Berkeley

SKU: HL.14004140

ISBN 9780711998322. UPC: 502067952679. 7.0x10.0x0.156 inches.

A new edition of one of Berkeley's most frequently performed works, in this the composer's centenary year. This work is a classic in the repertoire of British Music for this medium. The first movement has the sparkling elegance of Mozart whom Berkeley idolised, but also the driving rhythm of a Bach Brandenburg Concerto; the second is a serenade; the third a kind of scherzo; but the final movement seems to reflect the tragic war years with a slow reminiscence of the opening theme at the very end. A critical commentary by Berkeley expert, Peter Dickinson, is provided.

SKU: HL.142701

ISBN 9781941566343. UPC: 888680050306. 9.0x12.0x0.158 inches. Featuring Stephanie Nakasian.

Eight timeless standards are presented in this collection of fresh vocal transcriptions and an accompanying CD with example vocals plus a separate minus-one background track for each song. Songs include: The Best Is Yet to Come * I Could Have Danced All Night * They All Laughed * Oh, Look at Me Now * If I Had You * I'm Old Fashioned * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * The Lady Is a Tramp.

SKU: HL.14004213

9.0x12.0x0.175 inches.

Five Pieces for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned by Frederick Grinke and completed on 20 December 1961. The BBC Symphony Orchestra with Frederick Grinke (violin) and conducted by the composer, gave the first performance on 31 July 1962 at the Royal Albert Hall, London during the BBC Proms season. This work is so constructed that each piece is complete in itself and can be played separately, while at the same time the whole set of five constitutes a structural unit. A basic motif consisting of a rising semitone followed by a falling tone, and its inversion plays an important part in every piece. Thus the first piece, which is of a slow and meditative character, begins with this theme in the bass. It is also heard in the first entry of the solo part, and thereafter every episode is in some way derived from it. The next piece, a vigorous and strongly marked 'allegro', uses the semitone of the original figure as its starting point. A second theme appears, first on the horns and is later taken up by the solo violin, while a third section has the initial idea as its accompaniment. Next comes an extended scherzo in free form very closely based on initial motif. The fourth is a purely melodic piece containing allusions in its middle section to the basic figure. Here the strings only are used for accompaniment. In the first section, violas and cellos are divided in the middle section, and all the strings are used in the last, which is otherwise an almost exact repetition of the opening. The Finale is a lighter movement than the others, concerned mainly with giving the soloist material for display, but not unconnected with what has gone before.

SKU: HL.14004225

ISBN 9780711926868.

Work for Piano composed in 1944.

SKU: HL.14004218

ISBN 9780711932890. 0.43 inches.

16 french songs with notes by Roger Nichols May.

SKU: HL.14004138

ISBN 9780711980372.

For Tenor solo, SATB choir, string orchestra and organ. Vocal score in a new edition prepared by Christopher Brown. Includes a keyboard reduction of the orchestral score. Chorus Part available: CH55375.

SKU: HL.14004155

ISBN 9780711959989. 9.0x12.0x0.15 inches.

Flute and Piano reduction.

SKU: HL.14004162

8.5x11.75x0.479 inches.

Commissioned by the 1974 City of London Festival. premiered by Julian Bream and the English Chamber Orchestra.

SKU: HL.14004216

ISBN 9780711928886. 9.0x12.0x0.106 inches.

Premiered by Albert Ferber at Broadcasting Hous in July 1947.

SKU: HL.14018368

5.75x8.25x0.115 inches.

Work for Orchestra commissioned by the 1973 Three Choirs Festival. Premiered by the CBSO under the baton of the composer.

SKU: HL.14004149

8.5x11.75x0.525 inches.

Opera in one act, four scenes. Solo voices: 3 Sopranos, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Baritones, Bass. With SATB Chorus and Orchestra. Libretto: Paul Dehn. This Opera was designed as a companion piece to A Dinner Engagement.