Chester Music

A Mediterranean, erotic postlude to a time when Davies had been much occupied with setting the Orkney poetry of George Mackay Brown. The voice, though, is the same. The mezzo part is wide-ranging and...

A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope...

Eugène Goossens (1893-1962) was an English composer whose work was initially held in the same high esteem as contemporaries such as Walton, but who has since faded into obscurity. He worked across the...

Eugène Goossens (1893-1962) was an English composer whose work was initially held in the same high esteem as contemporaries such as Walton, but who has since faded into obscurity. He worked across the...

For Flute, Violin and Harp or 2 Violins and Piano.

The Quintet for Oboe and Strings was written in 1932. Soon afterwards, it won a prize in the Daily Telegraph's Chamber Music competition, and was recorded for HMV records. The full score is presented...

Score available: CH61209

This work was first performed on 23rd October 1972 at the Wigmore Hall, London, by Janet Craxton (oboe), Perry Hart (violin), Brian Hawkins (viola) and Kenneth Heath (cello).

This work was first performed on 23rd October 1972 at the Wigmore Hall, London, by Janet Craxton (oboe), Perry Hart (violin), Brian Hawkins (viola) and Kenneth Heath (cello).

Butterflies' scored for Voice and Harp.

Parts for the clarinet quintet. The score is available, SOS11145.

So we'll go no more a-roving (Byron) A Widow bird sate mourning (Shelley) The knot there's no un-tying (Thomas Campbell)

A singing/musicianship resource to involve the whole class. Comprehensive tips and advice on teaching and singing the song. No music reading necessary - full support provided on the CD. Lesson plan...

This setting of the Nunc Dimittis was originally written for the TV series, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Scored for 2 treble or soprano soloists and SATB choir. Duration 3 minutes.

Six settings of Innuit texts for mixed voices and optional percussion. If percussion is not available then singers should clap the rhythms indicated, four to each part, depending on the acoustics of t...

L'heure bleue, a Serenade for 16 instruments, was commissioned by Alte Oper Frankfurt, and premiered on 13th September 2001, performed by the Ensemble Modern and conducted by Oliver Knussen. Duration...

Written for viol consort. This work was commissioned by Concordia. First performance by Concordia on 17 July 2004 at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.

Written for viol consort. This work was commissioned by Concordia. First performance by Concordia on 17 July 2004 at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.

Score and Parts. Commissioned by Colin Horsley. Premiered in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Manoung Parikian, Dennis Brain and Colin Horsley, March 1954.

Work for Recorder (or Flute), Violin, Cello and Harpsichord (or Piano). Commissioned by Carl Dolmetsch.

Much celebrated work for 6 Solo Voices (2 Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass) and chamber orchestra. Premiered by the English Opera Group in Zurich in 1947, this work has recently resurfaced as one...

Work for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano. Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York.

Full Score.

Work for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet. Commissioned by the BBC for the 1955 Cheltenham Festival. Score available: CH00274