Chester Music

This concert overture is a portrait of the Hoy island postman: a rumbustuous, yarn-spinning character, to judge by the music. Commissioned by the Scottish Postal Board, and dedicated to the Board's Ch...

This work was commissioned by the City of Darmstadt for the Darmstadt State Theatre. It was first performed in September 1988 at the Staatstheater, Darmstadt. Written for full orchestra with large per...

Commissioned by the BBC. Premiere: 23 July 1982 Henry Wood Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London. The work is cast in four distinct movements, though as in Wood's violin concerto there is only...

The story centres on the English princess Caroline Mathilde (1751-1775), sister of George III, who at the age of 15 was sent to Denmark to marry the 17-year-old eccentric and schizophrenic Danish King...

Musique A Grande Vitesse (MGV) translates as 'high speed music' and was commissioned by the Festival de Lille for the inauguration of the TGV North European Paris-Lille line in 1993. The piece runs co...

This work for Northumbrian pipes, bodhran and orchestra was inspired by the composer's visits to Cross Lane Fair with his parents when he was a young boy. The work was commissioned by the BBC Philharm...

In memoriam Witold Lutoslawski for Orchestra. This work was commissioned for the Suntory International program for music composition 1994. The first performance was given on 11 June 1994 Tokyo. Durati...

Study Score of Throstle's Nest Junction for orchestra. This work was commissioned by the BBC, first performed on 16th November 1996, by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by the composer. Duration c. 15...

A ballet in five movements for orchestra was commissioned by The Royal Opera House, for Sir Kenneth MacMillan and The Royal Ballet. The first performance was given at The Royal Opera House on 19th Mar...

The polish composer Henryk Gorecki, born in 1933, readily acknowledges the influence of national, religious, and folk traditions upon his music, including the avant-garde works which made his name in...

The study score of Esa-Pekka Salonen's major orchestral work of 1996, commissioned and first performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Orchestral study score. This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 23 April 1997, by Stewart McIlwham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by...

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 2nd May 2000 at the Barbican Centre, London, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies. Duration c. 23 minutes. Peter...

Roma, Amor, Labyrinthos for orchestra was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and first performed on 2nd May 2000 at the Barbican Hall, London. The Independent, May 2000: Roma, Amor, Laby...

Miniature Score. This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 13th May 1998 London. This piece is based on a genuine old tune 'Maxwell's Strathspey' which...

Peter Maxwell Davies' Swinton Jig was inspired by his youth spent in Salford. These variations on a traditional melody portray the community spirit during wartime and the impromptu concerts and dances...

Spinning Jenny is a portrait of Leigh, Lancashire circa 1948 and one of a series of occasional pieces inspired by Davies' youth in Salford. Spinning Jenny Street was a noisy, hazardous street, clanger...

Hans Werner Henze's Sebastian im Traum was commissioned by the Eduard van Beinum Stichting, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft, and the New York Philharmonic, and given its f...

Igor Stravinsky's masterpiece, Renard, in a newly engraved and corrected study score format, edited by Millan Sachania, taking account of all available sources for the first time. Russian text with tr...

Commissioned by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for the opening of Hoddinott Hall. First performance on 22nd January 2009, at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conduc...

Syrensong is an alluring composition by Simon Holt. This piece has been dedicated to Bill Mann.

Peter Maxwell Davies ' Symphony No. 9 for Orchestra. Study score. This work is dedicated to Her Majesty The Queen, in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. It received its premiere in June 2012 by the R...