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Adapted from the edition in A Purcell Anthology, this anthem for The Ascension of the Lord bears all the hallmarks of Purcell's style. Features optional organ accompaniment and a contrasting middle se...

This arrangement of Scarlatti's Sonata in E (K. 215), which was originally composed for keyboard, is restrained and melodic, as well as being stylish and approachable.

Setting a secular text by the sixteenth-century poet John Fletcher, this rich, sonorous piece bursts with invention and word-painting like a large-scale madrigal. The piece works equally well with or...

This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem...

This piece is demanding for both the singers and the accompaniment with much ornamentation in the vocal part. The work is slow in tempo and the text is by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

The piece consists of nine fully notated sections which surround eight sections of improvised music. Each of the improvised sections includes the reading of a poem which refers to the moon.

This equisite Fantasia on the timeless English folk song 'Greensleeves' was arranged for piano duet by Hubert Foss based on music from Vaughan Williams's opera Sir John in Love.

This collection of piano duets is brilliantly arranged from the orchestral suite by Constant Lambert.

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 2, 'Autumn in Paris' is an evocative, carefree piece, featuring polyrhythm and key changes.

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 1, 'High in the sky' features a graceful melody floating over interesting harmonic changes and a semi-quaver piano flourish that is passed between th...

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 1, 'Crazy Clown' is a quirky, playful waltz exploring sudden dynamic changes, key changes, and chromatic notes.

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 1, 'Just for You' is a gentle pop ballad with an opportunity for beginners to practise pedalling and more complex rhythms.

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 2, 'Music for a Silent Film' features a swinging melody in the Primo part and steady chords in the Secondo part. Perfect for duet partners looking fo...

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 1, this fun, short piece perfectly imitates the falling of raindrops, making it ideal for beginners wishing to practise staccato articulation, phrasi...

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 2, 'Russian Song' is a gentle piece in the minor key with a touch of melancholy. Perfect for practising chord shapes and phrasing.

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 1, 'The Glorious Pastime' is a baroque-inspired piece featuring dotted rhythms, changes in tonality and a variety of articulation.

With a simple, hopeful melody in the Primo part, and busy quavers in the Secondo, 'Wind of Spring' is a perfect piece for beginners wishing to practise ensemble playing and cross rhythms. Originally p...

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 2, 'Tarantella' is a fast, fiery piece featuring a contrasting middle section. Perfect for practising compound time signatures and ensemble playing.

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this piano duet is in the style of South African township jazz, and contains an optional improvisation section.

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this Latin jazz piano duet combines the danzón, a traditional Cuban groove, and the cha-cha, with an optional improvisation section as bonus!

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this piano duet is inspired by the great jazz players and composers of the American Blue Note record label, and contains an optional improvisatio...

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this piano duet features the tresillo rhythm (3+3+2), the montuno common to Latin American music and jazz, and an optional improvisation section.

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this piano duet recalls the lush chords and mid-tempo grooves of 1970s disco.

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this relaxed piano duet has a bluesy country sound echoing rural gospel music, and an optional improvisation section as bonus!

First published in the book Grooves for Two (with CD), this jazz piano duet has a stride-piano feel, and written-out solo over a walking-bass pattern and chords reminiscent of pianist Thelonius Monk.