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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...

More sweet than my refrain is a tender miniature for three-part choir set to the text of a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The motet features on the new Ars Nova Copenhagen recording, 'First Drop' (Cante...

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...

A rousing setting of the classic American song. Two pianos, piano and organ, piano and synthesiser or two synthesisers may be used for the two keyboard accompaniment. The orchestral/concert band accom...

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...

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 yet effective arrangement of the popular 'New World' melody captures all the majesty of Dvořák's original. Arranged by Janet & Alan Bullard.

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: A Night at the Theatre, this easy yet attractive arrangement captures the essence of the bird-catcher's celebrated aria. Arranged by Janet & Alan Bullard.

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: A Night at the Theatre, this easy arrangement makes one of ballet's most famous melodies accessible to the developing pianist. Arranged by Janet & Alan Bullard.

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Popular Styles, this evocative piece uses crossing hands, pedal, and tempo change to mirror the sycamore seed delicately rising and falling in the breeze. Arrang...

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Collection 1, this easy yet effective arrangement of one of the most beautiful slow movements captures all the majesty of Mozart's original. Arranged by Janet &...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, 'The Runner' is a fast rhythmic piece setting a text by Walt Whitman. With chromatic inflections, close harmonies, and vocalizations to imitate the athlete's...

From the collection Hark, hark, the lark, 'You spotted snakes with double tongue' is a setting by Jussi Chydenius of words from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Scored for unaccompanied upper...

From the collection Hark, hark, the lark, 'When icicles hang by the wall' is a setting by Stephen Hatfield of words from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Scored for unaccompanied upper voices, this...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Into this world, this day did come' is a meditative carol by Howard Skempton, scored for SSA unaccompanied. Featuring a frequently-changing time signature and l...

Originally published in John Gardner Carols, this is an evocative piece setting text from the Book of Matthew. Embelished by a mesmerizing oboe solo, the solemn melodies grow in intensity to a triumph...

A tribute to health and care professionals, this lyrical ballad is inspired by the song 'Somewhere over the rainbow', and is for pianists of modest ability and of all ages.

From the collection Jazz on a Summer's Day, 'East Coast Blues' is a blues tune inspired by Stanley Turrentine. Featuring a walking bass line and with written-out improvisation included, this is a fun...