Faber Music

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...

Whitewater, as the name suggests, was inspired by the rushing water in creeks, rivers and streams around rocks and other obstacles. The work has been loosely structured around the progress of a river...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).0.2(II=bcl).1 - 2110 - perc(1): party siren/susp.cym/splash.cym/glsp/2 t.bells/ timp/BD/tgl/c.bell/tpl.bl/2 bongo/tom-t/crot/vib/talking drum/wdbl - pno - 2 vln.2 vlc

The perfect repertoire book, 'Sarah Walker's Monster Collection' is ideal for those at the finishing stages of 'Electronic Keyboard Basics 1' or for anyone in search of excellent general performance p...

Stephen Warbeck's Oscar-winning music from the hit film 'Shakespeare in Love' has been skillfully arranged by Tony Osbourne into a four-movement suite for intermediate string ensemble. The suite perfe...

Full of oddities – whirring ratchets, raucous off-stage clarinets, wonky waltzes –that brilliantly capture the humour and nostalgia of the Tom Phillips drawings that inspired them. The Dai...

The 'Unbeaten Tracks' series has made a profound mark on the music world with its volumes of specially commissioned pieces for intermediate-level players. This new volume for organ continues in the sa...

'Sound Beginnings' offers advice to all primary-level teachers who may not be specialists in the field of music. This book provides practical strategies for teaching children to perform, compose and a...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc+bfl).1(=sop.rec+ca).2(I=Ebl.II=bcl).ssax - hn - perc(3): vib/2 susp.cym/2 conga/bongo+djembe/BD/2 wdbl/2 tgl/tam-t/mar/cyms/mcas/tam-t/2 timp/glsp/crot/t.bells harp - pno - ce...

Instrumentation: picc.bcl.cbsn - tpt.trbn.tuba - perc(2): xyl/2 vib/crots/3 tom-t/SD/3 BD/mar - pno - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db

fl(=picc).ob.cl(=Eb+bcl).bsn - hn.tpt.trbn - perc(1): susp.cym/hi-hat/SD/BD/4 tom-t/mcas/police whistle/slide whistle/mar/vib/xyl/glsp - pno - harp - 2 vln.vla.vc.db

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1(=ca).1.1 - 1000 - perc(1): 6 crot/3 timp/3 tuned gong/2 conga/tamb/shaker/tam-t - harp - strings

Celestial Pied Piper is the final work in Oort Cycle; 'Following Oort' and 'Fanfare to the Standing Dead' are the other works in the trilogy. With the visible presence of Halle Bop, the comet, in 1991...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1.1(=bcl).1(=cbsn) - 1110 - perc(2): SD/whip/sleigh bells/cyms/2 anvil/2 c.bell/4 congas/3 gong/2 tam-t/tabla/vib/cast/ch.cym/almglocken/TD/BD/metal dustbin/2 rin/t.bells - p...

The show must go on! provides all the necessary information for staging a successful show. This valuable resource includes help in: choosing imaginative repertoire, designing your set, costumes and pr...

Inspired by radio static and the extended, dissonant chords of Polish Composer Penderecki's Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima, the peiece was also used in Paul Thomas Anderson's movie There Will B...

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' 'Improve your Scales' and 'Improve your Sightreading'. 'Improve your Practice Grade 1' begins by encouraging students to plan their prac...

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' 'Improve your Scales' and 'Improve your Sightreading'. 'Improve your Practice Grade 2' begins by encouraging students to plan their prac...

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' 'Improve your Scales' and 'Improve your Sightreading'. 'Improve your Practice Grade 4' begins by encouraging students to plan their prac...

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' 'Improve your Scales' and 'Improve your Sightreading'. 'Improve your Practice Grade 5' begins by encouraging students to plan their prac...

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 2210 – perc(1): tamb/susp.cym/ch.cym/tam-t/BD – harp – strings

Sound Bites is a collection of imaginative, practical ideas for time-efficient music making. Lin Marsh and Richard Frostick have gathered over 150 ideas for composing, performing and appraising all of...