Chester Music

Britten was so remarkably prolific as a young composer that many of the works from his teens were put aside to await revision or completion as he rushed on to the next piece. This was particularly the...

The first broadcast of the incidental music for D. G. Bridson's radio drama, King Arthur was given on 23rd April (St. George's Day) 1937. The first performance of this Suite for Orchestra was given on...

This concert version has been prepared by Donald Mitchell for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone soloists, 1 or 2 speakers, SATB choir and Orchestra. The text has been compiled by R. Ellis Roberts. Th...

In preparing for publication the 1935 orchestral version of Britten's Te Deum in C, it became clear that there were a number of discrepancies between the manuscript and the original 193 vocal score. S...

For Soprano and Orchestra. Natural History was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It was written for the voice of Dawn Upshaw. The first performance was given by these artists, conducted...

Kevin Volans ' Piano Concerto No. 4 was commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with financial assistance from Arts for All and many individuals through BCMG's Sound Investment Scheme. Th...

Song for Betty de Kaija Saariaho est un arrangement du dernier mouvement de son opéra L'amour de loin. Il s'agit d'un cadeau d'anniversaire pour les 80 ans de Betty Freeman, qui a très généreusement s...

Philip Glass' Piano Concerto No 2 was composed in 2004 and has a duration of approximately 34 minutes. Commissioned by the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission, Board of Regents of the Uni...

Kevin Volans 'Abhaya' for four percussionists. This work was commissioned by Hamiruge, the Louisiana State University School of Music's percussion group. Abhaya 's first performance took place at the...

Fear - Release d'Ellen Reid pour quatre percussionnistes a été commandée par le Los Angeles Percussion Quartet pour être enregistrée pour Sono Luminus en son surround. Selon la compositrice, l'œuvre v...

Prophecies of Fire, pour quatuor de percussions, a été créé par Sandbox Percussion à Portland, dans l'Oregon, le 10 juillet 2024.

Prophecies of Fire, pour quatuor de percussions, a été créé par Sandbox Percussion à Portland, dans l'Oregon, le 10 juillet 2024.

Arranged and edited by John Iveson. Includes treble and bass clef parts. Includes music by Byrd, Purcell, Brahms plus many traditional pieces.

Two short pieces suitable for Grade 8 standard players.

A five-minute work for solo trombone, originally commissioned by the London Sinfonietta for their World Premiere Wednesdays series and premiered by Bryon Fulcher at Kings place on 27th September 2017.

Peter Gregson's Sequence Three for String Quartet. Duration: 3 minutes

First performed by Stefan Kamasa and Andrzej Orkisz in 1973.

This short blues commemorates the demolition of St. Agnes Place in Lambeth, South London on 29th November 2005. It was written for Douglas Paterson (viola) and Jane Salmon (cello), who gave the first...

Written for the South Korean-American romantic drama film Never Forever first screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Recorded by The Smith Quartet on Signum Classics.

Sway was commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik. Co-commissioned by Borealis Festival, Bergen, Norway, with funding from Arts Council Norway. The piece was prem...

Hugh Wood 's Ithaka for Violin, Viola and Cello. Score. Inspired by C. P. Cavafy's poem, this work was commissioned by the Florin Ensemble and generously supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation, the...

Hugh Wood 's Ithaka for Violin, Viola and Cello. Parts. Inspired by C. P. Cavafy's poem, this work was commissioned by the Florin Ensemble and generously supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation, the...

Judith Weir's Sundew for Violin and Cello. Score. ' The bog-based Sundew Plant isn't as pleasant as the name suggests. It produces beads of fluid, resembling dew, but in fact a sticky deposit in which...