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Setting an invigorating Easter text from the Song of Songs, this episodic anthem is full of expressive passages and lyrical melodies. The canonical soprano parts are echoed in the lower voices, contri...

Bob Chilcott has composed O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen for the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022. This is a reflection on a piece of the same title by Willia...

For solo piano in two movements. Nubes II concludes the cycle which began with Nubes, both works sharing the same musical material. This second work contrasts with the first by a more subjective music...

For solo piano. This piece uses some melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials from the late piano music of Albeniz as a starting point. Erkoreka exaggerates or simplifies certain aspects of the tradit...

Nubes (clouds in Spanish) consists of two movements played without interruption. The first, Cumulus, is a play of sonorities based on a fixed intervallic structure. In the distance, one can hear intim...

Sotto Voce consists of an intriguing interplay of isolated notes for the three instruments, with a good deal of pizzicato in the strings.

In this unaccompanied setting of Thomas A. Clark's poem, Jackson beautifully conjures up the atmosphere of the onset of nightfall. Featuring a wide range of rhythms, textures, and dynamics, this is a...

Wilberg arranged this familiar hymn for the funeral of US President Gerald Ford. The first two verses are set for unison voices (men on verse one, women on verse two). The final verse is a setting for...

Written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Foundress of St John's College, Cambridge, this celebratory setting is jubilant, melodic, and full of lively figuration for both the ch...

Vista is the first in a planned sequence of pieces, all to include piano. The sequence will form a musical reflection or interpretation of aspects of Italian renaissance and baroque gardens, typically...

Sensing was written partly as a 'prelude' to Scriabin's 9th Piano Sonata ('Black Mass'). In tribute to Scriabin the music explores a variety of keyboard 'touch' and 'colour/taste', in terms of harmony...

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.

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 &...

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.

Originally published in Jazz in Autumn, this is an energetic original piece with lively melodies and jazzy harmonies, and is sure to get listeners foot-tapping along to the music.

Originally published in Jazz in Autumn, this is a beautiful original waltz with swung quavers and lilting melodies.

From the collection Jazz in Springtime, 'May Song' is an arrangement of a popular folk tune by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles. Introducing folk harmony while preserving the lyricism of the origina...

From the collection Jazz on a Summer's Day, 'Sundown' is a fun, loping jazz waltz. The laid-back swing is perfectly evocative of a summer's day, and makes an engaging addition to the repertoire of int...

This transcription of the Sarabande from the Cello Suite BWV 1008 featuring haunting suspensions was made by Leonard Borwich (1868-1925), who was a pupil of Clara Schumann. Offprinted from OUP's colle...