From Concerto For Violin and Oboe-This excellent String Quartet arrangement of Bach's much-loved concerto for Violin and Oboe is straightforward and accessible technically to reasonably good players as there are no tricky rhythms or high notes. SJ Music has also published John Cooley's arrangements of Mozart's Piano duets K497 and K521 for Piano trio (T1988-4) and Piano quartet (Q1995-2) respectively Bach's Organ Passacaglia and Fugue for String Quartet (Q2001-1) and one of Purcell's trio sonatas for string trio.(T2005-1)

This piece was written in 1992 and its rhythms are derived from folk music. It's not easy but bassists will have fun learning it. Both players play from the same score so keeping together by seeing the other player's part is made easier. Julian Dale was born in 1954 and works as a freelance Bass player and composer in Bristol.

This Fantasy Stanford's second for Clarinet and String Quartet was written in 1922 only two years before his death in London in 1924. Stanford's 1st Fantasy (Q1996-5) and fifth String Quartet are also published by SJ Music (Q1998-1).

Prelude Bowing Coordination-This widely admired work gives Bunting's insights about Cello playing in a commentary interspersed with exercises designed to produce rapid development of instrumental skill. Volume 1 starts with a 'Prelude' a searching enquiry into the mental and physical factors affecting the skilful functioning and development of technique. There follows a section of commentary and exercises to build a skilful and artistic bowing technique. The next section on the various aspects of coordination draws upon ideas described in the Prelude and clarifies central problems not often resolved.Volume 2 also published by SJ Music is devoted to the action placing and movement ofthe left hand. It proposes new ways of patterning the various positions and movements and uses ideas of finger-action first proposed by Casals.'I was amazed at how much useful information Christopher Bunting manages to fit into this book. His mind is as thoroughly analytical as any I have ever come across ... answers to a vast range of technical questions ... eminently readable ... essential reading for teachers and mature students. ... a wonderfully useful reference book.' Stephen Isserlis

This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first violinist but the musical result is worth the effort and players familiar with Beethoven's quartets will enjoy playing it. It is one of three Hummel opus 30 quartets published by SJ Music. All three are classical in style and pleasurable to listen to and play and many would say that they have been unjustly neglected. Johann Nepomuk Hummel was a Hungarian pianist conductor and composer born in Pozsony (now Bratislava) in 1778. He died in Weimar in 1837. Mozart heard him play aged seven in Vienna and was so impressed that he offered him lessons and took him to live with him for the next two years.As an adult in Vienna he became good friends with Beethoven.

These String trio arrangements of some of Bach's many 'inventions' (published by SJ Music in two volumes) will bring pleasure to all who play them. The 2nd Violin part as an alternative to the Viola part makes them accessible with or without a Viola player on hand.

This is a fun piece for two Violas playing the same part but with one player starting one bar after the other player. There are two separate printed parts plus a score with both parts. It is by Domenico Gabrielli an Italian composer and Cello virtuoso who was born in Bologna in1651. He became widely known as a Cello virtuoso and composer of Vocal music. He wrote 12 operas in the 1680s but he contracted an incurable disease and died in Bologna in July 1690.

This String Quartet along with other chamber works by Onslow is worthy of serious study alongside works of other composers of the period such as Beethoven. It has a lively and tuneful first movement a beautiful theme and variations (including a florid variation with an exciting part for 1st Violin) a pretty minuet and trio and a rousing final movement. All instruments have interesting parts.George Onslow an Anglo-French composer was born in Clermont-Ferrand in July 1784 and died there in October 1853. Three of his String Quintets and his Piano quintet are also published by SJ Music (Q1993-5 Q1991-1 Q1993-4 and Q2005-2).