This piece was originally written for the trombonist Michael Skitt as the final 'prank' movement of a concerto for trombone and orchestra. By popular request the piece has been given a separate piano part and has since been proved equally entertaining for trombone bassoon or cello!Grade: 8

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Editeur(s) d'origine: Denhoff, Michael/ Répertoire / Violoncelle et Piano

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.