Chester Music

witness to a snow miracle is a violin concerto in seven short movements, based around the life of Saint Eulalia, the virgin martyr. The movements are presented as if part of a painting in which we see...

Hugh Wood's Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 50 was commissioned by the Milton Keynes City Orchestra. First performed on 23rd January 2009 at Milton Keynes Theatre by Alexandra Wood (Violin) and Milton Keyne...

This work was commissioned by the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. First performance on 22nd August 2009, at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, given by Daniel Hope (violin) and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted...

Premiered by Tamsin Little at the Leeds Music Festival, 1989.

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...

John Luther Adams' Become Ocean for Orchestra (Full score)

Work for Solo Tenor and Orchestra. Text: Pierre de Ronsard. Commissioned by the BBC for the 1963 Promenade Concerts. Premiered by Peter Pears.

This work for soprano, children's choir, chorus and orchestra was commissioned by the London Sinfonietta. the first performance was given by them in July 1969 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Londo...

Written for and first performed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in December 1986.

Work for Orchestra commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra in 2002.

Different Voices received its first performance on 9 April 2007 given by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Debbie Wiseman, soprano soloist: HayleyWestenra and narration of the story by Ste...

Commissioned jointly for Colin Currie by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. First performance on 14th May 2008, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, by Colin Currie (pe...

Everyone Sang was composed by Scottish composer Helen Grime in 2010. It was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the 75th anniversary of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. It was first performed at City...

Commissioned by: Nederlands Dans Theater, Den Haag Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MUSIC - CENTER / Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County The Norwegi...

Ellsworth 2 has been composed by Simon Holt from music that that was written in an earlier piece, Troubled Light, it is said he took inspiration from the painting Painting for a white wall. Within t...

First performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1965 by Peter Pears with the Philharmonia of London conducted by the composer. Duration c. 16 mins.

An innovative devotional work for full orchestra accompanied by tape cassette (which runs for the duration of the piece). The music is based on the plagal of the fourth Byzantine tone. Large (A3) scor...