Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER. This enchanting work for mixed choir sets three Shakespearean texts that delight in the wonders of music and its connection to the natural world. Scenes from Henry VIII, The Merchant of Venice and Cymberline are combined in this dreamy setting, perfect for choral societies, church or school choir concerts. Arranged for soprano, alto and combined men's voices with piano ac…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER. Alexander L'Estrange's New College Service (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis) is a tribute to Dr Edward Higginbottom, Director of Music and organist of the choir of New College, Oxford between 1976-2014. Featured on the Signum Classics recording On Eagles' Wings, performed by Tenebrae. Arranged for treble / soprano and alto voices and organ. Part of Faber Music's Choral Signa…

Par PART ARVO. 'I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series', said Arvo Pärt in 1994. The neutral title itself embodies the essence of the content as the work is based on the text of the Latin Credo. The great simplicity of the piece masks its complexity. The underl…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Par PARRY BEN. Wild Horses, originally by The Rolling Stones, was also recorded by Susan Boyle in a cover version which featured on her 2009 debut album I Dreamed A Dream. Here arranged for upper voices with piano accompaniment. This arrangement is taken from the popular Choir Rocks! series which offers flexible arrangements of contemporary pop hits. All pieces are written for soprano and alto, wi…

for String Quartet Score and Parts. Par HARTKE STEPHEN. THE FIFTH BOOK of the title refers to what Stephen Hartke considers his fifth book of madrigals, only two of which books are actually for voices, with the others being for string instruments. Hartke writes madrigals for string instruments due to their inherent singing quality, but also due to the fluid structural character of the madrigal as …

This work, composed for Children's Voices and String Quartet, was commissioned by the Young People's Chorus of New York City. / Quatuor A Cordes

A Dorset Song. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. This pastoral poem, written by William Barnes who was born in 1801 in Dorset, was set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams to make a rich, pleasing and thoughtful Dorset Folk song. This arrangement by Alec Rowley is for two treble voices. / Musique traditionnelle / Feuillet / Choeur de Femmes (SS) et Piano

for String Quartet Full Score. Par HARTKE STEPHEN. THE FIFTH BOOK of the title refers to what Stephen Hartke considers his fifth book of madrigals, only two of which books are actually for voices, with the others being for string instruments. Hartke writes madrigals for string instruments due to their inherent singing quality, but also due to the fluid structural character of the madrigal as a gen…