This is a study score of Simon Holt's Sparrow Night for Solo Oboe and Chamber Ensemble. Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble this work lasts for around 17 minutes. The title ofSparrow Night comes from a Chekhov story cited by Raymond Carver in his final book of poetry 'A new path to the waterfall' in which terrible nights featuring thunder rain and wind are called by some people'sparrow nights.'

This exciting musical was designed to introduce studentsto the enchanting world of Opera. Arranged for Key Stage 3 performance time 50 mins.

Written by the modern composer Justin Connolly in 1991 Nocturnal is arranged here as a score with separate parts for chamber instruments.

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. 'Tailitnama' is an Aboriginal totemic centre in Central Australia. The text for this work consists of four verses, in the Aranda language, from a rock wallaby song associated with the area. The verses concern the glowing of the mountains, the coming of dawn and the singing of the Ilbirbia bluebirds as they soar to the sky. Roger Covell describes the piece as borrowing 'from a culture - that of the Australian Aboriginal - with a reverence and sense of wonder'. Arranged for Countertenor and Piano accompaniment. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Ensemble Mixte

The Saeviat Tellus Inter Rigores makes substantial virtuosic demands in the Soprano solo part. It is written in six movements very specifically for the Order of Carmelites.Handel’s early musical life in Hamburg led him to an encounter with a member of the de Medici family who may have inspired him to make his seminal visits to Italy beginning in 1706. Surprisingly in view of his Lutheranism Handel’s first compositions in Italy were for the church including this motet written for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and performed in 1707.