SKU: ST.Y290

ISBN 9790220223228.

Winn er of the 2011 Stainer & Bell Award for Brass Composition held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Timothy Wilson's Avidity is a dynamic endorsement of the competition's aim to provide exciting new brass music for schools, conservatoires and professional ensembles. Generated by the composer's skilful invention and purposeful structure, its fast-moving six-minute sonata form for brass quintet delivers the musical counterpart of the eagerness and expectancy implied by its title.

In the outer sections of Avidity strongly accented rhythms command the attention, with arresting unisono phrases balanced by effervescent staccato passages. The level of energy is sustained through unexpected rhythmic twists and turns distorting the pulse of the music, with striking crescendi and strong dynamic contrasts that are a particular strength of the brass idiom. There is respite however, with two episodes of solemn, chorale-like material whose arched lines sound no less well on the five instruments. But the last word is with the opening theme, returning with unstoppable momentum and concluding Avidity with a decisive cadence of abrupt repeated chords.

SKU: GI.G-RCA452

English. Text by Timothy Dudley-Smith.

SKU: GI.G-RCA445

English. Text by Timothy Dudley-Smith.

Somet imes the simplest words, melody, and harmonies come together to make magic. This Christmas Eve anthem is a lullaby yet also a proclamation of Christ’s coming, the music somehow both reverent and triumphant at the same time. Do not miss this one.

SKU: GI.G-RCL15

Latin.

SKU: FH.VA3

ISBN 978-1-55440-565-7.

This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. A rich and varied selection of music in each of these nine progressive volumes of repertoire appeals to violists of all ages. From the Preparatory Level through Level 8, students will be exposed to quality selections originally written for viola, fun arrangements of traditional fiddle and folk tunes, as well as contemporary pieces by notable composers such as Violet Archer, Carey Cheney, and Fritz Kriesler.
Concertinos, Airs Varies, and Divertimentos:
Diverti mento in D Major - Haydn, Franz Joseph arr. Gregor Piatigorsky
- Third Movement
Air varie (Air with Variations), op 23, no. 3 - Rieding, Oskar
Concertino NO. 5 in D Major -Breval, Jean-Baptiste arr. Pierre Ruyssen
- First Movement
Sonatas:
S onata in D Minor, op. 5, no. 8 - Corelli, Arcangelo arr. Jason Noble
- First Movement: Prelude
- Second Movement: Allemanda
Sonata in A Major, TWV 41:E1 - Telemann, Georg Philipp arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
- Fourth Movement
Concert Repertoire:
Three Miniatures (complete) - Miller, Michael
Waltz, op. 12, no. 2 - Grieg, Edvard
Toy Soldiers' March - Kreisler, Fritz
Abracadabra - Duke, David
Musette and Air de ballet - Gluck, Christoph Willibald arr. Kathleen Wood
Boston Fancy - American folk dance arr. Harold Birston
Ave Verum Corpus, K 618 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr. Jason Gray
Conte serieux (Solemn Story), op. 62, no. 6 - Mendelssohn, Ludwig
Alla Greco - Baxter, Timothy.

SKU: HL.49003302

ISBN 9790220119491. UPC: 073999740745. 8.25x11.5x0.324 inches.

Distant Variations is a one movement concerto (or more correctly, a concerto grosso) for saxophone quartet and wind orchestra. It was commissioned by the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester for Timothy Reynish and the RNCM Wind Orchestra for its first performance with the Apollo Saxophone Quartet at the Barbican in March 1997.

SKU: KJ.JB88F

UPC: 084027039779.

Climb the Castle Walls! transports the listener to the days of yore. The energetic rhythms, bold melody, and inventive harmonies create images of castles, royalty, and knights involved in an important quest, while still lying comfortably under the fingers of an intermediate ensemble.