Chester Music

Composed in 1961

This work was commissioned by the Anglo-Austrian Music Society and was written in the last six months of 1966. It is dedicated to Nadia Boulanger for her 80th birthday - 16 September 1967.

Amers is the title of a book of poems by Saint-John Perse, dedicated to the sea. It is also the title chosen by Kaija Saariaho, born in Finland in 1952, for a work completed in the studios of IRCAM in...

The separate Cello part for the 1992 work by the Finnish spectral composer Kaija Saariaho; an intense and complex piece for solo Cello and electronics. The music is derived from preliminary recordings...

Written for three female voices (or female choir), crotale, violin and cello.

This work was commissioned by Court Circuit Ensemble SCORING > Alto flute (doubling piccolo) > Percussion (1 player): triangle, tamtam, crotales, bass drum > Harp > Mezzo-soprano > Violin > Viola > Ce...

Work for 2 Sopranos, Flute and Harp setting a text collage by the composer. All four pieces must be performed within one concert but should not be programmed consecutively.

This version is arranged for bass voice, alto flute, harpsichord and cello. Parts edition only. A separate score is also available on sale.

This setting of a text from Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest is written for Baritone soloist with a small chamber ensemble. Characterised by Saariaho's unusual and progressive instrumental writing, th...

Written for for three female voices (or female choir), crotale, violin and cello.

Commissioned by Paul Sacher who conducted the first performance in Lucerne, 1980.

This is the Harp Part for Witold Lutoslawski 's Double Concerto, arranged for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra. Originally commissioned by Paul Sacher, the work was finished in 1980.

This is the Oboe Part for Witold Lutoslawski 's Double Concerto, arranged for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra. Originally commissioned by Paul Sacher, the work was finished in 1980.

Music from the acclaimed organist and composer Guy Weitz.

He Hath Entered The Heven is a work by John Tavener, originally composed for Upper Voices. This is the Part for the Handbells, which can be used for either the Upper Voices or the Mixed Voices version...

John Tavener's O Where, Tell Me Where? was commissioned by The Bach Choir. It was first performed on 10th April 2014 at the Oriental Arts Centre, Shanghai, China by The Bach Choir conducted by David H...

This work, which gives a musical interpretation of the Last Discourse of Christ after the Last Supper, was commissioned by Lord and Lady Marks for the Byzantine Festival in London 1998. It was first p...

The Libretto for Simon Holt's The Nightingale's To Blame, Co-commissioned by Opera North, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Munich Biennale