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Earth grown old is a melancholic setting of a text by Christina Rossetti. With a falling bassline, artful use of inverted and diminished chords, and a wordless soprano solo, this carol perfectly captu...

Six miniatures. 'Progressively laying out aspects of cello technique - double stopping, pizzicato, glacial harmonies - and then combining them, the work builds to a substantial fourth movement and the...

With plenty of excitement and anticipation, this exuberant carol sets a medieval macronic text, featuring changing metres and a driving piano part. Also available in a version for solo low voice.

newly edited edition, off-printed from the Walton Edition vol. 19 'Chamber Music'The Passacaglia for solo Cello, one of Walton's last works, was commissioned by Mstislav Rostropovich and first perform...

Cello and piano reduction of Walton's Cello Concerto, based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Violin and Cello Concertos volume. Orchestral material is available on hire.

This fantasia for solo cello and orchestra is based on five folk tunes, and was first performed by Pablo Casals in 1930. The piano reduction was prepared by John Lenehan from the original score and th...

This continuous cycle (c.16 minutes without narrator, c.24 with narrator) intersperses seven poems by R. S. Thomas with seven movements for solo cello. The music is evocative, moving, and thoughtfully...

This is a spirited arrangement of the popular fourteenth-century carol, with an optional part for tambourine in the final verse. An English singing translation is presented alongside the original Lati...

Written the year before the Six Figures, Arioso is a study in scalic and chordal figures, retaining Skempton's signature simplicity and repetitiveness throughout. Grail Transformation and Epiphany bri...

For solo cello. Written the year before the Six Figures, Arioso is a study in scalic and chordal figures, retaining Skempton's signature simplicity and repetitiveness throughout. Grail Transformation...

A suite in six movements for unaccompanied cello, inspired by the composer's travels in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. It incorporates fragments of traditional melodies and the composer chose the cello...

A short work for solo cello, Siward's River Song is drawn from the music associated with a character in Butler's opera A Better Place. Siward is the ghost of a drowned lighterman, trapped in the past....

Dipolo is an exploration of opposites, applying the duality of positive and negative charges to extremes of such aspects as dynamics and register in music. The effect is a work exploring the dramatic...

For soprano saxophone (or oboe) and percussion (1 player). Kulamen Dilan is evocative of Khurdish love songs, exploring the 'methodology' of folk music, creating a mosaic from tiny motifs of pitch and...

For solo cello. This eventful cello piece derives from material taken from Harper's opera, The Spire. Although a short piece, it encompasses a wide range of dramatic gestures, from love to violence to...

For unaccompanied cello. This suite of nine short movements describes a cycle of sleep and the moods of its dreams. It ends with the morning bells and the bright E major daylight of the Epilogue.

Six miniatures. 'Progressively laying out aspects of cello technique - double stopping, pizzicato, glacial harmonies - and then combining them, the work builds to a substantial fourth movement and the...

Graded cello sightreading exercises, including tips on improving sightreading technique. Book 1 includes 50 short melodies and covers grades 1 to 5.

With this majestic work Chilcott takes on a landmark of the choral repertory, the Christmas Oratorio. Words from St Luke and St Matthew are intertwined with 16th-19th-century poetry to create a compel...

A single movement for bassoon exploring the potential of an instrument much neglected in solo music.

for bassoon and piano

This piece combines techniques from traditional Chinese music and Western classical music, drawing on the flute's rich history in both traditions. Using the full range of the instrument, a variety of...

This piece combines techniques from traditional Chinese music and Western classical music, drawing on the flute's rich history in both traditions. Using the full range of the instrument, a variety of...

Archer's beautiful setting of this well-known anonymous text provides a wonderful alternative to more familiar versions. This charming Advent carol is also available in an arrangement for upper voices...