Chester Music

39 popular works for piano featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Preface by Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett.

This work for clavichord or piano, composed in 1960, is published here in a typeset edition for the first time.

Ornament 3 is a re-arrangement, by the composer, for solo piano of the third movement from Bryce Dessner’s larger work, Ornament and Crime, a 15-minute solo violin work originally commissioned by Muzi...

A beautiful work for solo piano composed by the Grammy Award winning composer and band member of The National, Bryce Dessner

Ancestral Voices by Brian Elias is a short piano piece with a title taken from Coleridge’s famous poem “Kubla Khan.” While the piece is not programmatic, some of the imagery in the poem is the inspira...

Inspired by a Japanese water garden admired by the composer, The Water Garden for piano four hands was written for Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo.

Farewell to Oxford is a short piano duet (four hands) commissioned by Messiah University and first performed in April 2024.

Cheryl Frances-Hoad's 'Dance Suite' for solo piano is an 11 minute piece in five movements, commissioned by Presteigne Festival to be premiered in August 2024.

Blue for piano four hands comes from Oliver Davis’ 2023 album of the same name, performed by Dutch piano duo Beth and Flo.

The Silver Moon is a short piano piece for young and amateur players. Its title comes from a poem by D H Lawrence called Weeknight Service.

Reflection for solo piano by Oliver Davis is a short piece with a a song-like form; its 'chorus' feels similar to a ballet in style. The premiere recording is performed by Huw Watkins on the album LIF...

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) is considered to be the father of modern Russian music, and was the first Russian to have his work performed in the West. His influence is clearly seen in the work of MilyBa...

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba is the best known excerpt from Handel's oratorio Solomon. When audience's taste for opera waned somewhat, Handel turned to the creation of Old Testament-based oratori...

The composer, conductor, and pianist André Previn (b. 1929) is originally of Russian Jewish origin. He left his native Germany in 1938 to live in Paris and subsequently settled in Los Angeles in 1940....

The Cadenza from the third Movement of Mozart's popular Piano Concerto In D Minor K. 466 as re-written by Andre Previn.

In recent years, Andre Previn's diverse achievements have won him a succession of honours, from Germany's Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit and a Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement, t...

The Not-Doings of an Insomniac - Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts - was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort C...

Written for two double basses. This work is warmly dedicated to Peter Buckoke and Judith Kleinman, who gave the first performance at the Purcell Room, London, on 29th March 2006. Q. What sound man can...

Darkness and Scattered Light by John Luther Adams is a unique piece scored for five double basses. Having worked as a full-time environmental activist earlier in his life, Adams writes music deeply co...

Three Nocturnes by John Luther Adams was written in 2022 for solo double bass. Having worked as a full-time environmental activist earlier in his life, Adams writes music deeply connected to the natur...

Edited by Philip Jones & Elgar Howarth. The Just Brass series is regarded by brass players worldwide as the most important brass ensemble series available. There are more than 100 titles subdivided in...

Edited by Philip Jones & Elgar Howarth. The Just Brass series is regarded by brass players worldwide as the most important brass ensemble series available. There are more than 100 titles subdivided in...