Sally Beamish

The Little Mermaid by Sally Beamish is a 1 hour 45 minute full-length ballet in 2 acts, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. For Sally Beamish the story contained many elements that are gift...

The full score and parts to Crescent, composed by Sally Beamish for trumpet, viola and piano in digital sheet music format [EP73718].

Unquiet by Sally Beamish is a 6-minute set of variations for solo Guitar that explores the Dowland lute song Unquiet Thoughts. The Dowland theme comes last in this piece and is preceded by five variat...

Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten by Sally Beamish is an 18-minute work for string orchestra. The main theme of this work is taken from the second interlude, 'Sunday Morning', from Four Sea In...

Sally Beamish's Cello Concerto No.1 'River' is a 22-minute work inspired by the constantly changing form of rivers. Its four movements are titled March Watercolour, The Kingfisher, Low Water and All N...

Partita by Sally Beamish is a 24-minute work for string octet in three movements (Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne). Taking the idea of a Partita, which is traditionally a suite for a solo instrument, Sall...

In the stillness by Sally Beamish is a short contemporary Christmas carol for unaccompanied SATB choir. With original words by Katrina Shepherd, this short carol beautifully captures the hushed raptur...

Sally Beamish's String Quartet No. 4 Nine Fragments is a 20-minute work that takes Robert Schumann's String Quartet No. 1 in A minor as a starting point. The piece was commissioned by the Elias Quarte...

The Sonata was commissioned in 1999 by Beryl Calver-Jones and Gerry Mattock, and is the second in a series of commissions reflecting their support for and encouragement of my work. They asked me to cr...

Maple arose from a commission to write a work for solo cello, to be performed alongside readings from artist John Newling's collection of letters entitled 'Dear Nature'; a poetic manifestation of our...

Based on a traditional Scottish/Irish 'farewell' song, this short piece is one of six works written to express my love of Scotland. After living there for nearly half my life, and raising a family, I...

Sally Beamish's Dream-child, subtitled All in a Golden Afternoon, is a short 4-minute work for violin and piano inspired by the preface from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Commissio...

A setting of the poem by Robert Burns for mezzo soprano and baritone.

Sally Beamish's Caliban for Orchestra was written specifically to be performed outdoors and in spaces outside of the traditional concert hall. Based on her earlier work Caliban for saxophone and piano...

Sally Beamish's Meditation is a short 3-minute work for solo organ, celebrating the centenary of St Mary's Morecambe in 1996. This edition (EP73241) is the performing score.

Sally Beamish's October Serenade is a short 4-minute work for solo organ. Commissioned by David Thomas in 1999, the piece was written to celebrate a wedding. This edition (EP73260) is the performing s...