Faber Music

... a little jewel of a five-minute orchestral piece. Edward Greenfield, The Guardian, 17 June 1988 Instrumentation: 3.1.ca.3.1.cbsn - 4030 - perc(4): timp/tam-t/2 t.bells/susp.cym/vib/tamb/sleigh bel...

... creates a shimmering tapestry of sound that ranges satisfyingly wide within a brief-span - a fine display piece for conductor and every section of the orchestra. The Guardian, 17 September 1988 In...

... perhaps the most impressive, motivated handling of orchestral forces in an output which has always demonstrated an extraordinary control of large forms. And the most telling of its time-tricks is...

... immediately engaging, with its uplifting horn melody, lively fanfares, comfortable harmonies and easy-to-follow trajectory... Mark Stryker, Dayton Daily News, 13 January 1994 Instrumentation: picc...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1.2.1 - 2310 - perc(2): drum kit/glsp/2 timp/xyl/tgl/siren/guiro/bicycle bell/2 wdbl/klaxon/police whistle/ratchet - pno - harp - strings

Instrumentation: picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(2/3): BD/4 tom-t/vibraslap/metal ratchet/susp.cym/siz.cym/hi-hat/tam-t/guiro/glsp - harp - strings

Holst's Symphony in F: The Cotswold Op. 8 (H. 47) was composed in 1899 and 1900 and given what was in all probability its only performance in 1902 by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra conducted by D...

The work was inspired by a visit to Easter Island, famous for its great stone heads, monuments that can be seen as both an example of the indomitable nature of the human spirit and as part of its grea...

Full score of Thomas Adès' 1993 composition for large Orchestra. Instrumentation: 3(all=picc).3(III=ca.I+II=ca ad lib).3(II=Ebcl.III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) – 6.3(I=crt ad lib).2.btrbn.1 – perc(6): timp/6 tg...

It is written to please and does not put a foot wrong, as it dances energetically along to some singable themes, with invigorating rhythms, cast in a clear structure, and above all flourishing a maste...

Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2 - 4230 - timp - perc(2): wdbl/3 susp.cym/cyms/BD+cym/hi-hat/glsp/vib/BD+foot ped/tam-t/flexatone/mar - pno(=elec keyboard ad.lib) - harp - strings (min 24[vln div i...

'Earth cry' is a straightforward and melodious work. Its four parts are made up of a quick ritualistic music, framed by a slower music of a supplicatory nature, and an extended coda. It owes a debt to...

Originally conceived to be performed in conjunction with excerpts from Fritz Lang's classic silent film Metropolis , this brooding 11-minute work from 1996 now exists as a concert work in its own...

The first performance of 'Asyla' was given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, in the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, on 1 October 1997. Das Stimmenmaterial ist vom...

'These Premises Are Alarmed' was written for the Halle Orchestra during Thomas Ades's period as Composer-in-Association with them. The first performance was given by the Halle Orchestra conducted by K...

Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3(III=ca).2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(3): SD/BD/cyms/susp cym/tgl/tamb/t.bells - 2 harp - pno - strings

Instrumentation: picc.2.2.2.2 - 4331 - timp - perc(3): t.bells/glsp/cyms/tam-t/BD - strings

Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 - 4231 - timp - perc(1): cyms - strings

Instrumentation: 2.2(II=ca).2.2 - 2230 - timp(=tgl) - harp - strings

Instrumentation: 2.2.2(II=bcl).2 - 4230 - timp(2) - perc(1): cyms/BD - strings

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2(II=cbsn) – 2200 – perc(1): large tam-t/4 gongs/4 bamboo clusters/10 small bowls and bells/4 Japanese rins/3 crot/2 susp.bells/wdbl – strings (min 7.6.4.3.3)

This work was first performed at the RNCM by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier and commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3(III=...

Instrumentation: 1.picc.2.2.2 - 2200 - timp - strings

Commissioned by the BBC and first performed at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Promenade Concerts, July 1998. Instrumentation: 3(II+III=picc).3(III=ca).3(III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) - 4331 - timp(=w...

"Pluto is dedicated to the memory of Holst's daughter Imogen, with whom I worked for many years until her death in 1984, and who I suspect would have been both amused and dismayed by this ven...