Chester Music

Michael Nyman's Trumpet & String Quartet. Duration: 15 minutes.

Eos commissioned Nyman to write a score for the 10-minute silent film Manhatta, a Jazz Age piece lacing together images of inter-way Manhattan with the (projected) words of Walt Whitman. Originally s...

Score and parts for Michael Nyman's A Neat Slice Of Saraband, for the Clarinet, Trombone, Cello and Piano.

I Sonetti Lussuriosi is a collection of pieces by world-renowned composer Michael Nyman. This work is a setting of 8 pieces of erotic poetry by Italian poet Pietro Aretino. This is the Full Score and...

I Sonetti Lussuriosi is a collection of pieces by world-renowned composer Michael Nyman. This work is a setting of 8 pieces of erotic poetry by Italian poet Pietro Aretino. This is the Full Score and...

This is the full score and parts for Chromattic by Michael Nyman, scored for Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Accordion, Marimba and Double Bass. The work was composed by the Chroma Ensemble, and la...

Setting the texts of Robert Herrick, this work for Countertenor and Viol Consort was commissioned by Paulin Bündgen - Ensemble Céladon, Grame, cncm and Centre culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay. Vocal s...

A song composed for Letters, Riddles and Writs directed by Jeremy Newson in 1990/1. Devised for the Artifax/BBC 'NOT MOZART' series commemorating the bicentenary of Mozart's death, the film takes as s...

Parts for 'The Piano Sings'. Scored for Soprano and String Quartet.

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...

Balancing The Books was commissioned by the swingle singers for the Bach 250th anniversary celebrations. The work uses material from the C sharp Major Preludes from Bach's two books of the 48 Preludes...

Daedalus Remembers is the third part in a trilogy called 3 for Icarus. Daedalus was Icarus' father and a famous craftsman. He once forged a magic sword for Peleus which had a property of making its ow...

Sphinx is scored for cor anglais and nine tuned gongs, and lasts approximately fourteen minutes. It is austere in texture and takes the form of an extended riddle, the answer to which may be the one a...

A chamber ensemble piece that reflects Holt's passion for the visual arts and literature. The Banshee according to legend is less a shape than a mournful screaming that haunts the Irish night and the...

Kites is scored for wind quintet and string quintet and came about through Holt's interest in Japanese things. The kite that features is preceded by an introduction of fragile, slow and serene scene-s...

Canciones are three Spanish songs; A love song, a setting of Cancione de Jinete by Lorca and a lyric. The outer poems are anonymous but are cited by Lorca in his essay on Duende which can be roughly t...

Work for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello written in 1980. Parts available: CH66869-01

Work for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello written in 1980. Score available: CH66869

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A, Viola, Cello and Double Bass). This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilson. First performance on 10th OCtober at the CBSO...

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A, Viola, Cello and Double Bass). This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilson. First performance on 10th OCtober at the CBSO...