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For string quartet - This work, in eight short movements, is based upon Chinese mountain songs, works songs, and popular tunes. Playable either as a unified suite or individually as encores, Zhou's fo...

A fantasia based on five folk tunes which was first performed by Pablo Casals in 1930. The piano reduction was prepared by John Lenehan from the original score. Score and parts of the version for orch...

This arrangement for choir and orchestra of a traditional American spiritual conjures a deep fervency, belying its simple appearance. The opening instruction is 'With hushed awe', and that encapsulate...

The music is shared at first between the upper-voice and mixed choirs before they come together, the one a delicious counter-melody to the other. The music is quite simply beautiful, in keeping with t...

This arrangement meets the demand for timeless popular songs, designed to appeal to teachers and students alike. For three-part choir, it contains that memorable tune, Joel's clever lyrics, riffs asso...

Cecilia McDowall has used six Shakespeare texts, and her response encompasses a fleet-footed impression of Scottish fiddle music, a gorgeously plangent slow movement, and a helter-skelter finale that...

The pairing of a slowish and a lively movement has long been attractive to composers, certainly since the days of pavanes and galliards. Skempton uses the contrast to great effect here, where if 'Rest...

Subject to the Weather uses the Welsh folk song The Blackbird as its inspiration, but also references Wesley's hymn tune Aurelia: The Church's one Foundation. The music evokes country life and birdson...

Setting a beautiful text by Rabindranath Tagore, Wake, Love, Wake! explores evocative imagery and metaphors through sonorous harmonies and freedom in tempo. The resulting piece is romantic, stirring,...

Setting the well-known text by Joseph Addison, The spacious firmament is a mysterious and powerful concert work. Bullard uses a variety of textures throughout the piece, resulting in a unique and memo...

In the First, Spinning Place was inspired by Dylan Thomas's exuberant poem Fern Hill. The first section of the concerto is a light, dancing movement, the second section contains echoes of Welsh hymnod...

Holy Roller is a revival sermon captured in the sounds of the alto saxophone and piano. It is inspired by classical revival preaching and the music seeks to represent the language: cajoling and incant...

Suzzie Vango's exuberant arrangement of Gaudete embellishes the charm of this well-known sixteenth-century carol with an accented rhythmic ostinato and playful changes of metre. A version for mixed vo...

This tender Advent carol sets an original text by Charles Bennett that creates a sense of anticipation for the arrival of Jesus. Underpinned by a gently rippling piano part throughout, the piece opens...

This anthem sets a text by the 17h-century Bishop Thomas Ken. The vocal parts are narrative in style and coloured by decorative organ passages. This setting would be well-suited for use on Saints' Day...

The work is divided into three self-contained groups of two to three pieces each, and reflects the composer's pleasure in writing an English style of music by evoking, in this case, the forms of song...

Immerse yourself in the dreamlike, profound sonic landscape of “Morpheus” for viola and piano, published by the renowned Oxford University Press. Named after the Greek god of dreams, this piece unfold...

Larsen's beautiful piece is absolute music in a standard classical layout with an emphasis on long lyrical lines. A good piece for conservatory and university students.

Partially based on a plainsong melody, this peaceful setting of the Latin hymn text features sonorous harmonies, subtle time changes, and fluid choral homophony, with a beautiful soprano solo that flo...

This poignant choral arrangement of 'No sad thought his soul affright' from the cantata Hodie is well suited for performance in a Christmas concert or service. This two-verse piece has been transposed...

Viola Time Runners is the second book in the popular Viola Time series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell's trademark attractive and e...

Wilberg has arranged O holy night! in the accessible key of D flat major using his signature lush textures which complement the warm, rich, and dramatic qualities found in this famous carol. Orchestra...

For unaccompanied viola. This introduction to playing in 3rd and 2nd positions uses simple short tunes to introduce the student to the new positions. No shifting within a melody is required. The autho...

This soulful piece was discovered among the composer's manuscripts upon his death in 1958 and published posthumously in 1962. The viola part is edited by Bernard Shore and the piano part by Eric Gritt...