Noten von Dux

Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth on 3rd March, 1878, and spent most of his childhood in London. His holidays, however, were spent with relatives in Swindon, and it was there that he developed his abi...

This was written for Barbara Bonney who had told Previn that she might be related to Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney). Previn discovered a collection of memories of Billy the Kid by women who had lov...

An attractive short piece for Nativity which makes an ideal concert item, for unison voices and piano (with words by George Mackay Brown), commissioned by The Times for Christmas 1993.

Brian Elias 'Peroration' arranged for solo Soprano. Peroration was written in 1973 in response to a commission from Jane Manning, to whom the work is dedicated. It was stimulated by a few lines from R...

Scored for Soprano and Organ. This work was commissioned by the Bath Festival Trust, and first performed in 1994 as part of the Bath International Music Festival.

Composed for Yorkshire TV's series 'Titch', arranged for Voice and Piano. Text by Pat Hutchins.

This new Opera was first performed in 1998 in Huddersfield by Opera North. Designed for the modern stage, it utilises only a small cast and orchestra - albeit one with a good variety of percussion! Th...

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...

Saariaho's L'armour De Loin is an opera in five acts and was premiered in Salzburg in August 2000, with additional productions being staged at the theatre Bern in Switzerland. The story is based on th...

Lord Berners' songs come from two periods. First, the years just after the First World War, when his music was in the vanguard of new developments, and secondly his later years, when he was more conce...

An opera written in 2006. Kaija Saariaho's La Passion de Simone was commissioned jointly by the Vienna Festival, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Barbican London and Lincoln Center New York. It was first...

Eighteen performances pieces arranged for Male singers and Piano.

This is a setting of So sweet love seemed with text by Robert Bridges (1844-1930).

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 Vocal Score whi...

A beautifully presented, illustrated collection of children's songs from Wales. It is compulsory for all children to learn Welsh up to the age of 16 in Welsh schools, and this book provides a fun wa...

For Solo Voice and Piano. There are various versions of this anonymous ballad that has its own traditional melody. Berkeley provided a folk-like setting in this song for Sophie Wyss (1897- 1983), the...