This Christmas cantata is an uncanny recapture by Maxwell Davies of a relatively simple modal style: luminous sometimes plaintive sometimes rapturous. A linked series of George Mackay Brown settings designed to give pleasure (ifsometimes strenuous pleasure) to a non-professional choir. A spiritual mystery is glimpsed in an Orcadian setting. Commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus to commemorate its 30th anniversary with additional funds from theArts Council of Great Britain.The first performance was given in October 1995 by the London Symphony Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox.Vocal score.

Par POE LARA. The name of Lara Poe?s solo trumpet work Triton (2019) alludes both the sea god Triton and the shell named after him. The 6?30?? long piece is constructed of two types of material: the combination of a fanfare like trumpet call with a meandering line, and more undulating material. Have a look inside by clicking sample. This product is a folder with sheet music as loose pages. Lara Poe is a Finnish-American composer who is currently based in London. Her works have been performed across a wide range of venues throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Her piece Kaamos, which she wrote for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, was recently nominated for a Ivors Composer Award in the Large Scale Composition category. Kaamos also was selected by YLE Radio Finland to represent Finland at the International Rostrum of Composers 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia. Poe was the 2019 Tanglewood Music Patricia Plum Wilde Fellow and represented Finland at Ung Nordisk Musik 2019 in Piteå. She was also a 2018-2019 participant in the London Symphony Orchestra?s Panufnik Scheme, where she worked under the guidance of Colin Matthews and Christian Mason. / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Répertoire / Trompette

Terrains Vagues was commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. It was premiered on 1 April 2001 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis at the Barbican Hall London.The first Danish performance took place on 27 September 2001 Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Danish Radio Concert Hall in Copenhagen.The work is dedicated to Thomas Dausgaard.   

Colin Matthews' March for Piano Trio.As well as many large-scale orchestral works and much chamber music Colin Matthews has written a number of works for children to play most notably Machines And Dreams a 'toy symphony' for young players and the London Symphony Orchestra (1990). The March Waltz and Nocturne were composed specifically for the Schubert Ensemble’s Chamber Music 2000 project in 1999. - Colin Matthews

Symphony in Bb major Hob. I:102-The twelve London Symphonies??? comprise the sublime final statement of Haydn???s symphonic ??uvre. They were written for the London impresario Johann Peter Salomon and Haydn himself conducted their premieres during his lengthy stays in the English metropolis in 1791/92 and 1794/95. The energetic surging B-flat-major Symphony no. 102 belongs to the group of the last three symphonies premiered in early 1795. Exceptionally Haydn here dispenses with the clarinets that are otherwise generally featured in his late symphonies. The instrumentation of the Adagio is also unusual in that Haydn includes trumpets and timpani both muted. This study edition adopts the musical text of theHaydn Complete Edition thereby guaranteeing the highest scholarly quality. An informative preface and a brief Critical Report make the handy score an ideal companion for all current and soon-to-be Haydn fans.

Over the years many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 1 Violin pieces including Land of the Silver Birch Dvorák’s Largo from the New World Symphony and Gershwin’s Oh Lady Be Good.Containing fresh editions of folk and classical masterpieces alongside contemporary favourites all pieces have been rigorously researched by violin expert Jessica O’Leary. A CD of performance and accompaniment tracks is included as are useful practice tips. This book includes piecesfrom current and past Trinity and ABRSM syllabuses.Jessica O’Leary has a successful career as a teacher professional violinist ABRSM examiner and seminar presenter. She has toured and recorded extensively as a member of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and has performed with Madonna Led Zeppelin the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Opera House. She teaches violin and viola and directs string ensembles at St Paul’s Girls’ School Eltham College and Junior Guildhall London.

With more enthusiasts than ever since its heyday the Harp is an instrument which has successfully demonstrated its staying power and its important role both in music and beyond! John Marson’s Book of the Harp is a uniqueand definitive work distilled from a wealth of experience: a lifetime's study and research and an outstanding professional career. He traces the development of the harp from its earliest origins thousands of years B.C. to theinvention of the pedal harp in the eighteenth century and the harps of the twenty first century. He examines the writings of many forgotten exponents of the harp including inventors players and composers and provides a fullycomprehensive view of every model make and modification to the present day!The Book of the Harp is a rich source of information entertainment and anecdote on everything from strings tuning principles offingering and tone production historical influences designs techniques and methods to the harp's literary associations and those with the theatre and cinema its Celtic and religious symbolism virtuoso players and itsappearance in the poetry of Milton and novels of Jane Austen. Both historical and practical The Book of the Harp is an authoritative source of entertainment and a fascinating study for student professionalmusician and interested reader alike. John Marson has enjoyed a glittering career during which he has been principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra the BBC Symphony Orchestra Professor of Harp at the Royal College ofMusic and soloist and freelance.

'Romance for violin and piano is a short reflective piece that exploits the lyrical qualities inherent in the combination. Originally written for a very young but talented violinist Romance travels through numerous moods andcolours within a continuous musical development of the opening material. At first gentle and reflective with increasing dramatic outbursts outlined by the violin sforzandi and parallel sixths in the piano writing numerous shortsolo passages in both instruments culminate in a fiery climax. Quickly subsiding into the calmer yet now more melancholy strains of the earlier stages of the piece the ending is somewhat incomplete. This seems to suggest acontinuous turn of events alluded to in the music.'???????????? - Helen GrimeBorn in 1981 Helen studied oboe with JohnAnderson and composition with Julian Anderson and Edwin Roxburgh at the Royal College of Music. She graduated from the BMus course with First Class Honours and completed her Masters with Distinction in 2004. From 2005-07 Helenwas a Legal & General Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music. In 2003 she won a British Composer Award for her Oboe Concerto and was awarded the intercollegiate Theodore Holland Composition Prize in 2003 as well as allthe major composition prizes in the RCM. In 2008 she was awarded a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship to study at the Tanglewood Music Center where she studied with John Harbison Michael Gandolfi Shulamit Ran and Augusta Read Thomas.Helen has had works commissioned by some of the most established performers and organisations including ENO London Symphony Orchestra BCMG Britten Sinfonia BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center.Conductors who have performed her work include Daniel Harding Oliver Knussen Pierre Boulez and Yan Pascal Tortelier. Helen is the 2010 recipient of the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund and Associate Composer of The Hall? from the

This is the Full Score of Philip Glass's wonderful Violin Concerto No.2 'American Four Seasons' arranged for Violin and Orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Toronto SymphonyOrchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra among others the world premiere was held in Toronto on December 9th 2009 conducted by Peter Oundjian. At this premiere the violinist was Robert McDuffie for whomthe Concerto was composed. During the summer and autumn of 2009 Glass composed this work after many years of exchanges with McDuffie. His idea of creating a work that would be influenced by and an accompaniment toVivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'. Interestingly Glass has provided no indication in the score of where each season falls making it open for interpretation by the performers or the audience.

Ideal for a popular school or informal concert. Programme note by Rodney Slatford 2008:Jack Snow Hester was born on 2 March 1907 in Chorlton Lancashire and joined the music profession as a double bass player when he was seventeen. His father Arthur Darrell Hester appears on his birth certificate as 'Manufacturer (chemicals)'; his mother was Minnie Frances Hester formerly Stamp and the family lived in South Manchester. During the 1930s as Norman Hester he worked at Daly's Theatre the Piccadilly Theatre the Palace Theatre and other London variety houses in West End productions. He married Isabella Dawson Davidson on 1 July 1940 in Worcester and shedied in 1973. He died in 2001 after a long period of ill health.During the 1960s Norman was an active freelance player working as an extra bass player with the London symphony orchestras including the BBC. Quite when The Bull Steps Out was written isn't certain but Norman sent me a copy to consider for republishing – it is assumed that the original publication appeared sometime during or just after the war. It was a 'one off' that he probably played for light music evenings in the theatres.The piece has been very popular and has been used for examinations on various syllabuses around Grade 7 level.An unpublished manuscript copy of a double bass 'method' is on file that Norman Hester wrote when he retired but it is mainly a compilation of various scales and exercises similar to many that were published in the early 20th century. A photograph of him as a young man is held at the Royal Society of Musicians in London which he joined in 1930 and of which he was a loyal supporter until he died.

Heathcote Dicken Statham (1889-1973) was a British organist composer and conductor of international renown. His best-known work is the 1944 magnum opus Rhapsody On A Ground for solo Organ.Statham studied at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London. He then become organist at Calcutta Cathedral and later Norwich Cathedral where he stayed for almost 40 years. He also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra throughout the Second World War earning a reputation for musicianship of the highest standard.

Festival Anthem-A wonderful festival anthem for chorus and organ or orchestra by English composer Gerald Finzi with words by Richard Crawshaw. Composed in 1946 and first performed with full orchestra in September 1947 at the Three Choirs Festival with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by the Finzi himself. This edition of Lo the Full Final Sacrifice is set for full-mixed SATB choir with full organ accompaniment.

One of Tavener's most famous works The Protecting Veil for solo cello and string orchestra was commissioned by the BBC for the 1989 series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The first performance was given in September 1989at the Royal Albert Hall London by Steven Isserlis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen.Study Score. Duration c. 42mins.

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the 2012 BBC Proms.First performed on 5th August 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall London by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles.Instrumentation3 Flutes 3rd doubling Piccolo3 Oboes 3rd doubling Cor Anglais2 Clarinets in BbBass Clarinet2 BassoonsContrabassoon4 Horns in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 TrombonesTubaHarpTimpaniPercussion (3 Players):Vibraphone Crotales 2 Suspended Cymbals (High Medium) Tam-Tam Chinese Bell Tree 5 Tom-Toms Bass DrumStrings (at least16.14.12.10.8)