Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote some of his most moving and effective Choral music was set to religious words as in this setting of texts from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes chapter 44. This piece while affecting and verymuch in the Vaughan Williams harmonic style is uncluttered and convincing in its simplicity.

A Dorset Song. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. This pastoral poem, written by William Barnes, has been set to music by Vaughan Williams to make a rich, pleasing and thoughtful Dorset Folk song./ Feuillet / Choeur à L'Unisson et Piano

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Ralph Vaughan Williams a contribué au renouveau de la musique traditionnelle anglaise. Lors de ses nombreux voyages à travers le pays et plus particulièrement à travers les campagnes du Norfolk, il recueille des chansons de tradition orale auprès de tous les corps de métiers. Il en intègre les plus belles dans sa propre musique, notamment dans A Norfolk Rhapsody et dans la Symph…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. SATB unaccompanied or solo unison and piano This is the Truth; The Yorkshire Wassail (We've been awhile awandering); And all in the morning; On Christmas Night; The Twelve Apostles; Down in yon forest; May Day Carol; The Birth of the Saviour./ Répertoire / SATB a Cappella ou Soliste à L'Unisson et Piano

Brass Treble Clef E Flat-As I sit myself down to write this brief foreword I ask myself can there be music more stirring than these old Cornish folk melodies? Though not Cornish myself (I confess to being born a little further up the road in Bristol) I feel I have spent sufficient time in these 'ere parts to resonate with the sturdy brass band tradition that continues to permeate this incompara…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Vaughan Williams' Six Studies In English Folk-Song is a simple, yet effective work, which has been adapted here for Clarinet in B flat. This is the solo part only./ Etude / Clarinette

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Vaughan Williams' Six Studies In English Folk-Song is a simple, yet effective work, which has been adapted here for E flat Alto Saxophone by Robert Stanton. This is the solo part only. Also suitable for ABRSM examinations for Alto Sax./ Etude / Saxophone en Mib

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 59. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. This is the Hawkes Pocket Score edition of Vaughan Williams' Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Boosey's choral miscellany no.138. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Arthur Somervell's arrangement of the Vaughan Williams choral work sets the beautifully descriptive text by W. Barnes for SATB chorus. A Piano accompaniment is priovided for rehearsal purposes./ Feuillet / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

This new Leyland Band release features seven first-time recordings including 'The Alchymist’s Journal' by Kenneth Hesketh and 'Four Sketches' by Simon Dobson - the winning entry in the 2002 European Brass Band Composer Competition. Soloist James Gourlay performs the brass band arrangement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto. Other works included are 'Global Variations' and 'Thames Journey' …