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Barn Dances is a set of four abstract pieces drawing their titles from the name of a particular dance step used in cowboy dances. Taking the name of the step as a point of departure, Larsen's idea was...

Larsen derives a Joplinesque ragtime theme from one of the most familiar passages from Liszt's Mephisto pieces and builds it into a grand showpiece on the Romantic model for advanced pianists. It buil...

Larsen writes, '. . . I have loosely transcribed bell patterns from a field recording of Russian bells . . . the Communist persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church included the removal and destructi...

Black Birds, Red Hills is inspired by six Georgia O'Keeffe paintings, each exploring the flow of time and colour on her beloved red hills of New Mexico. This reflective portrayal is set in four moveme...

A piece about how auctioneersâ styles, pitches, timing, and complex rhythms merge to become what is their own âbid callâ.

Larsen states that she chose the instruments for Firebrand for their colour, combination and for their agility. However, rather than a nonstop, wildly virtuosic affair that might be suggested from the...

Penta Metrics is a set of five short pieces for intermediate-level pianists. The set is composed so that it can be played as a group of five works, or with pieces performed individually. Each piece is...

Song of Solomon 2:3,4

A setting of the Archbishop Rowan Williams' text 'Advent Calendar' for choir and organ.

This joyful and vibrant carol will delight youth and adult choirs alike. The strong unison opening, with a pealing bell-like accompaniment, builds to a climactic two-part canon, brilliantly capturing...

Setting text recorded in an early fourteenth-century Cambridge manuscript, this work presents evocative solo passages above sustained notes, and rich multi-layered canon-like passages in the upper voi...

O Be Joyful is a jubilant setting of Psalm 100 from the Book of Common Prayer. Suitable for performances throughout the church year, it features fluctuating time signatures, a lively tempo, and bright...

Beach is taken from the song cycle 'Songs for Seven Storeys', which Bob Chilcott wrote to celebrate the opening of the New Evelina Children's Hospital. Combining a nostalgic melody with a haunting vio...

Setting a stanza of Tennyson's monumental and profound poem In Memoriam A.H.H., Jackson's work deals with reflections on loss and grief.

This short light-hearted piece celebrates NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore on his 100th birthday. With a march-like feel and a bouncy swing, this is perfect for beginners craving a jazzy beat.

James Whitbourn's Apollo tells the story of the first manned flight to the Moon (the year before the first lunar landing). A wealth of imaginative textures depicts such dramatic events as countdown, i...

Bednall's creation, rooted in the tradition of French organ improvisation, tenderly evokes the mysterious beauty of Wells Cathedral's remarkable 'Jesse Window'. The radiant music ebbs and flows calmly...

Commissioned for the 40th birthday of the organist Paul Walton, Walton's Paean is a work of great verve, with compelling rhythms, exciting harmonies, and catchy melodies propelling the celebratory mus...

This powerful piece, dating from 2010, shows off the full resources of any organ it is played on. Its driving rhythms and exhilarating, often bitonal, harmonies recall such French organist-composers a...

Howard Skempton is admired for the concision of his musical language, and Nature's Fire is illustrative of his style, deploying its base material with great deftness to achieve a musically effective s...

St Asaph Toccata was commissioned by Symphony Hall, Birmingham, as part of the Bach to the Future Series. The composer writes: 'The original title for the piece was Toccata Machine as I had an image o...

From the collection As you sing, 'Charm' is a secular concert work by Kerry Andrew which combines folk-influenced motifs with a distinct rhythmic style and some semi-improvised elements (composer's no...

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Book 2, this reflective Allegretto by Janet Bullard is in 5/4 time and features changing time signatures, providing ideal material for the developing pianist.

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Book 2, this easy piece by Alan Bullard, based on the twelve-bar-blues sequence, evokes the traditional blues style from the 1920s.

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Book 2, this easy yet effective arrangement of the popular 'New World' melody captures all the majesty of Dvořák's original. Arranged by Janet & Alan Bullard.