Faber Music

Following the runaway success of the Up-Grade! series, Pam Wedgwood has provided more original repertoire for those pianists looking for something to bridge the gap between grades. More Up-Grade! Is g...

J'ai toujours voulu jouer du piano, mais maintenant, c'est sûrement trop tard! Cela vous rappelle quelque chose ? De plus en plus d'adultes décident de prendre les choses en main et d'apprendre à joue...

Instrumentation: afl.ob.cl(=bcl) - vla.vlc - sop(= 2 tuned gong)

Instrumentation: 1011 - 2000 - perc(2): 4 spring coils/2 tam-t/BD - harp - strings (3 vln.3 vla.2 vlc.2 db)

Instrumentation: sop(=c.bells/2 metronomes/2 boobamchimes/tabor/ant.cym/nightingale) - cl(=Ebcl+Ccl+bcl) E.T.A.Hoffmann (1776-1822) loved automata and often mentioned them in his short stories. These...

Instrumentation: sop(=claves/tam-t/bamboo chimes/ant.cym) - cl(=bcl) -pno(=2 wdbl/whistle) - vln.vlc Harlequinade was commissioned by Washington Arts Centre with funds provided by Northern Arts. It wa...

Instrumentation: Perc(1): sistrum/siz.cym/hi-hat/BD/crot/large springcoil/cuica(or lion's roar)

Instrumentation: sop(=claves/tam-t/bamboo chimes/ant.cym) - cl(=bcl) -pno(=2 wdbl/whistle) - vln.vlc Harlequinade was commissioned by Washington Arts Centre with funds provided by Northern Arts. It wa...

Instrumentation: cl - pno - tam-t - vln.vla.vlc.db

Instrumentation: 2 vln.tenor vln.bass vln.violone or: 2 vln.vla.vlc.db (either solo strings or string section)

Instrumentation: ob.ssax.perc(1): Thai gong/bell plate/steel pan/2 tam-t/2 spring coil

I wrote My box of Phantoms for Melinda Maxwell to play with the Composers Ensemble. There are four short movements marked 1. My box of Phantoms 2. My Blue Peninsula 3. Promise and unfoldment 4. An ima...

Instrumentation: ssax.2 chitaroni.bass viol.regal.cel(=chamberorg).perc(1): 11 tuned gongs/2 tam-t/BD/waterphone

Instrumentation: picc(=afl).Ebcl(=bcl).ssax - hn.tpt.trbn - perc(1): mar/BD/tam-t/2 peking opera gong - pno -vln.vla.vlc.db 'Caprichos' is the last installment of a set of three pieces: 'Dartington Do...

My oboe quintet is about 20 minutes long. Structurally it's a bit like a book of short poems (27 in all), which form a network of laments, chorales, nocturnes, fragments and echos. It is music of tick...

When the writer Fernando Pessoa died in in Lisbon in 1935, he left behind a large trunk full of poetry, horoscopes, unfinished stories, essays, plays, translations, letters and journals, typed, handw...

There is no hidden programme for this little trio, but the title, used by John Dowland for consort and viol music has its own resonance. It is a quiet and oblique work with a simple and clear shape. A...

Vers was commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall, for Pierre Boulez on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Following the double meaning of the word 'vers', this is a verse which leads 'towards' a brief...