PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- John Wainwright

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.410410810

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frideric Handel, Henry Smart, J. Reading, J. Spilman, John Hopkins, John Stainer, John Wainwright, Lewis Redner, Paul Bliss, and R. Willis. Arranged by Spencer Parsons. Christmas and Holiday. Collection - Performance. With Standard notation. 48 pages. Theodore Presser Company #410-41081. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.410410810).

ISBN 9781491113967. UPC: 680160085774. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Recorder and Piano - Advanced

SKU: FP.FDD02

Composed by David Dubery. Sheet Music and Books. An evocative piece for treble recorder or oboe and piano inspired by two historic Stockport landmarks. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FDD02. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FDD02).

ISBN 9790570503834.

Vern on Park, Stockport’s oldest park, was created on land donated by Lord Vernon (George John Warren). It was built by poor mill workers who called it pinch-belly park and opened on 20th September 1858. Comprising twenty-one acres, it houses a museum, a bandstand, ornamental fountains, a fernery, rockery, borders and sunken rose garden as well terraced walkways that overlook the river and weir. The piece depicts a solitary walker engrossed in his own thoughts on a winter’s day, the landscape, and the park’s Victorian past.

At the very end of the piece a reminder of the park’s Victorian origins can be detected in a quote from Elgar’s Salut d’amour of 1899, which may well have been played by a band in the bandstand. Stockport market celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2010. It dated back to September 1260 when a Royal Charter allowed Robert de Stokeport, the Mayor, to hold a weekly market within the defensive walls of the Norman Castle on the present site of Castle Yard.

The Glass Umbrella was a popular name given to the 1861 covered market built of timber, glass and iron - nine bays with open sides and a glass canopy. In 1912, one bay was removed to enable electric trams and trolley buses to turn a sharp corner.

The piece depicts a lively market day, the multiculturalism of the present day and the old cries of pick and pay without delay. The bells of St Mary’s Church are depicted by a cascading peel tuned to the ten bells of the church tower, and a fleeting reference to John Wainwright’s famous Christmas hymn Christians Awake, and the Westminster chimes striking the hour from St Mary’s, bring to piece to a conclusion. Separate parts are provided for recorder and oboe.

Leonard Cohen’s masterful, enduring and poignant song Hallelujah has also been recorded by John Cale, Jeff Buckley, Bono, Rufus Wainwright, Kathryn Williams, K.D. Lang, Willie Nelson, Aled Jones, Michael McDonald, KatherineJenkinsand a multitude of other artists.

This classic song was recorded by 2008's X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, and was the 2008 Christmas number one, with the Jeff Buckley version making it to number two! Havingdefeated JLSin the X Factor finals, Alexandra won a million-pound recording contract and the immediate release of this version of Leonard Cohen's classic.

Set here for Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chord Accompaniment

By Richard Wienhorst. Text: John F. Wade. For SATB Choir & chamber orchestra. (Mixed Voices). Christmas. Choral, Orchestra. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing.