to tone colour dynamics and phrase-shaping with some awareness of what the piano part is doing too. Think hard about choosing your tempo for each piece as this is a major contributor to musical character and in the faster moving music aim to articulate the rhythms as crisply as you can so that the music can really spring off the page and come to life for your audience.I must acknowledge as before the inestimable contribution to the success of these pieces made by Gillian Poznansky whose suggestions over the appearance of the scores has made such a difference to how the music is likely to be played. She also came up with a fair number of the titles to these pieces and has done them further service by performing them with me to great aplomb on innumerable occasions in far-flung corners of the globe.

In preparation for Carol Wincenc's landmark Naumburg Award Recital at New York's Lincoln Center she asked composer Daniel Paget to create a work drawn from the world of wonderful Romanian folk music for nai or panpipes. The result was Romania! Fantasy for Flute and Piano a duet suggestive of both the nai and the cimbalom (hammered dulcimer). The work is a brilliant tip-of-the-hat to Wincenc's Austro-Hungarian heritage and her inner tzigane-style temperament. Great care has been taken to select dynamics and articulations that allow the phrases to make the best use of the flute's capabilities given the rich harmonic language typical of this part of the world. Filled withmeltingly beautiful lyricism and dazzling technical gestures this new edition is bound to bring years of enjoyment to all those who have it.

With this collection of easy-to-play hymns for the Flute you can practice your favourite hymns with an accompanist at home at a service or in the studio. Hymns For Flute And Piano Made Easy is acollection of fifteen traditional hymns arranged for solo Flute with Piano accompaniment. This collection includes the hymns: A Mighty Fortress is Our God All Glory Laud and Honor Amazing Grace Christ the Lord is RisenToday and more. The Flute score includes both the hymn tune and an easy descant part that will add variety to the performance setting. The online recording contains two accompaniment tracks for each hymn; the first isplayed on Piano and the second on Pipe Organ. The collection is perfect for the flutist who wishes to play familiar hymns in the church setting.

'A fragment of the main theme came to me one day during a visit to Switzerland in August 2004. I filed it away in my memory and developed it into a piece when I got home. The 'bluesy' harmony in the fourth bar of the theme suggested that the piece should be called Valse Bleue.' Angela Morley was born in Leeds Yorkshire England in 1924. She was a professional woodwind player in her teens and twenties and at twenty-six after studying harmony counterpoint and composition with Matyas Seiber and conducting with Walter Goehr gave up playing and embarked on a career as an arranger and composer.

With an updated flute solo part edited by Sir James Galway this new publication introduces Mouquet's whimsical work to a new generation of flutists. In 3 movements: I. Pan Et Les Bergers (Pan and the Shepherds) II. Pan Et Les Oiseaux (Pan and the Birds) III. Pan Et Les Nymphes (Pan and the Nymphs)

for Flute and Organ or Piano-Les douze noëls rassemblés dans ce recueil ont été arrangés par Jan et Jacob de Haan. La version papier des accompagnements d´orgue est jointe au recueil. Sommaire : Ye My People ? Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier ? Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her? Drei Könige (2 Variationen) ? Es ist ein Ros entsprungen ? See Amid the Winter´s Snow ? Tochter Zion ? He Shall Feed His Flock ? While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks ? The Spirit of Christmas (Medley) ? Infant Holy Infant Lowly ? Eine kleineWeihnachtsmusik (Medley).

French composer Henri Büsser entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889. He won the 1893 Prix de Rome and led a highly successful career as a composer conductor teacher and organist. His compositions for a variety of instruments are exceptional Prélude Et Scherzo for Flute and Piano being no exception. As reflected in Prélude Et Scherzo Büsser's compositional style was sophisticated yet true to the 19th century French tradition. Elements of the Prélude include chromaticism use of a wide tessitura complex rhythms and virtuosic semiquaverflourishes. The Scherzo displays use of varying time signatures a quick tempo and scalic passages. For all advanced Flute players Büsser's Prélude Et Scherzo is essential to a varied repertoire.

André Jolivet (1905-1974) established his love for composition from a young age. This remained throughout his life and he held the post of Professor of Composition from 1966-1970 at the Paris Conservatoire. Fantaisie Caprice for Flute and Piano was published in 1954 and remains highly regarded. Jolivet himself a cellist wished to explore composition for all instruments and therefore has a considerable number of works in all fields. The composer's style is also known for its spirituality and the desire to associate the everyday with the magical and the human with the universal. Jolivet draws on acoustics andatonality as heard in his Caprice Fantasy. The piece requires advanced skills due to its use of complex rhythms and exploited tonality. For all advanced flautists Jolivet provides an exciting alternative piece for the instrument's repertoire.

Colloquy for Flute and Piano was commissioned by Ingrid Culliford with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. The first performance was given by Ingrid Culliford and Shelagh Sutherland as part of a recital at theWigmore Hall on 2nd June 1979.

Instrumentation : 2Fl or Fl - Pf Sheet Music & CD Play-along Pack available, see Q 7004a Content : 6 popular pieces by Bach, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven Editor :Hodgson

From Fancies Pour Piano-This Sérénade is the first of 7 pieces collectively called 'Fancies' originally written for piano in 1915.Gabriel Marie Grovlez (1879-1944) was born in Lille Northern France in 1879 and died in war-torn Paris in 1944. From among his teachers who include Gédalge and Lavignac Fauré must surely rank as his strongest influence and this is readily heard in his small but significant oeuvre of solo piano pieces as well as his music for stage and chamber ensembles. Interestingly most of the piano music was published over a period of around a dozen years (1907-1919) and in the lull between these works and his Impressions (two pieces) of 1934 Grovlez wascompositionally preoccupied with songs and chamber pieces many of which languish patiently on the shelf awaiting a wholehearted appraisal. There is as well as his notable penchant for elegance and poetical lyricism a considerable wit to enjoy too (take Les nes The Donkeys from L'Almanach aux images for example) and indeed the fact that Grovlez's middle years were spent fulfilling the duties of assistant conductor and choir leader of the Opéra-Comique seems especially revealing of the man's musical personality and capacity for successfully intertwining serious and less serious genres.Grovlez was quite a cosmopolitan character; besides making a notable mark in his native country (he was latterly a professor of chamber music at the Paris Conservatoire) he travelled to the United States and Africa as well as across Europe. Although we tend to remember Grovlez today for his influence primarily as a composer in the mould of Fauré or Debussy bringing a quirky quality to some of his writing more than occasionally reminiscent of Poulenc it was as a conductor that Grovlez initially made an impact. Moreover we should not overlook the fact that he gave the inaugural performances of some highly treasured works by the likes of Ravel (Ma Mère l'Oye) and Fauré (Dolly Suite) a piano duet which has earned an especially important

James Rae: City Snapshots for 1-2 clarinets with CD or piano accompaniment UE21743 A musical tour for young players - ?City Snapshots? depicts 12 major cities and their music, in original compositions for clarinet(s) and piano. For beginners up to grade 2. Instrument: for 1-2 clarinets with CD or piano accompaniment Edition type: Sheet music with CD Composer: Rae James Theme: Jazz/Blues, Pedagogy, Play Along Edition info: The accompanying CD contains full performance and play-along versions. The piano part is included on the CD as PDF is available in print as UE21773. Manhattan Sunset (New York, U.S.A.) Belvedere Waltz (Vienna, Austria) Wembley Victors March (London, United Kingdom) Oktoberfest Ländler (Munich, Germany) Little Polka (Prague, Czech Republic) Monmartre Waltz (Paris, France) Cossack Dance (Kiev, Ukraine) Lotus Blossom (Shanghai, China) Tango Argentino (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Reggae Nights (Kingston, Jamaica) Dromedaries at Dusk (Cairo, Egypt) Liffey Jig (Dublin, Ireland)