Faber Music

... Benjamin revealed an incredible sense of timbre and a precise technique of instrumentation which is unrivalled among his fellow composers. His precedence in both spheres was highlighted most vivid...

1. Aria cappricciosa 2. Intermezzo 3. Aria conclusa My Divertimento for double string quartet was written at the request of Sir Peter Pears for the 1982 Aldeburgh Festival, and is dedicated to him. Th...

By the 17th Century, instrumental transcriptions and keyboard improvisations based on noels had become a feature of church services during Advent and Christmas. Daquin’s Noëls, owe much to the public...

5 English Consort Pieces for recorder ensemble.

The Faber Early Organ Series is among the most comprehensive anthologies of early organ music ever published. In 18 volumes it spans two centuries and six geographical regions, presenting a broad and...

... fresh as paint in its firing of a melodic line that just goes on in a kind of angular strain, shuttled from one instrumental colouring to another. Paul Griffiths, The Times, 12 February 1991 Instr...

... the sheer technical aplomb of the work continues to amaze. Benjamin wrote it when he was eighteen; the beautifully dappled structure and wonderfully imagined effects seem to evidence a far deeper...

... a stunning palette of orchestral colour which transforms the 16th-century material without abusing its essential character. Michael John White, The Independent, 1 April 1988 Instrumentation: 2(I=p...

Benjamin augurs well to become the most important British composer of his generation. An Antara' is a Peruvian panpipe. Benjamin's 1987 work synthesizes its sound via computer and adds trombones, flut...

Inside music presents a practical approach to developing the composing, performing and listening skills required for the GCSE examination. It is clearly laid out and easy to use. Each project lists th...

The Music Factory is a comprehensive innovative and practical music course, covering Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum and GCSE. The core of The Music Factory is this flexible teacher resource bo...

This is a collection of dances arranged for string ensemble. The pieces explore various dance styles from around the world, and include a Russian dance and a German dance. The pieces are fun to play a...

Inside music presents a practical approach to developing the composing, performing and listening skills required for the GCSE examination. It is clearly laid out and easy to use. Each project lists th...

A taste of the twenties, a sentimental ballad, a jazz waltz and some funk-rock are brought together in a suite which explores the lighter side of string playing. Drawing on a variety of poplular style...

'Bytes and Pieces' is a 'microchip menu', programmed to portray some of the many exciting aspects of the computer world and the important part which these powerful and sophisticated machines play in o...

"… moodily evocative … featuring solo viola and stunning effects from the rest of the strings." The Citizen, 19 July 1993

The core of The Music Factory is a flexible Teacher Resource Book, containing 120 practical activities for classroom music-making. A series of interrelated instrumental workbooks, each containing 25 u...

This activity notebook is the perfect guide for young musicians it includes hints on good practice techniques and finds ways of making practice routines more fun. This book will take the beginner up t...

These stringsets arrange seven classic melodies from 'The King and I' and 'South Pacific' for intermediate string ensemble. The arrangements are relatively straightforward, great fun to play and will...

Jonathan Dove Figures in the Garden For their 1991 Mozart bicentenary celebrations, Glyndebourne commissioned five composers to write wind serenades. Each serenade was to be musically connected in som...

This is echt, original Woolrich. Eleven tiny movements, each a perfectly realised cameo, each revealed, stated, and gone, perfectly expressing the beautiful lines of Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, by w...

The title is the Russian for 'round dance'. The first performance was given by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Markus Stenz, in the Barbican Hall, London, on 6 December 1994, Instrumrentation: 1(...

... a model of concision and concentration. San Francisco Examiner (Timothy Pfaff), September 1996, Instrumentation: 2(I=picc.II=picc+afl).1(=ca).2(I=Bb+A.II=Bb+bcl).bcl(=cbcl).1(=cbsn) - 2.1(=flhn+pt...

The first performance was given by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen in the Barbican Hall, London, on 11 February 1994, Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1(=ca+sopranino recorder).1(=Ebcl+bcl...

This piece takes its title from a painting by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) in the Manchester City Art Gallery. Its subject is the mock Celtic Legend of a water nymph who falls for a mortal and struggles...