Symphony Orchestra with Vocals

Instrumentation: alto solo, campanella (2 bells), strings and b.c.

St. Matthew Passion composed by Bent Sørensen

A Simple and effective setting of a poem by Thomas Hardy, mostly in unison with some elementary two-part singing. Ideal for a school choir.

A committed pacifist born into a renowned military family is met with a torrent of disapproval over his beliefs yet desperate to keep the love of his would-be bride, Owen is determined to prove his in...

Britten began composing his Quatre chansons francaises in June 1928 and had finished the full score by August of that year, before his 15th birthday. The songs reflect the impact of his lessons with F...

The story of the American folk hero follows the development of the American continent from virgin forest to civilization. It does so in a deliberately eclectic style. Spoken dialogue is interspersed w...

It already counts as a modern classic...' The Observer (Fiona Maddocks), 6 April 2014 Instrumentation: Duchess (S)/Hotel Manager (B)/Electrician (T)/Maid (S) 3 cl(I in Bb=bcl+ssax+bsax.II in A=bcl+asa...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Interludes and Aria from ‘Lessons in Love and Violence’ (2024) is a 15-minute montage of excerpts for soprano and orchestra from  Benjamin and Crimp’s celebrated 2018 opera. Premiered by Sir Simon Rat...

Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens' production, Ivanhoé belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de R...

Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens' production, Le Retour de Virginie (Virginia's Return) belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of...

Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens' production, Ivanhoé belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de R...

Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens' production, Le Retour de Virginie (Virginia's Return) belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of...

Details: soprano and orchestra (2 fl., 2 htb., 2 cl. sib, 2 bons, 2 horns in F, 2 trp. in C, 2 trb., tuba, timp., 3 perc. and string quintet)

Martinu composed the one-act opera 'Ariane' over the course of a single month, in June 1958. He prepared the libretto himself according to his friend Georges Neveux's play 'The Voyage of Theseus' (194...