Wilbye Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers Ssa

John Wilbye: Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers Ssatb

Michael Blake Watkins: Solus for Guitar

Commissioned by Carlos Bonell who gave the first performance on 1st December 1975 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Simon Bainbridge: Music For Nine Flutes And Three Voices

Simon Bainbridge?s Music for Nine Flutes and Three Voices was commissioned by the Tempest Flute Trio, who gave the first performance at Wigmore Hall, London on 11th May 2013.

Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No.3 Op.63 - 2006 Edition (Study Score)

Arnold's Symphony No.3 was commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is dedicated to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, who gave its first performance on 2nd December 1957 at the Royal Festival Hall.

Angela Morley: Reverie (Violin And Piano)

Reverie was composed as a result of a request from the BBC for a new piece to be recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra and played during a Radio 3 interview that the composer gave in 2005 with Brian Kay.

Stuart MacRae: Violin Concerto (Study Score)

This work was commissioned by the Richard Gregson-Williams Trust for Tamsin Little, who gave its first performance at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on July 31 2001, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No.2 (Study Score)

Sir Malcolm Arnold?s Second Symphony was commissioned by the Winter Garden?s Society, Bournemouth, and is dedicated to Charles Groves and the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the orchestra; they gave the first performance on 25th May 1953.

Erik Bergman: Careliana

A suite for 6 male voices, commissioned by the Joensuu Song Festival for the vocal sextet The King's Singers, who gave the first performance at Joensuu in June 1989. This exotic piece contains some of the rich traditions of Finnish folk-song.Duration c. 16 minutes.

Thea Musgrave: For The Time Being - Advent

For The Time Being is a setting of the first section of W.H. Auden's poem of the same title, written in 1945. This work was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC singers, who gave the first performance in April 1987 at St. John's Smith Square, conducted by John Poole.Duration: c. 25 minutes.

Edward Gregson: Tuba Concerto

This work is dedicated to John Fletcher, who gave the first performance on 24 April 1976. The concerto is in three movements, the first in sonata-form shell with two contrasting themes. There is a reference made in the development section to the opening theme of Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto. Set as part of the ABRSM Tuba Syllabus.

John McCabe: Aspects Of Whiteness

Originally written in 1967 for the Aeolian Singers, who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in that year, this Cantata was revised in 1969. The text is taken from the chapter in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick entitled The Whiteness of the Whale, and it is an exploration of the nature of the colour white and some of its significance for us.

Sallinen: Dies Irae

This setting of the poem It Was Christmas Day by Arvo Turtiainen was commissioned by the Ensemble of the Hungarian People's Army, who gave the premiere in Budapest on 15th October 1979. The original Finnish language version was first performed in Helsinki in December 1980. This vocal score contains Finnish and English text (English translation by Rodney Blumer and Essi Kiviranta).For soprano and bass soli, male chorus and orchestra.

The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever (SATB/Piano)

Strawberry Fields Forever was John Lennon?s homage to the garden of a Salvation Army children?s home in Liverpool. It gave The Beatles a psychedelic hit in 1967. The name was eventually adopted for a small memorial garden on the West Side of New York?s Central Park opposite Lennon?s final address, The Dakota apartment building. Here this evocative song is arranged for SATB with piano accompaniment by Jeremy Birchall.

Cox, David Deck The Halls Ssa/Pf

The traditional Welsh melody Deck The Hall was arranged for SSA Female Voice Choir by David Cox, with a Piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. It is dedicated to Sheila Mossman and the Orpington Junior Singers: a highly regarded girls choir which appeared at the BBC Proms and gave several other high-profile performances in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. David Vassall Cox (1916-1997) was a British composer, pianist and music critic. He is best known for his choral and vocal works, but also spent many years working for the BBC in various roles.

Bliss: Triptych for Piano

Returning to his first love, the piano, this piece, composed in 1970. The three pieces forming the Triptych are a Meditation, a Dramatic Recitative and a Capriccio. The Meditation is naturally reflective, but not unduly introspective; the drama in the Recitative rests on the contrast between rhetorical statements and bravura passages; the Capriccio is carried on a vivacious rhythmic pulse and ends with brilliance.It is dedicated to Louis Kentner with admiration and gratitude - the admiration is for his playing, and the gratitude for the help he gave during the recording of my piano sonata by Marguerite Wolff.© Sir Arthur Bliss

Angela Morley: Valse Bleue For Flute And Piano

A fragment of the main theme came to me one day during a visit to Switzerland in August 2004. I filed it away in my memory and developed it into a piece when I got home. The 'bluesy' harmony in the fourth bar of the theme suggested that the piece should be called Valse Bleue. Angela Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1924. She was a professional woodwind player in her teens and twenties and, at twenty-six, after studying harmony, counterpoint and composition with Matyas Seiber and conducting with Walter Goehr, gave up playing and embarked on a career as an arranger and composer.

Francisco Valls: Missa Scala Aretina

For 11 voices in 3 choirs, instruments and continuo.The Scala Aretina is Valls' best-known work, taking its name from the Guidonian hexachord upon which it is constructed. The mass gave rise to one of the most contested controversies in the history of music: in the Qui Tollis of the Gloria, the entry of the 2nd choir soprano forms an unprepared ninths - certainly an infringement of the rules of harmony. This sparked off an unprecedented battle among Spanish musicians as to the value of rules in musical composition, and the value of pleasing the ear as an aesthetic principle as opposed to artistic freedom.

Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto Op.67

Guitar Concerto Opus 67 was commissioned by Julian Bream who gave the first performance in Aldeburgh with the Melos Ensemble. It is an overt tribute to Jazz and especially to Django Reinhardt. This is particularly evident in the long slow movement which someone once described as a script for a Hitchcock thriller.The most remarkable feature of Arnold?s Guitar Concerto is that the composer cleverly eschewed all clichés in his guitar writing, be they Spanish or Jazz, and that he approached his task in his own inimitable way. The scoring for small forces is a miracle of economy, clarity and efficiency. Malcolm Arnold at his best and at his most inventive, this wonderfully crafted piece has become a favourite.

John McCabe: Psalm-Cantata (Orchestral Version) Vocal Score

John McCabe 's Psalm-Cantata (Orchestral Version) . Vocal score for Soprano, Baritone and SATB choir. This work was commissioned by the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman, who gave the first performance on 16th March 2013 at St. John’s, SmithSquare, London. ' I’ve wanted to write a choral/instrumental piece based on texts from the Psalms for a very long time, so this commission from the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman (to whom the work is dedicated) was a wonderful opportunity to put this idea into practice. I decided to write a kind of latter-day equivalent to the Bach cantatas, with two soloists (soprano and baritone). The texts are derived from a variety of Psalm sources: some in Latin, some in English, a meditation by Savonarola, and a Henry Vaughan poem.' - John McCabe

John McCabe: Psalm-Cantata (Orchestral Version) Full Score

John McCabe 's Psalm-Cantata (Orchestral Version) . Full score for Soprano, Baritone, SATB choir and small Orchestra. This work was commissioned by the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman, who gave the first performance on 16th March 2013 at St. John’s, SmithSquare, London. ' I’ve wanted to write a choral/instrumental piece based on texts from the Psalms for a very long time, so this commission from the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman (to whom the work is dedicated) was a wonderful opportunity to put this idea into practice. I decided to write a kind of latter-day equivalent to the Bach cantatas, with two soloists (soprano and baritone). The texts are derived from a variety of Psalm sources: some in Latin, some in English, a meditation by Savonarola, and a Henry Vaughan poem.' - John McCabe

John McCabe: Psalm-Cantata (Reduction For SATB/Organ) Arr. Iain Farrington

John McCabe 's Psalm-Cantata , arranged for Soprano, Baritone, SATB choir and Organ by Iain Farrington. This work was commissioned by the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman, who gave the first performance on 16th March 2013 at St. John’s, SmithSquare, London. ' I’ve wanted to write a choral/instrumental piece based on texts from the Psalms for a very long time, so this commission from the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman (to whom the work is dedicated) was a wonderful opportunity to put this idea into practice. I decided to write a kind of latter-day equivalent to the Bach cantatas, with two soloists (soprano and baritone). The texts are derived from a variety of Psalm sources: some in Latin, some in English, a meditation by Savonarola, and a Henry Vaughan poem.' - John McCabe

Novello Choral Pops: Sixties Hits

The Mamas & The Papas’ hymn to the West Coast state California Dreamin ’ was actually written in chilly New York City by John and Michelle Phillips before they even formed the band that made them famous. Simon & Garfunkel were New York through and through and Simon’s jaunty song about the Queensboro Bridge — aka Feelin’ Groovy — uses its local colloquial name. Skeeter Davis, born Mary Frances Penick, was the survivor of a car crash that killed her singing partner Betty Jack Davis. They had enjoyed some success as The Davis Sisters but The End Of The World was the biggest hit of Skeeter’s subsequent solo career. In My Room saw The Beach Boys moving indoors from all that sun and sand and recording one of their most reflective and lovely songs. Meanwhile the British invasion was threatening the pop status quo in America and Can’t Buy Me Love , from the film Hard Day’s Night, gave The Beatles yet another number one in the US charts. Novello Choral Pops: Sixties Hits contains these five decade-defining hits, newly arranged for SATB Choir with Piano accompaniment.

Grayston Ives: Susanni (Novello New Choral Series)

The text of Susanni is a translation of Martin Luther?s hymn of 1535, Vom Himmel hoch. The music is based loosely upon the well-known chorale melody, which, at times, is quoted in full in both voices and organ. Except where indicated, singers should adopt a legato style, especially in the repeated quaver patterns. In the bars which appear to be in compound time, conductors should beat in crotchets.An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Bill Ives has spent his life in choral music ? as a singer, conductor, teacher and composer (writing as Grayston Ives). He was a chorister at Ely Cathedral and later studied music at Cambridge, taking composition lessons with Richard Rodney Bennett. After Cambridge he sang in Guildford Cathedral Choir before joining the King?s Singers, with whom he recorded and performed worldwide.For eighteen years he directed the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. During his tenure the choir earned a Grammy nomination for a disc of music by Orlando Gibbons, and gave the première of Paul McCartney?s Ecce Cor Meum, written especially for them. In 2008 his work as a composer and conductor of church music was recognised with the award of a Lambeth DMus and a Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music.

Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Rachmaninoff ’s music for the All-Night Vigil service – long known inaccurately as his ‘Vespers’ – is a masterpiece in its own right. It draws on centuries-old Orthodox chant and the performance tradition of Russian folk music, and embodies the ideal of Russian church music championed by a group of Moscow musicians of the time. In this All-Night Vigil the great composer-pianist-conductor has allied his own imagination, skill and experience with the expertise built up at the Synodal School of Church Music – not least by its choir, which gave the first performances at several Moscow concerts. This edition has been carefully prepared to present Rachmaninoff ’s music in a clear and easily readable format, and also offers a new transliteration of the Church Slavonic text. For the first time an audio pronunciation guide is provided online, which will prove indispensable for choirs wishing to perform this most beautiful of masterpieces. In the November/December issue of Choir & Organ, Jeremy Summerly writes that this edition of All-Night Vigil  is "a timely publication and it is difficult to imagine it presented better." He says that the "introductory material is immaculate and places this culturally complex work in its colourful historical context," making this a "legible, user-friendly, and authoritative edition...a model of its type." Editor Stuart Campbell has contributed articles on Russian music to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition) and Die neue MGG. Cambridge University Press published two volumes of his anthology of criticism entitled Russians on Russian Music. He is a tutor for the adult-education units of the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and joint musical director (with Svetlana Zvereva) of the chamber choir Russkaya Cappella.