Faber Music

. . .has an extraordinary bleakness, like cold stone in winter sunlight. The instruments, mainly strings and percussion, are systematically drained of color, yet the final moments offer some of the mo...

Premiered by Oliver Knussen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1992, Broken Symmetry is a 20-minute outburst of energy and momentum. Vivid, violent, occasionally threatening, its character is continuou...

It is hard to believe that Benjamin Britten was 16 when he wrote the Quartettino, such is the skill and intellectual command. Peter Stadlen, The Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1983

Benjamin Britten wrote his 'String Quartet in F' in April 1928, shortly after he began lessons with Frank Bridge. He was fourteen at the time and it is thought that this piece was set as a homework ex...

The string quartet score for Arcadiana composed by Thomas Adès in digital sheet music format.

The parts for the string quartet Arcadiana composed by Thomas Adès in digital sheet music format.

The full score to the Phantasy Quartet composed by Imogen Holst in digital sheet music format.

Arnold himself was a prolific trumpeter and was principal for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, widely acknowledged as one of the great trumpeters of the age.

Ensemble Magazine, Spring 2013

Although the piece was supposedly composed by the fictional Boris Danilov, the job of creating an authentic period piece of dazzling violin music fell to the film's composer, Nigel Hess, who utilized...

Flexi Violin 2 is a refreshingly diverse collection for violin with both piano and violin duet accompaniments from leading educational authors Paul Harris and Jessica O'Leary. Suitable for Grade 3 to...

Salut D'Amour, composed by Edward Elgar for violin and piano accompaniment in digital sheet music format, taken from Real Repertoire for Violin, as selected by Mary Cohen.

Theme from 'The New World Symphony' (Fourth Movement), composed by Antonín Dvorák and arranged for violin solo in digital sheet music format.

RANT! is a portrait of the saxophonist Jess Gillam: her energy, her sound and her presence, painted in music from her own part of England. A ‘rant' in the tradition of English folk music is an energet...

Whirleybird, written by Pam Wedgwood, for piano solo in digital sheet music format.

There's No One Quite Like Grandma, written by Gordon Lorenz, as performed by St Winifred's School Choir, arranged for voice and piano with guitar chords.

Scales and arpeggios are the backbone of confident, polished playing. Practicing these two pillars of technique develops dexterity and speed. When combined with essential music theory patterns, the re...

Ensemble Magazine, Spring 2013

Improve Your Practice! Is the essential companion for pianists, enscapsulating Paul Harris's failsafe 'simultaneous learning' approach. This preliminary book in the series features six fun pieces whic...

The best-selling series guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems, by building up a complete picture of each piece, through rhythmic and melodic exerci...

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 3 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems, by building up a compl...

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 4 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris, guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems, by building up a comp...

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 5 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris, guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems, by building up a comp...

Pam Wedgwood's Piano Basics Series provides the building blocks to develop a sound technique in an imaginative and practical way, whilst also establishing key musicianship skills. This book is ideal t...