Par COURT DOUGLAS. In a singing style, this pretty work will be a sparkling and reverent moment in your holiday concert. A superb contrast piece from the pen of Douglas Court, NIGHT OF WONDER engages fascinating harmonic and contrapuntal forces in a truly unique arrangement of WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS. While the wind players get to work on expressive playing, there’s plenty of engaging…

Par HART LAURIE. Danse ce soir! Fiddle and Accordion Music of Quebec is a collection of 122 traditional and composed tunes by a wide variety of quebecois players and composers, the broadest and most informative collection of quebecois repertoire available to date. The text, in both French and English, gives extensive background information about the repertoire and history of instrumental dance mus…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This 4-movement suite is based on authentic folktunes from the beautiful southern province in France: the 'Provence'. The composer used an harmonic language respecting the popular characteristics, but on the other hand also contains some 'spicy' notes (. . . just like the wellknown 'Provençal sauce'! . . . ). The instrumentation is very colourful, paying a lot of attention t…

Variations on a melody by Adriaen Valerius (1575-1625). Par SPARKE PHILIP. Dutch composer, artist and poet Adriaen Valerius is mostly remembered today for his collection of 79 songs for voice and lute or cittern, published posthumously in 1626. Philip Sparke has taken one melody from this collection that tells of the War of Independence with Spain. The beautiful slow melody is followed by a series…

Revised edition of HN 1360 without fingerings. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach's three-part Sinfonias acquaint pianists of every age with the art of playing three equal parts with just two hands - a true phenomenon! It is no accident that these pieces, together with the two-part Inventions, are considered indispensable to every pianist. This beautiful music has lost nothing of its relevance to us …

12 Songs by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with texts in Italian, French and German. Mozart's brilliant piano technique and his intimate knowledge of beautiful singing is combined to create cameos of human psychology such as reverence, infatuation, humor, jealously, and playfulness, all in masterful songs. Includes word-by-word translations of the Italian, French, and German text as well as a translation…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. What a great way to feature that blossoming Trumpet soloist! The undeniably beautiful melody YE BANKS AND BRAES O’ BONNIE DOON is the foundation upon which this colorful and expressive Trumpet solo piece is crafted. A closer look at the orchestration of this classic Scottish air shows that the soloist is not the only one who gets to be expressive. Subtle contrapuntal motion and…

There is not a great deal known about the violinist, teacher and composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827-1914) from Erfurt. However, two of his compositions virtually immortalized him: the fantasia The Infant Paganini as well as the somewhat more difficult sister work The Boy Paganini (Schott ED 21703). Both are played with great enthusiasm by young violinists all over the world. Both compositions prese…

Blezzard Judith (Editor). Par BLEZZARD JUDITH. This is a collection of seven beautiful motets by French composers of the 19th century. The beauty of text and music in this repertory transcends liturgical constraint, widening the context in which the music can be used to enhance worship and meditation. This collection, showing a diversity of style and texture, is ideal for church or concert use, it…

Par WEIR JUDITH. Celebrate HM The Queen's 90th Birthday with your choir Sing Judith Weir's special new choral piece I Love All Beauteous Things Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir, has been commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral in London to write a piece for SATB choir and organ in celebration of HM The Queen's 90th birthday in 2016. The piece is now available from Chester Music, so that choir…