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Bainton, Edgar: Sonata for Cello and Piano Ref: H460

Never before published, Bainton's four-movement cello sonata is a substantial work in the tradition of Ireland, Bax and other late-Romantic composers for the instrument. Memorable themes and a colourful piano part convey a powerfully emotional narrative that will be welcomed by performers as a remarkable new addition to their repertoire.

Price: £12.95

Earnshaw, Alfred: Tarantella Op. 44, No 4 for Cello and Piano Ref: Y240

A highly respected cello teacher and performer, Alfred Earnshaw counted among his peers such notable twentieth-century composers of music for young cellists as Adam Carse and W. H. Squire. His Tarantella for cello and piano features on Children's Cello the delightful collection of cello miniatures recorded by Steven Isserlis and pianist Stephen Hough on a recent BIS recording (BISCD1562). Earnshaw commanded a fluent, graceful idiom ideally suited to inspire beginners with real musical values, and the piece combines open-string and first-position playing with the flair and character of an impressive recital item.

Price: £4.25

Elizabethan Consort Music: Sixteen "In Nomines" Ref: Y225

Set of String Parts corresponding with selected pieces from Musica Britannica Volumes 44 and 45.

Edited by Paul Doe.

Price: £20.00

Hayes, Morgan: Opera for Violin and Piano Ref: H448

Opera, by the leading young composer Morgan Hayes, takes its title from the 1987 film by the Italian director Dario Argento, famed for his work in the giallo horror genre. Though the story concerns a jinxed production of Verdi's opera Macbeth, the intense, highly charged music relates less to the physical action than to the prowling camerawork, abrupt jump-cutting and other techniques that contribute to the heightened melodrama uniquely characteristic of Argento's style.

Lasting about seven minutes, Opera has already been featured by several leading young violinists offering exciting new material in their recitals, and will be no less valued for its technical and interpretative challenges as a conservatoire test-piece at diploma level. A recording by Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea is due for forthcoming release on the prestigious NMC label.

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Price: £5.95

Hubicki, Margaret: A Posy of Pieces. Fifteen Pieces on Open Strings for Violin and Piano Ref: H453

Violin part and Piano part

By popular demand of many violin teachers for pre-grade 1 material suitable for individual and group tuition, Stainer & Bell have reissued Margaret Hubicki's A Posy of Pieces, a classic of the twentieth-century teaching repertoire.

Each of these beautifully shaped pieces is a romantic miniature that captures a mood, an association or a dance style with perfect accuracy, in an idiom that brilliantly expands the possibilities of open-string playing in genuine duo partnership with the piano.

Margaret Hubicki taught for many years at the Yehudi Menuhin School, and is widely admired as a teacher and a composer. Her understanding of the piano no less than of the violin is evident in the simple yet telling keyboard part of A Posy of Pieces, which enables any pianist-parent to join in music-making at home, as well as providing a rich and stimulating introduction to duo or group playing in the violin lesson.

Price: £6.25

Hubicki, Margaret: A Posy of Pieces. Separate Violin Part Ref: H453A

Extra violin part to go with H453 above

Price: £2.65

Jenkins, John: Fantasia-Suites. Two Treble Viols (or Violins), two Basses (Viols) and Organ Ref: Y218

Set of String Parts.

Edited by Andrew Ashbee. The organ part is available in Musica Britannica Volume 26 (MB26).

Price: £20.00

Samuel, Rhian: Emerging (lightly). Solo Viola and Chamber Ensemble Ref: Y244

Solo Viola and Flute, Clarinet in B flat, Two Violins, Cello and Harp

Commissioned by Mobius for its tenth anniversary project, and first performed by them at the Wigmore Hall on 22 March 2008, Emerging (lightly) is a showcase for solo viola, flute, clarinet, harp, two violins and cello. The music is fleet and light, concerned with the developing relationship between two contrasting ideas that is mediated by the solo instrument. Writing in The Times, Richard Morrison praised Emerging (lightly) for its musical argument: 'Here the viola was the still centre of a quicksilver polyphonic whirl, before intoning a haunting folk-like tune over an oasis of calm G major. The impression was of a serene character quelling fractious colleagues. Intriguing and stimulating ...'

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Price: £20.50

Samuel, Rhian: Shards of Light. Solo Violin Ref: Y228

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Shards of Light is dedicated to György Pauk, and is of Grade 8 to diploma standard. The contrast between its atmospheric main idea of fleet, ethereal figurations high on the E-string and more spiky and aggressive material suggests the image of its title, in music contemporary in sound yet accessible in feeling.

Like other instrumental works by Rhian Samuel, Shards of Light combines exciting instrumental virtuosity with a strongly poetic impulse, and is a most effective addition to the repertoire of new violin music, whether as an examination test-piece or as recital material.

Price: £6.50

Stanford, Charles Villiers: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op.129 arr.Viola Ref: H444

The composer's "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano" arranged for Viola and edited by Henry Waldo Warner and John White. VIOLA PART ONLY.

Stanford's Viola Sonata of 1911 was unavailable for many years, but is now reissued in a new engraving and revised edition by Professor John White. A richly melodious and romantic score in the tradition of the two Brahms sonatas for clarinet or viola, the sonata, which features a notable lament in dark, Celtic mood, framed by two expansive movements overflowing with the composer's characteristic lyricism, is a major addition to the repertoire of viola players, whether recitalists, examination candidates or recording artists.

This part is to be used with the piano part for the Clarinet Sonata (H44)....

Price: £4.00

Ward, John: Oxford Fantasias/Two-part Ayres Ref: Y221

Set of Parts
Edited by Ian Payne. Score available in Musica Britannica Volume 83 (MB83).

Price: £24.50

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