Par BUCKNELL PETER. Peter Bucknell The skill of the designer, the wide knowledge of the historian of drama and the practical experience of the director come together in this book, in which the author draws the story of early dramatic presentation from the early Middle Ages to the Elizabethan theatre, tracing its origins in entertainment and ritual, sacred and secular. A book for students of all ag…

Written as a processional the setting has brief musical interludes perfect for the entrance of a choir and clergy in a Christmas service. The energy and excitement built into this buoyant arrangement draws the listener in as it bounces from key to key.

Smoke Sketches is Daniel Hall’s first original work to be published in the Faber Music Brass Band Series. Daniel is one of the most gifted of the rising generation of composers writing for brass bands. Smoke Sketches was composed at the invitation of Brass Bands England for the Intermediate Section of the 2017 National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. This colourful jazzy s…

Revised edition of HN 1169 without fingerings. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. All piano students are familiar with Bach's two-part Inventions - but virtuosos of the keyboard also keep coming back to these timelessly beautiful but by no means easy works. It is hard to believe what Bach was able to express using only two parts! In his famous preface the composer himself calls the work an 'Instruction” w…

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. Written in 1998, Peter Sculthorpe's calm work draws its inspiration from his own environmental concerns for Northern Australia's so-called 'Top End'. There, along the coastline, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures mingle with those of Melanesia and Indonesia. Cello Dreaming reflects this plurality./ Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Song of June is a setting of Wilfred Owen's wonderfully evocative 1914 poem about young love and summer days. Harvey's music captures the shimmering trees warbling waterbrooks and swimmers 'carving through the sparkling cold' depicted in the poem. This powerfully sensual work is certain to make a lasting impression on singers and audiences alike.The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a weal…

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Janet Way,…

Par GOODALL HOWARD. All the good you can is Howard Goodall’s uplifting anthem, setting words by Charles Wesley. The music is both celebratory and reflective, ideal for church services and concerts alike. Written for SATB choir and organ, there is optional unison congregation indicated in the score, as well as additional parts for handbells and piano available for download from fabermusicstore.com.…

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 …

Par GRIEG EDVARD. Of Grieg ’s three Violin sonatas, the great C-minor Sonata op. 45 is the best known today. And unjustly so, because the two early sonatas are captivating in their joy to play and their fresh, youthful tone. And what is more, they can also be played by advanced students due to their somewhat lesser technical demands. Written in 1867, the G-major Violin Sonata op. 13, palpably draw…