John Joubert: For The Beauty Of The Earth (Vocal Score)

Commissioned by Jeremy Patterson and the Birmingham Festival Choral Society with a grant from Bimingham City Council.

Yankele (Study Score)

Yankele is a folksong-like Yiddish song by the Polish-Jewish songwriter Mordechai Gebirtig, who was killed in the Kraków ghetto during the Second Worl...

Jonty Harrison: Abstracts - Parts

Commissioned by the University of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. First performance: Great Hall, The University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham...

Jonty Harrison: Abstracts - Score

Commissioned by the University of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. First performance: Great Hall, The University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham...

Thomas Ades: Asyla Op.17 ( Large Score)

The first performance of 'Asyla' was given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, in the Symphony Hall, Birmingh...

Five Solas

Seeking to bridge the ancient Latin phrases from the Protestant Reformation with contemporary chord progressions and harmonic suspensions here is a de...

Winter Solas

Eivind Buene: Garland (Score)

Garland (for Matthew Locke) was composed by Eivind Buene in 2007. Commissioned and first performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted b...

Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy For Flute Op.89

Composed in 1966, Arnold's Fantasy For Flute was commissioned by the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for the Birmingham International Wind Compe...

Simon Bainbridge: Guitar Concerto (Score)

Study Score. Simon Bainbridge's Guitar Concerto received its premiere on 15th November 1998 at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham, the soloist David Starob...

Everyone There

A setting of Richard Cutler’s poem, written for unaccompanied mixed voices and dedicated to Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Bach Choir. A setting of Ri...

Judith Weir: Wake Your Wild Voice

For bassoon, with cello. Wake your wild voice was commissioned by the International Double Reed Society for the 2009 IDRS Conference in Birmingham, En...

ANDERSON 4 AMERICAN CHORUSES SATB

Four American Choruses was commissioned by Simon Halsey and the City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, who gave the premiere of I'm A Pilgrim , the first...

Tansy Davies: Nature

Nature was commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the Oslo Sinfonietta. BCMG commission funds provided by Arts Council England, the B...

Michael Nyman: Fourths Mostly For Organ Solo

Arranged for organ. Duration 10 minutes. Commissioned by Symphony Hall Birmingham 2001.

Helen Grime: A Cold Spring (Score)

A Cold Spring by Helen Grime for Chamber Ensemble of Ten Players.Commissioned by Aldeburgh Music with funds provided by the Sue Knussen Composers Fund...

Jonty Harrison: Paroles Plus Hérétiques

Commissioned by BCMG. First performance: Sarah Leonard conducted by the composer, Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham, 1991.

John Tavener: Palintropos

This orchestral work, commissioned by the Feeney Trust, was first performed in March 1979 at the Birmingham Town hall by Stephen Kovacevich with the C...

Judith Weir: Unlocked For Solo Cello

First performed by Ulli Heinen on 28th May 1999 at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham. Duration 15 minutes.

Jonty Harrison: Concerto Caldo

Commissioned by Beverley Davison and Hot Strings. First performance: conducted by the composer, Birmingham, 1991.

Sòlas Ané (Yesterday's Joy)

Sòlas Ané (Yesterday's Joy)

With a unique blend of flowing lines and lush textures coupled with dynamic Celtic drumming, Sam has created a very stylized and effective setting for...

Seize the Day

Seize the Day was commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music and first performed in 2016 conducted by Richard Baker.

John Stringer: The Shifting Point

For Viola and Piano.Score.First performance: Dan Shilladay (Viola), Peter White (Piano), Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, 21st May 2001.

Jonty Harrison: Ottone

Commissioned by the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble. First performance: conducted by the composer, Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, 1992

Hilda Paredes: Revelación (Study Score)

Revelación was commissioned by ?Integra - Fusing music and technology?, a EUfunded project led by Birmingham Conservatoire, UK and by Grup Instrumenta...

Solas an Domhain : C Instrument

Thomas Simaku: Three Albanian Folk Songs for female choir

For two Sopranos and Alto.Published in 2001.Written for the Norwegian Mediaeval Trio.First performance at Birmingham Early Music Festival, 10th Novemb...

Kevin Volans: Piano Concerto No.4

Kevin Volans ' Piano Concerto No.4 was commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with financial assistance from Arts for All and many indiv...

Herbert Howells: Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis (St. Augustine's)

For SATB chorus with organ accompaniment. First performed in the autumn of 1980 by the choir of St. Augustine's, Birmingham, directed by Norman Dyson....

Kenneth Hesketh: Now Well May We Merthis Make

Kenneth Hesketh's vibrant setting of a joyful medieval macaronic carolWritten for Simon Halsey and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Choru...

Bryan Kelly: O Clap Your Hands

Written for SATB choir with piano or organ accompaniment. Dedicated to Marcus Huxley and the Choir of Birmingham Cathedral. Written for SATB choir wit...

Luís Tinoco: Hovering Over

For 16 instruments.Published 2004.1.0.1.1 / 1.1.0.0 / hp.pf.2perc / 2.2.2.1Commissioned by the Music Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation....

I Am The Still Rain Falling

Commissioned by Simon Halsey CBE & Patrick Barrett for the University Women's Choir at the University of Birmingham. A selection of small seed pod rat...

Thea Musgrave: Concerto For Orchestra (Full Score)

This Concerto was commissioned by the Feeney Trust for the City of Birmingham Orchestra and was written between March and November 1967.It consists of...

Jo Kondo: Three Songs Tennyson Sung (Conductor's Score)

For Soprano and 7 instruments [Flute (+ Alto Flute in G), Cor Anglais, Horn in F, Viola, Cello, Piano, Percussion (1 player ? Vibraphone & Marimba)]. ...

Kevin Volans: String Quartet No.12 (Score)

String Quartet No.12 is a work by Kevin Volans , commissioned by the Signum Quartet, who gave the world premiere in Birmingham on 11th November 2016. ...

Jo Kondo: Three Songs Tennyson Sung (Study Score)

For Soprano and 7 instruments [Flute (+ Alto Flute in G), Cor Anglais, Horn in F, Viola, Cello, Piano, Percussion (1 player ? Vibraphone & Marimba)]. ...

Judith Weir: Storm (Vocal Score)

Scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble. (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). Based on the composer's 35 word version of Will...

Kevin Volans: String Quartet No.12 (Parts)

String Quartet No.12 is a work by Kevin Volans , commissioned by the Signum Quartet, who gave the world premiere in Birmingham on 11th November 2016. ...

John Joubert: Universal Nature For SA And Organ

Universal Nature forms the second part of the Rochester Triptych. It was commissioned by Nicholas Fisher for the Birmingham Bach Choir. First performa...

John McCabe: Concerto For Piano And Wind Quintet (Score and Parts)

John McCabe 's Concerto For Piano And Wind Quintet . Commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society, for first performance by the Venturi Ensemb...

Sofus Kornebæk og Finn Holsting: Nikoline Spiller Klaver

Nikoline spiller klaver er både en selvstændig klaverbog for begyndere og let øvede, men fungerer også som sammenspilshæfte til Nikolaj spiller violin...

Sofus Kornebæk Og Finn Holsting: Nikolaj Spiller Violin

Violinsammenspil for tre eller flere stemmer med tegninger, der kan farvlægges. Finn Holsting har tegnet og fortalt historien om drengen Nikolaj, hans...

Thomas Simaku: Three Albanian Folk Songs (SSA)

Thomas Simaku 's Three Albanian Folk Songs for two Sopranos and Alto. This piece was published in 2001 and was written for the Norwegian Mediaeval Tri...

Judith Weir: Storm (Full Score)

Scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble. (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). A five movement piece based on the composer's 3...

Oboe Concerto

Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Town Hall, Birmingham, in 2009-10. Nicholas Daniel gave the premiere with Britten Sinfonia and together they have...

Oboe Concerto

Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Town Hall, Birmingham, in 2009-10. Nicholas Daniel gave the premiere with Britten Sinfonia and together they have...

Sofus Kornebæk: Ska' Vi Spille Sammen? (Score And Parts)

Beskrivelse: Ska' vi spille sammen? indeholder 15 satser arrangeret for ensembler af variabel størrelse og instrumentsammensætning, bl.a.violin(er), b...

Elijah (Elias) Opus 70

Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused a sensation at its world première performance, sung in English, in Birmingham UK in August 1846. The huge f...

Emmylou Harris: The Very Best - Heartaches & Highways

Twenty tunes from this country music legend's stellar career, as collected on her 2005 compilation. Includes: Born to Run • Boulder to Birmingham • If...

John McCabe: Berceuse (Study No.13) For Piano

"Berceuse was commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society for their Diamond Jubilee Season, 2011/12 ? the first performance was given by John...

Sven Gyldmark: Far Til Fire Og Onkel Sofus (Voice and piano)

text: Victor Skaarup

Une Charogne

This piece for contralto and piano setting a text from Charles Baudelaire was co-commissioned by Oxford Lieder and the Baudelaire Song Project, with t...

John Joubert: Lines From 'the Youth Of Man' for SATB Chorus

The Lines from 'The Youth of Man' is dedicated to the University of Birmingham Motet Choir. Crafted with the composer's usual skill in choral writing,...

Choral Anthology 4

Born in 1977 in Latvia, Eriks Ešenvalds is an original and sought-after voice of the Baltic music tradition. Commissioners have included the Latvian R...

Choral Anthology 3

Born in 1977 in Latvia, Eriks Ešenvalds is an original and sought-after voice of the Baltic music tradition. Commissioners have included the Latvian R...

Rory Boyle: Passion Canticles

This work for SATB (divisi) Choir and Organ was commissioned by the Birmingham bach Sociey with funds made available by West Midlands Arts. This work ...

Judith Weir: The Sweet Primroses

The Sweet Primroses is a work by Judith Weir for Mezzo-Soprano Voice and Viola. Commissioned by the University of Birmingham for the CrossCurrents Fes...

Elijah Op.70

Immediately after completing “St. Paul” in 1836, Mendelssohn mulled over the idea of composing a further oratorio. However a whole decade elapsed befo...

Terence Greaves: Clarinet Valsante

Terence “Terry” Greaves (1933-2009) was a British composer, music teacher and examiner. He was a chorister at Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire and rea...

Bantock: O Can Ye Sew Cushions for SSA Chorus

O Can Ye Sew Cushions? is a traditional cradle song or lullaby, originally from Scotland. It was arranged for SSA Female Voice Chorus with optional Pi...

The Piano Guys: Wonders

The Piano Guys' 2014 release debuted at the top of the New Age albums chart and also topped the Classical Albums, Classical Crossover Albums and Inter...

Bantock My Luve Is Like A Red, Red Rose Ttbb

My Luve Is Like A Red, Red Rose is a poem by Robert Burns from 1794, based on traditional Scots sources. It has been set here for TTBB male voice chor...

Bennett Abide With Me Satb

The Woman of Samaria (Op. 44) was a sacred cantata written for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1867. It was written in the style of Medelss...

Mendelssohn, F O Rest In The Lord In C Vce/Pf

The Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) has been highly regarded in Britain from the time of his first visit in 1829. The highli...

Bantock, G Sea Sorrow 2satb+a Solo

Sea Sorrow was first published in Songs Of The Hebrides , a 1909 collection of Gaelic Folk Songs by the Scottish composer and singer Marjory Kennedy-F...

Bantock: Yung-yang for Medium Voice and Piano accompaniment

Yung-Yang is a song for medium Voice with Piano accompaniment. It is based on a ninth century Chinese text, which was translated into English in 1916 ...

Simon Holt: A Knot Of Time - Parts (Soprano/Chamber Ensemble)

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A, Viola, Cello and Double Bass).This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilso...

Granville Bantock: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (No.2 From 'Ten Negro Spirituals')

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is arguably the best known Negro spiritual in the world; famous as a worship song, a sports anthem, and a popular melody. It ...

Judith Weir: The Wild Reeds

Judith Weir 's The Wild Reeds for Organ. ' The Wild Reeds is a ten-minute partita, made up of an original theme followed by six variations, which are ...

Bantock: Solo Cello Sonata In G Minor

Sonata in G Minor for Solo Cello was written in 1924, and scored in four movements: Quasi a Piacere – Cantabile Sostenuto – Recitativo, Liberamente – ...

Elgar: Praise To The Holiest for Female Voices with Organ or Piano acc.

The Dream Of Gerontius was composed in 1900 for the Birmingham Music Festival. It was a large-scale work for chorus, soloists and orchestra, setting a...

Zion Op. 49 : Cantate

Gade Zion Op.49 (Full Score, hardback) Gade dated the cantata "Zion" Op.49 (named “concert piece” in the first edition) on 16 September 1874; the prem...

Simon Holt: A Knot Of Time - Score (Soprano/Chamber Ensemble)

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A, Viola, Cello and Double Bass).This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilso...

The Flower

Alec Roth's The Flower for SATB choir and Tenor/Baritone solo a cappella. 'Early in 2007, while staying at the Old Rectory in Bemerton, I set four ver...

Simon Holt: A Table Of Noises (Full Score)

Commissioned jointly for Colin Currie by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. First performance on 14th May 2008,...

Bantock: The Highland Lament of Pibroch for Cello And Piano Or Harp

Pibroch, which literally means ‘piping’ in Scots Gaelic, has been traditionally played on the bagpipes for several centuries. But there is an earlier ...

Hans Abrahamsen: Left, Alone (Piano Solo)

Left, Alone for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2014-15. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and co-commissioned...

Hans Abrahamsen: Left, Alone (Score)

Left, Alone for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra was composed by hans Abrahamsen in 2014-15. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and co-commissioned...

Enrique Morera: L'Emporda

Sardana per coro d'omes a veus solas. For TTBB Choir A Cappella.

Le Tombeau de Georges Rouault

In the tradition of music written in homage to a dead artist, this work was composed for Thomas Trotter in commemoration of the French painter Georges...

How love bleeds : Four Carols for Dark Times

The set of ‘Four Carols for Dark Times’ was written between 2003 5 and commissioned at the rate of one piece per year for the Birmingham Bach Choir to...

Sinful Songs - Partitur, Kopi

Bent Sørensen SINFUL SONGSThe first ideas for this piece came to me during a train journey through Denmark. It was summer and I was looking out of the...

Stef Conner: The Shipwrecked Ghost

Stef Conner's The Shipwrecked Ghost for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Violin and Cello. Composed 2014. Duration: 9 minutes. Commissioned...

Stef Conner: The Shipwrecked Ghost

Stef Conner 's The Shipwrecked Ghost for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Violin and Cello. Composed 2014. Duration: 9 minutes. Commissione...

Nexus : for Solo Trumpet, Winds and Percussion

The word nexus is defined as a tie or link between people and events. Nexus, for solo trumpet and band, includes several links between composer James ...

How to teach Whole-class instrumental lessons : 50 Inspiring ideas

How to teach Whole-class instrumental lessons presents 50 diverse ideas for teachers of every instrument. The ideas are concise, easy to implement and...

St. Paul Op.36

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy completed his first oratorio St. Paul, Op.36 in 1836, at the age of twenty-seven. The first version, which was premiered o...

Michael Markus: Beginning Djembe (Book/Online Video)

Learn to play the Djembe. This complete method by Michael Markus will teach you how to produce a good sound, develop a healthy technique and learn the...