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Skempton's Third Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setting was written for Wells Cathedral and premiered in May 2012. The simplicity and purity of the setting is typical of Skempton's style, ideal for male...

Commissioned by Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD 2016, Tipsy Howl abounds with inspiring technical challenges that make it a worthwhile addition to the solo horn repertoire.

Issued to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, this verse anthem by William Child was composed for King Charles II in 1660-3, and is published here for the first time. It contains lively solo...

These five pieces are taken from A Picture of the World, a setting of excerpts from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgentstein. In the larger work they occur as interludes between the...

Dancing Solo gives clarinettists an excellent chance to display their technical prowess in a widely varied, dramatic, and colourful context.

In this collaboration with author Charles Bennett, the journey of a boat becomes a metaphor for the journey through life. The nine choral songs present their own stories within the whole, with interlu...

In A new heart Ian Assersohn sets his own text about love and sacrifice. The rich harmonies of the choir are anchored by a supportive piano accompaniment. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

The piece is a suite of six contrasting miniatures built around fragments of melodies which are repeated, each time with subtle variations. Particularly striking is the simple, folk-like melody of the...

For this joyful arrangement of Henry T. Smart's hymn tune Regent Square, Mack Wilberg has adapted Thomas Kelly's celebratory Easter hymn 'He is Risen Today' and provided an alternative text for use du...

A capricious, lyrical, and nostalgic work, it is often considered to be Vaughan Williams's most successful work in this form. The first movement is pastoral in feeling. The second movement begins with...

Sarah Quartel's Veni Sancte Spiritus is a tranquil setting of passages from a 13th-century sacred Latin text and its English translation. The voices are underpinned by a supportive accompaniment that...

The music is composed to create layers of tonality which overlap in space, especially in a vast space with a long acoustic decay.

This excellent addition to the tuba repertoire allows this oft-neglected instrument to demonstrate its more versatile side. Concert Piece explores a 3-octave range, allowing the tuba to combine fast-p...

In an arrangement for violin, this celebrated movement concludes both parts of Bach's Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben ('Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life'), composed for the revised version of...

Featuring elegant melodies, the Rondeau from Mozart's Piano Sonata K309 is arranged for violin here by Kathy and David Blackwell, who are the award-winning authors of OUP's educational string series....

This energetic spiritual has a jazzy feel and is full of memorable melodies, arranged and carefully tailored for the needs of the beginner violinist. Originally published in Solo Time for Violin Book...

From the collection Solo Time for Violin Book 2, this arrangement of the Andante from Mozart's masterful piano sonata caputures the essence of the classical style.

This lively setting of a traditional 19th-century English text (interspersed with a Latin refrain) recaptures the spirit of Bullard's earlier Angel Alleluias. With its straightforward harmony, snappy,...

From the collection Solo Time for Violin Book 2, this arrangement beautifully preserves the style of Czech folk music found in Dvo?ák's original, and the contrast of major and minor sections.

On Christmas Night is a sequence of eight carols with a variety of performance options. Chilcott uses several familiar carol melodies within his own settings, which employ a wide range of styles and m...

An arrangement of Scenes 5 and 12 from a projected stage-work on the life of Tchaikovsky. They are identical in structure and draw on the set of Russian folk songs that Tchaikovsky arranged for piano-...

This hauntingly beautiful piece is extracted from Rutter's large-scale work Visions. The expressive solo line features long phrases, double stopping in thirds and sixths, and a quasi-improvised sectio...

This enchanting setting brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody through each of the voice part...