Sheet Music for Orchestra

Frank Bridge's evocative Dance Poem for orchestra (1913) is a crucial work in his output. As well as the arresting themes and vivid orchestral colours that typify this fascinating composer's early wor...

Vaughan Williams arrived in Paris in 12th December 1907 so that he could have lessons with Maurice Ravel. This is the first of his works to demonstrate the effects of these lessons which, as he wrote...

Machines and Dreams was commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra for the opening concert of their 1991 'Childhood' Festival, with the first performance given at the barbican Hall, London on 24 Ja...

George Benjamin CBE is one of the outstanding composers of his generation. Born in 1960, Benjamin started to play the piano at the age of seven, and began composing almost immediately. He is now the H...

Music from the BBC's adapatation of Mrs Gaskell's classic novels Cranford , arranged for small orchestra. Instrumentation: 1(=picc & afl).2(II=ca).2.2(II=cbsn) - 2000 - timp - perc(2):bell/tgl/tamb/sl...

'… a magnificent orchestral journey through chaos to consolation.' The Times (Geoff Brown), 20 February 2010

The title refers to the North Star, or Pole Star, around which other stars appear to rotate. For this 15-minute score Mr. Adès has devised an elusive melody that is played in canon by groups of brass...

A heartfelt and subtly beautiful tribute to the dead of the First World War, Vaughan Williams' Third Symphony is amongst his most powerful works. Misunderstood at its premiere in 1922, the haunting 35...

After a period of intense work and isolation for Benjamin, his much-awaited new opera, Written on Skin , was premiered at the Aix-en-Provence Festival on 7 July 2012. A long standing ovation was the f...

The birth of any opera is a special event. The birth of Written on Skin has been extraordinary. It is once in generation, or even a lifetime, that a new opera receives such unanimous acclaim and so ma...

Symphony No.7 by David Matthews was commissioned by the BBC as part of the BBC Philharmonic's and Halle's complete Mahler in Manchester series and was first performed by the Philharmonic on 24 April 2...

Thomas Adès's The Tempest is one of the most striking and successful operas of recent years. This paperback full score edition is perfect for use as a study score for conductors and musicians. From th...

Thomas Adès' The Tempest, one of the most striking and successful operas of recent years, is available for the first time as a beautifully produced, limited-edition full score. Featuring the stunning...

One of Anderson's scintillating scores, rhythmically intricate, rich in unexpected and often eerie sounds, and with a vein of lyricism... Instrumentation: 4 (III & IV = picc, IV = picc detuned ¼ tone)...

Speakings for orchestra and electronics is undoubtably one of Jonathan Harvey's most important and ambitious works. Composed in 2008, it utilises a unique process of electronic transformation develope...

Instrumentation: 2 picc.0.1.ca.cl.bcl.cbcl.bsax.2 cbsn - 2110 - perc(3): glsp/xyl/mar/BD/cabasa/cast/Chinese.cym/crot/glass bottles/guiro/hi-hat cym/large tin/metal bar/piece of wood/siz.cym/snare dru...

Britten's last opera, Death In Venice , is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the ageing novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes infatuated by a boy he sees o...

Commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, this 25-minute journey from complex momentum to expressive simplicity displays all the ingenious craft we have come to expect from Matthews, together...

Hillborg's first Violin Concerto , composed in the early 90s, is a pivotal work in his oeuvre. Composed in the wake of his highly experimental Clang & Fury and Celestial Mechanics - both of which empl...

Instrumentation: 3(all=picc).3(III=ca).3(III=bcl).3.cbsn – 4.4.3.1 – perc(3): glsp/crot/vib/t.bells/glass harmonica (or 4 wine glasses - 2 players)/wind chimes/cast/tam-t/BD – harp – pno – chorus (64...

Inspired by Oliver Sacks's fascinating exploration of atypical mental states 5 Hallucinations , Carl Vine's Trombone Concerto was premiered in October 2016 by Michael Mulcahy and the Chicago Symphony...

An intense reflection on romantic passion and loss, Anders Hillborg's …lontano in sonno… for voice (mezzo-soprano/soprano) and orchestra sets sonnets by Petrarch. Originally written for Anne Sofie von...

This full score is a perfect accompaniment to the previously published vocal score and text. Instrumentation: 8 Singers: KING (Bar)/ISABEL (S)/GAVESTON/STRANGER (Bar)/MORTIMER (T)/BOY/YOUNG KING (High...

Dedicated to the memory of Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin's 2021 Concerto for Orchestra premiered at the BBC proms by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Benjamin said that the piece attempts 'to conjure a...

This facsimile full score edition of Gustav Holst’s The Planets Opus 32 edited by Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews, is presented as a clothbound, full-colour, hardback edition with dustjacket. With a l...