Chester Music

A new trinlingual edition (2003) of the puppet opera composed between 1919 and 1923.

These three poems were written by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) several years apart, yet they seem to express similar emotions and concerns. The first was written in 1853 when she was twenty-three, t...

Elias Brian Three Songs Christina Rossetti Alto & Piano Book

A short piece for bass voice solo and piano, using words from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

For Mezzo Soprano, Tape, Piano and Bongos. Text: Edward Lucie-Smith

Arranged by Hardy

For Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano. Text: Jean Passerat

For Medium Voice and Piano. Text: Walter de la Mare.

For Medium Voice and Piano.

For Medium Voice and Piano. Text: Translated from the Greek by FA Wright.

For Medium Voice and Piano, setting the words of Bill Adams and James Kirkup.

For Medium Voice and Piano.

When Haydn was not around, there was always Charles Dibdin (1740-1814) who regaled London with his songs at the same period. Davies's arrangement of four of them makes an amused but also affectionate...

Duration 7 minutes. Orchestral accompaniment available on hire. English version by Steuart Allin.

Setting of a poem by Hilaire Belloc. Written at the request of CRUSAID and first performed in London in May 1990 by David Wilson-Johnson and David Owen Norris.

This cycle of settings of poems by Paul Celan was written between May and July 1990 for Ute Lemper. The texts are taken from the following collections: 'Chanson einer Dame im Schatten' and 'Corona' fr...

Scored for solo countertenor or mezzo soprano. This work was commissioned by the Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music. First performed 11th November 1998. The texts of the six, brief, unaccompanied s...

For Baritone and Piano. Text: A. E. Housman

Scored for piano and Baritone. Duration 9 minutes.

Composer's Notes: Heavenly Things is my fourteenth song-cycle, but the first with piano accompaniment. I mention this because, when I was asked to write this piece my first reaction was 'what can I ma...