Prelude from Requiem da Camera

Requiem da Camera was the young composer’s first extended work; only the instrumental prelude was performed during Finzi’s lifetime. The piano duet arrangement of the Prelude by Finzi’s friend and collaborator Howard Ferguson forms part of the manuscript vocal score of the Requiem and is dated 1924. Suitable for intermediate standard players.

Francesca Da Rimini : Oper in 2 Akten

Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky, after Dante. German translation by Lina Esbeer.

Requiem da Camera : Organ reduction for use instead of orchestral accompaniment

This organ reduction is intended to use instead of the original orchestral accompaniment; it is compatible with new edition of Requiem da Camera by Christian Alexander (BH 12681). The organ reduction was done by Francis Jackson, doyen of English cathedral organists and titulaire at York Minster for 36 years. Jackson sympathetically recreates the chamber orchestra scoring for a three-manual organ. Ingeniously, the manual couplings (II to III, II and III to I) are unaltered throughout, with pedal coupled to manuals as appropriate. Detailed registrations are not indicated as these are best left to the performer, taking into account the unique circumstances of the particularinstrument, size of choir and acoustic setting at each individual performance.The user-friendly landscape score includes at least one principal vocal line cued throughout, and a cappella choral passages are reproduced in full.Requiem da Camera was Finzi’s first extended work; only the instrumental prelude was performed during his lifetime. The other three movements are settings of poems by John Masefield, Thomas Hardy and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Scored for baritone solo, small chorus (or SATB soli) and chamber orchestra, the wellspring of the Requiem’s composition was the death, during active service in 1918, of Finzi’s composition teacher, Ernest Farrar. The work may also be viewed as a metaphor – the permanence of the land, and a centuries-old pattern of rural life following the rhythm of the turning seasons, contrasted with the violent havoc and destructive dislocation wrought by war. A reflective and poignant work particularly suitable for performances commemorating the tragedy of World War I.

Requiem da Camera

New edition with completion by Christian Alexander of the young composer’s first extended work; only the instrumental prelude was performed during Finzi’s lifetime. The other three movements are settings of poems by John Masefield, Thomas Hardy and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.Scored for baritone solo, small chorus (or SATB soli) and chamber orchestra, the wellspring of the Requiem’s composition was the death, during active service in 1918, of Finzi’s composition teacher, Ernest Farrar. The work may also be viewed as a metaphor – the permanence of the land, and a centuries-old pattern of rural life following the rhythm of the turning seasons, contrasted with the violent havocand destructive dislocation wrought by war. A reflective and poignant work particularly suitable for performances commemorating the tragedy of World War I.

Requiem da Camera

New edition with completion by Christian Alexander of the young composer’s first extended work; only the instrumental prelude was performed during Finzi’s lifetime. The other three movements are settings of poems by John Masefield, Thomas Hardy and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.Scored for baritone solo, small chorus (or SATB soli) and chamber orchestra, the wellspring of the Requiem’s composition was the death, during active service in 1918, of Finzi’s composition teacher, Ernest Farrar. The work may also be viewed as a metaphor – the permanence of the land, and a centuries-old pattern of rural life following the rhythm of the turning seasons, contrasted with the violent havocand destructive dislocation wrought by war. A reflective and poignant work particularly suitable for performances commemorating the tragedy of World War I.

Baa-da-Black Sheep

This piece employs the familiar melody Ah vous dirai-je mamam, and is based on the nursery rhyme about wool and taxes where a man harvests a third of his income (wool) for his master, another for his wife, and the third for himself (the little boy who lives down the lane). Set in a jazzy rhythmic style with a bit of scat singing interspersed with the melody, this setting offers a young chorus a playful approach to a familiar tale and tune.

Francesca da Rimini op. 25 : Oper in 2 Akten

Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky, after Dante. German translation by Lina Esbeer.

Da Pacem Domine : Grant us peace, O Lord, in this our day

This canon at the fourth has the simplest melodic material, which when combined in two and four voices achieves an interesting and contrapuntal effect. It can provide students an easy entrance into the flavor of the simplefour-part music which sounds much more complex than it is.

Sonata Da Camera

Da pacem Domine

Sonata Da Chiesa

Paregon Da 'Sinfonia Domestica'

arranged for Two Pianos, Three Hands. Two Copies needed to perform

Tres Sacrae cantiones

Contents: Da pacem Domine · Assumpta est Maria · Illumina nos.

Sinfonia Da Requiem Op20 HPS38

Different Trains : Partitura Da Studio

HPS 1168

Don Giovanni - Vocal Opera Score : Opera in two Acts

The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute are three of the most loved and performed operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, set to libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte and Emanuel Schikaneder. Unavailable for many years, these three vocal scores with piano reductions in ‘The Royal Edition of Operas’ series from Boosey & Hawkes feature singing translations in English by Edward J Dent alongside the original sung text and prefatory notes.

Orchestral Anthology Volume 2

Contents: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) · Passacaglia (Peter Grimes) · Sinfonia da Requiem · Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.

3 Chinese Songs

Contents: Lan Hua Hua (Blue Flower) · Da Mai Hao Zi (Threshing Wheat Song) · Yang Guan San Dei (Song of the Tang Dynasty).

Choralvariationen : Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (J.S.Bach)

Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 695. Strawinsky, I

Tom Bowling & Other Song Arrangements

Contents: Voice and Piano: Tom Bowling · The Crocodile · Dink's Song · Greensleeves · The Holly and the Ivy · I Wonder as I Wander · Pray Goody. Two Voices and Piano: The Deaf Woman's Courtship · Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?Voice, cello and piano: The Stream in the Valley (Da unten im Tale).

In terra pax op. 39 : Christmas Scene

Following the publication of Francis Jackson’s organ reduction of Finzi’s Requiem da Camera in 2014, Robert Gower, chairman of the Finzi Trust, recitalist and organist of Nottingham Cathedral, has created reductions of the full orchestra accompaniments to two more of Finzi’s choral works. These reductions broaden the reach of these works to choirs which do not wish to present the works with orchestra, as with other standards from the sacred repertoire such the Requiems of Fauré and Duruflé. The reductions sympathetically recreate the orchestra scoring for a three-manual organ. Ingeniously, the manual couplings (II to III, II and III to I) are unaltered throughout, with pedalcoupled to manuals as appropriate. Detailed registrations are not indicated as these are best left to the performer, taking into account the unique circumstances of the particular instrument, size of choir and acoustic setting at each performance. The scores are user-friendly, in landscape format and with at least one principal vocal line cued throughout, and a cappella choral passages are reproduced in full. The reductions are fully compatible with the published piano vocal scores of the respective works which the singers will use. In terra pax, Christmas Scene for soprano & baritone soli, chorus & orchestra (1954/6). The text conflates Robert Bridges’s poem Noel: Christmas Eve (1913) and Luke 2: 8-14. Finzi suggested that the Nativity ‘becomes a vision seen by a wanderer on a dark and frosty Christmas Eve, in our own familiar landscape’.In terra pax is a masterpiece in miniature, Finzi’s pacifism at its heart, and his belief that men and women of goodwill should live harmoniously. Weaving through the music are three ideas: the pealing of the bells with their joyous message, a phrase from the carol The First Nowell, and the alleluia refrain from the hymn Lasst uns erfreuen.

Ladies in White

This piece was composed in 2010 to honor the Ladies in White, a group of women whose white clothing protests their unjustly incarcerated relatives in Habana.

In Ireland : Fantasy

In Ireland is a wonderful fantasy for Flute and Piano, composed in 1915 by respected and renowned Irish musician Sir Hamilton Harty.

June In F

Roger Quilter - June In F Arranger: Hopper

In This Place

Commissioned by Roger Muttitt for the 600th anniversary of Durham School in 2014, In this place is a setting of the composer’s own words and was first performed at a service of celebration in Durham Cathedral in June 2014. The text is a poem of renewal, with hints of spirituality, though without being explicitly sacred in content. Sumptuous harmonies dominate the music, with occasional divisi adding depth, especially in the bass section. With a mostly homophonic texture, the setting builds towards the thrilling final phrase ‘I will fly with angels’ with a sense of transformation. The close harmonies add an element of challenge, though well thought through voice-leading and somerepetition make the work accessible to intermediate choirs. A beautiful addition to the choral repertoire, In this place is both a joy to sing and a delight for the listener.