Boosey & Hawkes

Mbiri kuna Mwari is composed in the spirit of choral music heard at the Episcopal Cathedral in Harare, Zimbabwe, in the summer of 1993. Shona is the majority tribe in Zimbabwe and its language. The te...

The text of When David Heard is taken from the Second Book of Samuel and deals with King David's grief over the death of his son Absalom. The lines are simultaneously both personal and universal, and...

This is a folk melody from Ecuador traditionally played on the siku - the double row of panpipes that have been used in the high Andes for over a thousand years.

This is a folk melody from Ecuador traditionally played on the siku - the double row of panpipes that have been used in the high Andes for over a thousand years.

Chorpartitur - mit Klavierbegleitung zu Probenzwecken

Chorpartitur engl.

The words of this old carol tell of the scene around the manger in Bethlehem, an assembly of gentle creatures and many children of all backgrounds. A gentle arrangement, with sincerity and warmth.

Joulupuu On Rakennettu is a lovely Finnish Christmas carol. Each of the three verses is given individual treatment.

Son de Camaguey is a Cuban folk song from which the composer takes the refrain and then frames it with kaleidoscopic patters of ostinati inspired by the song, and by Afro-Cuban music in general.

In this piece we are told of the manner in which things described by the Passionate Shepherd will be changed with the passing of time; only if youth and love prevail will the nymph accept the shepherd...

The poem which inspired this piece was written by a thirteen-year-old girl. In it, she expresses the power of fire, of its life-giving and life-consuming potential, in simple and clear form.

The kookaburra is an Australian bird like the kingfisher, with a large-crested head and a short tail. Its call sounds like loud laughter, as the text of the song indicates. The bush in the song is the...

The piece begins with a Mozartian setting followed by a two against three pattern in the piano that is based on the mbira (thumb piano) music of Zimbabwe. The ending quotes the 'Rock-a-bye Baby' theme...

London Bridge is a theme and variations (with major, minor and lydian modalities) that plays with the contrasts in this simple song: contrasts of happiness and sadness. The happy innocence of a deligh...