Partitions de Camden Music

The book contains ten short training melodies for Clarinet students making their first moves into the Jazz playing style. The pieces cover various aspects of Jazz phrasing including large interval leaps Latin Rock Swing and Blues rhythms and the Dorian mode. This updated version includes a free play-along CD recorded by Malcolm Miles that will allow you to put your new knowledge into practice and develop confidence in your Jazz phrasing.

Transcriptions of Bach seem suited to many combinations of instrument - the bassoon quartet is definitely one of them. (No contra required).

Jazz Routes is a stimulating and practical collection of progressive jazz pieces for Clarinet by Malcolm Miles. The nine terrific compositions cover a wide range of rhythmic and harmonic styles. Includes a CD containing demonstration tracks as well as recorded piano accompaniments.

Gershwin and Gershwin's classic syncopated favourite - one of the most endearing of the great Jazz songbooks and a snappy encore for unaccompanied SATB arranged here by Antony Saunders.

This quartet was written in the spring of 1995 and reflects something of my interest in Celtic poetry. While not overtly programmatic an echo of the powerful nostalgia that is such a potent characteristic of Celtic verse may be detected in the music.

Twelve Astrological Preludes were written over a period of roughly two years and several were broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night as well as in other concerts. Aquarius was written in 1994 as a filler to a popular BBC solo piano series of the time called At the Piano. It was named Aquarius for programming purposes and as Elms left the studio the producer called after him 'Only eleven to go' and so Twelve Astrological Preludes came into being.The preludes which run in the usual cycle are based upon two melodic strands and there is one piece in each of the twelve major keys. The character and style of each prelude alludes to certaincharacter traits of its particular birth sign and each piece bears the initials of a friend born under that particular sign. Each prelude is prefaced by a printed description of some of the general characteristics deemed to be associated with that sign. These are of course generalisations! Some preludes show a little deference to some of my favourite 'masters'.Elms has recorded Twelve Astrological Preludes for the Herald label and they are available on the CD Moody Moves together with other pieces of his chamber music including the piano sextet from which the CD takes its name. More information is available at masterkeyboards.co.uk.

Jeffery Wilson's Jazz Paraphrase is a collection of pieces in the style of famous Jazz Clarinettists.

Very few bassoonists will have escaped the clutches of Lucy Long - now 3 bassoonist plus contra can tackle her together.

Two great pieces by one of Britain's top young composers. As recorded by Kirsten Spratt on her CD Triligence.

Return To Avalon is scored for two flutes one doubling Piccolo the other doubling Alto Flute.In the mid-thirteenth century over 200 000 Cathars were murdered in the South of France 'Avalon' by forces of darkness and ignorance. The Cathars were European Buddhists who believed in loving each other that we are all equal in the eyes of God non-revenge vegetarianism and that women could be priests. They also believed in reincarnation.In answer to threats and bullying many of them chose to be burnt alive rather than be forced to follow teachings they believed to be untrue.People say that the Cathars never came back. People saythat they died in vain. But I believe that they are wrong I believe that the Cathars did come back to create a Church of light outside the constricts of religion but through the arts through music poetry and prose.'Return to Avalon' is the story of two great Cathar flute players who rise from the ashes of the Montsegur massacre to return and baptize the world into the truth of the eternal through the beauty of sound and honesty of expression. I imagined these 'Sons of the light ' playing this piece and letting its message of friendship and brotherhood echo out over the mountains.'Return to Avalon' begins with 'The Last Song' a 13th century Cathar melody echoed on alto flute then explores an idea I first used in my 1993 flute concerto the idea of orchestrated digital delay.The second movement 'Human flame' on piccolo and alto is also based on a medieval theme but takes it further and further out until finally it burns up into a huge fireball.In the third movement 'Sons of the light return to Avalon' the two flutes reappear Phoenix-like from the ashes leading and learning from each other. Eventually the flutes become inseparable as they interweave together at speed leading us to a higher truth that we are all brothers and sisters equally loved by God.Phenomenal flautist Samuel

Soprano saxophone and piano. A blend of minimalism and Irish folk music makes this an interesting and appealing concert work. Recorded by Gerard McChrystal CMC CD01.

A suite of 6 superb pieces by Gary Ryan who many consider to be the UK's finest classical guitarist. Ryan's lyrical and atmospheric style effortlessly draws on the inspiration of images of America's Wild West to provide an exceptionally attractive set of pieces which can be performed individually or as a suite lasting 25 minutes. Ryan recorded the suite on CD in 2003.