Ivor Novello Song Album

Song cycle for medium voice and piano based upon the poetry of Ivor Gurney and Leonard Clark. A set of pieces very much in the English lyrical vocal writing tradition of Butterworth Ireland and of course Gurney.'The Pine Boughs Past Music is a song cycle baseed upon poetry associated with Gloucester and was commissioned to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the Gloucester Music Society. Having purposefully sought inspiration from a wide array of Gloucester poets from Henley to Harvey I finally found inspiration in the poetry of Ivor Gurney whose work is so saturated with the Gloucestershire landscape. In his poetry Idiscovered the essential element I needed to bind the cycle together: the eternal backdrop of nature upon which the poet's thoughts are played out.It would have been quite easy to conclude the set with another poem by Ivor Gurney. However it was to Leonard Clark I turned. The title of his summative poem speaks for itself 'In Memoriam: Ivor Gurney': a haunting elegy that pays tribute to Gurney's everlasting memory.'                                 - Ian VenablesFirst performed on April 15th 2010 at St Mary-de-Lode Gloucester performed by Roderick Williams (Baritone) and Andrew West (Pianist).Commissioned by Christine Talbot-Cooper to celebrate the Gloucester Music Society's eightieth anniversary.

Six of the best songs from Amy Winehouse arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar. Six of the Best simply does what it says - 6 of the best hits from leading artists available in a competitively priced format. Amy Winehouse is the first British singer to win five Grammys including three of the 'Big Four': Best New Artist Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In 2007 she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best BritishAlbum. She has won the Ivor Novello Award three times one in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song for Stronger Than Me one in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for Rehab and one in 2008 for BestSongMusically and Lyrically for Love Is a Losing Game among other prestigious distinctions.

Five songs for Solo Piano by respected 20th Century British composer Ronald Binge who is most famous for his delightful incidental and easy listening compositions in the seventies. This volume contains a good selection of his work including the Ivor Novello Award winning Elizabethan Serenade and Sailing By which is the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast theme.

15 Hits to strum & sing-English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran first gained recognition in 2011 when his EP 'No 5. Collaborations Project' caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx.His debut album '+' was released in 2011 and featured the hit singles Lego House and The A Team which won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. '+' enjoyed great success with sales of over 102 000 copies within a week of its release.In 2012 Sheeran gained two Brit awards - for Best British Male Solo Artist and Best Breakthrough Act.His second album X was released in 2014 and was well-received reaching no.1 in both the UK and US album charts.Thiscollection for the Ukulele contains 15 of Ed Sheeran's hottest hits in accessible arrangements to strum and sing.