Sigh No More

Créé en 2007, ce groupe de folk/rock de Londres formé de Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett et Ted Dwayne a progressivement connu un succès planétaire et s'impose désormais en représentant de la renaissance de la musique folk londonienne. Leur premier album, Sigh No More a été acclamé par la presse à sa sortie, et plus particulièrement par Zane Lowe de la BBC 1 qui a qualifié la chanson Little Lion Man de 'titre le plus cool du monde.'L'album est devenu disque de platine Royaume-Uni et cette édition présente pour la première fois des arrangements pour piano, chant et guitare de toutes les chansons. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

Does the thought of sight-reading make you groan'The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sigh-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems especially in the context of graded exams.Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to a specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulouslygraded sight-reading pieces.New edition devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.Paul Harris is one of the most respected music educationalist known for his innovative Simultaneous Learning approach. He has over 500 publications to his name including the highly-acclaimed Improve your teaching! Improve your scales! Improve your aural! and Improve your practice! series. Paul writes frequesntly on music education and is in great demand as a workshop and seminar leader around the world.

Does the thought of sight-reading make you groan'The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sigh-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems especially in the context of graded exams.Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to a specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulouslygraded sight-reading pieces.New edition devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.Paul Harris is one of the most respected music educationalist known for his innovative Simultaneous Learning approach. He has over 500 publications to his name including the highly-acclaimed Improve your teaching! Improve your scales! Improve your aural! and Improve your practice! series. Paul writes frequesntly on music education and is in great demand as a workshop and seminar leader around the world.

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types and abilities, this collection has been edited by David Wordsworth so that all the pieces are fantastic both to sing and hear.The collection features some beautiful settings that have well and truly stood the test of time, such as Thomas Arne's Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind and Henry Leslie's How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps. More recent settings from 20th century and contemporary composers include Ernest Moeran's Sigh No More, Ladies, Gary Carpenter's Lo, Here, The Gentle Lark and John Tavener's Fear No More and Look In Thy Glass.Not only this, the Shakespeare Choral Collection boasts several works that were specially commissioned, including John Joubert's Be Not Afeard, Richard Sisson's Light Thickens and Pawel Lukaszewki's Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed. Some pieces have never appeared before in print, such as those by Kevin Olsen, Bernard Hughes and John Gardner. These songs truly are a joy to perform, with some relatively simple arrangements that are purely fun to sing, while some more complex settings that will be thoroughly rewarding for choirs and audiences alike.A total of 26 fantastic works comprise The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, which would work as a wonderful concert programme on its own, or could provide a wealth of options for choirs looking to expand their repertoire with a range of unique settings. Also included is a fascinating introduction by editor David Wordsworth, and notes describing each piece.Words written by indisputably the greatest writer in the English language can only be matched with music by composers of talent and renown such as these. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection is an essential anthology of stunning settings of beautiful words which will be performed and enjoyed for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)