SKU: OU.9780193519602
ISBN 9780193519602. 12 x 8 inches.
Vaughan Williams's romance for solo violin and orchestra is given new life in this beautiful arrangement. Perfect as a rehearsal tool in preparation for a larger-scale orchestral concert, the arrangement is also ideal for performance in a chamber recital.
SKU: OU.9780193373679
ISBN 9780193373679. 12 x 8 inches.
Written as the test piece for the CAVATINA Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition held at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, this short piece gives ensembles an opportunity to display their creativity by allowing experimentation with texture, dynamics, and articulation.
SKU: OU.9780193588806
ISBN 9780193588806. 12 x 8 inches.
For string quartet. Tendrils has been described as a 'masterly display of Skempton's utterly natural art.' It is built out of continuous undulating lines that sustain their effect throughout, the impulse being lyrical and experimental.
SKU: OU.9780193583580
ISBN 9780193583580. 12 x 8 inches.
The work is in one unbroken span that is formed from four linked movements.
SKU: OU.9780193577671
ISBN 9780193577671. 12 x 8 inches.
Mathias' third and final quartet was commissioned by the 1986 Harrogate International Festival and premiered there in August that year by the Medici Quartet. It has three movements: the first takes the form of a sonata, the second starts off as mysterious and lyrical and moves into a fiery climax, and the third uses exciting fugal passages and 'scherzando' sections, which make for a thrilling conclusion.
SKU: OU.9780193412354
ISBN 9780193412354. 12 x 8 inches.
Berkeley's second string quartet uses a free, random presentation of thematic material. There is a sharp contrast between the tight and rhythmic central section and the final passage which dispenses with barlines altogether, providing a fascinating journey through interrelated and continuous sections.
SKU: OU.9780193554986
ISBN 9780193554986. 12 x 8 inches.