Heinz Steputat

In these three characterful and testing piano studies, composed in the autumn of 1985, Nicholas Maw sought to bypass many of the characteristics of post-war piano writing and take up where the ‘old’ p...

In these three characterful and testing piano studies, composed in the autumn of 1985, Nicholas Maw sought to bypass many of the characteristics of post-war piano writing and take up where the ‘old’ p...

Description: It is in A B A form with a coda. The song has direct dynamic contrasts and also shading (crescendo- decrescendo). It is meant to be played in a 'lively' tempo that the student can master....

Description: This contains three movements similar to those that might be found in a classical sonatina. The first movement is in ABA' form with a medium tempo. The second movement has a lyrical, cant...

Description: A short beginning piece that has several teaching ideas. It begins in middle-C position and the right-hand position changes at m. 9. Purpose: Introduces various touches, dynamic contrasts...

Description: Introduction to toccatina style bass pattern; legato/staccato touches; contrasting dynamics on repeat patterns; and also uses a coda passage at the end. Purpose: A practice in coordinatio...

Description: It has a waltz-type sound. It's written in d minor and parallel D Major. The RH uses several different positions. The LH stays in a d minor 5-finger position. Purpose: Teaches RH phrasing...

Description: An easy piece in 6/8 time that can sound hard when played fast. RH uses the same 5-finger patterns with various harmonies. The melody is played in both hands as a melody workout for the h...

Ten short selections in different styles for beginners, with bigger notes to provide greater ease in reading.

. . . a genuinely atmospheric, highly allusive, tautly organized suite of dance references. Maw's titles and tempo indications suggest a fashionably vampiric nightmare, but the music sounded warm and...

Maw's harmonic eloquence and rhythmic fervour crystallize the initial agitation to become a flowing vocal line coloured by the writing for flute, viola and harp, the words borne aloft like a continuat...

Nicholas Maw’s The Head of Orpheus (1992) is a 6-minute setting of a poem by the American poet Robert Kelly for high voice and two clarinets. Written for Mary Wiegold and the Composers Ensemble,...

It has a lucidity and balance, a subtle refinement of substance and texture. . . it is a work that will no doubt quickly establish, or certainly ought to establish, a regular place in what is a surpri...

Carol for SATB Choir. Words: Anonymous.