Piping Hot

The Royal Regiment-A collection of Regimental Pipe Marches and Calls together with many excellent tunes previously unpublished. Includes a history of piping in the Royal Scots with photographs and a foreward by the Colonel of the Regiment.

Pibroch which literally means ‘piping’ in Scots Gaelic has been traditionally played on the bagpipes for several centuries. But there is an earlier tradition of pibroch having been performed on the wire-strung Celtic harp andit is this earlier practice that Bantock recalls with the arpeggiated accompaniment of the harp or Piano in his Pibroch. The throaty Cello tones carry the sadness of the lament.Composer conductor and educator Granville Bantock’sScottish parentage certainly influences much of his music oeuvre which is reaching new audiences through renewed interest in the performance of his works including at the last night of the Proms. He was an energetic andcreative personality who was key in founding the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and championing the music of Jean Sibelius in his day. Edward Elgar dedicated the second of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches to Bantock.

Vibrant mixed meters and buoyant vocal writing make this work for treble voices a joyful celebration of winter! Comparing a sudden snow storm to a shepherd piping down the valley with his flocks the poetry combines with the musicto create a vivid and exciting showcase for treble choirs.

for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra. Par BRYARS GAVIN. The piece is dedicated to John Harle and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, who commissioned it with funds made available by South West Arts. It makes use of the saxophone's ability to play long expressive melodic passages, and was written too, having seen the Sinfonietta perform, with some of its individual players in mind. Although played without a break, the piece does fall into a number of recognisable sections delineated by a change of tempo, or by a substantial shift of texture. For example, shortly before the end, there is a passage where the saxophone is accompanied by 21 solo strings - the entire string section playing divisi, followed by a coda, which contains simultaneous 'laments' (for saxophone, cor anglais, French horn, and solo violin). The Green Ray is the title of a romantic novel by Jules Verne, set in the West of Scotland, in which a peculiar atmospheric phenomenon plays the key part. A 'green ray' is seen at sunset in certain latitudes, and in certain coastal conditions, just as the sun touches the horizon and, for a brief moment, the orange sun emits a green ray of light. In the Verne story the simultaneous sighting of the ray will seal a couple's love, and the attempts of a young man to do this are constantly frustrated (by sudden clouds, by a yacht passing along the horizon, and so on). This part of Western Scotland is also the place where certain piping traditions originated. Male pipers practised in one cave on the seashore, females in another ( the 'piper's cave' and the 'pigeon's cave'). As they played their laments at twilight a triangulation, similar to that in the Verne story (male-ray-female) may well have occurred without the knowledge of the innocent participants, hence the sequence of simultaneous laments in the coda. On one occasion I witnessed the green ray in Southern California. I was returning along the coast after having climbed up Mt. Tecate, on the top of which is a house, now empty, where Evans-Wentz translated The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Gavin Bryars./ Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano et Piano

John MacLellan (1921-1991) was a British Army Piper whose playing teaching and leadership were revered by those who knew him. He was the youngest ever Pipe Major in the British Army the first Director of Army Bagpipe Music and won countless piping competitions. In The Piper’s Handbook he provides a complete guide to all non-musical aspects of the Highland Bagpipes including its components maintenance reeds set-up competitions and much much more. An essential resource for any Bagpipe player this book contains rare advice that will be treasured by all who receive it.

A brilliant composition by Jouni Kaipainen completed in 1984 for Bass Clarinet in Bb and Piano accompaniment. Was commissioned by the Radio of Netherlands (NOS) and the Finnish Broadcasting Company.

Une composition brillante par Jouni Kaipainen achevée en 1984 pour clarinette basse en si bémol et piano duo. A été commandé par la Radio des Pays-Bas (NOS) et la Société finlandaise de radiodiffusion. / Clarinette / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition

What fun to sing this new arrangement of the popular Irish folk song accompanied with a sprightly piano optional flute and hand drum. Your singers will feel as if they are on the Emerald Isle as they perform the happy melody crafted with harmonies and rhythmic vocal lines. Flute and Hand Drum parts are available for download on the Closer Look page. What fun to sing this new arrangement of the popular Irish folk song accompanied with a sprightly piano optional flute and hand drum. Your singers will feel as if they are on the Emerald Isle as they perform the happy melody crafted with harmonies and rhythmic vocal lines. Flute and Hand Drum parts are available for download on the Closer Look page.