Faber Music

A tightly constructed work inspired by Shakespeare's description of Ophelia's madness, it blends wind, string and keyboard timbres superbly and moves easily between sprightliness and dreamy introspect...

Taking the word Hum literally, Knussen has subjected A.A.Milne to some lighthearted but intense expressionist treatment, even developing a series of aphorisms which present such incidents as Piglet me...

Composer's note: 'The 12th-century organa of the Notre Dame school (most notably those of Pérotin) employ plainchant as the slow foundation for rapid, ecstatic, dance-like melismata. In June 1994 I us...

Instrumentation: 1111 - 1000 - 2 vln.vla.vlc

Few operas have had such a remarkable history as Mussorgsky's masterpiece 'Boris Godunov'. It exists in no less than three complete versions by the composer himself, as well as posthumous editions and...

Few operas have had such a remarkable history as Mussorgsky's masterpiece 'Boris Godunov'. It exists in no less than three complete versions by the composer himself, as well as posthumous editions and...

Huw Watkins’ Sonata for Cello and Eight Instruments was composed for his brother, Paul, to perform with the Nash Ensemble. Its first movement is a vigorous Allegro in sonata form. The cello plays almo...

A royal christening is being celebrated with great pomp and rejoicing. But one name is missing from the guest list - and in her rage the uninvited godmother puts a terrible curse on the baby princess:...

A royal christening is being celebrated with great pomp and rejoicing. But one name is missing from the guest list - and in her rage the uninvited godmother puts a terrible curse on the baby princess:...

This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between grades 1 and 2.Pam Wedgwood's inimitable style is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing - the varied pie...

This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between grades 2 and 3.Pam Wedgwood's inimitable style is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing - the varied pie...

This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between preparatory level and grade 1.Pam Wedgwood's inimitable style is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing -...

Are you football crazy? Are you football mad? Melissa Bastin, together with Pam Wedgwood, will help any aspiring beginner pianist with two great new books with the title Piano for the Young Football F...

Following the runaway success of the Up-Grade! series, Pam Wedgwood has provided more original repertoire for those pianists looking for something to bridge the gap between grades. More Up-Grade! Is g...

The classic 2003 compilation album from one of the finest songwriters of his generation. All 20 songs from the album including Fire and Rain, Sweet Baby James and You've Got a Friend. Arranged for pia...

Recorded on their 1992 album 'Automatic For The People,' this emotionally taut and beautiful track epitomises the classic REM sound. Arranged here for piano, vocals and guitar chords.

Instrumentation: afl.bcl - perc(1): mar/log drums/BD - pno -vln.vla.vlc

My oboe quintet is about 20 minutes long. Structurally it's a bit like a book of short poems (27 in all), which form a network of laments, chorales, nocturnes, fragments and echos. It is music of tick...

Instrumentation: picc(=hand bell).1.Ebcl(=ssax+cl).bcl.cbsn -1(=whistle).1(=whistle).1.1 - perc(2): BD/crot/10 or so tin cans/2 tpl.bl/whistle/gongs/tam-t/susp.cym/ped BD/guero/log drum/claves/whip/ha...

Instrumentation: afl.ssax - hn.tpt - perc(2): boobams/BD - pno - vln.vla.vlc

Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1(=cbsn) - 1110 - perc(2): 2 tam-t/12 tpl.bl/12 c.bells/2 hi-hat/2 log drum/2 BD+foot ped - harp - pno - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db

Instrumentation: fl(=picc).ob.cl(=bcl).bsn - hn.tpt.trbn - db

Instrumentation: fl(=picc+afl).cl(=Ebcl+bcl).ssax - hn.tpt - pno -perc(1): 12 or more tin cans/4 car wheels/2 brakedrums/anvil/hi-hat/8 scaffold bars/3 scaffold feet - vln.vla.vlc.db