Raymond Briggs' charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and the snowman that comes to life is a modern children's classic. The tales popularity has been further enhanced by frequent television broadcasts of theaward-winning cartoon film The Snowman.In this suite for Flute and Piano composer Howard Blake recreated the story in words and music based on the scenes from the film. The music includes the hit song WalkingIn The Air.

Aztec Dances was commissioned by Christopher Orton with the assistance of the BBC Performing Arts Fund. The first performance was given by Christopher Orton (recorder) and Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) at a concert in the Manchester Midday Concerts series at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester in March 2010.The version for flute and piano was premiered by Wissam Boustany (Flute) and Aleksander Szram (Piano) at St James?s Church Piccadilly on Thursday 19 May 2011.1. Ritual/Pastorale2. Fertility Dance3. Ghost Dance/Song4. Sacrificial Dance Composer's Note The idea for the genesis of thiswork and indeed its title and individual movements came after visiting an exhibition at the British Museum entitled Moctezuma ?Aztec Ruler. The exhibition traced the events following the election in 1502 of Moctezuma as Supreme Ruler of the Aztecs and the subsequent invasion of 1519 by a Spanish expedition led by Hermán Cortés ? an event that was to eventually lead to the demise of the Aztec civilisation.Part of the exhibition explored the role that music and dance played in Aztec life. The primitive recorder together with trumpets and drums were used as an important part of the formal ritual ceremonies (including rather gruesomely human sacrifice) that took place to appease the many Gods which the Aztecs worshipped as well as for other more informal occasions in their social and cultural life.I have tried to reflect some of these highly contrasting and dramatic ideas in this four movement work.        Edward Gregson

Par BLAKE HOWARD. Histoire de Noël charmant Raymond Briggs du garçon qui a construit un bonhomme de neige qui vient à la vie et leurs aventures ensemble, est devenue classique pour les enfants. Sa popularité a été rehaussée par des émissions de télévision fréquentes de la caricature film de primé le bonhomme de neige. Dans cette brochure de musique de la chanson thème classique 'marche dans l'Air'pour les flûte et piano, compositeur Howard Blake recréé l'histoire dans les paroles et la musique basée sur les scènes du film. La musique est assez facile à être joué par les pianistes de tous âges et capacités./ Recueil / Flûte Traversière et Piano

Opus 12. Par ELGAR EDWARD. Arrangeur: Graham Bastable/ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Piano

Cyril Scott was an English composer writer and poet. He was essentially a late romantic composer whose style was at the same time strongly influenced by impressionism. His harmony was notably exotic. Scott wrote around four hundred works which include two mature symphonies three operas three Piano concertos concertos for Violin Cello Oboe and Harpsichord several overtures four oratorios as well as a mass of chamber music.While less appreciated during his lifetime it is Scott’s late works(written between 1950 and his death) that are the most individual with their ever-shifting harmoniccolours and wayward inflections of phrase and mood capturing perfectly the way the mind shifts backwards and forwards between reminiscence regrets and self-assertion.Composed in 1961 for Flute and Piano and premiered by William Bennett and Margaret Norman on November 9 of that year Sonata For Flute is perfect  example of the genius of Scott’s late works.

The four songs arranged here manifest composer Richard Rodney Bennett?s omnivorous musical sourcework. La belle Au Pied De La Tour was set by Poulenc in his Chansons Francaises. L?amour De Moi is an old Gallic tune that entered the French popular song canon with recordings in the 1970?s by several French singers. La Chaine was frequently sung by chanteuse Damia over the decades of her career from the early 1900?s onward. La Pauvre Mariée tells of the hardships of marriage but is set to a jolly gigue. Movements may be played separately.Composer performer and arranger Richard Rodney Bennett was internationally respected for his serious music and many award-winning film scores(Murder on the Orient Express Nicholas and Alexandra) as well as his works for children and his religious pieces. In addition this markedly versatile musician frequently performed as a jazz pianist and arranger.

Composed in 1998; score & separate Flute part included. Beat Furrer was born in Schaffhausen (Switzerland) in 1954 and received his first musical training on piano at the Music School there. After moving to Vienna in 1975 he studied conducting with Otmar Suitner and composition with Roman Haubenstock Ramati at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. In 1985 he founded the Klangforum Wien which he directed until 1992 and with which he is still associated as conductor. Commissioned by the Vienna State Opera he composed his first opera Die Blinden. Narcissus was premiered in 1994 as part of the Festival ?steirischer herbst? at the Graz Opera. In 1996 hewas composer-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival. His music theatre work BEGEHREN was premiered in Graz in 2001 the opera invocation in Zürich in 2003 and the sound theatre piece FAMA in Donaueschingen in 2005. In autumn 1991 Furrer became a full professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Graz. He has been guest professor in composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt 2006 2009. In 2004 he was awarded the Music Prize of the City of Vienna and in 2005 became a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2006 for his work FAMA. In 2010 his music theatre WÜSTENBUCH was premiered in Basel.

Six Jazz pieces for flute and piano: The Flautists' Night Out A Breath of Fresh Air and more. For pupils who fancy a night out occasionally!Grade: 3 onwards.

Editor : Edward Blakeman The French Flute Encores series A series of short recital pieces for flute and piano associated with the flautist Paul Taffanel, founder of the modern school of flute playing. The series is compiled and edited by Edward Blakeman. French Flute Encores series - Book 1. Two charming fin-de siecle pieces. Contents Taffanel (This book is French Flute Encores Book 1) Allegretto Grazioso Allegretto Scherzando