Sullivan O Gladsome Light 2pt/Pf

Albert Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden (Piano Solo)

Ketelbey's famous light orchestral piece, arranged here for piano.

S Foster: Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair

Arranged for Two part Singing by Harry Dexter

Elvey Arise, Shine, For Thy Light Is Come 2pt/Piano

Bach, J Hope And Light Of Man's 2 Pt (Ea242)

Modest Mussorgsky: Gopak (Piano Duet)

An arrangement for four hands at one Piano, of the finale of Moussorgsky's unfinished comic opera Sorochintsï Fair. A light and entertaining piece at just under two minutes duration.

A Rowley: Humoresque From Six Impromptus

Humoresque makes use of syncopation and staccato to create a light-hearted mood, with a slightly slower middle section for contrast before a return to the initial theme and a rocketing finish.Twentieth century British composer Alec Rowley was also an Organist, pianist and dedicated teacher. Many of his compositions are miniatures and works appropriate for amateur musicians, though he also gained renown through his large-scale works performed at the Promenade Concerts and elsewhere.

Stephen Foster: Beautiful Dreamer (2-Part)

In the canon of American song, no name comes ahead of Stephen Foster. The 19th century composer wrote nearly 300 songs, creating some of the US’s best-known songs, among them Camptown Races, Swanee River, My Old Kentucky Home, Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair. These iconic tunes have been performed, recorded, mined for television and film scores and advertisements so much that many Americans recognize them without knowing their author. Beautiful Dreamer, one of Foster’s many sentimental ballads, was published after his death. In this arrangement, the song’s sentimentality has been honoured without exaggeration.

Albert Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden (Simplified Edition)

Composer and arranger Albert W Ketèlbey is now almost unknown except for his work Bells Across the Meadows, but until the time of the Second World War, he strode the country’s musical stage like a giant of light musical entertainment. In 1929, he was declared ‘Britain’s greatest composer’ according to the number of performances of his works. Over the course of his career, he was a church Organist, musical director at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, editor to several music publishing firms and Music Director of the Columbia Gramophone Company.His most popular works are a series of Orchestral tone poems, like this one based on a verse from his own poem, In a Monastery Garden. The simplified version was prepared by the composer.