Chester Music

The Ritual Fire Dance, arr. Halffter, 1942

Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director James Levine, and given its first performance on 22nd February 2007 at Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, b...

The River Cam by Eric Whitacre, first performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 14 April 2011 by Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eric Whitacre.

Premiered on the 13th August 1981 by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Reconstructed by Philip Wilby from sketches, consisting of 51 fully orchestrated bars and a partial sketch of a further 83.

Composer's Notes:Dove, Star-Folded was written at Christmas, 2000, in memory of the recently deceased Sir Steven Runciman, who had been a friend for more than thirty years. It was he who owned the sma...

A dreamlike and evocative work from Peter Maxwell Davies for flute and orchestra. The piece captures the wonder and sanctuary of the composer's home, surrounded by seabirds and seals that fire the ima...

The rather unusual title of Flute Sonata for a work for orchestra - in fact a Concerto - is explained by the fact that it was originally written by Francis Poulenc, the French composer who diedin1963...

Commissioned by the 1974 City of London Festival. premiered by Julian Bream and the English Chamber Orchestra.

The première of Leo Brouwer's Concierto de Benicassim took place at the Certamen Internacional de Guitarra 'Francisco Tárrega' in Benicassim, Spain on 31st August 2002 to mark the 150th anniversary of...

This piece was written for guitar solo and orchestra in 1999. It is also known as Concierto No. 8-Concierto Cantata de Perugia.

The Clarinet Concerto was written in 1968 in response to a commission from the Royal Philharmonic Society. It was first performed in February 1969 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davi...

Rescored from Variations For Two Pianos (1941) at the request of the composer's pianist friend Felicja Blumenthal who gave the first performance in Miami in November 1979 with the Florida Philharmonic...

The Finnish composer Saariaho compositions are said to be 'confronted with the darkest and most dazzling dimensions of your subconscious, and glimpses of the existential journeys she has made. ' The G...

Concerto, for piano and small orchestra, based entirely on material selected from the soundtrack for the film The Piano. Commissioned by the Festival de Lille, it was composed in spring 1993 and first...

Originally composed in 2007, this is the Full Score to the 2013 revised version. Duration: 21 minutes.

This orchestral work, commissioned by the Feeney Trust, was first performed in March 1979 at the Birmingham Town hall by Stephen Kovacevich with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by...

Work for Piano and Orchestra commissioned by the BBC for a Henry Wood Promenade Concert in 1991. Premiered by Joanna MacGregor.

This reconstruction of the Concerto in D, K. 315f was first performed on 15th August 1985 at the Dartington Hall Summer School of Music, by Ernst Kovacic (Violin) and Bernard Roberts (Piano), with the...

This work is scored for Concertante Oboe, Trumpet and Violin Soli, and orchestra.

Commissioned by the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.

Work for Violin and Orchestra commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Gulbenkian Foundation. Premiered by Manoung Parikian.

Score. The title of the work relates to its form, which consists of two structurally independent strands. Sections within each strand begin and end at different times. Chain 2 is in 4 movements: Ad L...

First performed on 14th September 1997, at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki by John Storgårds, violin, the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and Hannu Lintu, conductor.

This work was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Music Director Designate, and New York City Ballet...