Raymond Briggs' The Snowman is a charming Christmas story of a boy who builds a snowman who comes to life and their adventures together have become a children's classic. In this piano suite composer Howard Blake recreatesthe story in words and music.This Piano Suite is easy enough for pianists to play of all ages and abilities and includes the popular song Walking In The Air.

Par BLAKE HOWARD. Charmante histoire de Noël Raymond Briggs du garçon qui 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 télédiffusion fréquentes de la primé de cartoon film ' Le bonhomme de neige '. Dans ce livre d'image piano, compositeur Howard Blake et animateur Dianne Jackson ont recréé l'histoire en mots, musique et illustrations en couleurs vives, basées sur les scènes du film. La musique, qui comprend la chanson ' Walking dans l'Air ', est assez facile à être joué par les pianistes de tous âges et capacités. Cet ouvrage unique et irrésistible apportera l'histoire à la vie, à la maison et en classe / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 1996-07-01/ Recueil / Piano

Terry Riley most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music draws influence from a vast number of sources including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn his influence on contemporarycomposers and music in general is enormous and with this collection of his Piano Works you can learn a selection of his fascinating hypnotic and simply stunning compositions for soloPiano. As one of the founders of western music's minimalist movement Riley's works have been acclaimed as forays into ever-expanding loops of rhythm and melody music that instead of being listenedto immerses and envelops you. His early works such as 'In C' spearheaded this innovative idea beginning a career unmatched by other avant-garde composers. With The Piano Works this collection of TerryRiley sheet music finally brings together some of his best-loved and most acclaimed works for solo Piano like The Philosopher's Hand and Two Pieces For Piano. Featuring an extensiveforeword by Terry Riley himself this is not just a collection of sheet music it's almost a work of art: a brilliant publication featuring some beautifully engraved music along with words by a geniuscomposer. Riley gives a vast amount of fascinating biographical and compositional information about his included Piano Works such as Keyboard Study No.1 and No.2 Be Kind ToOne Another (Rag) and The Heaven Ladder Book 7. At times humourous and always eloquent his foreword tells the story of this composer's journey from humble Piano lessons to masterpieces and an unfathomable influence it's just great. Finally at the end of the book a selection of facsimiles of Riley's own handwritten scores is included letting you see what the music looks like from the man's own hand. As

POD-Released in 2005 the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence Talbot composed a new piece of music each month scored for up to five instruments. The resulting twelve compositions were then premiered on Classic FM and were recorded on CD. July - Murmurationwas the seventh piece to be composed and is scored here for solo Piano.