Initially written by Couperin this set of Pièces En Concert was reviewed and commented by Paul Bazelaire a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. This Cello and Piano version written for intermediate or upper intermediate players includes 5 pieces:  - Prélude - Sicilienne - La Tromba - Plainte - Air de Diable Written in increasing difficulty these pieces also exist in a version for Cello and String Quartet. François Couperin is a very famous French composer who played the Harpsichord and the Organ. Coming from afamous family of musicians he was nicknamed “Couperin le Grand” ('Couperin the Great').

On The Fiddle consists of three pieces derived from scores to three Peter Greenaway films. The first piece Full Fathom Five is a version of the Shakespeare song setting made for Prospero'sBooks (1990).The second Angelfish Decay is an arrangement of an arrangement: the music for the speeded up time lapse decaying animal sequences in A Zed And Two Noughts (1985) was written for twoviolins and a harpsichord. This was subsequently 'reduced' to a violin solo for Zoo Caprices (1986). For On The Fiddle a piano part has been added.The final piece Miserere Paraphrase was writtenfor use in The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover (1989) and is a transcription of Nyman's setting of the 'Miserere' text (Psalm 51) sung in the film by a boy soprano and mixed chorus.This version for celloand piano written in 1997. Duration c.15 mins.