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From the collection Jazz in Springtime, 'Flores' is an intermediate level, contemporary jazz-waltz by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles. Inspired by Miles Davis and Chick Corea, and with a written-ou...

Harriet Cohen (1895-1967) is chiefly associated with Bach transcriptions through the eponymous OUP collection A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen of 1932, but she made some of her own as well. 'Ertödt' uns...

William H. Harris' (1883-1973) arrangement of 'Bist du bei mir', from the Clavierbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, was published in 1949, and offers an enjoyable and remarkable realization of chords....

The pianist Myra Hess (1890-1965) became indelibly associated with Bach after she began playing 'Jesu, joy' by ear in 1920. Her arrangement of the Adagio (offprinted here from OUP's Bach Transcription...

From the collection The Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music for Organ, Book 2, this majestic piece contrasts a triumphal opening and ending section with a more reflective central section. Suitable for pla...

The first section of this original carol by Rosephanye Powell is composed in the style of an African-American spiritual, following a call-and-response pattern, while the second section is in a jubilan...

The work explores both conventional Sonata forms and the flexibility of performance practice for which Finnissy is renowned. The piece was designed to interact with some of the materials of the first...

Immanúel oss í nátt meditates on the birth of Christ with harmonies of increasing richness before ending with echoes of the opening motif. An English text by Bob Chilcott is presented alongside the or...

This work comprises three settings of sections from the Penitential Psalms, interspersed with four arrangements of the well-known Ubi caritas plainchant. The psalms may also be performed separately, g...

The Ballerina and the Clown develops a completely new story inspired by some of Hans Christian Andersen's charming papercuts, which are reproduced in the score. Alternative illustrations by Cecilia Ro...

A highly accessible and mellifluous arrangement for unaccompanied SATB. The delicate scoring, smooth vocal lines, and well-judged splashes of harmonic colour allow the simple beauty of the tune to be...

Merulo's setting of Dum illucescente, a text for the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist, is scored with high clefs. The motet is framed by two polyphonic sections that incorporate some melismatic vocal l...

Commissioned by Benenden School, Make We Merry is an eight-movement piece which sets texts from the 15th to 19th centuries to a variety of choral textures with a highly characterful accompaniment. A v...

Sarah Quartel brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text in this enchanting carol. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody, in 6/8 metre,...

The Blackbird is a beautiful arrangement of a Welsh folksong. It sets the folksong in an English translation by Margery Hargest Jones.

Gloss could be considered a companion piece to Random Girl (also for oboe and vibraphone), although it is rhythmically more formal and more restrained melodically.

Written for the Birmingham Schools Recorder Sinfonia, this engaging work is suitable for amateur performers. The mixed compound time signatures introduce some learning opportunities, while the melodic...

The Orgelbüchlein Project is a long running project to complete Bach's unfinished collection of organ music. McDowall has composed music for 'ghost' Chorale 119 (336) BWV 258 as her contribution to co...

Inspired by four poems by poets from the Chinese Tang dynasty, this piece directly combines Chinese and Western musical traditions. An undercurrent of tranquil meditation runs through the expressive w...

It evokes a mysterious, icy landscape, with a simple quiet tune and slowly rocking chords. It is No. 2 of a suite of three songs, 'At the Turn of the Year', depicting scenes of winter.

This piece takes its inspiration from the Chinese legends of great bells which spontaneously ring without being struck. It requires a variety of interesting techniques from the performer, including st...

The Flea was commissioned as a work 'suitable for singing in an informal setting and easily memorised'. It is a free and humorous setting of John Donne's poem in which the poet attempts to seduce his...

Sacred and hallowed fire was commissioned by Harrison & Harrison as part of their 150 years celebration of organ building. It is one of a trilogy of works for organ by McDowall which draws from the po...