Par GOODALL HOWARD. This is the cello part for The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23),  available as a special print-on-demand copy. This piece is best known as the theme tune to the award-winning BBC TV series The Vicar of Dibley starring Dawn French. Goodall's setting of Psalm 23 is warm and melodious and has been, and will continue to be, popular with choirs everywhere. Alternative accompaniments for strings have been made available and complement the SATB version that can be found in the Faber Choral Signature Series (0571520480). / Choral Music, Instrumental Music / Répertoire / Violoncelle

A short work for solo cello Siward's River Song is drawn from the music associated with a character in Butler's opera A Better Place. Siward is the ghost of a drowned lighterman trapped in the past. This is a fantasy growing out of his characteristic lament which is heard a number of times during the opera.

André Previn is a German-American pianist conductor and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world today and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten GrammyAwards for his recordings (and one more for his Lifetime Achievement).Previn wrote Cello Sonata (also known as ?Sonata For Cello And Piano?) for Yo-Yo Ma and it was first performed by thecelebrated cellist and the composer in 1993. The sonata in three movements (I. Vivace - Andante espressivo Allegro; II. Adagio; III. Allegretto Fast) was recorded as part of the album ?From OrdinaryThings?. For advanced (Grade 8+) level players. Total performance time is ca. 30 minutes.

for solo cello. Par LARCHER THOMAS. I do not compose my pieces for a certain voice range or orchestration, but for musicians, for people. It is almost impossible for me to produce a piece without having a particular person in mind or to hear him/her inwardly. No matter how standardized the interpretation of classical music is, and no matter how many coordinates have been fixed and defined, I do not want to have them seen (and therewith the notation) as determining and limiting signs, but rather as guideposts towards the creation of vital, organic music. In differentiated music, two participants are necessary in order for a piece to evolve-- the composer and the musician. Just as there is no one way for a composer to express himself or to notate music, etc., neither is there one way for a musician to read the notation, to interpret, or to live. We find ourselves, for this reason, in a network of meanings, gestures, and signs which have to be fathomed and expanded together. The tone, the breath, the gestures, the dedication, and the potentialities of a musician were also ultimately decisive for the form of this piece. It is music which pushes the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument to its very limits. It is music in which the musician has to transport the contexts and expression over and above the notation. It was not necessary for me to find a new form for this piece; it is a work which can and should be performed in a ‘normal’ concert situation. I deliberately wanted to integrate the perhaps new and unusual content into a familiar form (thus the title ‘Sonata’) And I also wanted to embed the aforementioned extreme situations (in which the technical extremes are synonyms for tension, isolation, loss or tenderness) in an organic process in order for the listener to be able to empathize with and comprehend what is expressed in the piece. I would like to thank Natalie Clein, to whom the Sonata is dedicated, for inspiring this piece and for the path that led to the realization of the music. Thomas Larcher/ Répertoire / Violoncelle

part II of the cycle Profiles of Light. Par PINTSCHER MATTHIAS. 'Now II” is the second part of a triptych of chamber pieces entitled 'Profiles of Light”. The first part is written for solo piano (Now I, BA 11073), the second for unaccompanied cello. The two instruments are then combined in the concluding third part, Uriel (BA 11013). All three pieces were inspired by the Abstract Expressionist paintings of the American artist Barnett Newman. Newman's work has had a formative impact on Matthias Pintscher's artistic philosophy: what does it mean to reduce things to essentials while seeking maximum immediacy of expression? Several of Newman's paintings have a radiant light of uncommon intensity, yet resembling a dark illumination. The same sort of thing is found in the late works of Franz Schubert, where a comparable profundity and retrospective yearning likewise shine through the surface of even the brightest tonalities. This is a piece about resonances, about the inward and outward givens of existence, about life itself: 'I find the cello a highly suitable instrument for depicting such existential conditions'. / Niveau : 5 / Répertoire / Violoncelle

For Solo Cello-'Gordon Wright was the friend of a lifetime. For thirty years Gordonand I shared our two greatest passions: music and Alaska. Gordonwas my musical collaborator my next-door neighbor my fellowenvironmentalistand my camping buddy. These miniatures aremusical sketches of three moments and places in our friendship.Like Alaska Gordon was larger than life. He always lived his ownway. And he died just as he would havewanted. We found himlying on the deck of his cabin in the Chugach Mountains curled upagainst his favorite birch tree looking across the waters of Turnagain Arm toward the Resurrection Valley and the tiny settlementof Hope.' - John Luther Adams This music contains no normal stopped tones. All the sounds areproduced as natural harmonics or on open strings. There are noharmonics higher than the sixth. So thesesounds should be clearand resonant. Even so balancing the harmonics with the openstrings requires careful attention. The durations of the individual pieces are given at the end of each.The totalduration of the set is about ten minutes.

21 Pieces for Flexible String Ensemble-String Time Starters is an exciting new ensemble collection for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. A prequel to 'String Time Joggers' this collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble repertoire for groups of all sizes. This volume contains 21 pieces for Cello. 21 easy characterful ensemble pieces plus fun warm ups. Flexible scoring for Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass with Piano or CD accompaniment - from duets in any combination to large ensembles. The level approximately corresponds to the Starters books for Violin Viola and Cello - some parts use open strings only someuse open strings and first fingers and some use all fingers catering for groups of mixed ability. Pupil books for Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass with lively illustrations. Teacher's book with score including Piano part and a CD with performances and backing tracks for all pieces. Full performances and backing tracks also available to download from the Companion Website.

Robert Schumann’s Violoncello Concerto Op. 129 can be regarded as the first great concerto for this instrument’s repertoire. It is thus somewhat surprising that this work had an extremely problematic reception history at the outset. Schumann wrote the score in 1850 during his Düsseldorf years but there was neither a concrete occasion nor a soloist for a world premiere. After its publication more years elapsed before the world premiere. It was only towards the end of the 19th century that Schumann’s Cello Concerto finally made its breakthrough as a repertoire piece. The Urtext edition is based on theoriginal print of the parts and the Piano reduction which had still been supervised by Schumann. In addition the autograph of the score was consulted for purposes of comparison. The internationally renowned soloist Heinrich Schiff took part in the preparation of the edition for Violoncello and Piano. His experiences have been incorporated into his arrangement of the solo part. With his comments Schiff also provides valuable tips on the interpretation of the work.

Unlock Julian's performing secrets for yourself-Julian Lloyd Webber says 'This volume of Elgar pieces for cello and piano remains faithful to the composer's original published scores. the inclusion of Hubert Parry's Jerusalem is a poetic licence that I hope Sir Edwardwould have approved given his own famous orchestration of Parry's work. The arrangement of Land Of Hope And Glory is Elgar's own and is published here for the first time'. Julian Lloyd Webber performingedition

This is a deeply felt concerted work for cello and orchestra. It is in a moderate twentieth century style modal rather than chromatic a tonal work with a mood that is elegiac and dramatic. The Kaddish is a prayerordinarily given during Jewish services for the dead though it never mentions Death. There are traditional melodies and Hebrew cantillation associated with the text but Diamond did not use any of these nor indeed anyparticular Jewish music. The themes he says are his own concept. In describing the form and style of the music Diamond relates the Kaddish to others of his compositions that have some connection to ritual neither theater musicnor abstract music.The music is primarily melodic. Its modal quality suggests the work's Jewish connection but the actual mode is not specifically Jewish in sound. The work rises to a serious and affirmative climaxtowards its end then subsides.

Naumburg Foundation commission for Hai-Ye Ni winner of the 1990 cello award. Unaccompanied.

Avance rapide, partie de hautement considéré facile série de la Colledge de chaîne, est depuis longtemps le choix du répertoire des enseignants de la chaîne. La série de chaîne facile est une collection de pièces faciles par l'équipe de rédaction de la chaîne préférée Kathy

50 ?uvres incontournables, arrangées simplement, de Bach, Brahms, Haendel, Tchaïkovski et bien d\'autres pour violoncelle ! Le recueil comprend l\'accompagnement au piano et une partie détachable pour violoncelle. Parmi les titres proposés : La valse du Danube bleu (Johann Strauss II) - Canon en Ré (Johann Pachelbel) - Dona Nobis Pacem (traditionnel) - Evening Prayer (Engelbert Humperdinck) - Jupiter Chorale (Gustav Holsts) - Ode à la joie (Ludwig van Beethoven) - Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar) - Sheep May Safely Graze (J.. S. Bach) - Le Lac des Cygnes (Thème) (Pyotr Il\'yich Tchaikovsky) - To a Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell) - et bien d\'autres encore. / Partitions variété - pop - rock / Variété internationale / Cordes / HAL LEONARD

Solo Part-First performed in 1970 by Mstislav Rostropovich to whom the work is dedicated with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes.