Chester Music

witness to a snow miracle is a violin concerto in seven short movements, based around the life of Saint Eulalia, the virgin martyr. The movements are presented as if part of a painting in which we see...

witness to a snow miracle is a violin concerto in seven short movements, based around the life of Saint Eulalia, the virgin martyr. The movements are presented as if part of a painting in which we see...

Hugh Wood's Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 50 was commissioned by the Milton Keynes City Orchestra. First performed on 23rd January 2009 at Milton Keynes Theatre by Alexandra Wood (Violin) and Milton Keyne...

This work was commissioned by the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. First performance on 22nd August 2009, at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, given by Daniel Hope (violin) and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted...

Premiered by Tamsin Little at the Leeds Music Festival, 1989.

A Wedding Bouquet was the idea of Lord Berners, who wanted Frederick Ashton to make a ballet pantomime out of one of Gertrude Stein's plays and who both wrote the music and designed the 'decor' and co...

The music for this piece was inspired by a short extract from a traditional melody sung by women cloth-workers in Barra, in the Western Isles of Scotland. The Scottish folk music tradition is one that...

Within much of her work, Judith Weir has tried to portray the sky, stars and planets in her music and the Moon and Star follows the same path. This work based on poetry by Emily Dickinson uses the tex...

The variants of this piece chart the experience of the composer's musical journey from childhood as well as citing influences from other composers, including Brahms, the piece also draws connections b...

Arranged by Gian Francesco Malipiero

The composer writes 'MGV (Musique à Grand Vitesse - High-Speed Music) was commissioned by the Festival de Lille for the inauguration of the TGV North-European line and was first performed by the Micha...

Solo Part available: SOS00627

Orchestral work commissioned by the BBC for the Promenade Concerts 1990.

Work for Orchestra premiered by the Endymion Ensemble, September 1987.

Orchestral work premiered by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.