Vaughan Williams composed three Norfolk Rhapsodies in 1906. Nos. 2 and 3 - now sadly lost - were actually performed at a concert in Londons Queens Hall on 17 April 1912 under Balfour Gardiner just days after the "Titanic" disaster. The First Rhapsody was given its premiere on 23 August 1906 at the same locale under Henry Woods baton. The composer made a number of revisions to the work before a second performance took place (21 May 1914) in Bournemouth. This newly engraved edition by Richard Sargeant is based upon the revised 1914 score.
Vaughan Williams composed three Norfolk Rhapsodies in 1906. Nos. 2 and 3 - now sadly lost - were actually performed at a concert in Londons Queens Hal...
Vaughan Williams masterpiece for string orchestra was given its premiere on September 6th, 1910 at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral with the London Symphony Orchestra under the composers direction. It was an immediate success, but the composer revised the piece twice (1913 and 1919) before its first publication in 1921. The Phrygian-mode Tallis melody upon which the work is based originally appeared in Archbishop Parkers Psalter of 1567 with the text "Why fumth in fight the Gentiles spite." This newly engraved and edited score, based upon the 1921 Curwen score, has a vastly...
Vaughan Williams masterpiece for string orchestra was given its premiere on September 6th, 1910 at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral w...
This work was once credited to Mozart but later discounted as being by him and attributed instead to the composer Jan Zach (1699-1773). Rcent Zach scholarship has largely discredited the idea of Zach being the composer. In any case, this work has remained quite popular for good reason regardless of who the actual composer may have been. This new, beautifully engraved vocal score edited by Richard Sargeant will be welcomed by choruses worldwide interested in performance or study of this delightful piece of Latin church music from Mozarts time.
This work was once credited to Mozart but later discounted as being by him and attributed instead to the composer Jan Zach (1699-1773). Rcent Zach sch...
This is a new collection of six Grainger classics arranged for wind octet - five of his unique folksong settings plus his pseudo-baroque dance Handel in the Strand. The ensemble of 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns is one with a history going back to the baroque era, and became extremely popular by Beethovens time. While Grainger never arranged the works selected here for the ensemble, he arranged them for all manner of instrumental combinations ranging from string quartet to full orchestra.
1. Country Gardens, BFMS 22
2. Spoon River, AFMS 1
3. Molly on the Shore,...
This is a new collection of six Grainger classics arranged for wind octet - five of his unique folksong settings plus his pseudo-baroque dance Handel ...
