Chester Music

Hugh Wood 's Ithaka for Violin, Viola and Cello. Parts. Inspired by C. P. Cavafy's poem, this work was commissioned by the Florin Ensemble and generously supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation, the...

Aure is a work for Violin and Cello by Kaija Saariaho. Originally composed for Violin and Viola, this version was created in 2015, and was originally an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday, insp...

A two-minute string quartet by the Master of the Queen's music commissioned by The Royal Society of Musicians and first performed by the Shanghai String Quartet at Wigmore Hall, London, on 1st Februar...

A short string trio commissioned by City of London Sinfonia in 2021.

A movement from Bryce Dessner's Impermanence suite as a stand-alone string quartet. There is a complexity and virtuosity in the writing by Bryce Dessner with constantly shifting patterns that create l...

Ellen Reid's "West Coast Sky Forever" for string quartet was commissioned by the Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK project for Kronos Quartet. The quartet's recording featured on Ellen's latest album, Big Majestic...

Work commissioned by the 1973 Cheltenham Music Festival and premiered by The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras, carefully structured in two levels. The 'Easy' level does not normally exceed Grade 2...

Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras, carefully structured in two levels. The 'Easy' level does not normally exceed Grade 2...

Work for String Orchestra.

Written for solo cello and strings. This work was commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was first performed on 24th November 199...

Clarinet, String Orchestra, Cor Anglais, Bass Clarinet, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Contrabassoon The solo group consists of a sextet of the woodwind instruments which are normally doubled with more regular...

The idea behind this work was to form a large collection of short individual pieces suitable for orchestras of various standards. The composer's intention with the project was to provide new music for...

This work was written in 1980 and first performed on 2 March 1980 by the Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and TV with Elzbieta Chojnacka (harpsichord), conducted by Stanislaw. The Polish composer He...

Written for string orchestra and string quartet. Composer's Notes: This piece was written in memory of my daughter, and this fact largely determines not only its general character but also its formal...

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...

Written for piano and string orchestra.

Solo part for Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra.

This work was commissioned jointly by the Hampstead and Highgate Festival and the Presteigne Festival. First performance on 9th May 2007 as part of the Hampstead and Highgate Festival, at St John-at-H...

Written based on a poem of the same title by Octavio Paz, A Boy and a Girl is Whitacre at his finest, with the composer himself describing four measures as 'the truest nots I've ever written'. Stretc...