A Dorset Song-This pastoral poem written by William Barnes has been set to mus...(+)
A Dorset Song-This pastoral poem written by William Barnes has been set to music by Vaughan Williams to make a rich pleasing and thoughtful Dorset Folk song.
Boosey's choral miscellany no.138-Arthur Somervell's arrangement of the Vaughan ...(+)
Boosey's choral miscellany no.138-Arthur Somervell's arrangement of the Vaughan Williams choral work sets the beautifully descriptive text by W. Barnes for SATB chorus. A Piano accompaniment is priovided for rehearsal purposes.
A Dorset Song-This pastoral poem written by William Barnes who was born in 1801...(+)
A Dorset Song-This pastoral poem written by William Barnes who was born in 1801 in Dorset was set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams to make a rich pleasing and thoughtful Dorset Folk song. This arrangement by Alec Rowley is for two treble voices.
In the 50th anniversary year of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams this highly...(+)
In the 50th anniversary year of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams this highly attractive arrangement for piano of one of his most popular works will surely find its way into the repertoire of many pianists.Treasured by organists but no less admired in its orchestral arrangement often heard on Classic FM this delightful prelude on the Welsh hymn tune known as Rhosymedre is a perfect union of the style of Bach and RVW. No less aptly known by the name of ‘Lovely’ the tune appears in the manner of a choral prelude which Bryan Kelly has skilfully re-crafted for piano solo.Of intermediate difficulty and well within the range of players of Grade 5 standard orabove this new version of the piece also complements the arrangement for piano duet by Reginald Hadfield already available in Stainer & Bell’s Easy Festival Duet series.
Of all his early chamber works the Nocturne is most clearly by the mature Vaugh...(+)
Of all his early chamber works the Nocturne is most clearly by the mature Vaughan Williams almost anticipating the influence of Ravel which followed his lessons from the French composer in 1908. In the veiled beauty of its highly chromatic harmonies we hear already the tone-poet of the slow movement of A London Symphony while in the fleet-footed Scherzo there is already a French influence in the way the folk-song is subtly woven into the texture only brief snatches of the tune being heard until the penultimate page when it receives fuller treatment. The work plays for about 10 minutes. The 1904 Scherzo is a vigorous march with fugal episodes whichlasts some 6 minutes and may effectively be performed by itself.
The Bassoon part for Vaughan Williams' Six Studies in English Folk Song adapted...(+)
The Bassoon part for Vaughan Williams' Six Studies in English Folk Song adapted for Bassoon by Alan Hawkins. The piano accompaniment (Ref. H47) can be purchased separately.
The Oxford Book Of Christmas Carols has to be one of the most famous and complet...(+)
The Oxford Book Of Christmas Carols has to be one of the most famous and complete of all carol collections. This book contains 197 carols. The majority are for the Christmas season but some are intended for Passiontide Easter or for other seasons of the year. All but 30 have traditional carol tunes mostly with traditional texts.
This is Ralph Vaughan Williams' wonderful setting of the beautiful sonnet by Dan...(+)
This is Ralph Vaughan Williams' wonderful setting of the beautiful sonnet by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Arranged for Voice and Piano in the key of E Flat.
The Tuba Concerto was composed in 1953/4 after the London Symphony Orchestra in...(+)
The Tuba Concerto was composed in 1953/4 after the London Symphony Orchestra invited Vaughan Williams to write a work for inclusion in the Orchestra’s fiftieth anniversary concert. The first performance was given by Philip Catelinet in the Royal Festival Hall London on 13th June 1954 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. The brass band arrangement is by Phillip Littlemore and is a welcome addition to the brass band repertoire.
