Chester Music

Edited by and dedicated to Ivry Gitlis. Premiered in the Wigmore Hall in 1947.

Premiered in Zurich, 1950.

Volume 1 of the Chester String Series Graded Violin Pieces. (1st. position.)

Tzigane, meaning gypsy was inspired by gypsy lore and music, and by the late romantic use of these traditions. Elias was stimulated by 'The Wind on the Heath', an anthology of writings by and about gy...

This piece written for the violin can also be played on the flute. Written for Nigel Kennedy, this piece can also be played on the flute. After starting my musical career as a classical flautist I soo...

Five Pieces for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned by Frederick Grinke and completed on 20 December 1961. The BBC Symphony Orchestra with Frederick Grinke (violin) and conducted by the composer, g...

Three easy pieces for violin and piano. Suitable for players working towards grade one.

Two pleasant and pastoral movements by Christopher Le Fleming, that may be played with Violin, Flute or Oboe as the soloist, with a full Piano accompaniment. A bass-clef version is available with the...

A transcription of a work for small orchestra (the score for Peter Greenaway's film A Zed & Two Noughts) scored for solo violin. Composed and first performed in Paris in 1986. Edited by Alexander Bala...

At every turn Nyman has proved eminently practical. Not for him the ivory tower anguish of a tormented composer grappling with abstract systems. Rather he has consistently displayed an openness to col...

For solo violin with piano accompaniment. Commissioned by the PLG Young Artists Concerts New Year Series 1994. Premiere 10 January 1994, Purcell Room London.

On The Fiddle consists of three pieces derived from scores to three Peter Greenaway films. The first piece Full Fathom Five, is a version of the Shakespeare song setting made for Prospero's Books (199...

This work for solo violin and tape is a series of sixteen gazes, moments and ecstatic breaths, written in Trinitarian guise - solo violin, with taped violin and string bass drone pre-recorded in a res...

This unaffected but effective piece is a homage to the late Marjorie Linklater, a much-loved friend from Orkney, and a charming set-piece for violinists of moderate ability. The slow introductory adag...

Work for Solo Violin commissioned by the La Jolla Chamber Music Society's SummerFest La Jolla. Lachen Verlernt starts with a lyrical, expressive melody that gradually becomes faster and more frenzied...

Version for Violin (1994).

John Tavener's Fragment For The Virgin, for Violin with piano accompaniment. It was first performed on 6th February 2005, as part of the Music Sales Stradivarius Concert at the Wigmore Hall, London, b...