For Chamber Ensemble.Commissioned by the Hebrides Ensemble and first performed on their Scottish tour in March 2010.In Seven Pierrot Miniatures I took the Commedia dell’arte character Pierrot as my primary sourceof inspiration. Other more tenuous links to Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire also served as a starting point in forming the general shape of the work. The piece is cast in seven short movements whereas the Schoenberg comprises threesets of seven movements. Although there is no part for voice I have taken seven poems by Albert Giraud (none of them set in Pierrot Lunaire) as points of departure:1. The Clouds2. Decor3. Absinthe4.Suicide5. The Church6. Sunset7. The HarpEach movement takes its impetus from the corresponding poem but in the piece as a whole I wanted to explore the extreme contrasts of the multi-faceted character ofPierrot in a musical setting. There is an almost mirror-like quality to the form of the piece and a sense of ending where it has begun: movements 1 3 5 and 7 are closely linked both in terms of their musical material and asense of melancholy dream-like quality and longing. Movements 2 and 6 are also strongly connected with allusions to the more mischievous violent side of Pierrot. Movement 4 serves as a sort-of pivotal point within the work juxtaposing a surreal shimmering calm with brutal outbursts. There is never any direct repetition yet there is a strong sense of material returning and mutating as the workunfolds.InstrumentationFlute doubling piccoloClarinet in Bb doubling Bass Clarinet in BbViolin doubling ViolaCelloPiano

I Broke Off A Golden Branch was commissioned and first performed by the Schubert Ensemble in 1992. The words ‘I broke off a golden branch’ come from a Croatian folksong which is very obliquely referred to inthe second of the work’s two movements. Judith Weir dedicated this lovely piece of chamber music for Violin Viola Cello Double Bass and Piano to William Howard. Full score. Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass partsare included separately as well. Duration ca. 15 minutes.Judith Weir is a British composer and Master of the Queen's Music. In 1994 Weir received the Critics’ Circle Music Section Award for the mostoutstanding contribution to British musical life.

Vagn Holmboe's Ballata Op.159 - for Violin Viola Cello and Piano composed in 1984.

Balance Problems by contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly is a work arranged for Chamber Ensemble. This product includes the full score and parts for each instrument that is Flute Clarinet in B Trumpet in C Viola Violin (or Acoustic Guitar) and Violoncello. Balance Problems was commissioned by Linda and Stuart Nelson for yMusic an innovative ensemble that intersects the line between pop and classical music. Their debut album was named the number one classical album of the year by Time Out New York and this new Nico Muhly composition forms one track from their 2014 offering also titled 'BalanceProblems.' This work is in the key of C and lasts around 8 minutes.

James Weeks' The Nunhead Harmony for Clarinet in Bb Violin Viola and Double Bass. Score and parts.The Nunhead Harmony was commissioned by Ensemble Scratch the Surface and first performed by them at King’s Place London on 10 May 2010. Much of the writing was completed as part of an Aldeburgh Composer Residency.

The full score for Arnold Schonberg’s Serenade Op.24 a seven movement serenade for Chamber ensemble consisting of Clarinet Bass Clarinet Mandolin Guitar Violin Viola Cello and Bass Soloist (in the fourth movement). This is an exquisite work by perhaps the most important European composer of the last 150years.

Set of parts for this piece written for two violins viola and handbells.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.