SKU: HL.14032604

ISBN 9781846099243. UPC: 884088814564. 8.25x12.0 inches.

Taken from Once Around The Sun, this is the month of April. Written for Vibraphone, Violin, Cello and Piano.

SKU: HL.14012025

8.5x11.75x0.44 inches.

Geoffrey Bush's Summer Serenade is a refreshingly enjoyable work, written on the wing of inspiration, essentially sunny and life-enhancing. The eclectic style is readily diatonic, the harmonies never make one shudder and the rich melodic flow is appealingly direct. The settings of an ingenious selection of verse are in the best traditions of British choral writing. Performance time approx. 20 minutes.

Made up of 7 parts, including Prologue, Madrigal, Scherzo, Dirge, Aubade, Nocturne and Finale.Orchestration varies between theseparts - they are scored for chorus and orchestra, unaccompanied voices or Tenor solo and orchestra.

Geoffrey Bush was a British composer, organist and scholar of 20th-century English music. His compositions include 5 operas, 2 symphonies, choral pieces such as his Christmas Cantata and many songs, generally in the lieder style.

SKU: ST.Y297

ISBN 9790220223563.

1. In Summer (Denise Levertov) (d - f')
2. A Dragonfly in the Sun (Zulfikar Ghose) (c - g')

The poetry of Denise Levertov (1923-1997) and of Zulfikar Ghose (born 1935) is the inspiration for the two Summer Songs by Rhian Samuel, first performed by tenor James Gilchrist and pianist William Vann at The Forge, Camden Town, on 10 May 2012 as part of the London English Song Festival.

Though Levertov chiefly explored themes of left-wing politics and of religion in her work, her poem 'In Summer' is a brief aubade, uncomplicated by philosophical overtones. Sunrise is observed with a pensive humour that in Samuel's setting is registered through the interrupted flow of predominantly pastoral textures. Complementary to Levertov's image of the slow diurnal transformation of light, 'A Dragonfly in the Sun' by the Pakistan-born poet Zulfikar Ghose presents the intense perception of a moment, the myriad colours of the creature's wing an unalloyed sensation evoked in words and music.

Summer Songs would suit a confident and accomplished singer who is looking in particular for a concise example of contemporary vocal material as a vehicle for sensitivity of declamation and the artful communication of vividly contrasting moods in English.

SKU: BT.9780713648010

ISBN 9780713648010. English.

A wonderful collection of great songs for 4-7 year olds which can be easily related to topic work and national curriculum subjects.

• No music reading or instrument playing is required to learn the songs.
• The songs appeal especially to young children and are short enough to learn by rote.
• Sung versions and instrument-only versions of the songs, suitable for accompanying your own performances are provided on therecording.
• Includes advice to help you improve your singing.