Written for the King's Singers, A Hymn To The Virgin won the 'A Carol for Christmas' competition run by the vocal sextet and Classic FM.Re-edited for SSATBB, the two languages of the text are set in contrasting styles of solo lines and chordal harmony, coming together at the end of each verse.A meditative work that would make an excellent concert ending. / Choeur SSATBB

Miniature score edition of Poulenc's Sextuor (Sextet) scored for Piano Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon and Horn.

Ballet héroïque in a prologue and 3 acts-With a brief foreword (Fr/Eng) containing salient information on the genesis of the work the synopsis and the edition. Les F?tes de l?Hymen et de l?Amour was performed on 15 March 1747 on the occasion of the second marriage of the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon and Maria Josepha of Saxony in the Man?ge de la Grande ?curie in Versailles. This second collaboration between Rameau and Cahusac makes use of the ?ballet h?ro?que? genre usually known today as ?op?ra-ballet? based on various story lines which run independently of each other. The score is based on a libretto inspired byEgyptian mythology and freemasonry. Rameau's ?Les F?tes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour? was long considered second-rate because its premi?re was associated with a political event. Yet this ballet abounds in novel dramaturgical effects that foreshadow his later operas such as ?Za?s? ?Zoroastre? and ?Les Bor?ades?. Working together with his librettist Cahusac Rameau sought to weave the dance numbers choruses and stage machinery more tightly into the main plot. He also experimented with stylistic devices unique to this work the most famous being unquestionably the scene in which the Nile overflows its banks (an impressive ten-voice double chorus with solo voices and orchestra) and the sextet from ?Aru?ris? a scoring found nowhere else in his ?uvre. For the first time this scholarly-critical edition of ?Les F?tes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour? presents a reference version of the work that is based on all the major sources for both the libretto and the music including two recent musical discoveries. As most of the performance material for the premi?re has vanished this edition is based on the version prepared for the Acad?mie Royale de Musique in 1748.

Three Celebratory Pieces-Three celebratory pieces commissioned originally for a wedding arranged here for Wind Quintet by the composer. Duration: approx 10 minutes. Ideal for the signing of the register.Originally written for Wind Sextet and published in 1989 as 'Fanfare Romance and Jig'.

For SATB Choir Organ (or Piano) and optional Brass Sextet. Brass Parts available: GS80102

Masques was composed by Danish composer Ole Buck in 1969. Masques was written for a Percussion sextet.

Around 1800 Beethoven seems to have completely distanced himself from chamber music for wind. In letters to his publisher we read that he did not have any particular regard for his Septet op. 20 and the Sextet op. 71; furthermore he did not write any new works for wind ensembles.By contrast he ennobled his Trio op. 87 originally for two oboes and cor anglais by making an additional version for two violins and viola. This charming work ispublished following the Urtext in the Beethoven Complete Edition and is a welcome addition to the repertoire for these instruments for which a great deal has not otherwise been composed.

Davies discovers aspects of himself in examining one of his most troubled predecessors. That discovery can take place either on his home ground (in the mezzo-soprano version writen for The Fires of London) or with chorus singingGesualdo's O Vos Omnes and repeatedly falling silent so that the musical argument may continue on a different plane that of Davies's four meditations for sextet murmuring darkly about Gesualdo's ideas. The viola doublesthe violin and the glockenspiel doubles the marimba. The harpsichord is doubled by the celeste chamber organ or harmonium. Duration c. 20mins.

Masques was composed by Danish composer Ole Buck in 1969. Masques was written for a Percussion sextet.

Humoresque - Sextet for Flute Oboe English Horn Clarinet Bassson and Military Drum BVN 176 - was composed by Rued Langgaard in 1922-23.