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pg 2 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 3 LENNOX BERKELEY/ BENJAMIN BRITTEN MONT JUIC (1937) Duration: 12 mins. This attractive set of four Catalan dances was www.boosey.com created as an unusual collaboration between two of this century’s leading British composers. MUSIC FOR YOUTH ORCHESTRAS Orchestral Berkeley (1903-89) and Britten (1913-76) visited a music festival in Barcelona in 1936 and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA attended a performance of Catalan dancing in ROBIN HOLLOWAY the district known as Mont Juic, which inspired GOLD ON BRONZE (2010) JOHN ADAMS them to work together on a folk- influenced Duration: 25 minutes TWO FANFARES (1986) orchestral suite. The resulting score is richly For orchestra Duration: 8 mins. orchestrated but rhythmically straightforward, 2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp-strings The two orchestral fanfares by American com- making it suitable for learning on a short music poser John Adams (b.1947) are amongst his course. ELENA KATS-CHERNIN most popular works, performed by leading or- 2.2.2.asax(ad lib).tsax(ad lib).2—4.2.3.1— RETONICA (1993) chestras throughout the world. The scoring of timp.perc(2)—harp—strings Duration: 13 minutes Tromba Lontana highlights two solo trumpets Study Score available for sale. For orchestra. As I was writing this piece, I be- placed either side of the platform and their calls came interested in thinking about the whole no- are accompanied by ethereal orchestration LEONARD BERNSTEIN tion of tonality. I had spent many years prior to which demands great subtlety in performance. HALIL (1981) this doing experimental works and I found that The contrasting Short Ride in a Fast Machine is Duration: 16 minutes I was being drawn back to the idea of a tonic, a brilliant study in minimalist pulsation, whose Nocturne for solo flute and small orchestra. which for me is always ‘do’ or C, and also the exciting challenges will ensure an enthusiastic This work is dedicated “To the Spirit of Yadin idea of a tonic as a restorative or re-energizing response. and to his Fallen Brothers.” The reference is to element. I wrote the work just before my en- 2.2picc.2.corA.4(III,IV ad lib)—4.4.3.1—timp. Yadin Tanenbaum, a nineteen-year-old Israeli semble piece Clocks, and in many ways the perc(3) -2 opt.synth(Casio 200 or Yamaha DX flutist who, in 1973, at the height of his musical two works are related: both contain sections of series)—pft—harp—strings powers was killed in his tank in the Sinai. He clock-like mechanistic material. Study Score available for sale. would have been twenty-seven years old at the 3(I=picc).3.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-perc(3):5tpl.bl/t. time this piece was written. bells/SD/sandbl/anvil/chimes/crot/ 2stones/ DOMINICK ARGENTO picc.afl-timp.perc(5):vib/4SD/BD/2susp.cym/ darabuka/tam-t/marimba/vib/bell tree-harp- FIRE VARIATIONS (1981-82) high & low gongs/glsp/xyl/2tgl/chimes/4tom-t/ hpd(amplified)-cel-prepared pft-2button Duration: 20 mins. cyms/tam-t/whip(frusta)/4wdbl-harp-strings accordions(or 2kbd)-strings(12.10.8.8.6) The American composer Dominick Argento (b.1927) is best known for his widely-performed BORIS BLACHER OBSIDIAN LIGHT (2010) operas, but he has also written a number of CONCERTANTE MUSIK (1937) Duration: 10 minutes very attractive orchestral works, including Fire Duration: 11 minutes For orchestra Variations. The opening theme is a musical For orchestra 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp-harp-strings

setting of the blacksmith’s worksong sung by 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp-strings HAWKES AND BOOSEY the apprentice Pip in Dickens’ Great Expecta- HANS KRÁSA tions. The eight variations and finale illuminate TWO INVENTIONS (1954) OVERTURE FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA different aspects of the forge’s flames, which Duration: 12 minutes (1943-44) may be smouldering, crackling, comforting or For orchestra Duration: 7 minutes threatening. The clear sectional structure will 2.2.2.2-4.2.0.0-timp.perc-strings 2cl-2tpt-pft-strings aid rehearsals. 3(III=picc).2.corA.3(III=bcl).3—4.3.3.1—timp. THEO BRANDMÜLLER SIMON LAKS perc(2)—pft—cel—harp—strings VENEZIANISCHE SCHATTEN (1981) PETITE SUITE LÉGÈRE (1960) Study Score available for sale. Duration: 8 minutes Duration: 9 minutes 1(=picc).0.corA.1.1(=dbn)-2.1.0.0-2perc- For orchestra BÉLA BARTÓK strings 2.picc.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp(3).perc-strings HUNGARIAN PICTURES (1931) Duration: 11 mins. DETLEV GLANERT MARK LOTHAR Bartók (1881-1945) created this orchestral DREI TÄNZE (2002) GOLDONI-MUSIK (1979) work from earlier piano pieces, capturing Duration: 12 minutes Duration: 20 minutes the full flavour of the Hungarian folk material For tuba and orchestra. Glanert wrote this brisk Concertino for three solo-woodwinds and small through characteristic use of instrumental co- three-movement piece for the clumsy solo in- orchestra lour and rhythmic vitality. The movements are strument which the soloist still managed to play 2(II=picc).1.1.1-2.0.0.0-perc(2)-hpd-strings titled Evening in the Village, Bear Dance, Melo- with some agility and precisely differentiated dy, Slightly Tipsy, and Swineherd’s Dance. The sound. The abundant, colourful orchestration, PETER MAXWELL DAVIES composer’s simple style here was intended to unfolding a great range of instrumental colours, DANCES FROM ‘THE TWO FIDDLERS’ facilitate performance and the work should ap- unleashes its power in the finale which is more (1978) peal to younger youth orchestras. inspired by Leonard Bernstein than by anybody Duration: 10 minutes 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2—2.2.2.1—timp.perc— else. For violin and instrumental ensemble harp—strings 2.2.2.1-2.2.1.0-perc(2).harp.pft- picc.bcl-perc(1):4tpl.bl/2wdbl/BD with pedal/ Study Score available for sale. strings(min.6.5.4.3.2) SD/maracas-pft-solo vln.vlc pg 2 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 3 KAMMERSINFONIE II (1972) Duration: 14 minutes ORKNEY WEDDING, WITH SUNRISE (1985) For small orchestra Duration: 13 minutes 1.1.1.0-0.0.0.0-strings For orchestra with bagpipe solo. The music is folklike, delightful, and increasingly boozy and KONFRONTATIONEN (1974) woozy as the celebrations go on until the maj- Duration: 13 minutes esty of dawn, embodied in the arrival of a High- For orchestra land bagpiper. 3(III=picc).3(III=corA).2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp. THREE DANCE VARIATIONS FROM ‘FANCY 2.2.2(II=bcl).2-4.2.2.1-timp.perc(4):susp. perc(3)-harp-pft-strings FREE’ (1944) cym/swanee whistle/slapstic BD/SD/large Duration: 7 mins. tamb/4wdbl/cyms/glsp/marimba/crot-Highland STROPHEN (1970) The ballet Fancy Free by Leonard Bernstein bagpipes-strings Duration: 8 minutes (1918-90) was one of the composer’s earliest For orchestra successes, telling of three sailors with only 24 RENAISSANCE SCOTTISH DANCES (1973) 2(II=picc).2.2.2-2.2.2.0-timp.perc-strings hours leave to enjoy the delights of New York. Duration: 10 minutes The Three Dance Variations from the ballet, a Arranged after anonymous originals KURT SCHWERTSIK Galop, Waltz and Latin-American Danzon, are fl.cl-perc(1):glsp/marimba/tamb/bunch HERR K. ENTDECKT AMERIKA (2008) full of Bernstein’s jazz-inspired energy and will of keys/2wdbl-guitar-vln.vlc Duration: 17 minutes be a surefire audience favourite. Despite the For orchestra short duration, there are plenty of rhythmic and WELCOME TO ORKNEY (1980) 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc:crot- metrical challenges, and time must be spent on Duration: 3 minutes harp-strings producing the authentic ‘swing’ style in perfor- For chamber orchestra mance. 1.1.1.1-1.0.0.0-2string quartets.db WILHELM SIEBERT 2(II=picc).2.2.2—4.3.3.1—timp.perc(2-3)— DIETER, EXERCITIUM IN MEMORIAM pft—strings HELMUT OEHRING FRIEDRICH KUHLAU (1970) Study Score available for sale.

BOOSEY AND HAWKES MÜHSAMSMUSIKE (2008) Duration: 12 minutes Duration: 15 minutes 2.2.2.2-2.2.2.0-timp.perc:xyl-pft-strings BENJAMIN BRITTEN For speaker and 15 instruments speaker CANADIAN CARNIVAL (1939) 0.0.0.bcl.1-2.2.1.1-perc(2)-elec.git- WERNER THÄRICHEN Duration: 14 mins. strings(1.0.1.1.1) VORSPIEL FÜR ORCHESTER Britten (1913-76) wrote the Canadian Carnival Duration: 9 minutes overture seven months after leaving England SERGE PROKOFIEFF 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2)-strings for North America at the outbreak of the war. Its A SUMMER DAY (1941) ‘outdoors’ energy shows his rapid assimilation Duration: 15 minutes ISANG YUN of American music, particularly that of his new Children’s Suite for small orchestra. Prokofieff FANFARE & MEMORIAL (1979) friend Copland. The work explores a variety of is rightly regarded as one of the greatest of all Duration: 13 minutes folk material culminating in the familiar French composers for children. Those who knew him For orchestra Canadian tune Alouette. There are plenty of say that in some ways he himself remained a 3(III=picc).3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2):3tam- technical challenges and, thanks to the clarity child all his life. In 1935, while working on Ro- t/2BD/xyl/vib/5susp.cym/5tpl.bl/5tom- of Britten’s orchestration, some high profile solo meo and Juliet, he produced a series of easy- t/2SD/4gongs/glsp/2antique cym-harp(solo)- writing, all of which could be effectively mas- to-play piano pieces called Music for Children, strings tered by a confident youth orchestra on a short which quickly became popular with young pia- course. nists everywhere. A few years later he orches- HANS ZENDER 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2.2—4.2.3.1—timp. trated some of these miniatures to make this 12 MODELLE FÜR VARIABLE BEZETZUNG perc(2)—harp—strings charmingly entertaining suite, like a brief series (1971-73) Study Score available for sale. of orchestral postcards. Duration: 70 minutes 2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0-timp.perc:cyms/tgl/cast/BD/SD- For variable ensembles MATINÉES MUSICALES (1941) strings SYMPHONIC SUITE FROM ‘ON THE WATER- Duration: 13 mins. FRONT’ (1955) These five, sparkling, miniature movements by MARTIN CHRISTOPH REDEL Duration: 22 mins. Britten (1913-76) are all inspired by Rossini and BRUCKNER-ESSAY (1982) Bernstein (1918-90) fashioned this highly dra- are just as much fun. Written for a Balanchine Duration: 15 minutes matic symphonic suite from his music for the ballet they revel in dance rhythms and demon- For orchestra Oscar-winning film starring Marlon Brando, strate Britten’s orchestral mastery and tongue- 3(III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).3(III=dbn)- set in the urban landscape of the New York in-cheek sense of humour. An offbeat March 4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-strings dockyards. A presto barbaro featuring percus- (used as a TV theme) is followed by a toybox sion and piano is followed by a chase scene Nocturne, a stamping Waltz brillante with hu- Concerto for Orchestra (1978) with scurrying violins, a luxuriant love scene morous wrong harmonies, a light-hearted Pan- Duration: 21 minutes reminiscent of West Side Story, and a broadly tomime with solos for flute and bassoon, and 2(II=picc).1.1.1-2.1.1.0-timp.perc(2)-harp- melodic finale with blues inflections. Confident a furious Moto Perpetuo which pokes fun at strings brass is required, particularly horn and trum- scales and trills and the stuff of private prac- pet, but otherwise the score is straightforward tice - highly appealing entertainment for a youth GIOCO (1982) 8 MINUTES technically. Players and audiences will love the orchestra. For winds, harp, percussion and double basses work’s theatrical and emotional power. 2(II=picc).2.2.2—2(or 4).2.3.0(or 1)—timp. 3(III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).3-4.3.3.1-timp. 2.picc.2.2.Efcl.bcl.asax.2.dbn—4.3.3.1—timp. perc(2)—pft(or harp and cel ad lib)—strings perc-harp-db perc(3-4)—harp—pft—strings Study Score available for sale.

pg 4 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 5 MICHAEL DAUGHERTY SUNSET STRIP (1999) Duration: 15mins. for orchestra 1.picc.2.1.bcl.2-2.2.0.0-perc(1):2 Latin cowbells (med.,small)/3 agogo bells (low, med., high)/2cyms (ride, splash)/tgl/wind CARLOS CHAVEZ chimes/2bongos (low, high)/maracas/claves/ THREE DANCE VARIATIONS FROM ‘FANCY SYMPHONY NO.4 (1953) vibraslap/lg.whip/tamb/bell tree-pft-strings FREE’ (1944) Duration: 21 mins. GOTTFRIED VON EINEM Duration: 7 mins. The Mexican Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) was ROBERTO GERHARD CAPRICCIO (1943) The ballet Fancy Free by Leonard Bernstein the leading Latin American composer and con- ALBADA, INTERLUDI I DANSA (1937) Duration: 9 mins. (1918-90) was one of the composer’s earliest ductor of his generation, writing music in all Duration: 10 mins. This work by Austrian composer Gottfried von successes, telling of three sailors with only 24 genres, including ballets and seven sympho- This attractive short suite of folk-inspired move- Einem (1918-96), written for the Berlin Philhar- hours leave to enjoy the delights of New York. nies. His 4th symphony bears the subtitle Sin- ments by Gerhard (1896-1970) was intended monic, was one of his earliest successes. It is The Three Dance Variations from the ballet, a fonia Romantica and is a work of bold dramatic as a loving reaffirmation of his Catalan roots at action-packed and would provide a stimulating Galop, Waltz and Latin-American Danzon, are gestures and colourful orchestral textures. The a time of threat from the Spanish Civil War. The work-out for an ambitious orchestra. Driving full of Bernstein’s jazz-inspired energy and will work will appeal to orchestras wanting to ex- opening Albada is a dawn song with distinctive outer sections with jazzy cross-rhythms and be a surefire audience favourite. Despite the plore new international repertoire in a relatively woodwind colouring, and a lilting Sicilienne in- energetic counterpoint are contrasted with a short duration, there are plenty of rhythmic and traditional format. terlude leads to the quirky and humourous final Romantic central episode enjoying echoes metrical challenges, and time must be spent on 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.3(III=dbn)—4.2.3.1—timp. Dansa, full of Mediterranean warmth and lively of Strauss and Wagner. Sectionals will bear producing the authentic ‘swing’ style in perfor- perc(3)—strings rhythms. Each orchestral section has its share mance. fruit in tackling some enharmonic and angular in the spotlight, with some brass passages re- string writing, and in tightening the challenging 2(II=picc).2.2.2—4.3.3.1—timp.perc(2-3)— AARON COPLAND quiring agility. Careful intonation is vital for dou- ensemble work for wind and brass. Detailed pft—strings OUR TOWN (1940) blings at octaves, thirds and sixths, while string preparation will ensure a confident and high- Study Score available for sale. Duration: 11 mins. sectionals will help the few passages of high adrenalin performance. Our Town originated in a film score that Cop- position work and negotiation of some colourful 3(III=picc).2.2.2—4.3.3.1—timp—strings BENJAMIN BRITTEN land (1900-90) wrote for the Hollywood version enharmonic changes. Study Score available for sale. CANADIAN CARNIVAL (1939) of a Thornton Wilder play, depicting everyday 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2.2—2.2.2.1—timp.perc— strings(10.10.8.6.6) Duration: 14 mins. life and homespun pleasures in provincial PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY (1961) Study Score available for sale. Britten (1913-76) wrote the Canadian Carnival America. The film was a success and the com- Duration: 16 mins. overture seven months after leaving England poser immediately extracted a suite for use in The Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem DANCES FROM DON QUIXOTE (1941) for North America at the outbreak of the war. Its the concert hall. The prevailing mood is one of (1918-96) is best known for his orchestral Duration: 16 mins. ‘outdoors’ energy shows his rapid assimilation slow tranquility, and the clear musical lines and works and operas including Danton’s Death, At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Ger- of American music, particularly that of his new clean orchestration make it suitable for younger The Trial and The Visit of the Old Lady which hard (1896-1970) fled Catalonia for England friend Copland. The work explores a variety of players. This is Copland in his most popular have been performed throughout Europe. His where he composed the ballet Don Quixote, folk material culminating in the familiar French vein but without the tricky rhythms. Philadelphia Symphony fulfilled an American finally staged at Covent Garden in 1950. When Canadian tune Alouette. There are plenty of 3.2.corA.3(III=bcl).2—3.3.2.1—perc—strings commission from the Philadelphia Academy Simon Rattle revived the complete score at the technical challenges and, thanks to the clarity Also available for sale of Music, though the first performance was

1992 Proms it was described by the press as HAWKES AND BOOSEY of Britten’s orchestration, some high profile solo given by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted being “vivid and picturesque, infectious in its writing, all of which could be effectively mas- THE RED PONY SUITE by Georg Solti. The work is traditional in idiom, Spanish rhythms and ravishing in its seduc- tered by a confident youth orchestra on a short Duration: 24 mins. with large gestures and full scoring. Particularly tive lyricism”. The Dances from Don Quixote course. This all-American concert suite by Aaron Cop- suitable for an orchestra with little prior experi- includes many highlights from the ballet and, 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2.2—4.2.3.1—timp. land (1900-90) offers a first-class alternative to ence of contemporary music, it could be learnt though there is some challenging orchestral perc(2)—harp—strings Billy the Kid. Based on a John Steinbeck novel, quickly on a residential course. writing, it is music of instant appeal. Study Score available for sale. the film tells of a ten-year old boy who is given 2(II=picc).2.2.2—4.3.3.1—timp—strings 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2—2.2.2.0—timp. a pony by his father and Copland deploys magi- Study Score / Full score available for sale. MATINÉES MUSICALES (1941) cal colours to depict life out-West. The seven perc(2)—pft—strings Duration: 13 mins. short movements includes daybreak over the IRVING FINE Study Score available for sale. These five, sparkling, miniature movements by prairie, a march with a limp, a riot of a circus TOCCATA CONCERTANTE (1947) Britten (1913-76) are all inspired by Rossini and parody for wind and horns, and grandfather’s Duration: 10 mins. PEDRELLIANA (1941) are just as much fun. Written for a Balanchine poignant tales of pioneering days. The score American composer Irving Fine (1914-62) was Duration: 12 mins. ballet they revel in dance rhythms and demon- requires a good first trumpet and incisive en- a close associate of Copland, Stravinsky and Gerhard (1896-1970) composed this powerful strate Britten’s orchestral mastery and tongue- semble to point Copland’s clean-cut orchestra- Bernstein, writing scores of masterly crafts- score as the finale of a memorial tribute to his in-cheek sense of humour. An offbeat March tion. manship. Toccata Concertante is an energetic teacher Pedrell. It is one of his most Spanish (used as a TV theme) is followed by a toybox 2(=picc).2(II=corA ad lib).3(III=bcl).Efcl(ad neo-classical gem in the Stravinsky mould that works, combining Pedrell’s colourful folk melo- Nocturne, a stamping Waltz brillante with hu- lib).2—3(or 4).3.3.1—timp.perc(2)—harp— will keep all departments busy. Driving ostinati dies with lively dance rhythms and brilliant or- morous wrong harmonies, a light-hearted Pan- pft(=cel)—strings and quirky rhythmic displacements will need chestration. The score’s darker side conjures tomime with solos for flute and bassoon, and Study Score / Symphonic Band score and parts secure control. Despite the short duration there up the wartime period of composition and cul- a furious Moto Perpetuo which pokes fun at available for sale. is a lot of detail to cover, with constantly chang- minates in fatal stark chords that ‘cut-off’ the scales and trills and the stuff of private prac- ing patterns, exposed trumpet writing and some final bars. It will suit an orchestra with a good tice - highly appealing entertainment for a youth ANNA CLYNE high work for viola and first violins. For a talent- woodwind section that is familiar with Sibelius orchestra. REWIND (2005-2006) ed conductor and a very experienced youth or- symphonies and looking for sunnier Mediter- 2(II=picc).2.2.2—2(or 4).2.3.0(or 1)—timp. Duration: 7 mins. chestra this work provides a thrilling showcase. ranean climes. perc(2)—pft(or harp and cel ad lib)—strings for orchestra and optional tape 2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn—4.2.3.1—timp. 2.picc.2(=corA).2.2—4.2.2.1—timp.perc(1)— Study Score available for sale. 2.2.2.2-4.2.2.0-timp.perc(3)-harp-pft-strings perc—pft—strings harp—strings Full Score available for sale. Study Score available for sale. pg 4 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 5 ROBIN HOLLOWAY ALBERTO GINASTERA WAGNER NIGHTS (1989) DANCES FROM ‘ESTANCIA’ (1941) Duration: 20 mins. Duration: 12 mins. Robin Holloway (b.1943) wrote this orchestral Ginastera (1916-1983) is the most admired and fantasy on themes from Parsifal for the Royal widely-performed 20th century South American Opera Orchestra conducted by Bernard Hai- JAMES MACMILLAN composer, particularly renowned for his skilful tink. An affectionate, light-hearted tribute to INTO THE FERMENT (1990) and original orchestration. The ballet Estancia, Wagner, the work refracts the original material Duration: 25 mins. with choreography by Balanchine, was one of through a French looking-glass after the ex- The eminent Scottish composer James Mac- his earliest successes, depicting a day in the ample of composers such as Chabrier. Players Millan wrote this piece so that a youth orches- life of an Argentinian ranch. The dance suite will respond to the melodies, gallic charm, waltz tra could play alongside a professional group, has plenty of rhythmic challenges, but few ex- rhythms and sumptious orchestration. Front as equal participants on stage. The idea has posed passages to frighten younger players. desk strings have solo opportunities and the proved successful and the work has received SINFONIA SACRA (1963) 1(=picc).picc.2.2.2—4.2.0.0—timp.perc(5)— first horn must provide a full Romantic bloom, numerous performances. The work was in- Duration: 22 mins. pft—strings but generally the load is evenly spread to keep spired by a Robert Burns poem, Willie brewed The most popular symphony by Panufnik Study Score available for sale. all sections occupied. a peck o’ maut, concerning the antics of three (1914-1991) was written a few years after the 2(II=picc).2.corA.3(I=Efcl,III=bcl).2(II=d friends that get together for a lively session of composer’s escape from Stalinist Poland, and DETLEV GLANERT bn)—3.2.3.0—timp.perc(2)—harp—strings whisky tasting. The result is an extrovert and is an uplifting musical celebration of his home- AUFBRUCH (1986 ebullient work in nine sections, which attempts land’s national and religious roots. The work Duration: 13 mins. ANDRÉ JOLIVET to capture the humour and sense of convivial- is divided into three Visions and a final Hymn This drama-filled work by the young German LES AMANTS MAGNIFIQUES (1960) ity in the Burns original. The orchestral writing which builds from a pianissimo to an impressive composer Detlev Glanert (b.1960) was written Duration: 12 mins. requires rhythmic precision and a confident, close. This is a dramatic work which is ideal for the Hamburg Youth Orchestra and provides In 1954 Jolivet (1905-74) was asked to write swaggering brass section. for an orchestra with a talented brass section. a rewarding introduction to contemporary mu- incidental music for a staging of Molière’s play Professional ensemble: 1(=picc).1.1.1— Work in sectionals will be needed particularly sic. The title Aufbruch means ‘departure’ but Les Amants magnifiques. He went back to the 1.1.1.0—perc(1)—harp—strings(1.1.1.1.1); for brass and strings, though there is plenty of also carries associations of ‘breaking out or original incidental music by the French baroque Youth orchestra: 2(II=picc).2.2.2—4.2.3.1— tutti writing in Vision III and the Hymn. away’ from the old and searching for the un- composer Lully, treating the themes in a neo- timp.perc—strings BOOSEY AND HAWKES 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn—4(or 6).4.3.1— known. Glanert’s score examines Romantic classical manner. His later set of concert varia- timp.perc(3)—strings music from a modern perspective. The split tions, with its strong emphasis on the spirit of PETER MAXWELL DAVIES Study Score available for sale. grading reflects harder writing for the brass but the dance, has proved highly popular. There is FIVE KLEE PICTURES (1959, REV.1976) simpler string parts (though a good principal a firm underlying pulse for each section, which Duration: 10 mins. STEVE REICH cello is required). will be readily grasped by a young orchestra, Written when Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934) VARIATIONS FOR WINDS, STRINGS, AND 2.2.2.2—3.2.3.0—timp.perc(2)—strings and the work is suitable for preparation over a was working as a schoolteacher, the pieces are KEYBOARDS (1979) Full Score available for sale. school term. based on paintings by the 20th century Swiss Duration: 22 mins. 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).0.2—2.2.0.0—timp. master Paul Klee: A Crusader, Oriental Gar- Steve Reich (b.1936), America’s minimalist BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT perc(2)—harp—hpschd/pft(=cel)—strings den, The Twittering Machine, Stained-Glass master, is at the cutting edge of new music. His CIACCONA SINFONICA (1936 Saint and Ad Parnassum. The work has proved ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Variations represents a challenge in terms of Duration: 12 mins. popular with school and professional orches- RE-COLLECTING ASTOROIDS rehearsal and performance, but the up-to-date Fleeing persecution in 1930s Germany, Gold- tras, and can provide a rewarding introduction Duration: 12 mins. soundworld, influenced by popular idioms and schmidt (1903-96) settled in London where he to techniques such as irregular metrical pat- for orchestra African music, will excite young performers. It composed Ciaccona Sinfonica. The work was terns, cross-rhythms, unusual instrumentation 3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-pft-strings is particularly suitable for an advanced music revived successfully by Simon Rattle and the and improvisation. school with confident wind and brass and some CBSO at the Berlin Festival in 1987 and the GOLDEN KITSCH 2.2.2.2—4.2.2.0—perc(5)—pft—strings talented keyboard players. Proms in 1993. It is a set of variations on a Duration: 19mins Also available for sale 3.3.0.0—0.3.3.1—2pft—3elec.organs— chaconne theme, combining ironic humour with percussion and orchestra strings— sound technician (The winds and lyricism, and will appeal to orchestras who re- solo perc:toy pft/crot/2db bows/almglock/ ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK pianos should be amplified and mixed) spond well to the dry wit of Prokofieff or Shosta- vib/waterphone/tpl.bowls/claves/BD/ CONCERTO FESTIVO (1979) Study Score available for sale. kovich. The sectional form will aid rehearsals, cyms/2ratchet; Duration: 15 mins. and the variety of material offers excellent train- 2(I,II=picc).2.2.2-2.2.2.1-perc(3; with 2opt toy The Polish-born composer Panufnik (1914-91) NED ROREM ing opportunities. pft)-harp-pft(opt)-strings wrote Concerto Festivo as a celebratory show- EAGLES (1958) 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=d piece for the London Symphony Orchestra. Duration: 9 mins. bn)—2.2.2.0—timp.perc—harp—strings BENJAMIN LEES Though it was intended as a conductorless Ned Rorem (b.1923) is widely acknowledged Full Score available for sale. PASSACAGLIA (1975 work, the challenges of the last movement as America’s leading composer of vocal music. Duration: 13 mins. make it advisable to have direction from the His skill at realising visual and literary imagery GREEK SUITE (1941) Benjamin Lees (b.1924) is an American com- podium. The unusual instrumental deployment is also demonstrated in his orchestral work Duration: 13 mins. poser particularly noted for his attractive will benefit from sectional rehearsals, with a Eagles, inspired by the Walt Whitman poem The music of Berthold Goldschmidt (1903-96), symphonic works written in an enriched tonal dynamic opening Allegro for brass, an atmo- The Dalliance of the Eagles. The calm opening is currently attracting a resurgence of interest. language, which are widely performed by the spheric and lyrical central movement for wind describing the poet’s country stroll is disturbed The Greek Suite is an attractive collection of USA’s leading orchestras. His Passacaglia was and strings, and the full tutti in an exuberant by the brilliant orchestral colours depicting two eight folk melodies arranged by the composer. commissioned by the National Symphony of finale which will develop counting and rhythmic eagles and their amorous play on wing. Chal- The writing is simple in technical terms, particu- Washington to celebrate the American Bicen- skills. Concerto Festivo is an ideal choice for lenges abound here for all sections and careful larly for the strings, and the repeated sections tennial and consists of theme, 19 variations, an orchestra with talented percussion and con- preparation is needed to bring Rorem’s detailed reduce rehearsal time. However, there is plenty and coda. The work provides an excellent train- fident brass players. instrumentation to life. of contrapuntal activity, some exposed writing ing piece for an orchestra exploring new music 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn—4.3.3.1—timp. 2.picc.2.corA.2.Efcl.bcl.2.dbn—4.3.3.1—timp. for first horn, and some oriental modal touches for the first time. perc(3)—strings perc—harp—cel (or pft)—strings to keep young players engaged. 2.picc.2.2.3(III=dbn)—4.3.3.1—timp.perc— Full Score available for sale. 2(II=picc).2.2.2—2.2.2.0—timp.perc—strings pft—strings pg 6 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 7 JAMES MACMILLAN INTO THE FERMENT (1990) Duration: 25 mins. The eminent Scottish composer James Mac- Millan wrote this piece so that a youth orches- FOUR ETUDES (1914-18,1928) tra could play alongside a professional group, Duration: 9 mins. as equal participants on stage. The idea has LIONS (1963) Stravinsky (1882-1971) created these four proved successful and the work has received studies from his pieces for string quartet and SINFONIA SACRA (1963) Duration: 14 mins. numerous performances. The work was in- for pianola. The brilliant instrumentation and Duration: 22 mins. Ned Rorem (b.1923) based this beautiful and spired by a Robert Burns poem, Willie brewed quickfire comic changes of mood are close The most popular symphony by Panufnik imaginative tone poem on a fantasy he had a peck o’ maut, concerning the antics of three in spirit to Petrushka, and styles range from (1914-1991) was written a few years after the dreamt as a teenager. His compositional style friends that get together for a lively session of folk-like repeating motifs, through modernist composer’s escape from Stalinist Poland, and is like that of a contemporary American Ravel, whisky tasting. The result is an extrovert and experimentation, to the exuberant Spanish fi- is an uplifting musical celebration of his home- with music that is tonally-based, lush, descrip- ebullient work in nine sections, which attempts nale, Madrid. As ever with Stravinsky, there are land’s national and religious roots. The work tive, dynamic and romantic. Lions employs a to capture the humour and sense of convivial- plenty of metrical changes to develop an alert is divided into three Visions and a final Hymn large percussion section and effects such as ity in the Burns original. The orchestral writing rhythmic sense, and some energetic solo writ- which builds from a pianissimo to an impressive glissandi and flutter-tongueing to achieve its requires rhythmic precision and a confident, ing for winds and piano. close. This is a dramatic work which is ideal fabulous web of colours, whilst a jazz quartet is swaggering brass section. 3(III=picc).3(III=corA).2.Efcl.bcl.2—4.4.4.1— for an orchestra with a talented brass section. used to fade from reality into a dream world in Professional ensemble: 1(=picc).1.1.1— timp—harp—pft—strings Work in sectionals will be needed particularly a nerve-tingling manner. A good brass section 1.1.1.0—perc(1)—harp—strings(1.1.1.1.1); Study Score available for sale. for brass and strings, though there is plenty of and a talented alto sax player are musts, while Youth orchestra: 2(II=picc).2.2.2—4.2.3.1— tutti writing in Vision III and the Hymn. the string parts are largely easier. timp.perc—strings 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.Efcl.2—4.3.3.1—timp. MICHAEL TORKE 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn—4(or 6).4.3.1— BRIGHT BLUE MUSIC (1985) timp.perc(3)—strings perc—strings band (4): asax—perc—pft—db PETER MAXWELL DAVIES Duration: 9 mins. Study Score available for sale. solo FIVE KLEE PICTURES (1959, REV.1976) The popular young American composer Mi- Duration: 10 mins. chael Torke (b.1961) has written a series of STEVE REICH ALFRED SCHNITTKE Written when Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934) rhythmically exciting and colourfully scored VARIATIONS FOR WINDS, STRINGS, AND (K)EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM (1985) was working as a schoolteacher, the pieces are orchestral works which successfully combine KEYBOARDS (1979) Duration: 10 mins. based on paintings by the 20th century Swiss classical music with pop and rock influences. Duration: 22 mins. K)ein Sommernachtstraum by the Russian master Paul Klee: A Crusader, Oriental Gar- Bright Blue Music, minimal and tonal in idiom, Steve Reich (b.1936), America’s minimalist composer Alfred Schnittke (b.1934) has be- den, The Twittering Machine, Stained-Glass was written for the New York Youth Symphony master, is at the cutting edge of new music. His come one of his most popular works, with Saint and Ad Parnassum. The work has proved and has subsequently been recorded by the Variations represents a challenge in terms of professional and youth orchestras alike. The popular with school and professional orches- Baltimore Symphony for Decca Argo. It will thrill rehearsal and performance, but the up-to-date meaning of the cryptic title, translated as (Not) tras, and can provide a rewarding introduction performers with its jazzy sprung rhythms and soundworld, influenced by popular idioms and a Midsummer Night’s Dream, becomes clear as to techniques such as irregular metrical pat- a Mozartian idyll is attacked by grotesque im- flamboyant flourishes but requires a consider- African music, will excite young performers. It HAWKES AND BOOSEY terns, cross-rhythms, unusual instrumentation able degree of virtuosity together with meticu- is particularly suitable for an advanced music ages and militaristic violence. This amusing yet and improvisation. lous care over ensemble. school with confident wind and brass and some disturbing work parades its black humour with a 2.2.2.2—4.2.2.0—perc(5)—pft—strings 3(II,III=picc).2.2.2—4.3.3.1—timp.perc(4)— talented keyboard players. number of musical jokes, including a prominent Also available for sale role for a back desk 2nd violinist. It is a valuable pft—harp—strings 3.3.0.0—0.3.3.1—2pft—3elec.organs— Study Score available for sale. strings— sound technician (The winds and training piece for exploring extreme swings of ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK pianos should be amplified and mixed) mood, chamber-style solo writing and multiple CONCERTO FESTIVO (1979) Study Score available for sale. string divisi. Duration: 15 mins. 4(=picc).4.4(IV=bcl).2—4.4.4.1—perc(4 The Polish-born composer Panufnik (1914-91) GREEN (1986) NED ROREM or5)—cel—harpsichord—pft—harp— wrote Concerto Festivo as a celebratory show- Duration: 12 mins. EAGLES (1958) strings(16.12.10.7.7) piece for the London Symphony Orchestra. Music by the American composer Michael Duration: 9 mins. Though it was intended as a conductorless Torke (b.1961) has proved highly popular with Ned Rorem (b.1923) is widely acknowledged KURT SCHWERTSIK work, the challenges of the last movement youth orchestras thanks to its vibrant combina- as America’s leading composer of vocal music. TREE SONGS (1992) This lively suite of make it advisable to have direction from the tion of classical music with pop and jazz idioms. His skill at realising visual and literary imagery four dances by Stravinsky (1882-1971) from podium. The unusual instrumental deployment Green, heard at the BBC Proms in 1995, is no is also demonstrated in his orchestral work his ballet The Fairy’s Kiss is tailor-made for a will benefit from sectional rehearsals, with a exception with its minimalist pulsing, Beetho- Eagles, inspired by the Walt Whitman poem youth orchestra, with its soaring Tchaikovsky dynamic opening Allegro for brass, an atmo- venian drive and shifting rhythmic energies, The Dalliance of the Eagles. The calm opening melodies, familiar Romantic harmonies and spheric and lyrical central movement for wind perhaps suggesting the new life of Spring. This describing the poet’s country stroll is disturbed humourous burlesque style. It will be popular and strings, and the full tutti in an exuberant upbeat study in 12/8 will keep all sections in- by the brilliant orchestral colours depicting two with younger players happy to tackle frequent finale which will develop counting and rhythmic tensely occupied without being impossibly hard eagles and their amorous play on wing. Chal- metrical changes and filigree woodwind writing. skills. Concerto Festivo is an ideal choice for for the strings. It is ideal for a large orchestra lenges abound here for all sections and careful Ideal for an orchestra that prefers to select a an orchestra with talented percussion and con- with high levels of stamina, keen percussion preparation is needed to bring Rorem’s detailed more traditional work, whilst at the same time fident brass players. players, and enough rehearsal time to perfect instrumentation to life. paving the way for more testing repertoire. 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn—4.3.3.1—timp. the testing rhythms. 2.picc.2.corA.2.Efcl.bcl.2.dbn—4.3.3.1—timp. 3(III=picc).2.corA.3(III=bcl).2-4.3.3.1-timp. perc(3)—strings 3(I,III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2—4.3.3.1—timp. perc—harp—cel (or pft)—strings perc:BD-harp-strings Full Score available for sale. Study Score available for sale. perc(3)—pft—harp—strings pg 6 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 7 WALTER PISTON SINFONIETTA (1941) Duration: 16 mins. Walter Piston (1894-1976) was a master of American neo-classicism and his Sinfonietta VELJO TORMIS would provide a substantial addition to the rep- OVERTURE NO.2 (1959) ertoire of any chamber orchestra. The Romantic Duration: 10 mins. first movement is restless and melancholy, the Veljo Tormis (b.1930) is one of the most tal- second a heartfelt elegy, while the rumbustious ented composers to emerge from Estonia since finale with its brain-teasing jubilant rhythms is the country regained its independence from So- guaranteed to send any audience home with viet rule. This exciting and dramatic overture is their toes tapping. There are solos to keep all so skillfully written that it is well within the reach areas of the orchestra happy and, as sections, of young orchestras, offering easy rehearsal the woodwind and strings will each benefit from and effective performance. The outer sections the imaginative, sympathetic scoring, the long conjure up a stormy Nordic landscape through melodic lines and syncopated rhythmic energy. vigorous motoric string ostinati and thunder 2.2.2.2—2.0.0.0—strings and lightning effects in brass, woodwind and percussion. Tormis’s love of Baltic folk music ROBIN HOLLOWAY SERGEI RACHMANINOFF emerges in the darkly lyrical central section. INQUIETUS (1986 ARR. SEREBRIER String players will be encouraged by the block Duration: 10 mins. VOCALISE writing, and there are thrilling opportunities for a Robin Holloway (b.1943) wrote this expres- Duration: 4 mins. confident side drum player and timpanist. sive piece as a memorial tribute to the singer arranged for chamber orchestra 2.picc.2.2.bcl.2.dbn—4.3.3.1—timp.perc— Peter Pears. Using the same scoring as Brit- 2.2.corA.2.2-0.0.0.0-strings strings ten’s Nocturne, Holloway replaces the human

BOOSEY AND HAWKES Study Score available for sale. voice with solos for the wind instruments, as if EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA each is making a personal verbal tribute. There ISLE OF BLISS (1995) MALCOLM WILLIAMSON are good opportunities for a confident harpist Duration: 12 mins. SANTIAGO DE ESPADA (1957) and for the strings in the central tutti section. This lush tone poem by the Finnish composer Duration: 6 mins. Although the piece does not appear to be too Rautavaara (b.1928) offers an escape into an Malcolm Williamson, born in Australia in 1931 technically demanding, it requires sensitive exotic world. The original title, Lintukoto, means but now living in the UK, holds the title of Mas- rehearsal to develop key skills, particularly en- “bird haven” and the work explores the sounds ter of the Queen’s Music. His overture Santiago semble listening and the ability to project lyrical of nature as heard on a paradise island, with de Espada was given its first performance by solo passages chirruping songbirds and tapping woodpeckers. the London Philharmonic under Sir Adrian 1.1.corA.1.1—1.0.0.0—harp— The score is rich in colour, combining Sibelian Boult. The background to the work is the legend strings(minimum 6.4.4.4.2) ostinati with arching Romantic lyricism. It is of St James, patron saint of Spain, who is said eminently accessible to most youth orchestras to come to the country’s aid when a decisive DAVID HORNE with capable principals in the wind and brass military victory is required. The score abounds SIGHS AND DECLAMATIONS sections, including an oboe comfortable in the in rhythmic energy and there is varied writing Duration: 6 mins. high register and a confident trumpet. This is for all orchestral sections, without straying too for four flexible parts plus optional piano/key- an ideal choice for an orchestra that has en- far from the familiar board and percussion parts joyed performing Sibelius symphonies or tone 1.picc.2.2.2—3.2.3.1—timp.perc(2)—strings poems. BENJAMIN LEES 2.2.2.2—2.1.1.0—timp.perc—harp—strings SPECTRUM (1964) CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Study Score available for sale. Duration: 12 mins. Benjamin Lees (b.1924) is an American com- CHRISTOPHER ROUSE ROBERTO GERHARD poser particularly noted for his dramatic sym- ISCARIOT (1989) ALEGRÍAS (1942) phonic works written in an enriched tonal Duration: 12 mins. Duration: 13 mins. language, which are widely performed by the Iscariot is a passionate and intense work writ- This delightful suite by Roberto Gerhard (1896- USA’s leading orchestras. Spectrum is a musi- ten by one of the USA’s most widely performed 1970) from the flamenco ballet Alegrías is cal realisation of a bright object seen after the orchestral composers. Rouse (b.1949) has one of his most colourful creations, revelling eye is turned away. Lees’s highly imaginative succeeded in breaking down barriers between in Spanish folk traditions. The title means ‘re- orchestral writing effectively conjures up the classical music and rock, and this score has joicings’ and the festive mood is maintained tingling sensation of the after-image on the immediate visceral impact. Based on Bach’s throughout, calling for high levels of energy and retina, using echoing and shadow effects. The chorale Es ist genug, it alternates rich string enthusiasm. The masterly instrumentation pro- burning impression of roulades and trills, at first passages with solo cadenzas, so the onus of vides plenty to occupy all departments, includ- eerie and sinister, gathers momentum towards virtuosity is on principal woodwind and percus- ing a rewarding part for a talented orchestral the Bartók-like rhythmic dance, which forms the sion, leaving strings to concentrate on tone pianist. Once some tricky moments are mas- work’s climax. Good trumpets and strings are and sustaining power, hence the split grading. tered, this is a tuneful showpiece ideal for a needed and enough rehearsal time should be Although a chamber orchestra work, it could lively youth orchestra. allowed to master the orchestral flourishes. benefit from a full string section. 1.picc.1.corA.1.bcl.1—2.1.1.0—timp.perc(1)— 2(II=picc).2.2.2—2.2.1.0—timp.perc—pft— 1(=picc).1.corA.1.2—3.1.0.0—perc(2)—cel— harp—pft—strings strings strings Study Score available for sale. Study Score available for sale.

pg 8 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 9 DMITRI SMIRNOV MOZART VARIATIONS (1987) ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Duration: 14 mins. ZOOM AND ZIP (1997) Dmitri Smirnov (b.1948) emigrated from Rus- Duration:13 mins. sia to the UK in 1991. He based his Mozart MARTIN CHRISTOPH REDEL for string orchestra Variations on a section of Symphony No.40 in TRAUMTANZ (1981) strings(min.5.5.3.3.1) G minor. The 35 variations transform the ma- Duration: 15 minutes Zoom and Zip (1997) for strings is based on an terial through a range of exciting soundworlds For percussion and string orchestra, offbeat rhythm over which clearly outlined mel- and textures. Much of the piece is contrapuntal odies are heard. The melodies are highlighted and chamber-like, and it offers excellent oppor- LES ADIEUX (2006) because their rhythm and the accompaniment tunities for introducing players to polyrhythms, Duration: 10 minutes complement one another. The accompaniment pointillist writing, non-metric notation, and mul- For string orchestra uses offbeats, and the melody mostly moves tiple string divisi. A challenging work which will strings(min.6.6.4.4.2) on the beat. The melodies are expressive appeal to orchestras with some experience in and reminiscent of Slavonic nostalgia. Zoom performing new music. MICHAEL DAUGHERTY and Zip does not directly quote anything, but 1.2.2.2—2.0.0.0—strings(min:4.4.4.4.4) STRUT (1989-94) like most of my pieces it draws on memories Duration: 6 mins. of having heard something as a child in Rus- STRING ORCHESTRA for string orchestra sia and this particular piece has some of the typical Russian harmonic and melodic twists, BRETT DEAN LEAP DAY especially in its first half. The main idea behind ETÜDENFEST (2000) Duration: 5 mins the piece was this heavy and relentless motion Duration: 10 minutes for youth orchestra which gives way to a kind of nostalgia and ro- For piano and string orchestra. I com- 3(=picc).2.2.bcl.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(4)-strings mance which should not really belong. I am in- posed Etüdenfest against the dramatic daily terested in breaking harmonious situations and backdrop of Olympic television broadcasts and PACHELBEL’S KEY making things slightly unusual. couldn‘t help drawing parallels between the Duration: 5 mins. discipline, sacrifice, passion and strict training for youth orchestra The title has to do with very small cells being regimen of an elite olympic athlete and the simi- 2.2.2.2-2or4 hn.2.2.1-timp-strings augmented or reduced to the minimum and lar sacrifices and straight out hard work that we come from everyday computer language. classical musicians have to maintain in order to GOTTFRIED VON EINEM achieve our goals, pursue our passion, perform CONCERTINO CARINTICO (1989) PAVEL HAAS at our best. Duration: 13 mins. STUDY (1943) pft-strings(9.0.3.3.1) This attractive work by the renowned Austrian Duration: 9 mins. composer Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996) is Pavel Haas (1899-1944), a pupil of Janácek, BERTOLD HUMMEL ideal for a high standard orchestra looking for a wrote his Study for String Orchestra in the 3 MINIATURES contemporary alternative to the great Romantic Nazi prison camp of Terezín, a year before be- string favourites. The three short movements ing sent to his death in Auschwitz. Its dynamic Duration: 7 minutes HAWKES AND BOOSEY For two violins and cello or Children’s Orchestra combine the classical clarity of Dvorak, the power demonstrates the human will to create lush harmonies and contrapuntal textures of music even in the most extreme adversity. The DIVERTIMENTO (1969) Richard Strauss, and the intimacy of Wagner’s score was reconstructed after the war and has Duration: 10 Siegfried Idyll. The greatest challenge will be been attracting frequent performance in recent For four violins (or violin orchestra) the initial negotiation of accidentals which will years. Young players, aware of the pathos sur- require advance preparation of position-work rounding its composition, will come to embrace DREI KLEINE STÜCKE (1960) and fingering but, once in place, the piece of- the marching optimism of its folk-inspired mel- Duration: 9 minutes fers a wealth of rhythmic, melodic and textural ody and the beavering ostinato patterns. Suf- For string orchestra interest for the players. ficient rehearsal should be allocated to secure String Orchestra good intonation and to negotiate the rhythmic EINE KLEINE STREICHMUSIK (1991) Full Score available for sale. challenges. Duration: 12 minutes String Orchestra For string quartet (double bass ad lib) or string IRVING FINE Full Score available for sale. orchestra, SERIOUS SONG (1955) Duration: 10 mins. ROBIN HOLLOWAY GIDEON KLEIN American composer Irving Fine (1914-62) was SERENADE IN G (1986) PARTITA FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (1944 a close associate of Copland, Stravinsky and Duration: 14 mins. ARR: 1990) Bernstein, writing scores of lyrical beauty and In his Serenade in G, Holloway (b.1943) views Duration: 13 minutes masterly craftsmanship. Serious Song, sub- Straussian opulence from a contemporary per- After the String Trio, arranged by Vojtech titled a Lament for String Orchestra, is in Fine’s spective. The overall mood is sunny and re- Saudek, neoclassical style with strong melodic lines and laxed but between the returns of the opening considerable contrapuntal activity. String play- lyrical material are more turbulent or playful epi- BERNHARD KROL ers will enjoy the rich string textures and the sodes, making it a good training piece for string FIGARO-METAMORPHOSEN work’s passionate conviction. orchestras wanting to expand their expressive Duration: 18 minutes String Orchestra range. For horn and string orchestra Study Score available for sale. String Orchestra pg 8 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 9 MIKIS THEODORAKIS PETER MAXWELL DAVIES OEDIPUS TYRANNOS (1964) ARR. DAVID HORNE Duration: 10 mins. FAREWELL TO STROMNESS Mikis Theodorakis (b.1925) is best known for Duration: 4 mins his film music for Zorba the Greek. This string arrangement for solo cello and string orchestra ode is a lament for the vain folly of King Oe- dipus, inexorably trapped by the gods into a ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK web of patricide and incest. Technical chal- HOMMAGE À CHOPIN (1949,REV.1955) lenges rest only with first violins and cellos Duration: 15 mins. who have some high-flung passages. With the Andrzej Panufnik (1914-91) was born in War- predominantly slow tempo, the long phrases saw but left Stalinist Poland for England in of folk-inspired melodies must be sustained 1954. Hommage à Chopin was commissioned with firm tone and legato. The work’s overall by UNESCO in 1949 for the centenary of the shape, particularly the gradual build to the im- composer’s death and was originally written for passioned climax, needs to be carefully paced soprano and piano. Panufnik later created this and controlled. version for flute and string orchestra in 1966, String Orchestra which draws on the Polish folk melodies and rhythms that so influenced Chopin. Apart from WIND ORCHESTRA BOOSEY AND HAWKES the rustic vivo movement, the work is refined and explores some beautiful string sonorities. LEONARD BERNSTEIN It would suit all string orchestras that have ac- DIVERTIMENTO (1980) cess to a talented flautist. Duration: 14 mins. String Orchestra with solo flute Divertimento by Bernstein (1918-90) was MICHAEL DAUGHERTY commissioned for the Boston Symphony Or- BROOKLYN BRIDGE OLD POLISH SUITE (1950) chestra’s Centenary season and was later ar- Duration: 25 mins Duration: 20 mins. ranged for wind band by Clare Grundman. It is for clarinet and symphonic band Panufnik (1914-91) wrote this appealing suite a tribute to the city of Boston where Bernstein Solo Bb clarinet-picc.3 fl.2 alto, tenor and bari- for strings in Warsaw, drawing upon court or- grew up, and draws affectionately on the mu- tone saxes-4 hn.3 C tpt.3 trbn.2 euph.2 tubas- chestra music by Polish composers of the 17th sic he associated with at that time. The dances timp.perc(4)-harp-db-clarinet choir(6 Bb cl.2 and 18th centuries. The resulting style is folk- that evolve vary in character from the wistful bcl.Eb cbcl) inspired and diatonic and the suite consists to the swaggering, from the brash to the ten- of three dances separated by two chorale-like der, but all have the unmistakable Bernstein RAISE THE ROOF movements. The work would suit a young string fingerprints. Duration: 13mins. orchestra looking for an alternative to Warlock’s flutes.picc.2ob.corA.Efcl.3Bfcl.Ef alto cl.Bf Timpani & Symphonic Band Capriol Suite. This is an excellent training piece bass cl. Bf contrabass cl.2Efasax.Bftsax. 5(V=picc).2.corA.4.Ebcl.bcl.2.dbn-2asax.tsax. for inexperienced players, as it explores a wide Efbarsax.2bsn—4hn.2Bfftpt.3Bfcornet.3trbn. barsax-4.3.3.2euph.2-timp(=cym).perc(6):xyl/ variety of bowing techniques and articulation, bar trbn.bass trbn—timp.perc(4)— harp—db glsp;vib;mar;glsp/lg finger cyms/chimes/metal and encourages the development of a refined plate/susp.cym/crash cyms;claves/sm.tamb/ string sound. AARON COPLAND susp.cym/metal plate;lg BD/md.tamb/cabasa- AN OUTDOOR OVERTURE (1938) pft-2db ALFRED SCHNITTKE Duration: 10 mins. MOZART À LA HAYDN (1977) Copland (1900-90) was so enthusiastic when JAMES MACMILLAN Duration: 10 mins. commissioned to write for the New York High SOWETAN SPRING (1990) The Russian composer Alfred Schnittke School of Music and Art that he interrupted Duration: 12 mins. (b.1934) is most well-known for his fascinating work on Billy the Kid to compose An Outdoor The young Scottish composer James MacMil- and often entertaining works which combine Overture. His wind orchestra arrangement re- lan (b.1959) wrote Sowetan Spring to com- together a variety of musical styles. The main tains all the freshness and open-air quality of memorate Nelson Mandela’s release from material in Mozart à la Haydn is the fragmen- the original, with its memorable prairie tunes prison in 1990. The work employs a rhythmic tary remains of Mozart’s pantomime music and brilliant scoring. The work presents few hocketing technique which develops with other K446, which Schnittke takes on a bizarre musi- technical difficulties, other than some exposed materials, including the South African people’s cal journey, whilst the ‘à la Haydn’ of the title solo writing for cornet and occasional high national anthem, into a loud and thrilling musi- refers to the surprise ending of the work. This notes for the brass section as a whole. This cal drama. This is a challenging score that has highly theatrical piece is ideal for string orches- excellent introduction to Copland will be a firm become a firm favourite with young wind bands tras with two good solo violins and an offbeat favourite with audiences. of an advanced standard. sense of humour. 2.picc.2.6.Efcl.altocl.bcl.dbcl.2asax.tsax. 3fl(III=picc).ob.corA.Efcl.3Bfcl.Efaltocl.Bf- String Orchestra barsax.2—4.4.4crt.3.euph.2—timp.perc(4)— basscl. 2Efasax.2Bftsax.Efbarsax.2bsn— Study Score available for sale. db 4hn.6tpt.2trbn.bass trbn.2ttuba.2tuba—timp.

pg 10 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 11 BERTOLD HUMMEL www.schott-music.com VISIONEN für Orchester, op. 73 (1980) nach der Apokalypse des heiligen Johannes 22 mins HANS WERNER HENZE Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. LA SELVA INCANTATA · 2 · Bassklar. · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Trgl. Der verwunschene Wald (1991) · Röhrengl. · 5 hg. Beck. · Nietenbeck. · Gong Aria und Rondo für Orchester · Tamt. · Schellentr. · 2 Tomt. · 2 Holztr. · kl. 11 mins Tr. · gr. Tr. · Ratsche · Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr.) (3-4 Instrumentation: 2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Spieler) - Hfe. - Str. Engl. Hr.) · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · Altsax. · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 3 · 2 · 2 · 0 - P. S. (Trgl. · hg. Beck. · CHRISTIAN JOST Beckenpaar · 3 Tomt. · 3 Bong. · Mil. Tr. · gr. Tr. KLANGSTUDIE ZUM “QUI TOLLIS” AUS [mit Beck.]) (2 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. - Str MOZARTS MESSE IN C-MOLL KV 427/417A ED 9113 (Study Score) für Orchester (2006) 14 mins SYMPHONY NO. 1 (1963/91) Instrumentation: 0 · 2 · 0 · 2 - 2 · 0 · 2 · 0 - Str. Duration: 17 mins. (8 · 6 · 6 · 4 · 2) for chamber orchestra 1 (picc).afl (picc).1.ca.0.bcl.0 - 2.2.0.0 - timp - VOLKER DAVID KIRCHNER hp.cel.pno - strings BILDNISSE I für Orchester (1981-1982) TELEMANNIANA (1967) 20 mins XIAOGANG YE Duration: 12 mins. Instrumentation: 2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. WINTER I A musical treasure shining in all colours of the · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 2 · 2 for orchestra, op. 28 (1989) orchestra. Henze re-worked one of Telemann’s · 2 · 0 - Str. 11 mins quartets to mark the composer’s 200th birthday. ED 7145 (Conductor’s and Study Score) Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · for large orchestra - 3(picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn 2 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Beck. · Röhrengl. · Tamt. · Tomt. SCHOTT - 4.piccolo trumpet.2.2.1 - timp - hp.cel - strings TATJANA KOMAROVA · gr. Tr. · Glsp. · Vibr. · Marimba) (3 Spieler) - AVANT ET APRÈS Hfe. - Str. PAUL HINDEMITH pour orchestre (2004) DER SCHWANDENDREHER (1935/26) 10’ JOE DUDDELL Duration: 26 mins. Instrumentation: 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · 0 · 0 · 0 - P. S. RUBY (2003) for viola and small orchestra (Trgl.) (1 Spieler) - Str. (10 · 8 · 6 · 5 · 3) Duration: 25 mins. 2(picc).1.2.2 - 3.1.1.0 - timp - harp - strings Commissioned for the BBC Proms and also (0.0.0.4.3) ARIBERT REIMANN chosen for the finals of the 2004 BBC Young VARIATIONEN Musician of the Year, this is elegant, intelligent KONZERTMUSIK OP.50 (1930) für Orchester (1975) music for percussion and orchestra which al- Duration: 20 mins. 17 mins lows the soloist to shine without having to bang A great piece to show off the brass against the Instrumentation: Picc. · 1 · Altfl. · 1 · Engl. Hr. the kitchen sink. strings of any keen orchestra. · Es-Klar. · 1 · Bassklar. · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 4 · 3 · Solo percussion: vibraphone, marimba, cro- 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 - 4 • 4 • 3 • 1 - strings 1 - P. S. (Beck. · 2 Tamt. [m./h.] · kl. Tr. · gr. tales, 7 tuned gongs, drum kit pic. • 2 • 2 • ca. Study score ED 3502 available for sale. Tr. · 5 Tomt. · 5 Bong. · Guiro · Röhrengl. · 5 • 2.bcl. • 2.cbn. - 4 • 3 • 2 • btbn. • 1 - timp. - hp. Tempelbl.) (3 Spieler) - Str. (12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 5) • pno - str. SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS ON ED 6720 (Study Score) Solo part with piano ED 12927 (to be published THEMES BY C.M. VON WEBER (1943) October 2007) available for sale. Duration: 22 mins. PETERIS VASKS A wild, rumbustious and supremely clever war- SALA KENNETH HESKETH horse from a wise teacher of composition and Symphonic Elegy AFTER VERDI (2001) orchestration – a concerto for orchestra which for orchestra (2006) Duration: 15 mins. the audience can enjoy as much as the orches- 22 mins Six short movements, gently humorous com- tra. Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch mentaries on Verdi’s Sicilian Vespers, using picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn - 4.2.3.1 - 3-5 perc (2 Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 Verdi’s melodies but with subtly alternative triangles, 4 tubular bells, small gong, 3 sus- - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. harmonies, designed for non-professionals to pended cymbals, pair of cymbals, tambourine, · Trgl. · Schellen · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · enjoy. Chinese tom-tom, field drum, snare drum, bass Tamt. · 2 Holzbl. · 5 Tempelbl. · gr. Tr. · Clav.) (3 1 (picc.) • 0 • 1 • 1 - 1 • 1 • 1 • 0 - perc. - pf. - str. drum, 2 woodblocks, glockenspiel) - strings Spieler) - Hfe. - Str. (3 • 3 • 2 • 2 • 1) pg 10 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 11 RAGTIME (WELL-TEMPERED) (1921) Duration: 3.5 mins. ARIBERT REIMANN for orchestra VARIATIONEN HANS WERNER HENZE 2 picc.1.2.Ebcl.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - 4 perc (2 cymbals, für Orchester (1975) LA SELVA INCANTATA pair of cymbals, snare drum, bass drum, xylo- 17 mins Der verwunschene Wald (1991) phone) - strings Instrumentation: Picc. · 1 · Altfl. · 1 · Engl. Hr. Aria und Rondo für Orchester · Es-Klar. · 1 · Bassklar. · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 4 · 3 · 11 mins SYMPHONY ‘MATHIS DER MALER’ (1933/34) 1 - P. S. (Beck. · 2 Tamt. [m./h.] · kl. Tr. · gr. Instrumentation: 2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Duration: 27 mins. Tr. · 5 Tomt. · 5 Bong. · Guiro · Röhrengl. · 5 Engl. Hr.) · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · Altsax. · 2 (2. A classic of 20th century repertoire, this three Tempelbl.) (3 Spieler) - Str. (12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 5) auch Kfg.) - 3 · 2 · 2 · 0 - P. S. (Trgl. · hg. Beck. · movement symphony takes it’s themes from ED 6720 (Study Score) Beckenpaar · 3 Tomt. · 3 Bong. · Mil. Tr. · gr. Tr. Hindmith’s opera about the painter Matthias [mit Beck.]) (2 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. - Str Grünewald. PETERIS VASKS ED 9113 (Study Score) for orchestra SALA 2(picc).2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - 3 perc (triangle, 2 clash Symphonic Elegy SYMPHONY NO. 1 (1963/91) cybals, pair of cymbals, tambourine, snare for orchestra (2006) Duration: 17 mins. drum, bass drum, glockenspiel) - strings 22 mins for chamber orchestra Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch 1 (picc).afl (picc).1.ca.0.bcl.0 - 2.2.0.0 - timp - TRAUERMUSIK (1936) Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 hp.cel.pno - strings Duration: 8 mins. - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. for viola or violin or cello and string orchestra · Trgl. · Schellen · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · TELEMANNIANA (1967) Tamt. · 2 Holzbl. · 5 Tempelbl. · gr. Tr. · Clav.) (3 Duration: 12 mins. TUTTIFANTCHEN-SUITE (1925) Spieler) - Hfe. - Str. A musical treasure shining in all colours of the Duration: 20 mins. orchestra. Henze re-worked one of Telemann’s for small orchestra VIATORE (2001) quartets to mark the composer’s 200th birthday. 1 (picc).1.1.1 - 1.1.0.0 - 1 perc (tambourine, Duration: 15 mins. for large orchestra - 3(picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn snare drum, bass drum with cymbals, glocken- Viatore (meaning The Traveller) is dedicated to - 4.piccolo trumpet.2.2.1 - timp - hp.cel - strings spiel) - strings Arvo Part, and is a single movement work that

SCHOTT grows from ppp to fff and then back down to PAUL HINDEMITH BERTOLD HUMMEL ppp. DER SCHWANDENDREHER (1935/26) VISIONEN for string orchestra Duration: 26 mins. für Orchester, op. 73 (1980) for viola and small orchestra nach der Apokalypse des heiligen Johannes MUSICA DOLOROSA (1983) 2(picc).1.2.2 - 3.1.1.0 - timp - harp - strings 22 mins Duration: 13 mins. (0.0.0.4.3) Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. “This is my most tragic opus” wrote Peteris · 2 · Bassklar. · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Trgl. Vasks at the time of composing this work. As KONZERTMUSIK OP.50 (1930) · Röhrengl. · 5 hg. Beck. · Nietenbeck. · Gong well as personal tragedy, the political situation Duration: 20 mins. · Tamt. · Schellentr. · 2 Tomt. · 2 Holztr. · kl. in his native Latvia was very bleak at that time. A great piece to show off the brass against the Tr. · gr. Tr. · Ratsche · Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr.) (3-4 for string orchestra strings of any keen orchestra. Spieler) - Hfe. - Str. 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 - 4 • 4 • 3 • 1 - strings XIAOGANG YE Study score ED 3502 available for sale. CHRISTIAN JOST WINTER I KLANGSTUDIE ZUM “QUI TOLLIS” AUS for orchestra, op. 28 (1989) SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS ON MOZARTS MESSE IN C-MOLL KV 427/417A 11 mins THEMES BY C.M. VON WEBER (1943) für Orchester (2006) Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · Duration: 22 mins. 14 mins 2 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Beck. · Röhrengl. · Tamt. · Tomt. A wild, rumbustious and supremely clever war- Instrumentation: 0 · 2 · 0 · 2 - 2 · 0 · 2 · 0 - Str. · gr. Tr. · Glsp. · Vibr. · Marimba) (3 Spieler) - horse from a wise teacher of composition and (8 · 6 · 6 · 4 · 2) Hfe. - Str. orchestration – a concerto for orchestra which the audience can enjoy as much as the orches- VOLKER DAVID KIRCHNER JOE DUDDELL tra. BILDNISSE I RUBY (2003) picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn - 4.2.3.1 - 3-5 perc (2 für Orchester (1981-1982) Duration: 25 mins. triangles, 4 tubular bells, small gong, 3 sus- 20 mins Commissioned for the BBC Proms and also pended cymbals, pair of cymbals, tambourine, Instrumentation: 2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. chosen for the finals of the 2004 BBC Young Chinese tom-tom, field drum, snare drum, bass · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 2 · 2 Musician of the Year, this is elegant, intelligent drum, 2 woodblocks, glockenspiel) - strings · 2 · 0 - Str. music for percussion and orchestra which al- ED 7145 (Conductor’s and Study Score) lows the soloist to shine without having to bang KAMMERMUSIK NO. 1 (1922) the kitchen sink. Duration: 16 mins. TATJANA KOMAROVA Solo percussion: vibraphone, marimba, cro- for chamber orchestra AVANT ET APRÈS tales, 7 tuned gongs, drum kit pic. • 2 • 2 • ca. 1(picc).0.1.1 - 0.1.0.0 - 1/2 perc (triangle, cym- pour orchestre (2004) • 2.bcl. • 2.cbn. - 4 • 3 • 2 • btbn. • 1 - timp. - hp. bals, tambourine, woodblock, sirens, snare 10’ • pno - str. drum, tin cans filled with sand, glockenspiel, Instrumentation: 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · 0 · 0 · 0 - P. S. Solo part with piano ED 12927 (to be published xylophone) - accordion.pno - strings (1.1.1.1.1) (Trgl.) (1 Spieler) - Str. (10 · 8 · 6 · 5 · 3) October 2007) available for sale.

pg 12 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 13 JOAQUÍN RODRIGO CONCIERTO PASTORALE FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA (1977) ARIBERT REIMANN Duration: 25 mins. VARIATIONEN Written for the world famous flautist James Gal- für Orchester (1975) way, the orchestral writing supports and shows off the soloist to perfect advantage. 17 mins KENNETH HESKETH 0 • 1 (cor angl) • 1 • 0 - 1 • 1 • 0 • 0 – Strings Instrumentation: Picc. · 1 · Altfl. · 1 · Engl. Hr. AFTER VERDI (2001) Score ETP 1825 Solo and piano reduction · Es-Klar. · 1 · Bassklar. · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 4 · 3 · Duration: 15 mins. ED11489 available for sale. 1 - P. S. (Beck. · 2 Tamt. [m./h.] · kl. Tr. · gr. Six short movements, gently humorous com- Tr. · 5 Tomt. · 5 Bong. · Guiro · Röhrengl. · 5 mentaries on Verdi’s Sicilian Vespers, using CANCONETA (1923) Tempelbl.) (3 Spieler) - Str. (12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 5) Verdi’s melodies but with subtly alternative Duration: 4 mins. MICHAEL TIPPETT ED 6720 (Study Score) harmonies, designed for non-professionals to for violin and string Orchestra CROWN OF THE YEAR (1958) enjoy. Duration: 28 mins. PETERIS VASKS 1 (picc.) • 0 • 1 • 1 - 1 • 1 • 1 • 0 - perc. - pf. - str. CINCO PIEZAS INFANTILES (1924) Written for a secondary school in Bristol, Tip- SALA (3 • 3 • 2 • 2 • 1) Symphonic Elegy Duration: 12 mins. pett sets texts by Christopher Fry that reflect for orchestra the seasons in nine short nstrumental and cho- for orchestra (2006) PETER MAXWELL DAVIES 3 (picc).3(ca).3.2 - 4.3.3.1. - 3 perc (triangle, ral movements. The instrumental movements 22 mins THREE DANCES BY WILLIAM BYRD (1959) cymbals, tam-tam, tambourine, snare drum, have been extracted to make a very attractive Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Duration: 10 mins. Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 bass drum, xylophone) - hp.cel - strings suite. The Master of the Queen’s Music has been in- for choir and small ensemble - Recs/fl.ob. - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. volved in music education all his life. These ar- CONCIERTO D’ARANJUEZ FOR GUITAR cl.corn/trp.str-qrt.perc.hand-bells,pno · Trgl. · Schellen · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · rangements of Byrd’s graceful dances were writ- AND ORCHESTRA (1939) Study Score ED 10668. Suite ED 12858 avail- Tamt. · 2 Holzbl. · 5 Tempelbl. · gr. Tr. · Clav.) (3 ten for the young people of Cirencester Grammar Duration: 20 mins. able for sale. Spieler) - Hfe. - Str. School, where he taught after he left University. One of the best known and best loved works 2 • 2 • 2 • 1 – 1 • 2 • 1 • 0 – percussion – guitar in the concerto repertoire. Also available in for HUW WATKINS VIATORE (2001) – strings (30111) harp and orchestra. ANTHEM FOR ORCHESTRA (2003) Duration: 15 mins. Conducting score ED 10932 Parts for sale 2 (2. Picc) • 2 (2. cor angl) • 2 • 2 - 2 • 2 • 0 • Duration: 10 mins. Viatore (meaning The Traveller) is dedicated to available for sale. Arvo Part, and is a single movement work that 0 – strings A very accessible work for non-professional Score ETP 1809 Solo part and piano reduction orchestras by one of the UK’s fastest-rising grows from ppp to fff and then back down to FIVE VOLUNTARIES BY VARIOUS COM- ppp. ED 7242-01, 7242 available for sale. young composers. POSERS (1960) 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.0.0 - timp – strings for string orchestra Duration: 10 mins. FANTASIA PARA UN GENTILHOMBRE FOR Five characteristic pieces from the 16th and GUITAR AND ORCHESTRA(1954) ERWIN SCHULHOFF MUSICA DOLOROSA (1983) 17th centuries, arranged with love and under- Duration: 22 mins. RONDO E CAPRICCIO (AFTER BEETHOVEN SCHOTT Duration: 13 mins. standing for the music and for the pleasure A delightful alternative to the Concierto OP. 129) (1940) “This is my most tragic opus” wrote Peteris such music can give to young people. d’Aranjuez. Also available in a transcription for Duration: 6 mins. Vasks at the time of composing this work. As 3 • 3 • 2 • 1 • - 2 • 3 • 2 • 0 • - timp.perc – hpschd/ flute by James Galway. for orchestra well as personal tragedy, the political situation pno – strings (30111) Picc. • 1 • 1 • 0 • 1 - 0 • 1 • 0 • 0 – strings 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.1.0 - timp - strings in his native Latvia was very bleak at that time. Conducting score ED 10994. Parts for sale. Score ETP 1823 Solo part and piano reduc- for string orchestra available for sale. tion GA 208 available for sale. RODION SHCHEDRIN CONCERTO CANTABILE (1997) XIAOGANG YE PORT LOCKROY, ANTARCTICA TRES VIEJOS AIRES DE DANZA (1928/29) Duration: 30 mins. WINTER I Duration: 11 mins. Duration:10 mins. for violin and string orchestra for orchestra, op. 28 (1989) A powerful twelve-minute tone-poem that Three graceful dances by the master of Span- Written for Maxim Vengerov, the work gives 11 mins ranges widely through landscapes as varied ish music. impresions of Shchedrin’s childhood in Russia. Instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · and colourful as the atmospheres that pertain to 1• 1• 1 • 1 – 2 • 0 • 0 • 0 – strings Shchedrin used the term “cantabile” to express 2 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Beck. · Röhrengl. · Tamt. · Tomt. the region it describes. After riotous references Score ED 8364 available for sale. a certain tension in the “soul” of the notes. · gr. Tr. · Glsp. · Vibr. · Marimba) (3 Spieler) - to the music of the opening, the work fades Hfe. - Str. with the tolling of distant bells into mists and IGOR STRAVINSKY IGOR STRAVINSKY quietness. DUMBARTON OAKS (1938) CIRCUS POLKA (1944) JOE DUDDELL pic.1.afl.2.ca.2Acl.0.bcl.2-4.2.3.1-timp. Duration: 15 mins. Duration: 4 mins. RUBY (2003) perc(glsp, mar. 2sus cym, Chinese cym, ten d, Duration: 25 mins. One of Stravinsky’s best-loved smaller works, Composed for a young elephant Commissioned for the BBC Proms and also b.d, wdbl)-hp.cel-str elegant and sharp in his neo-classical style. for orchestra - picc.1.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1. - 2 perc chosen for the finals of the 2004 BBC Young 1 • 0 • 1 • 1 – 2 • 0 • 0 • 0 – strings (30322) (cymbals, snare drum, bass drum) - strings Musician of the Year, this is elegant, intelligent HENRY PURCELL Score ED 2851. available for sale. music for percussion and orchestra which al- COME YE SONS OF ART (1694) FIREBIRD SUITE (1912) lows the soloist to shine without having to bang Duration: 30 mins. FOUR NORWEGIAN MOODS (1942) Duration: 28 mins. the kitchen sink. One of the classic English Baroque choral Duration: 8 mins. The orchestra literally sparkles in this well- Solo percussion: vibraphone, marimba, cro- works, in an edition by Walther Bergmann and This short work combines the melodic simplicity loved work of Stravinsky. tales, 7 tuned gongs, drum kit pic. • 2 • 2 • ca. Michael Tippett. of folk song with the composer’s sophisticated for orchestra • 2.bcl. • 2.cbn. - 4 • 3 • 2 • btbn. • 1 - timp. - hp. 2rec - 2ob - 2tpt - timp - continuo - strings - solo- rhythmic verve. 4 (1., 2., 3., also picc).3.ca.3.bcl.3(cbn).cbn - • pno - str. ists (SAAB) and chorus (SATB) 2(2.picc) • 2(2.cor angl) • 2 • 2 – 4 • 2 • 2 • 1 – 4.3.3.1 - 4 perc (triangle, cymbals, tambourine, Solo part with piano ED 12927 (to be published Score ED 11080. Piano reduction ED 10302 perc – strings bass drum, glockenspiel, xylophone) - 3 harps. October 2007) available for sale. available for sale. Score ED 6333 available for sale. pno - strings (16.16.14.8.6) pg 12 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 13 DOUBLE CHORUS (1991) GYÖRGY LIGETI Duration: 10 mins. JEU DE CARTES (1936) CONCERT ROMÂNESC (1951) The title literally means “two choruses in alter- Duration: 25 mins. Duration: 12 mins. nation” from the Venetian School circa 1550. Written during Stravinsky’s new-classical pe- This early work by Ligeti is written in his folk- Throughout there are various musical referenc- riod, Jeu de Cartes was a ballet commission style and reflects his interest in traditional mu- es, double entendres, canons, tropes, and stro- from American Ballet. Stravinsky, a keen card sic from his native Transylvannia. phes; everything seems to be repeated twice, player himself, wrote a through composed work for orchestra and all is in perfect imbalance. based on three card deals. 2(picc).2(ca).2.2 - 3(3rd offstage).2.0.0 - 2 perc 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/442+btbn.1/timp.4perc/ Suite for orchestra (suspended cymbal, cymbal, snare drum, bass hp.pno/str 2(picc).2.(ca).2.2. - 4.2.3.1 - perc (bass drum) drum) - strings Study Score available for sale. - strings (12.10.8.6.6) OLLI MUSTONEN BERNARD RANDS PAUL DESSAU THREE MYSTERIES (2002) TRE CANZONI SENZA PAROLE (THREE IN MEMORIAM ANTON WEBERN (1971/72) Duration: 8 mins. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS) (1992) Duration: 15 mins. for orchestra Duration: 9 mins. Although written in memory of Anton Webern, 2.2.2.2 - 1 perc (cymbals, bass drum) - harp. In spite of his more radical stance as a compos- this work is actually based on five canons of cel - strings er, Rands has always been fascinated by “occa- JS Bach. sional” music and this simpler, more direct idiom for orchestra RODION SHCHEDRIN for occasions that warrant it. The composer de- 3 (picc, afl).3(ca).ca.0.2.cbn - 2.tenor TWO TANGOS BY ALBÉNIZ (1996) scribes the first movement as a ”singing song”, horn.3.2.0 - timp - prepared piano - strings Duration: 10 mins. the second as a “dancing song” and the third as Shchedrin uses Albeniz’s famous España “lament”. JEAN FRANCAIX melody as the basis of these free transcriptions 2+afl.2+ca.3+bcl.2/4331/timp.3perc.2hp/str LE ROI NU (1935) which combine a modern instrumental sound Study Score available for sale. Duration: 35 mins. with the traditional Spanish tango. suite for orchestra for orchestra MADRIGALI (1977)

SCHOTT picc.3.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - 2 perc (triangle, 3(picc).1.1.2.1. - 2.2.3.0 - 3 perc (suspended Duration: 22 mins. 2 cymbals, bass drum) - harp - strings crotales, jingles, Troiko jinges, tambourine, Madrigali for Chamber Orchestra is at once an snare drum, bass drum, glass chimes, casta- homage to the genius of Claudio Monteverdi and HARALD GENZMER nets, marimbaphone, guiro, chocolo) - harp. an acknowledgement of the universal and con- PACHELBEL SUITE (1946) piano(also celesta) - strings tinuing relevance of his achievements. Duration: 20 mins. fl.ob.hn.tp.perc.str(6.6.4.2.1) for orchestra ERNST TOCH 2(picc).1.0.2. - 2.2.0.0 - 1 perc (triangle, BUNTE SUITE (1928) CHRISTOPHER ROUSE cymbals, snare drum, bass drum) - strings Duration: 18 mins. THE INFERNAL MACHINE (1981) for orchestra Duration: 5 mins. CHRISTIAN JOST 2(picc).1.ca.2.2 - 2.2.1.0 - 2 perc (triangle, It was my intention to compose a brief orches- ADAGIO 12 (2004/05) wood drum, snare drum, ratchet, twig brushes, tral showpiece inspired by the vision of a great Duration: 11 mins. siren, glockenspiel, xylphone) - piano - strings self-sufficient machine eternally in motion for no for string orchestra particular purpose. But while this machine is not WILHELM KILLMAYER VIKTOR ULLMANN specifically satanic, it is more than a little sinister. ENCORE (1979) VARIATIONEN, PHANTASIE UND DOPPEL- 3(pic)3+2bcl3(cbn)/4331/5perc/cel.hp/str Duration: 3 mins. FUGE ÜBER EIN KLAVIERSTÜCK VON AR- Study Score available for sale. for orchestra NOLD SCHÖNBERG (1934) picc.2.2.2.2 - 3.3.3.1. - 4 perc (snare drum, Duration: 13 mins. ALVIN SINGLETON bass drum, cymbals, wood drum, 2 tom-toms, for orchestra EINE IDEE IST EIN STUECK STOFF (1988) glockenspiel, 4 temple blocks) - piano (solois- 2(picc).1.ca.2(bcl).2(cbn) - 3.2.1.0 - timp - harp Duration: 10 mins. tic) - strings - strings Written in memory of the American writer James Baldwin and Gustav Mahler, the score repre- OTTMAR GERSTER sents a synthesis of the blues and waltz in the CAPRICCIETTO (1936) SCHOTT USA composer himself. Singleton lived in Austria for Duration: 7 mins. 13 years absorbing the traditions that underline 4 timp - strings ROBERT BEASER the work of Mahler. He also spent time reading MANHATTAN ROLL (1997) Baldwin, his own cultural companion. The title ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD Duration: 7 mins. “An idea is a piece of cloth” was inspired by a MÄRCHENBILDER (1911) Manhattan Roll is a highly rhythmic piece that Baldwin essay and later translated to German, Duration: 22 mins. starts loud – fast and raucous – and displays Mahler’s mother tongue. for orchestra strong syncopation, mixing Latin rhythms with For string orchestra 3 (picc).2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - 1 perc (triangle, cym- more traditional things. SINFONIA DIASPORA (1991) bals, tam-tam, tambourine, snare drum, bass 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/442+btbn.1-6timp Duration: 12 mins. drum, xylophone, glockenspiel) - harp - strings .5perc / hp.synth.pno/str 3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4301/hp/str.

pg 14 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 15 ANDREW NORMAN UNSTUCK for orchestra (2008) 10 mins JOSEPH SCHWANTNER Instrumentation: 3(pic).2.ca.3(bcl, Ebcl).3- FREEFLIGHT – “FANFARES & FANTASY” 4.3.3.1-timp.3perc(tom-t, s.d, cym, crot, b.d, Duration: 6 mins. tempbl, bng, ratchet)-pno-str commissioned by the Boston Pops Orchestra, An orchestral tour de force from one of the John Williams Music Director - Freeflight is cast leading voices among the emerging genera- in a single arch-like formal design with the title tion of American composers, Andrew Norman’s suggesting music that is exuberant and high- Unstuck is inspired partly by Kurt Vonnegut’s spirited. Slaughter House Five. Andrew Norman writes: 3(pic)33(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/pno.hp/str ‘I realized that my musical materials lent them- Study Score available for sale. selves to a narrative arc that, like Vonnegut’s CHASING LIGHT character, comes “unstuck” in time. Bits and Duration: 22 mins. pieces of the beginning, middle, and end of Written for the USA’s largest co-commissioning the music crop up in the wrong places like the consortium, Chasing Light is based on a poem flashbacks and flashforwards that define the written by the composer that ‘draws its spirit, structure and style of Slaughterhouse-Five. I energy and inspiration from the celebration of also realized that the word “unstuck” had reso- vibrant colours and light of the New England nances with the way that a few of the piece’s hills’ and has received nearly 60 performances musical ideas get caught in repetitive loops. since it’s premiere in 2008. The orchestra, perhaps in some way dramatis- 2(2.picc).2.2.2-2.2.1.0-timp.1perc(vib, xyl, crot, ing my own frustration with composing, spends HOT, RED, COLD, VIBRANT (1992) lg tam-t, lg tri, b.d.)amp pno-str a considerable amount of time and energy try- Duration: 10 mins. ing to free itself from these moments of “stuck- KAMRAN INCE Commissioned and premiered by the Califor- ness”.’ Andrew Norman INFRARED - Comprised of the works Infrared nia Symphony conducted by Barry Jekowsky, Only and Before Infrared performed together Walnut Creek CA, April 1992. There is real sus- ALVIN SINGLETON pense in this roller coaster ride of an orchestral AFTER CHOICE INFRARED ONLY (1985) piece, made all the more alluring by the oc- for string orchestra (2009) Duration: 10 mins. casional lyrical intrusion.- Marilyn Tucker, San 8 mins Commissioned and premiered by the New York Francisco Chronicle Instrumentation: str Youth Symphony conducted by David Alan Mill- 2(pic)3(ob.2ca)3(2Ebcl.bcl)2/4330/3perc.pno. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for er, Carnegie Hall, New York NY, February 1986. hp/str Music Composition at Brigham Young Univer- sity for the Orchestra of the League of Compos- 3.2.3.3./4.3.3.1./timp.3perc/hp/str JOSEPH SCHWANTNER ers, Alvin Singleton’s 8-minute After Choice is Study Score available for sale. CONCERTO NO. 2 USA SCHOTT a true gem-one of his most resourceful pieces. for percussion section, timpani and orchestra BEFORE INFRARED (1986) This extremely listenable work for string or- (2011) Duration: 10 mins. chestra utilizes licks from the late violin master 30 mins Premiered by the St. Louis Symphony Orches- Leroy Jenkins in a manner at once austere and Instrumentation: pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.1.cbsn- tra conducted by Leonard Slatkin, January opulent. This work, in memory of Mr. Jenkins, 4.2.2.btbn.1-timp.3perc(rain stick, cowbell, 1987. The motoric rhythms and fierce rumbles juggles and juxtaposes a recurring pizzicato tam-t, sus cym, bng, b.d, xyl, chimes, bucket of drums and percussion suggest the influence phrase against arco lines as it relentlessly drum, waterphone, bell tree, clav, stainless of Ince’s former teacher, Christopher Rouse. - grows. The elements of sudden silences and steel metal mixing bowl, Tibetan singer bowl, John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune suspense are, of course, major players, but water triangle, mar, vib)-hp.pno(amplified)-str 3.2.3.3./4.3.3.1./timp.3perc/hp/str simply flat-out writing renders this work a true The incredibly rich, timbral, sonic and articulate keeper. Carman Moore CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA universe of percussion continues to nurture and inform the fabric of all of my music. The (1984) PIERRE JALBERT fast, first movement’s (Feroce) large-scale de- Duration: 19 mins. AUTUMN RHAPSODY sign opens with the four soloists collaboratively Premiered by the Reading Symphony Orches- for string orchestra (2008) playing a series of assertive bass drum and tra, Reading PA, Sidney Rothstein, conductor, 11 mins timpani gestures followed by sharp low reg- and the composer as soloist, February 1987. Instrumentation: str It is with the Concerto for Piano and Orches- ister orchestral punctuations and rapid, spiky high register phrases in the piccolo and flutes. tra, with the influence of new romanticism and LEI LIANG The slow second movement explores the deep dramatic minimalism, that Ince started to mix VERGE resonant melodic and harmonic sonorities of twisted Turkish modal lines, tonal sonorities, for eighteen solo strings (2009) the marimba. The third movement (con fervore) minimalist backgrounds, and purely percus- 12 mins is fast and engages all of the drums, first as sive sections. Ince says the concerto is the Instrumentation: 8vn.4va.4vc.2db best example of the wildness and electricity of a collective ensemble followed by individual improvised solos. The final section introduces the degree of contrasts he felt and loved in the HANNAH LASH bucket drums in a spirited “give and take” of early years after leaving Turkey for the U.S., HUSH improvised cadenzas concluding, coda-like, when the general contrasts presented by the for chamber orchestra (2011) with materials of the first movement. Joseph two cultures were of extreme potency to him. 14 mins Schwantner piano solo; 3223/4231/timp.3perc/str Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-timp.2perc(gl sp, tubular bells, xyl)-cel.hp.str(1.1.1.1.1) pg 14 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 15 THE LARK ASCENDING Duration: 15mins CONSTANT LAMBERT 2 fl(1opt), ob, 2 cl(1opt), 2 bn(1opt), 2 hn(1opt), ROMEO AND JULIET www.oup.co.uk/music/hire/catalogue tri, str Duration: 30 minutes Study score, vln & pno redn available for sale. Romeo and Juliet was the first ballet score writ- RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ten by a British composer for the Ballets Russ- FANTASIA FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA es. First performed in Monte Carlo in 1926, the Duration: 22 minutes MICHAEL BERKELEY neo-Baroque style music is formed into a fluid Fantasia is one of Vaughan Williams earliest SLOW DAWN (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) sequence of short movements. works for orchestra; the confidence of the writ- Duration: 11 minutes picc, fl, ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, 2 perc (timp, ing is astonishing for such an early work and Slow Dawn is a gentle and evocative piece. xylo, glock, SD, tamb, tri, cas, BD, cym), str clearly anticipates the style of some of Vaughan Berkeley depicts the changing moods of the Williams’s best known works. day, from the gradual appearance of the sun, LIBBY LARSEN Study score and piano part available on sale through the increasing warmth of day, to the OVERTURE FOR THE END OF A CENTURY final descent of the sun at the end of the day. Duration: 6 mins SYMPHONY NO.8 picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, The music moves through its six minutes in a Duration: 27 mins 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 3 per, hp, cel, str single span with unchanging regular beat. The 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn(opt 3rd), 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, style is jazzy American vernacular with a slight timp, 4 perc, 2 hp, cel, str [opt 5th perc=3 tuned MEDITATIONS broadening and darkening to set of the brilliant gongs as used in Turandot Duration: 14 mins coda. Everyone in the orchestra gets a moment Study Score available for sale. String orchestra to shine. picc.2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.3perc-pf-str THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS SYMPHONY NO.5 Also available for sale Duration: 35 mins Duration: 12 mins Dedicated to Sibelius, this symphony takes a 1 fl(+picc),1 ob, 1 cl, 1 bsn, 1 hn, strings WILLIAM MATHIAS step away from the innovative and dissonant for small orchestra CELTIC DANCES Fourth, and returns to the elegiac style of the Duration: 14 mins Pastoral Symphony. Written following a period TOUCH LIGHT 2 fl(2nd+picc),2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 of intense work on A Pilgrims Progress (which, Duration: 8 mins tbn, 1 tba(opt), timp, 3 perc, cel, hp, strings at the time, Vaughan Williams had temporarily Soprano, counter-tenor, and strings (alternate abandoned), many of the themes originate from instrumental vsn: flute, violin, and str.) JOHN RUTTER the opera. SUITE ANTIQUE 2 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, str BOB CHILCOTT Duration: 15 minutes Study Score available for sale. TANDEM The instrumentation is the same as Bach’s Duration: 20 mins Brandenburg Concerto No.5. The Suite is made SERENADE TO MUSIC (ORCHESTRAL VER- Two orchestras (or one large orchestra divided up of six movements ranging from a ‘Bach-like SION) into two parts) (1) 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl., tenor sax (can Aria’ to a ‘Richard Rodgers-style Waltz’. Rut- Duration: 11 mins be doubled by flute or clarinet0, 2 bn, 2 hn, 3 ter’s own style comes forth most strongly in This tender and much-loved work was com- tpt, 2 tbn, bass tbn, tba, timp, str. (2) 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 the final Rondeau with its characteristically posed in 1938 in honour of Sir Henry Wood. cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, bass tbn, str. PLUS a forward-driving rhythms and beautiful melodic 2 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, centrally placed piano or elec. piano. lines timp, perc, hp, solo violin, str flute, harpsichord, strings EDWARD HARPER CONCERTO GROSSO CHANSON MINIMALE DISTANT LAND Duration: 17 mins Duration: 6 mins Duration: 6 mins String Orchestra 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, b 2 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn (2 tenor, drum, clashed cymb (opt), strings 1 bass), tba, timps (3 pedal timps), hp, strings FIVE VARIANTS OF DIVES AND LAZARUS Duration: 10 mins ALUN HODDINOTT HOWARD SKEMPTON Harp and string orchestra FOUR WELSH DANCES THE LIGHT FANTASTIC Duration: 8 minutes Duration: 12 minutes CONCERTO FOR TUBA 2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob (II opt), 2 cl, 2 bn (II opt), 4 As the title might suggest, The Light Fantastic Duration: 13 mins hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (cym, tri, SD, glock, is dance-like. It is not fast, but certainly light on 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, perc, tamb, tri, BD, xylo), hp, cel (opt), str its feet. The work explores differences in tex- str [solo tuba] ture and instrumentation through a series of Piano Reduction available for sale. INVESTITURE DANCES musical patterns. Duration: 9mins fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str CONCERTO FOR OBOE 3(3rd+picc).2.2.3-4.2.3.0-timp.2.perc-hp-str Duration: 17 mins HILARY TANN Solo oboe and string orchestra GORDON JACOB WITH THE HEATHER AND THE SMALL Piano Reduction available for sale. LITTLE SYMPHONY BIRDS Duration: 20 minutes Duration: 10 minutes FANTASIA ON GREENSLEEVES A beautifully constructed, charming work for 2 fl (+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, Duration: 4 mins chamber orchestra. perc, str 1/2 fl(opt), harp (opt), strings fl (+picc), 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str pg 16 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 17 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD SONG BOOK OP. 77B CONSTANT LAMBERT Duration: 15 mins ROMEO AND JULIET Chamber Orchestra Version Duration: 30 minutes Narrator/SSAA/2.1.2.1/2.1.1.0/1Perc/Strings Romeo and Juliet was the first ballet score written by a British composer for the Ballets Russ- FRANZ LEHÁR LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD SONG BOOK DONAULEGENDEN WALZER OP. 77B es. First performed in Monte Carlo in 1926, the www.josef-weinberger.co.uk neo-Baroque style music is formed into a fluid Duration: 4 mins Duration: 15 mins sequence of short movements. 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/hp/strings GV Ensemble Version: picc, fl, ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, 2 perc (timp, Narrator/SSAA/1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/1Perc/ xylo, glock, SD, tamb, tri, cas, BD, cym), str ELFENTANZ Strings(1.1.1.1.1) Duration: 5 mins LIBBY LARSEN Concert Waltz OVERTURE: SONGS OF THE WEST OP. 78 OVERTURE FOR THE END OF A CENTURY ALAN ABBOTT picc.1.1.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/perc/hp/strings GV Duration: 11 mins Duration: 6 mins ALLA CACCIA 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/Timp/3perc/Strings The music moves through its six minutes in a Duration: 4 mins FAIRY TALE FROM 1001 NIGHTS single span with unchanging regular beat. The for solo horn and orchestra Duration: 5 mins FOUR RUSTIC SKETCHES OP. 80 style is jazzy American vernacular with a slight 2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/timp/perc/hp/strings 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/perc/hp/strings GV Duration: 16 mins broadening and darkening to set of the brilliant 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/Timp/3Perc/Hp/Strings coda. Everyone in the orchestra gets a moment LAURENCE ASHMORE JETZT GEHT’S LOS! (MARSCH) to shine. DIVERTIMENTO Duration: 4 mins THE CITY WITHIN OP. 87 picc.2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.3perc-pf-str Duration: 9 mins picc.1.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/perc/strings GV Duration: 30 mins Also available for sale 2.0.2.2/2.1.0.0/perc/hp/strings 3(3 dbl picc).3.3(2 dbl Ecl, 3 dbl bcl).3(3 dbl KORALLENLIPPEN (POLKA-MAZURKA) cbn)/4.3.3.1/3Perc/Timp/Hp/Strings WILLIAM MATHIAS FOUR SEASONS Duration: 3 mins CELTIC DANCES Duration: 16 mins 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/2perc/strings GV JUBILEE DANCES OP. 89 Duration: 14 mins for solo clarinet, percussion and strings Duration: 22 mins 2 fl(2nd+picc),2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 THE MERRY WIDOW SUITE 2(2 dbl picc).2(2 dbl CA).2.2/6.3.3.1/ tbn, 1 tba(opt), timp, 3 perc, cel, hp, strings JAMES HOOK Duration: 12 mins Timp/3Perc/Hp/Strings CLARINET CONCERTO arranged by Patrick Ryan JOHN RUTTER Duration: 20 mins 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.0/timp/4perc/hp/strings GV TATE MODERN MOBILES OP. 91 SUITE ANTIQUE for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra Duration: 8 mins Duration: 15 minutes 0.2.0.1/2.0.0.0/strings THE MERRY WIDOW WALTZ 1.1.1.1/1.2.2.0/Strings (1.1.1.1.1) The instrumentation is the same as Bach’s Full Score & Piano Reduction / Duration: 4 mins Brandenburg Concerto No.5. The Suite is made Solo Clarinet available for sale. arranged by Vilem Tausky THE THREE LITTLE PIGS OP. 92 up of six movements ranging from a ‘Bach-like 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/2perc/hp/strings GV Duration: 22 mins Aria’ to a ‘Richard Rodgers-style Waltz’. Rut- WILFRED JOSEPHS Symphony Orchestra ter’s own style comes forth most strongly in THE ANTS, OP. 7 PETER UND PAUL IM SCHLARAFFENLAND Narrator/picc.2.2.2.1/4.2.3.1/Timp/3Perc/Hp/ JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD WEINBERGER JOSEF the final Rondeau with its characteristically Duration: 7 mins Duration: 17 mins Strings forward-driving rhythms and beautiful melodic Comedy Overture Ballet‑Divertissement lines 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp/perc/hp/strings 2 (2 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.2.3.0/perc/hp/strings GV THE THREE LITTLE PIGS OP. 92B flute, harpsichord, strings Duration: 20 mins A TYNESIDE OVERTURE CARL MILLÖCKER Chamber Orchestra Version DISTANT LAND Duration: 5 mins DER BETTELSTUDENT - OVERTURE Narrator/picc.1.1.2.1/2.2.1.0/2Perc(+Timp)/Hp/ Duration: 6 mins 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.0/perc/timp/hp/strings Duration: 5 mins Strings 2 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn (2 tenor, arranged for string orchestra by P. Hunn JW 1 bass), tba, timps (3 pedal timps), hp, strings EMMERICH KÁLMÁN ORCHESTRA ON PARADE OP. 94 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN PAUL PATTERSON Duration: 5 mins HOWARD SKEMPTON Duration: 6 mins LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD OP. 73 3(3 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.2.3.1/Timp/3Perc/Hp/ THE LIGHT FANTASTIC Csárdás melodies from the operetta arranged Duration: 33 mins Strings Duration: 12 minutes for light orchestra by Richard Etlinger Symphony Orchestra Version As the title might suggest, The Light Fantastic 2(2dblpicc).2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/perc/hp/gtr/pft/ Narrator (1-3)/2(2 dbl Picc)2.2.2/4.2.3.1/3Perc/ PAUL READE is dance-like. It is not fast, but certainly light on acc/strings Hp/Strings SUITE FROM THE VICTORIAN KITCHEN its feet. The work explores differences in tex- GARDEN ture and instrumentation through a series of GRÄFIN MARIZA LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD OP. 73B Duration: 10 mins musical patterns. Duration: 4 mins Duration: 33 mins for solo clarinet, hp and strings AEA fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str Overture Chamber Orchestra Version Piano Reduction / Solo Clarinet available 2(2 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/perc/hp/cel/ Narrator (1-3)/1(dbl Picc)1.2.1/2.1.1.0/2Perc/ for sale. HILARY TANN strings OCT Hp/Strings WITH THE HEATHER AND THE SMALL ADAM SAUNDERS BIRDS DORFKINDER WALZER FESTIVO OP. 74 A COMEDY OVERTURE Duration: 10 minutes Duration: 4 mins Duration: 9 mins Duration: 3 mins 2 fl (+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, arranged by Hans Schneider 2(2 dbl picc).2.2(2 dbl Ecl).2/4.3.3.1/ 2(2 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp/perc/hp/pft/ perc, str 2(2 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.2.3.0/hp/acc/pft/strings Timp/3Perc/Hp/Strings strings pg 16 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 17 THE MOONRAKERS THE MAGICAL KINGDOM Duration: 7 mins THE TERRAIN OF THE KINGS (TERRE DES Duration: 4 mins for audience and orchestra ROIS) 2(2 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp/perc/hp/pft/ picc.1.2.2.2/3.2.3.0/perc/hp/strings Duration: 20 mins strings for voices and orchestra ODE TO MUSIC 2 (dbl rec).1 (dbl rec).1 (dbl rec).2/0.2.4.0/2crt/ JOHANN STRAUSS Duration: 5 mins euph/perc/pft duet/gtrs/strings EMB ELJEN A MAGYAR! (SCHNELL-POLKA) for voices and orchestra Duration: 4 mins 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.0/perc/hp/strings THE WINTER STAR 2.2.2.2/2Asax.Tsax/4.2.3.0/perc/harm/strings Duration: 20 mins OUR MAN IN HAVANA arranged for audience and orchestra by Michael DIE FLEDERMAUS - CSÁRDÁS Duration: 19 mins Bush Duration: 4 mins 2(2 dbl picc).2(2 dbl CA).2.2/4.3.3.0/timp/ 2.picc.2.2.2/3.2.3.1/timp/perc/hp/cel/strings 2(2 dbl picc).2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp/perc/strings perc/hp/strings Orchestral Suite ERMANNO WOLF‑FERRARI UNTER DONNER UND BLITZ (POLKA) Full Score available for sale. THE JEWELS OF THE MADONNA Duration: 4 mins Duration: 16 mins Picc.1.1.2.1/4.3.3.1/timp/perc/strings THE STONE WALL Orchestral Suite Duration: 6 mins picc.2.2.2.3/4.3.3.1/timp/perc/hp/pft/2gtr/2mand ARTHUR SULLIVAN for audience and orchestra (opt.)/strings CELLO CONCERTO 2(2 dbl picc).2.2(2 dbl bcl).2(2 dbl cbn)/4.3.3.1/ Duration: 20 mins perc/hp/strings for solo cello and orchestra reconstructed by Charles Mackerras and David Mackie 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/timp/strings

JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD MALCOLM WILLIAMSON THE GLITTER GANG Duration: 11 mins for audience and orchestra 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/perc/hp/strings

pg 18 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 19 IRISH REEL (1936-7) THE TERRAIN OF THE KINGS (TERRE DES Duration: 3 min ROIS) Based on the Scottish tune ‘The Bottom of the Duration: 20 mins Punch Bowl’, the Irish Reel is one of a num- for voices and orchestra ber of effective short pieces from the 1930s, 2 (dbl rec).1 (dbl rec).1 (dbl rec).2/0.2.4.0/2crt/ PETERLOO (1967) composed at great speed as incidental music euph/perc/pft duet/gtrs/strings EMB Duration: 10 min for film, radio and theatre productions. Orches- One of Arnold’s most-performed works, it de- trated for a relatively small ensemble, for the THE WINTER STAR picts the infamous massacre that took place documentary film ‘Around the Village Green;, Duration: 20 mins www.fabermusic.co.uk in 1819 in St Peter’s Fields Manchester, when the Reel begins with a conventional exposition arranged for audience and orchestra by Michael an orderly crowd of some 80,000 people met of the main theme before Britten’s own harmon- Bush to hear a speech on political reform. On the ic language takes it to new territories. SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD 2.picc.2.2.2/3.2.3.1/timp/perc/hp/cel/strings orders of the magistrates the meeting was forc- 1(=picc).1.1.1 – 1000 – timp – harp – strings ANNIVERSARY OVERTURE (1968) ibly broken up, the cavalry were sent in, eleven Duration: 4 min ERMANNO WOLF‑FERRARI people were killed and 400 injured. Peterloo at- OVERTURE PAUL BUNYAN (1941/ORCH A bustling concert opener, this work was the THE JEWELS OF THE MADONNA tempts to portray these happenings musically, 1977) result of a commission from the Hong Kong Duration: 16 mins but after a lament for the killed and injured, it Orchestrated by Colin Matthews Philharmonic Orchestra to mark its 21st birth- Orchestral Suite ends in triumph, in the firm belief that all those Duration: 5 min day. An exuberant opening and closing fanfare picc.2.2.2.3/4.3.3.1/timp/perc/hp/pft/2gtr/2mand who have suffered and died in the cause of Britten drafted this overture for piano duet and surround a slower lyrical theme. (opt.)/strings unity amongst mankind, will not have died so intended its inclusion in the first production of 2222 - 4230 - timp - perc(1) – strings in vain. Paul Bunyan. In the event it was neither or- 2.picc.2.2.2 - 4331 - timp - perc(4) - harp – chestrated nor performed. When Britten re- CONCERTO FOR CLARINET NO 2 (1974) strings vised his popular operetta in the final years of Solo clarinet and orchestra his life, he did not reinstate the overture, but Duration: 18 min SWEENEY TODD CONCERT SUITE (1959/84) composed a new brief introduction. Following Written for Benny Goodman, the 2nd Clarinet Duration: 20 min Britten’s death, Colin Matthews orchestrated Concerto celebrates not only Arnold’s friend- Described by Dame Ninette de Valois as the the original overture, using the instrumentation ship with the US jazz clarinettist, but also his “finest ballet composer since Tchaikovsky”, and colours of the opera, and it now stands as own love of jazz as displayed in the outrageous Arnold wrote some wonderful ballet scores, in- an exciting work in its own right. finale. It is beautifully balanced by the first two cluding Sweeney Todd and Rinaldo & Armida, 2(II=picc).1.2.bcl.1 – 2221 – timp – perc(2/3) – movements, which include a hauntingly lyrical choreographed by John Cranko and Frederick (pno) – (harp) – strings Lento. Ashton respectively. The Sweeney Todd Con- 1.picc.2.0.2 - 2000 - timp(=perc) – strings cert Suite comprises extended highlights of the SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES (1974) Cranko ballet and is one of his most appeal- Duration: 14 min A FLOURISH FOR ORCHESTRA (1973) ing orchestral scores, Arnold’s innate sense of Britten’s last purely orchestral work ranges Duration: 4 min humour and drama conjuring up the gruesome in mood from the exhilarating opening to the Another of Arnold’s seemingly effortless and Victorian tale of “The Demon Barber of Fleet frightening ‘Hankin Booby’, for winds and ebullient concert openers, A Flourish for Or- Street”! percussion alone, to the moving elegy incor- MUSIC FABER chestra was written to celebrate the 500th 1.picc.1.2.1 - 2220 - timp - perc(1/2) - pno(=cel) porating the folksong ‘Lord Melbourne’ on cor anniversary of the granting of a charter to the -harp – strings anglais. It is a fitting epilogue to the life of an City of Bristol. It begins with frenetic upward orchestral master. scales before Waltonian fanfares combine with ANNE BOYD 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 2200 – timp – perc(2) a beautifully serene melody to form a compact AT THE RISING OF THE SUN (2001) – harp – strings and vital work. Duration: 10 min 2.picc.2.2.2 - 4331 - timp - perc(3) – strings A haunting orchestral transcription of her clas- CARL DAVIS sical choral work, As I Crossed a Bridge of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: SUITE (1992) FOUR CORNISH DANCES (1966) Dreams. Duration: 15 min Duration: 10 min 2222 – 4331 – timp – perc(1) – strings A festive Dickensian suite derived from Davis’s One of Arnold’s most performed works, the acclaimed ballet score for Northern Ballet The- Four Cornish Dances was premiered at the BENJAMIN BRITTEN atre, and recorded on Naxos. BBC Proms, and celebrates the period in which THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSE (1967) 2(II=picc).1(=ca).2.asax.2 – 2230 – timp – the composer was resident in England’s south- Overture with or without chorus perc(2) – harp – strings ernmost county (1965-1972). As he wrote: “the Duration: 6 min Cornish people have a highly developed sense The 1967 Aldeburgh Festival opened with a CHAMPIONS THEME (1983) of humour. Many are sea-faring folk, and it is a visit from Queen Elizabeth II, a concert in the Duration: 3 min land of male voice choirs, brass bands, Method- new Snape Maltings Concert Hall, and with this The stirring title theme from the film about jock- ism, May Days, and Moody and Sankey hymns. overture, composed to celebrate the ‘building ey Bob Champion, who rode Aldaniti to victory The Cornish, despite, or even because of, their of the house’. The work itself is as lively as in the 1981 Grand National. great sense of independence have been ruth- the wonderful acoustic in which it was first per- 3(III=picc).2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn – 4331 – timp – lessly exploited. The deserted engine houses formed, and although the version for choir and perc(2) – pno – 2 harp – strings of the tin and copper mines bear silent witness orchestra was most suitable for its premiere, to this, and these ruins radiate a strange and the alternative versions for organ and orchestra Cranford Suite (2008) sad beauty. I hope some of these things are or extra brass are just as effective. Duration: 12 min present in this music, which is Cornish through 2222 – 2201 – timp – perc(1) – strings – (organ) Music from the BBC’s adaptation of Mrs Gas- the eyes of a “furrener”.” – SATB chorus kell’s classic novels 2.picc.2.2.2 - 4331 - timp - perc(2) - harp – Alternative orch: 2222 – 2331 – 1(=picc+afl).2(II=ca).2 in Bb+A.2(II=cbsn) – strings timp – perc(1) – strings – (organ) 2000 – timp – perc(2) – harp – strings pg 18 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 19 OVERTURE ON AUSTRALIAN THEMES ebration, and it seems a good starting point for the old occurs it has been adapted in mood (1981) a piece celebrating British musical life. Within and composition and is often interspersed with Duration: 6 min The Ringing Isle, Dove incorporates some tra- completely new material. The contemporary A bright and breezy orchestral medley, original- ditional change-ringing patterns, from ‘Grand- harmonies and rhythms bring a breath of new ly composed for Dame Edna Everage’s “Last sire Doubles’, ‘Oxford Treble Bob Minor’ and into these themes and add drama to the suite. Night of the Poms” extravaganza his own version of ‘Plain Bob Major’. Handel’s 2(II=picc).2.2 (in Bb & A).2 – 4331 3(III=picc).2(II=ca).3(II=Ebcl. phrase also conjures up an image of a magical – timp – perc(3) – harp – cel – strings III=bcl).2 – 4331 – timp – perc(4) – island, and so this is how Dove envisaged how pno(=cel) – 2 harp – strings – (chorus) it must have been to approach Britain from an FESTIVE OVERTURE (1986) ocean voyage. Duration: 8 mins PRIDE AND PREJUDICE SUITE (1995/ARR 2(=picc).2.2.2 – 4431 – timp - perc(3) – strings Festive Overture is bravura in nature. The out- 2011) OR 2(=picc).2.2.2 - 2200 - perc(2) – strings er sections are busy and colourful and frame Duration: 16 min a more expansive, but no less urgent, middle For piano and small orchestra. From the award- HOWARD GOODALL section which develops a large arching theme. winning BBC TV series AUTUMN FROM ‘THE SEASONS’ (2009/ARR The work ends as it began, with excitement and 1022 – 2000 – pno (or fortepiano) – strings 2010) exuberance. Solo cello and orchestra (or string orchestra) 3(III=picc).3(III=ca).3(III=Ebcl).2.cbsn – 4331 – THREE SPIRITUALS (1998) Duration: 16 min perc(4) – pno(=cel) – harp – strings Duration: 8 min A delightful three-movement concertino derived Mezzo/contralto, (or baritone, or bass voice) from Goodall’s original score to Alan Titch- MASQUE (1987) and orchestra. (Go Down Moses; Deep River; marsh’s TV series ‘The Seasons’, as recorded Duration: 5 mins Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel) on EMI Classics A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 4331 – timp – perc(3) – 2221 – 2121 – timp – harp – cel – strings defined by Historians as ‘a revel in which Mum- harp – piano – strings mers or masked folk come with torches blazing THE SELFISH GIANT (2010) into the festive hall and call upon the company SOUSA: STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER narrator, childrens’ choir and orchestra, after to dance and dice’. The chaos of this dramatic (ARR 1987) Oscar Wilde dance is depicted in this ‘Masque’ by Hesketh. Duration: 5 min Duration: 20 mins The main theme is bravura and is often pres- 3(II+III=picc).3.Ebcl.2.2.cbsn – 4331 – timp – 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2(II=bcl).1 – 2100 – timp – ent, in the background. The form of the piece FABER MUSIC perc(4) – strings perc(1 or 2) – cel – harp – organ – strings is a simple scherzo-trio-scherzo. Colourful scoring with a dash of wildness may tease both THE WORLD AT WAR – THEME (1981) WINTER FROM ‘THE SEASONS’ (2009/ARR player and listener to let their hair down a little! Duration: 5 min 2010) Masque derives from Hesketh’s Scherzo for Davis’s iconic title theme from the much-lauded Solo cello and orchestra (or string orchestra) Orchestra, commissioned by the National Chil- TV series. Duration: 17 mins dren’s Orchestra in 1987. 3(III=picc).2.ca.3(III=Ebcl+bcl).2.cbsn – 4331 A delightful three-movement concertino derived picc.2.2.ca.3(III=bcl).2 – 4321 – timp – perc(3) – timp – perc(3) – pno – mandolin – 2 harp – from Goodall’s original score to Alan Titch- – harp – pno(=cel) – strings

strings FABER MUSIC marsh’s TV series ‘The Seasons’, as recorded CANOPE (ARR 2002) on EMI Classics WHIRLEGIGG (1984) Duration: 2 min 2221 – 2121 – timp – cel – harp – strings Duration: 5 mins 2(II=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn – 4331 – perc(1) Whirlegigg is the middle-English word for a – 2 harp (2nd ad lib) – cel – strings KENNETH HESKETH contraption that continuously spins. A great DANCERIES (2001) fascination with many inventors of the medieval LA FILLE AUX CHEVEUX DE LIN (ARR 2005) Duration: 12 mins period was to develop a perpetual motion ma- Duration: 4 min The first movement, Lull Me Beyond Thee, chine constantly turning and giving off energy. 2 harps and strings is gentle and lilting, almost a barcarolle, this This idea is particularly apt for this piece. A movement is very much a reverie. The original simple ternary structure gives ample opportu- LA CATHÉDRALE ENGLOUTIE (ARR 2006) tune had the name ‘Poor Robin’s Maggot’, a nity for both boisterous and reflective material Duration: 5 min rather disconcerting title; maggot, however, in with gyrating accompanimental figures never 2(I+2=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.cbcl (ad lib).2.cbsn – seventeenth-century parlance meant whim or far away. The machine almost stops near the 4331 – timp – perc(4) – 2 harp – cel – strings fancy. The second, Catching of Quails, is a co- end, but finally musters one last burst of excite- MINSTRELS (ARR 2003) lourful, buoyant scherzo on an original melody. ment and energy to bring the work to its close. Duration: 4 min The thematic material is shuttled around the picc.2.2.2.2 – 4.3.2 tenor trbn.2 btrbn.1 – timp 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn – 4231 – timp – perc(2) band to contrast with full-blooded tuttis. The – perc(4) – harp – strings – 2 harp – strings last few bars fade to almost nothing, before a final surprise! My Lady’s Rest is a tender pa- NIGEL HESS JONATHAN DOVE vane, also on an original melody, with Moorish LADIES IN LAVENDER SUITE (2004) THE RINGING ISLE (1997) leanings. Beautiful solo passages, expressive Solo violin and orchestra Fanfare for orchestra (or chamber orchestra) contrapuntal writing and warm tuttis provide an Duration: 19 mins Duration: 6 min opportunity to show off the most lyrical of play- (NB, Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra and the La- Handel called Britain ‘the ringing isle’ because ing. The final movement, Quodling’s Delight is dies in Lavender Theme are contained within when he moved to London, he heard bells a clever combination of the 17th century mel- the suite but can also be performed separately) ringing everywhere: great bells in church tow- ody, ‘Goddesses’, with an original contrasting Nigel Hess was nominated for a Classical BRIT ers, and handbells in some of the first private melody, creating a rousing and exuberant finale Award for his beautiful soundtrack to the film houses he visited. The sound of people ‘ringing to the work. In Danceries the melodies them- starring Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. the changes’ is a peculiarly British sound of cel- selves are a mixture of old and new. Where The score was recorded for the film by violinist

pg 20 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 21 the old occurs it has been adapted in mood Joshua Bell. SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY and composition and is often interspersed with 0122 – 3000 – timp – perc(1) – harp – pno/ A LEAF (1997) completely new material. The contemporary synth – strings Duration: 13 mins harmonies and rhythms bring a breath of new 2(II=picc).2.2.2 – 2200 – timp(=susp.cym ad into these themes and add drama to the suite. OVERTURE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING lib) – perc(1/2) – pno(=cel) – harp – strings 2(II=picc).2.2 (in Bb & A).2 – 4331 (1982) – timp – perc(3) – harp – cel – strings Duration: 4 mins NOVA 3(III=picc).2.ca.2.bcl.2 – 4.3.2.btrbn.1 – timp – Duration: 7 mins FESTIVE OVERTURE (1986) perc(3) – harp – strings LITESPEED (2002) 2.2(II=ca).2.bcl.2 – 2000 – timp – 2 harps – pno Duration: 8 mins Duration: 6 mins – strings Festive Overture is bravura in nature. The out- THE TV DETECTIVES (2003) picc(=fl).1.1.ca.1.bcl(=cl).1.cbsn – 4231 – timp er sections are busy and colourful and frame Duration: 8 mins – perc(1) – harp – strings SPIRAL (1997) a more expansive, but no less urgent, middle Suite for orchestra, featuring themes from Duration: 9 mins section which develops a large arching theme. the TV programmes Dangerfield, Campion, RPM (1997) 2(II=picc).1.ca.2.2 – 2000 – timp – harp – The work ends as it began, with excitement and Wycliffe, Maigret and Hetty Wainthropp Inves- professional, amateur or school orchestra strings or 2(II=picc).1.ca.2.2 – 4000 – timp – exuberance. tigates Duration: 4 mins harp – strings 3(III=picc).3(III=ca).3(III=Ebcl).2.cbsn – 4331 – picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.asax.2 – 4.3(I=crt).3.1 – timp Hindson’s most performed work, a favourite perc(4) – pno(=cel) – harp – strings – perc(3) – harp – gtr (acoustic & electric).bgtr with professional, community and school or- TUESDAY (1999) – soprano voice – pno(=synth) – strings chestras alike, this throbbing, pulsating scherzo Duration: 13 mins MASQUE (1987) is an ideal concert opener. 2222 – 4000 – timp – harp – strings Duration: 5 mins MATTHEW HINDSON Professional Version: 2(I+II=picc).2.2.1.cbsn – A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been AUTO-ELECTRIC (2003) 2(4).2.0.0 – timp – perc(2) – harp – strings SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY/CARL DAVIS defined by Historians as ‘a revel in which Mum- Duration: 5 mins Alternative Orch: uses 4 hrn and 3 trbn. PAUL MCCARTNEY’S LIVERPOOL SUITE mers or masked folk come with torches blazing 2222 – 4221 – perc(2) – harp – strings Version for amateur/school orchestra: Duration: 9 mins into the festive hall and call upon the company (picc).2.2.2.2 asax.2 – 2(4).2.2.1 – timp – 2222 – 4231 – timp – perc(2) – strings to dance and dice’. The chaos of this dramatic BOOM-BOX (2000) perc(6) – pno – strings Also version for string orchestra dance is depicted in this ‘Masque’ by Hesketh. Duration: 4 mins The main theme is bravura and is often pres- 2(I=picc).2.2.2 – 4230 – perc(3) – strings GUSTAV HOLST FRANZ SCHUBERT/ED. BRIAN NEWBOULD ent, in the background. The form of the piece INVOCATION (1911) SYMPHONY NO 10 is a simple scherzo-trio-scherzo. Colourful DANGEROUS CREATURES (2008) Cello and orchestra Duration: 30 mins scoring with a dash of wildness may tease both A suite for orchestra Duration: 10 mins 2222 – 2230 – timp – strings player and listener to let their hair down a little! Duration: 20 mins (all movements can be per- 2222 – 2100 – perc(2) – harp – strings Masque derives from Hesketh’s Scherzo for formed separately) PETER SCULTHORPE Orchestra, commissioned by the National Chil- This suite was conceived as a contemporary ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR dren’s Orchestra in 1987. take on Saint-Saens’s Carnival of the Animals. MEMORY Duration: 3 mins picc.2.2.ca.3(III=bcl).2 – 4321 – timp – perc(3) It was commissioned by the London Philhar- Duration: 5 mins 2222 – 4231 – timp – strings – harp – pno(=cel) – strings monic Orchestra for its family concerts and has 3.2(II=ca).2.0 – 4031 – timp – jazz drum kit – Also version for string orchestra FABER MUSIC FABER FABER MUSIC subsequently been taken up by the Sydney pno (=synth) – gtr – bgtr – strings WHIRLEGIGG (1984) Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Sym- BURKE & WILLS SUITE (2003) Duration: 5 mins phony Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony COLIN MATTHEWS Duration: 19 mins Whirlegigg is the middle-English word for a Orchestra. Movements include Big Black Bear, MACHINES & DREAMS 2222 – 4231 – timp – perc(1) – strings contraption that continuously spins. A great Scorpions, Army Ants, Rhinoceros Tango, Spi- (A Toy Symphony for toy instruments and full fascination with many inventors of the medieval ders and Humans – the most dangerous crea- orchestra) DJILILE (1996) period was to develop a perpetual motion ma- ture of all! Duration: 15 mins Duration: 5 mins chine constantly turning and giving off energy. picc.1.1.ca.2.1.cbsn – 4.2.2.btrbn.1 – timp – picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn – 4331 – timp – 0.2.ca(or cl, or vlc).0.0.(cbsn) – 4000, or 3010, This idea is particularly apt for this piece. A perc(2) – harp – strings perc(2/3) – pno – harp – strings – toy instru- or 2020, or 0220 – perc(1) – strings simple ternary structure gives ample opportu- ments – football hooligans Also version for string orchestra nity for both boisterous and reflective material HEADBANGER (2001) with gyrating accompanimental figures never Duration: 5 mins DAVID MATTHEWS EARTH CRY far away. The machine almost stops near the A surging, rhythmic fanfare for orchestra, Head- JANACEK: ON AN OVERGROWN PATH Orchestra, with optional didjeridu Also avail- end, but finally musters one last burst of excite- banger is inspired by gestures that could be as- (ARR 2008) able, 6-minute abridged version ment and energy to bring the work to its close. sociated with heavy metal or rock music. (orchestrated by D Matthews) Duration: 11 mins picc.2.2.2.2 – 4.3.2 tenor trbn.2 btrbn.1 – timp picc.2.2.ca.3.2.cbsn – 4331 – timp – perc(2) – Duration: 27 mins One of the defining compositions in Scult- – perc(4) – harp – strings harp – strings 2(II=picc).1.ca.2.2(II=cbsn) – 2230 – timp – horpe’s output, Earth Cry portrays the vast perc(1) – harp – strings and lonely Australian landscape, drawing on NIGEL HESS AN INFERNAL MACHINE (2006) Aboriginal drone effects, pounding drums and LADIES IN LAVENDER SUITE (2004) Duration: 5 mins SCHERZO CAPRICCIOSO (1990 sounds derived from wildlife. Solo violin and orchestra An Infernal Machine, as the title may imply, Duration: 8 mins 2.2.2.2.cbsn – 4431 – timp – perc(3) – strings Duration: 19 mins takes as its starting a hellish vision of the future 2222 – 2210 – perc(2) – pno – strings (min (NB, Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra and the La- where machines and artificial life forms have 6.5.4.3.2) From High Hills (2002) dies in Lavender Theme are contained within overtaken their human creators – rather as in Duration: 5 mins the suite but can also be performed separately) the Terminator series of films. Commissioned NICHOLAS MAW 2222 – 2230 – timp – perc(1) – strings Nigel Hess was nominated for a Classical BRIT by The Orchestras of Australia Network for first SUMMER DANCES (1981) Award for his beautiful soundtrack to the film performance by the Tamworth Youth Orchestra. Duration: 24 mins FROM ULURU (1991) starring Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. picc.2.2.2.2 – 422.btrbn.1 – timp – perc(4) – 3(III=picc).3.3.3 – 4331 – timp – perc(2/3) – Duration: 4 mins The score was recorded for the film by violinist strings (pno) – strings 2222 – 4231 – perc(3) – strings pg 20 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 21 CARL VINE GREAT SANDY ISLAND (1998) CELEBRARE CELEBERRIME (1994) Duration: 20 mins A celebration for orchestra This five-movement work is inspired by the Duration: 5 mins story of Eliza Fraser, a Scottish woman and TROPIC (2008) Celebrare Celeberrime translates as “to cel- captain’s wife who was shipwrecked in 1836 off Duration: 10 mins ebrate to the full and with the greatest speed”. the coast of Queensland (and gave her name 2222 – 4331 – timp – perc(2) – strings What better commendation could there be for a to Fraser Island). She was captured by Ab- concert opener? origines and found years later by a deserting TCHAIKOVSKY/ARR D MATTHEWS 2.picc.3(III=ca).3(III=bcl).2.cbsn – 4331 – timp convict and taken to an army garrison, before THE SEASONS (1875-6/ORCH 1989) – perc(3) – harp – strings eventually ending up, her sanity lost, in a fair- Duration: 50 mins ground booth in Hyde Park, London, selling her All 12 movements performable, or in groups V (2003) stories for sixpence each. Sculthorpe’s work 3(III=picc).2.ca.2(II=bcl).2 – 4231 – timp – Duration: 5 mins depicts the spirit of the landscape of the island, perc(2) – (cel) – harp – strings The title V actually refers to the Roman numeral of Eliza’s encounters with the tribespeople, and and hence to the duration of the piece. Already her return to civilisation, but it ends poignantly RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/DAVID MAT- a firm favourite with Australian audiences, V with the haunting sounds of the island. THEWS had its US premiere in Carnegie Hall in 2009. 2(II=picc).2.2.2.cbsn – 4431 – timp – perc(3) – DARK PASTORAL (1942/COMPLETED 2010) 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2(II=cbsn) – 4221 – timp – strings Cello and orchestra perc(2) – strings Duration: 11 mins KAKADU (1988) Rumours of an unfinished cello concerto by VIOLIN CONCERTO (2011) Orchestra, with optional didjeridu Vaughan Williams have pervaded the cellist Solo violin and orchestra Duration: 15 mins fraternity for some years. In fact there exists Duration: 23 mins Taking its name from Kakadu National Park in only a fragment from the slow movement of Vine’s songful Violin Concerto was commis- Northern Australia, this vibrant work reflects the this work which dates from 1942. However, the sioned for the Australian Youth Orchestra by landscape, wildlife and the changing seasons 4-minute fragment as it stands attracted the at- the Hon. Jane Mathews AO and premiered in of this enormous wilderness area – from coast- tention of composer David Matthews – who has the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in al tidal plains to rugged mountain plateaux. now incorporated it into a new 11-minute work July 2011 with soloist Dene Olding and conduc- 2.2.ca.2.2.cbsn – 4431 – timp – perc(3) – entitled Dark Pastoral for cello and orchestra, tor Thomas Dausgaard. strings with the full approval of the Vaughan Williams picc.1.1.ca.1.bcl.1.cbsn – 4.2.ttrbn.0.btrbn.1 – FABER MUSIC Estate. It was premiered at the 2011 BBC timp – perc(1) – harp – solo violin – strings MEMENTO MORI (1993) Proms by Steven Isserlis, the BBC Concert Or- Orchestra, with optional didjeridu chestra and Paul Daniel. STEPHEN WARBECK Duration: 14 mins 2.1.ca.2.2 – 2000 – strings PELAGIA’S SONG FROM ‘CAPTAIN COREL- 2(II=picc).2.2.2 – 4430 – timp – perc(2) – strings LI’S MANDOLIN’ PORT ARTHUR: IN MEMORIAM (1996) RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Voice and orchestra Duration: 4 mins HEROIC ELEGY AND TRIUMPHAL EPI- Duration: 4 mins 0000 – (2)100 – perc(1) – strings LOGUE (1901) 2.1.ca.1.bcl.2 – 4000 – timp – perc(1) – gtr – 2 (trumpet may be replaced by an oboe) Duration: 19 mins mandolins – accordion – strings Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Heroic Elegy and Tri- Reduced version: 2.1.ca.2(II=bcl).2 – 4000 – SMALL TOWN (1963) umphal Epilogue was composed in 1901. After perc(1) – 2 harps – strings Duration: 6 mins some revision by the composer, both move- One of Sculthorpe’s most performed works, ments were performed by the Leeds Municipal SENZA DI TE FROM ‘CAPTAIN CORELLI’S it was inspired by a passage from D H Law- Orchestra, conducted by Vaughan Williams, on MANDOLIN’ rence’s novel, “Kangaroo”, in which he de- 21 January 1905. This appears to have been Voice and orchestra scribes the town of Thirroul in New South the last performance of the work in the UK until Duration: 3 mins Wales. At the heart of the work, two trumpets it was relaunched by the Hallé Orchestra under 2.1.ca.2.2 – 4000 – timp – perc(1) – 2 gtr – play “The Last Post” in haunting canon over Sir Mark Elder in 2009. It has since been re- mandolin – accordion – strings hushed strings. Small Town is often used to leased on the Dutton Epoch label by the BBC Reduced version: 2.1.ca.2.2 – 4000 – timp – accompany broadcasts of civic occasions, An- Concert Orchestra and John Wilson. perc(1) – 2 harps – strings zac Day processions and at state funerals. It 3.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn (ad lib) – 4331 – timp(=susp. also a firm favourite with orchestra education cym) – perc(2) – harp (ad lib) – org (ad lib) – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE SUITE (1999) programmes. strings A concert suite from Warbeck’s Oscar-winning 0100 – 0200 – timp – perc(2) – harp – strings soundtrack to the film starring Gwyneth Paltrow THE WASPS OVERTURE (1909) and Joseph Fiennes SUN MUSIC III (1967) Duration: 9 mins Duration: 10 mins Duration: 13 mins 2(II=picc).2.2.2 – 4200 – timp – perc(2) – harp 1.optional penny whistle.1.ca.2 (II=bcl) 1 – The first work in which Sculthorpe revealed his – strings 4231 – timp – perc(3) – piano – harp – strings growing interest in Asian music, Sun Music III Reduced Orch: 2(II=picc).1.2.1 – 2100 – timp – Also version for string orchestra reflects his fascination with Balinese music with perc(2) – harp – strings direct quotations from Balinese melody and THEME FROM CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MAN- sounds. THE WASPS SUITE (1909) DOLIN (2001) 2.picc.2.2.2 – 3220 – timp – perc(3) – strings Duration: 25 mins Duration: 4 mins 2(II=picc).2.2.2 – 4230 – timp – perc(2) – harp 2222 – 4221 – timp – perc(1/2) – gtr – 2 mando- SUN SONG (1984) – strings lins – accordion – strings Duration: 5 mins Reduced Orch: 2(II=picc).1.2.1 – 2100 – timp – Reduced version: 2222 – 4221 – timp – 2222 – 2221 – perc(2) – strings perc(2) – harp – strings perc(1/2) – 2 harps – strings

pg 22 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 23 CARL VINE JOHN WOOLRICH WINTER FROM ‘THE SEASONS’ (2009/ARR ELEGY (2006) CELEBRARE CELEBERRIME (1994) TALES OF TRANSFORMATION (AFTER 2010) Duration: 17 mins A celebration for orchestra PURCELL) (2004) Solo cello and string orchestra (or orchestra) Viola and strings Duration: 5 mins For professional and amateur players com- Duration: 17 mins Celebrare Celeberrime translates as “to cel- bined A delightful three-movement concertino derived LAMENT FOR STRINGS (1976) ebrate to the full and with the greatest speed”. Duration: 15 mins from Goodall’s original score to Alan Titch- Duration: 10 mins What better commendation could there be for a picc.233.bcl.3 – 4331 – timp (=jingles) – perc(2) marsh’s TV series ‘The Seasons’, as recorded concert opener? – harp – strings on EMI Classics LITTLE SUITE FOR STRINGS (1983) 2.picc.3(III=ca).3(III=bcl).2.cbsn – 4331 – timp Duration: 10 mins – perc(3) – harp – strings THE THEATRE REPRESENTS A GARDEN: PERCY GRAINGER/ARR SCULTHORPE MY COUNTRY CHILDHOOD (1999) NIGHT (1991) AFTER MOZART BEAUTIFUL FRESH FLOWER Duration: 16 mins V (2003) Duration: 15 mins Duration: 3 mins perc(1) – strings Duration: 5 mins 2222 - 2000 - strings PORT ESSINGTON (1977) The title V actually refers to the Roman numeral FAEROE ISLAND SONG String trio and string orchestra and hence to the duration of the piece. Already AFTER MOZART Duration: 3 mins Duration: 15 mins a firm favourite with Australian audiences, V Duration: 15 mins perc(1) – strings One of Sculthorpe’s best-known works. It tells had its US premiere in Carnegie Hall in 2009. 2222 – 2000 – strings of the attempted British settlement in 1838 of 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2(II=cbsn) – 4221 – timp – NIGEL HESS Port Essington in northern Australia. The set- perc(2) – strings STRING ORCHESTRA THE STATUE (FROM THE WINTER’S TALE) tlers showed tenacity but ultimately failed to Duration: 5 mins adapt to the conditions of the land, leading to VIOLIN CONCERTO (2011) SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD Solo cello, harp and strings complete abandonment in 1849. A string or- Solo violin and orchestra CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINS & STRING chestra represents the bush and a string trio Duration: 23 mins ORCHESTRA (1962) MATTHEW HINDSON the settlement. The trio imitates nineteenth- Vine’s songful Violin Concerto was commis- Duration: 17 mins BALKAN CONNECTION (2003) century drawing-room music, but gradually sioned for the Australian Youth Orchestra by Written for Yehudi Menuhin and his pupil Al- Duration: 15 mins the string orchestra dominates, until at the end the Hon. Jane Mathews AO and premiered in bert Lysy, this effervescent work has become only the music of the bush remains. LULLABY (2003) the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in one of Arnold’s most performed. It shows the Duration: 4 mins July 2011 with soloist Dene Olding and conduc- composer in serious mode, and pays homage SYDNEY SINGING (2003) tor Thomas Dausgaard. to the Bach Double Violin Concerto with its Solo clarinet, percussion (1), harp and strings picc.1.1.ca.1.bcl.1.cbsn – 4.2.ttrbn.0.btrbn.1 – SONG AND DANCE (2006) contrapuntal writing and passages for solo and Duration: 10 mins Duration: 17 mins timp – perc(1) – harp – solo violin – strings ripieno strings. The two movements in this piece – the first a RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ‘song’, and the second a ‘dance’ – explore the STEPHEN WARBECK SONATA FOR STRINGS (2005) FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS PELAGIA’S SONG FROM ‘CAPTAIN COREL- differences in life experience and lifestyle be- TALLIS (1910) Arrangement of Arnold’s String Quartet No 2 by tween young adults over a 90 year time span. LI’S MANDOLIN’ David Matthews double string orchestra Voice and orchestra The first movement refers to 1916, when young Duration: 16 mins

Duration: 29 mins SCHOTT Duration: 4 mins men were fighting and dying in European battle 2.1.ca.1.bcl.2 – 4000 – timp – perc(1) – gtr – 2 fields. Young women of the time were at home, CARL VINE BENJAMIN BRITTEN MUSIC FABER mandolins – accordion – strings married, possibly with children, with a pro- PIPE DREAMS (2003) WELCOME SUITE (ARR. 1994) scribed role of a ‘housewife’. In contrast is the CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND STRING Reduced version: 2.1.ca.2(II=bcl).2 – 4000 – String orchestra, arranged by Tony Osborne perc(1) – 2 harps – strings typical 18-25 year old in 2006 – single, juggling ORCHESTRA from ‘Welcome Ode’ a frenetic career and social life, surrounded by Duration: 14 minutes Duration: 6 mins SENZA DI TE FROM ‘CAPTAIN CORELLI’S information and technological advancements. Pipe Dreams is cast in a one-movement, three Britten’s Welcome Ode, his final completed Commissioned by The Orchestras of Australia section moderate-slow-fast form. It was com- MANDOLIN’ work, was composed for the celebration of Voice and orchestra Network. missioned by ABN AMRO for the Australian Her Majesty the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. It is a Chamber Orchestra and the flautist Emmanuel Duration: 3 mins bright and vibrant cantata, and Tony Osborne’s TECHNOLOGIC 1-2 (1999) 2.1.ca.2.2 – 4000 – timp – perc(1) – 2 gtr – strings and percussion Pahud, who premiered it in the Concert Hall of arrangement for string orchestra of three of the Sydney Opera House in 2003. mandolin – accordion – strings five movements contains all the characteristi- Duration: 8 mins Reduced version: 2.1.ca.2.2 – 4000 – timp – perc(1), or synth/sampler, or CD is also cally brilliant writing that Britten brought to such TRIBE’S DESIRE (2010) perc(1) – 2 harps – strings pieces. available Duration: 21 minutes Tribe’s Desire is an arrangement for string or- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE SUITE (1999) DAVID MATTHEWS VLADIMÍR GODÁR chestra of Vine’s one-movement String Quar- A concert suite from Warbeck’s Oscar-winning ADAGIO FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (1994) BARCAROLLE (1993) tet No 5. The arrangement was made for the soundtrack to the film starring Gwyneth Paltrow Duration: 8 mins Duration: 15 mins renowned choreographer Graeme Murphy who and Joseph Fiennes Solo violin, harp, harpsichord and strings choreographed it with TasDance. Duration: 10 mins SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY/CARL DAVIS (also version for solo viola and solo cello) PAUL MCCARTNEY’S LIVERPOOL SUITE 1.optional penny whistle.1.ca.2 (II=bcl) 1 – STEPHEN WARBECK 4231 – timp – perc(3) – piano – harp – strings Duration: 9 mins HOWARD GOODALL Also version for orchestra SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE SUITE (1999) Also version for string orchestra AUTUMN FROM ‘THE SEASONS’ A concert suite from Warbeck’s Oscar-winning Solo cello and string orchestra (or orchestra) PETER SCULTHORPE soundtrack to the film starring Gwyneth Pal- THEME FROM CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MAN- Duration: 16 mins ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR trow and Joseph Fiennes DOLIN (2001) A delightful three-movement concertino derived Duration: 3 mins Duration: 10 mins Duration: 4 mins from Goodall’s original score to Alan Titch- Also version for orchestra 2222 – 4221 – timp – perc(1/2) – gtr – 2 mando- JOHN WOOLRICH marsh’s TV series ‘The Seasons’, as recorded ULYSSES AWAKES (1989) lins – accordion – strings on EMI Classics DJILILE (1996) Reduced version: 2222 – 4221 – timp – Duration: 5 mins AFTER MONTEVERDI perc(1/2) – 2 harps – strings Also version for orchestra Duration: 8 mins solo viola and strings pg 22 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 23 GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS (*1953) TORSO (1999-2000, 2001) After Schubert’s unfinished piano sonata in C major D840 ARVO PÄRT (*1935) Duration: 40 mins CANTUS IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN BRIT- for large orchestra TEN (1977, 1980) 4344 - 5431 - timp, perc(2), hp(2), acc, sax(2), Duration: 6 mins BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945) str(12 10 8 8 6) RUMANIAN FOLK DANCES (1917) for string orchestra and bell Duration: 6 mins CRISTÓBAL HALFFTER (*1930) for small orchestra HALFBÉNIZ (2000) FRATRES (1977, 1991) 2022 - 2000, str(8 8 6 4 4) Divertimento. An homage to Isaac Albéniz Duration: 10 mins Duration: 14 mins for string orchestra and percussion DAVID BEDFORD (1937-2011) for orchestra ALLELUIA TIMPANIS (1976, 1981) 4444 - 4441 - timp, perc(4), hp, vln.I(16), vln. PAUL PATTERSON (*1947) Duration: 8 mins II(14), vla(12), vc(10), cb(8) UPSIDE DOWN UNDER VARIATIONS (1985) for orchestra Duration: 5 mins 2222 - 4401 - perc(3), str ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882-1967) for orchestra DANCES OF GALANTA (1933) 2222 - 4331 - timp, perc(2) – str LUKE BEDFORD (*1978) Duration: 13 mins PIÙ MOSSO (2009) for orchestra DAVID SAWER (*1961) Duration: 10 mins 2222 - 4200 - timp, perc, str THE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE for large orchestra (1997) 4444 - 4331 - perc(4), hp, str HÁRY JÁNOS-SUITE (1927) Duration: 12 mins Commissioned by the City of Birmingham Duration: 23 mins for orchestra Youth Orchestra for large orchestra 3232 - 4341 - timp, perc(3), hp, str(12 10 8 8 6) 3222 - 4331 - timp, perc(4), cel, pno, cornet(3), LUCIANO BERIO (1925-2003) cimb, str DANIEL SCHNYDER (*1961) FOLK SONGS (1964, 1973) TRUMPET CONCERTO (1998) Duration: 23 mins ERNST KRENEK (1900-1991) Duration: 22 mins for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or 7 instru- SCENES FROM THE WEST (1952-1953) for trumpet and orchestra ments) 4 impressions – 15 mins 2222 - 2110 - timp, perc(2), str UNIVERSAL EDITION 2131 - 1110 - perc(2), hp, str for orchestra 3131 - 2320- timp, perc(3), pno, alto sax, t.sax, str JAY SCHWARTZ (*1965) LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) ORCHESTRAL SUITE (2003) QUATTRO VERSIONI ORIGINALI DELLA GEORGES LENTZ (*1965) Soundtrack to the Stage Play Adaption of “Die RITIRATA NOTTURNA DI MADRID DI L. NGANGKAR (1998-2000) Leiden des Jungen Werthers” von J. W. v. BOCCHERINI for orchestra Goethe - 19’ Duration: 8 mins 1020 - 4330 - perc(3), hp, cemb, pno, str(14 12 for string orchestra Arranged by Luciano Berio (1975) 10 8 6) for orchestra FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) / LUCIANO 3333 - 4431 - timp, perc(3), hp, str GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) BERIO (1925-2003) SYMPHONY NO. 1 RENDERING (1990) VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS (*1969) Duration: 50 mins Duration: 35 mins Arranged for chamber orchestra by Klaus Simon for orchestra THE KINGDOM OF SILENCE (2003) UNIVERSAL EDITION Duration: 15 mins (2008) 2222 - 2230 - timp, cel, str(14 14 12 10 8 or 8 for orchestra 1121 - 2100 - perc, harm, pno, str(11111, max. 8 6 6 4) 3344 - 4331 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str 65432) NIKOS SKALKOTTAS (1904-1949) ALFREDO CASELLA (1883-1947) SYMPHONY NO. 4 5 GREEK DANCES (1931-1936) ITALIA (1909) Duration: 54 mins Duration: 14 mins Duration: 19 mins Arranged for soprano and chamber orchestra by for orchestra Rhapsody for large orchestra Klaus Simon (2007) 3344 - 4331 - timp, perc(5), hp(2), str 1111 - 1000 - perc(2), harm, pno, str(11111, max. 6 GREEK DANCES (1931-1936) 65432) Duration: 14 mins ANNE DUDLEY (*1956) for orchestra LITTLE RED VIOLIN (AND THE BIG, BAD FRANK MARTIN (1890-1974) 2223 - 4331 - timp, perc, str CELLO) (2008) FOX TROT (1927) Text by Steven Isserlis Duration: 5 mins EGON WELLESZ (1885-1974) Duration: 13 mins for small orchestra VORFRÜHLING (1911) for narrator, violin, violoncello and string 1111 - 1110 - pno, str Duration: 10 mins orchestra BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890-1959) for orchestra 3333 - 4330 - perc - hp, cel - str MANUEL DE FALLA (1876-1946) LES FRESQUES DE PIERO DELLA FRANC- 7 CANCIONES POPULARES ESPAÑOLAS ESCA (1955) ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) (1922) Duration: 19 mins PASSACAGLIA (1908) Duration: 13 mins for orchestra Duration: 13 mins Arranged by Luciano Berio (1978) 4333 - 4331 - timp, perc(3), hp, str for orchestra for mezzo-soprano and orchestra JOSEPH MARX (1882-1964) 3333 - 4331 - timp, perc, hp, str 2233 - 2221 - timp, perc(2), str VERKLÄRTES JAHR (1932) IAN WILSON (*1964) DAVID FENNESSY (*1976) Duration: 21 mins BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE DEEP THIS IS HOW IT FEELS (ANOTHER BO- for medium voice and orchestra BLUE SEA (1997) LERO) (2007, 2009) DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974) Duration: 10 mins Duration: 18 mina 3 RAG-CAPRICES (1922) for orchestra for orchestra Duration: 8 mins 3333 - 4331 - timp, perc(3), hp, cel, str 2222 - 2220 - timp, perc(2), vln.I, vln.II, for orchestra Premièred by the Ulster Youth Orchestra vla, vc, cb(2) pg 24 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 25 ARVO PÄRT (*1935) CANTUS IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN BRIT- TEN (1977, 1980) Duration: 6 mins for string orchestra and bell

FRATRES (1977, 1991) Duration: 10 mins SCARAMOUCHE (SUITE FOR SAXOPHONE for string orchestra and percussion & ORCH) OP.165C Duration: 8 mins PAUL PATTERSON (*1947) for alto saxophone and orchestra UPSIDE DOWN UNDER VARIATIONS (1985) 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.2.0 - perc. - strings Duration: 5 mins OTTORINO RESPIGHI for orchestra ANCIENT AIRS AND DANCES. SUITE NO.1 BOLERO Duration: 15 mins ISAAC ALBENIZ Duration: 16 mins 2222 - 4331 - timp, perc(2) – str NAVARRA for orchestra for orchestra 2.2.corA.0.2-2.0.Dtpt.0.0-harp-hpd-strings Duration: 5 mins DAVID SAWER (*1961) 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timb. - 3 perc. - 2 hpe - strings 3.3.4.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp. - 4 perc. - cél. - harp THE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE - strings (1997) ANCIENT AIRS AND DANCES. SUITE NO.2 Duration: 20 mins ERNEST CHAUSSON Duration: 12 mins BOHUSLAV MARTINU for orchestra POÈME DE L’AMOUR ET DE LA MER OP.19 for orchestra DURATION: 20 MINS CONCERTO FOR OBOE & ORCHESTRA 3232 - 4341 - timp, perc(3), hp, str(12 10 8 8 6) 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.2-3.2.3.0-timp-harp-cel- hpd(4hands)-strings for high voice and orchestra Duration: 17 mins 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - timp. - perc. - harp - strings Concerto for oboe and small orchestra DANIEL SCHNYDER (*1961) 2.0.2.1 - 2.1.0.0 - pno - strings TRUMPET CONCERTO (1998) ANCIENT AIRS AND DANCES. SUITE NO.3 Duration: 22 mins Duration: 16 mins ROBERT SCHUMANN for trumpet and orchestra for string orchestra CARNAVAL CLAUDE DEBUSSY 2222 - 2110 - timp, perc(2), str ARRANGED BY MAURICE RAVEL CHILDREN’S CORNER SUITE PINI DI ROMA(PINES OF ROME) Duration: 11 mins ARRANGED BY ANDRE CAPLET JAY SCHWARTZ (*1965) Duration: 20 mins for orchestra FOR ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRAL SUITE (2003) for orchestra 2.2.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - timp. - perc. - harp - strings Duration: 15 mins Soundtrack to the Stage Play Adaption of “Die 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn- 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - 2 perc. - harp - strings Leiden des Jungen Werthers” von J. W. v. 4.3.4.0.6buccina(/6flicorno;/cues+2hn,tpt)- FRANCIS POULENC Goethe - 19’ timp.perc:tamb/BD/cyms/tgl/tam-t/glsp/ratchet- CONCERTO CHAMPETRE VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 OP. 61 for string orchestra harp-cel-pno-organ-strings Duration: 25 mins KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Offstage:tpt-tape(birdfx) for harpsichord or piano and orchestra (1928) Duration: 20 mins FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) / LUCIANO 2(pic).2(cor ang).2.2-4.2.1.1, timb, perc, xylo, for violin and orchestra BRAZILIAN IMPRESSIONS(IMPRESSIONI BERIO (1925-2003) strings(8.8.4.4.4) 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timb. - 3 perc. - piano - strings RENDERING (1990) BRASILIANE) Duration: 20 mins Duration: 35 mins CONCERTO FOR ORGAN & STRINGS IN G FRANCO ALFANO for orchestra for orchestra UNIVERSAL EDITION SINFONIA CLASSICA 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2-4.3.2.1-timp.perc- MIN 2222 - 2230 - timp, cel, str(14 14 12 10 8 or 8 Duration: 30 mins. harp-cel-pno-strings Duration: 17 mins 8 6 6 4) for organ, string orchestra and timpani (1938) for orchestra HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS 3.3.3.2. / 4.3.3.1. / Timp. Perc. Xf. Hand Bells NIKOS SKALKOTTAS (1904-1949) Piano Harp / Strings 5 GREEK DANCES (1931-1936) BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS NO.2 ERIK SATIE Duration: 14 mins Duration: 20 mins DEUX PRÉLUDES POSTHUMES ET UNE UNA DANZA for orchestra for orchestra GNOSSIENNE 1.1.1.tsax.bsax.2-0.2.1.0-timp.perc-cel-pno- ARRANGED BY FRANCIS POULENC Duration: 11 mins. 6 GREEK DANCES (1931-1936) strings Duration: 9 mins for orchestra Duration: 14 mins for orchestra 3.3.3.2. / 4.3.3.1. / Timp. Perc. Hand Bells Pia- BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS NO. 9 no Harp / Strings for orchestra 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.2.0 - hpe CLASSICAL PUBLISHING MUSIC UNIVERSAL 2223 - 4331 - timp, perc, str Duration: 15 mins for string orchestra (1945) ERNEST CHAUSSON GIROLAMO ARRIGO EGON WELLESZ (1885-1974) POÈME DE L’AMOUR ET DE LA MER OP.19 AL KIDDUSH HA SHEM VORFRÜHLING (1911) ALVORADA NA FLORESTA TROPICAL Duration: 20 mins (Prayer for martyrs) Duration: 10 mins Duration: 12 mins for high voice and orchestra Duration: 17 mins. for orchestra for orchestra 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - timb. - perc. - hpe - cordes for string orchestra 3333 - 4330 - perc - hp, cel - str 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp. - 4 perc. - pno - céleste - harp - strings JACQUES IBERT GIORGIO BATTISTELLI ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) AFTERTHOUGHT (ABOUT A SHAKE- DARIUS MILHAUD DIVERTISSEMENT PASSACAGLIA (1908) Duration: 20 mins SPEARIAN TRAGEDY) Duration: 13 mins LA CRÉATION DU MONDE OP.81 Duration: 15 mins. Duration: 15 mins for chamber orchestra for orchestra for orchestra 3333 - 4331 - timp, perc, hp, str for orchestra 1.0.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - timb. - perc. - pno & cél. - 2.1.2.1.1-1.2.0.0-timp.-perc.-pno- strings (3.0.2.2.1) Picc 2.2.2.Bcl 2.Dbn / 4.3.3.1 / 3 perc, Harp, IAN WILSON (*1964) strings(1.1.0.1.1) cel / strings BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE DEEP MAURICE RAVEL BLUE SEA (1997) LE BŒUF SUR LE TOIT OP.58B RHAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE FAIR IS FOUL, FOUL IS FAIR Duration: 10 mins Duration: 19 mins Duration: 16 mins Duration: 18 mins for orchestra cinéma fantaisie for orchestra for orchestra 3333 - 4331 - timp, perc(3), hp, cel, str for violin and orchestra 4.3.3.4 - 4.3.3.1 - timp. - 6 perc. - céleste. - 2 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.1.0./ Timp Perc(1) Sampler / Premièred by the Ulster Youth Orchestra 2.1.2.1 - 2.2.1.0 - 2 perc. - strings harp - strings Strings pg 24 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 25 LORENZO FERRERO PALM BEACH OVERTURE Duration: 10 mins. for orchestra 2.3. 2.2. Ssxf. / 4.3.3.1./ Timp. Perc. Harp / Strings

GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO ELEGIA-CAPRICCIO Duration: 13 mins. ABLERTO COLLA for orchestra STARLIGHTS 3.3.2.2. / 4.2.3.1. / Perc. Harp / Strings MARCO BETTA Duration: 17 mins. PAVANE Symphonic Poem on the Life of a Star GABRIELIANA Duration: 7 mins. Picc. 2.2.2. Bcl.2.Dbn/ 4.3. 3.1 / 3 Perc., Harp, Duration: 20 mins for orchestra - In memoria di Padre Pino Puglisi Cel., / Strings for orchestra 2. 2. 2. 2. /2. 2.0.0. / Timp., tam tam, Tenor 1.2.2.2. / 2.2.-.-. / Strings drum, triangle, Vibr., Harp, Strings MARIUS CONSTANT TURNER NINO ROTA SENTI L’ECO Duration: 13 mins. LA STRADA Duration: 6 mins. 3 Essays for orchestra Duration: 30 mins. Aria for orchestra 1. Rain, Steam and Speed - 2. Portrait of Him- Ballet suite 2.2.2.2. / 2.1.0.0. / Strings self - 3. Windsor Castle

UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING CLASSICAL 3.3.3.2. / 4.3.3.1. / Tp. Batt. Cel. A. Pf. Sistro / 2.2.2.2. / 2.2.1.-. / 2 Perc. Harp Piano (also Archi.Inoltre 1 Fl. 1 Cl. 1 Tb. (sulla scena) GERARD BROPHY Cel.) / Strings EXÙ GIL SHOHAT Duration: 8 mins CLAUDE DEBUSSY FESTIVAL OVERTURE (Homenagen a Paganini) for amplified violino PRELUDI for orchestra and orchestra for orchestra 2.2.2.2. / 2.2.-.-. / Tp. Perc. (= 1 esec.) A. – 3. 3 . 3 .3. / 4.2.3.1. / 3 Perc. Harp. / Strings Orchestration by Gil Shohat strings (12.10.7.6.4.) 3.3 3 3. /4 .3.3.1 / 3 Perc., Harp / Strings GIAMPAOLO TESTONI & NICCOLO CASTI- NICCOLO CASTIGLIONI PROSES LYRIQUES FOR SOPRANO AND GLIONI SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL ORCHESTRA COME IO PASSO L’ESTATE Duration: 12 mins. Duration: 25 mins. Duration: 9 mins. Variations upon a Philippine lauda, for orches- Orchestration by Umberto Benedetti Suite for pianist beginners tra Michelangeli Trascription for orchestra 3.3.3.3. / 3.3.1.-. / Harp Piano / Harpsichord/ 2. 2. Cor.i. 2. 2. /4. 2. 0.0./ Harp, Voice, Strings 2.2.2.2. / 2.2.1.-. / Perc. (Glock. Cmp. Trg. = 2 Cel. (2 ) Perc. / Strings ( 8.8.6.6.4) esec.) A. Cel. / strings (6.6.4.4.2.)

pg 26 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 27 ELEANOR ALBERGA ROALD DAHL’S SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES Duration: 37 minutes Narrator/2.2.2.1.Cbsn/4.2.2.BTbn.1/5Perc/Hp/ Pf/Str

EUGENE BOZZA CHILDREN’S OVERTURE Duration: 8 minutes 2.Picc.2.Ca.2.BCl.2.CBsn/4.4.2.BTbn.1/ Timp/5Perc/Hp/Pf for Wind Ensemble

JONATHAN DOVE AIRPORT SCENES (ORCHESTRAL SUITE PEER GYNT SUITE I FROM THE OPera Flight) MORNING MOOD, ASE’S DEATH, ANITRA’S Duration: 18 minutes DANCE, IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/Timp/2Perc/Pf/Hp/Str KING Duration: 17 minutes THE MAGIC FLUTE DANCES 2.Picc.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/Timp/Perc/Str Duration: 17 minutes BEATRIX POTTER’S SQUIRREL NUTKIN & Fl Solo/2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/Timp/2Perc/Str PEER GYNT SUITE II HIS FRIENDS IN THE ORCHESTRA Concerto for Flute and Orchestra based on INGRID’S LAMENT, ARABIAN DANCE, THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN, THE themes from Mozart’s The Magic Flute PEER GYNT’S RETURN, SOLVEIG’S SONG TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS PETERS EDITION Duration: 18 minutes Duration: 30 minutes THE CROCODIAMOND (OR RITA AND THE 2.Picc.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/Timp/Perc/Hp/Str Narrator&Mez Solo/2.2.2.2/2.2.1.0/Timp/2Perc/ WOLF) Hp/Str Duration: 20 minutes LOU HARRISON SINFONIA Text: Anthony Horowitz SUITE FOR SYMPHONIC STRINGS Duration: 15 minutes Narrator/2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/Timp/Str Duration: 20 minutes 2.2.2.2/4.2.1.1/Timp/2Perc/Hp/Str String Orchestra RUN TO THE EDGE GEORGS PELECIS Duration: 5 minutes ALUN HOVHANESS ROALD DAHL’S JACK AND THE 3.3.3.3/4.2.3.1/Timp/3Perc/Str AND GOD CREATED GREAT WHALES BEANSTALK Overture for Orchestra OP.229 NO.1 Duration: 30 minutes Duration: 12 minutes Full Version: Narrator(s)/2.2.2.SSax.2ASax.2T HARALD GENZMER 3.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/Timp/4Perc/2Hp/Str/ Sax.BarSax.2/4.2.2.BTbn.1/Timp/Perc/Str CAPRICCIO FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Tape(whale sounds) Chamber Version: Duration: 12 minutes Narrator(s)/2.1.2.1/2.1.1.1/2Perc/Pf/Str 0.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/Str(1.1.1.1.1) FANTASY ON JAPANESE WOODPRINTS OP.211 JONATHAN RATHBONE CASSATION FOR STRINGS Duration: 15 minutes CAROLS FOR ORCHESTRA Duration: 12 minutes Xyl Solo/2.Picc.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/Timp/3Perc/1 or For Unto Us a Child is Born/O Come All Ye String Orchestra 2Hp/Cel/Str Faithful; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas; It Came Upon the Midnight MINIATURES FOR STRINGS STEPHEN MCNEFF Clear; Joy to the World; O Come, O Come Em- Duration: 10 minutes BEATRIX POTTER’S PETER RABBIT & HIS manuel; We Three Kings String Orchestra FRIENDS IN THE ORCHESTRA 2.2.2.2/4.3.3.0/Perc/Hp/Pf/Str THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLEDUCK, THE EDVARD GRIEG TALE OF PETER RABBIT PATRIC STANDFORD LYRIC SUITE Duration: 30 minutes A CHRISTMAS CAROL SYMPHONY Duration: 21 minutes Narrator&Mez Solo/2.2.2.2/2.2.1.0/Timp/2Perc/ Duration: 15 minutes 2.Picc.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/Timp/Perc/Hp/Str Hp/Str 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/Timp/2Perc/Hp/Str pg 26 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 27 FRANK BRIDGE A CHRISTMAS DANCE (SIR ROGER DE ALAN BUSH COVERLEY) THE WINTER JOURNEY Duration: 4 minutes Duration: 22 minutes For strings 8.8.6.6.4. For soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, Full score and instrumental material two violins, viola, two cellos and harp or piano AN IRISH MELODY (LONDONDERRY AIR) ENGLISH SUITE Duration: 5 min utes Duration: 22 minutes For strings 8.8.6.6.4. For strings 3.3.2.2.1. Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material

THREE IDYLLS GEOFFREY BUSH Arranged by Paul Hindmarsh DIVERTIMENTO Duration: 13 minutes Duration: 22 minutes For strings 8.8.6.6.4. For strings 8.8.6.6.4. Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material

THERE IS A WILLOW GROWS ASLANT A FREDERICK DELIUS DARK ROOM BROOK SONATA FOR STRINGS Duration: 11 minutes Duration: 8 minutes Duration: 20 minutes For solo clarinet, flute/piccolo, oboe, bas- For flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, The String Quartet arranged for string orchestra soon/contrabassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, harp and strings 8.8.6.6.4. or 4.4.3.3.2. by Eric Fenby. trombone, harp, vibraphone/tenor drum/hi- Full score and instrumental material For strings 8.8.6.6.4. hat,cymbals/tambourine, piano, two violins, viola, cello and double bass STAINER & BELL LTD Full score and instrumental material A CHRISTMAS DANCE (SIR ROGER DE Full score and instrumental material COVERLEY) EDWARD ELGAR Duration: 5 minutes MINUET FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA DIVIDED NETTINGS For two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, Duration: 4 minutes Duration: 6 minutes two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, dou- For strings 4.4.3.3.2. and optional flute, oboe, For flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bas- ble bassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three two clarinets, bassoon, two horns and timpani soon, horn, harp, two violins, viola and cello trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, cymbals, Score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material bass drum, side drum, triangle, celeste, two harps and strings 8.8.6.6.4. George Frederick Handel MIRAGE Full score and instrumental material Overture to Theodora Duration: 10 minutes Arranged by Gordon Jacob For oboe/cor anglais, soprano saxophone in SUMMER Duration: 13 minutes B flat, two tenor trombones, percussion (two Duration: 12 minutes For two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, players), piano, violin, viola, cello and double For two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two two clarinets, two bassoons, double bassoon, bass oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, four horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, Full score and instrumental material two trumpets, timpani, cymbals, celeste, harp timpani, harp and strings 10.10.8.8.6. and strings 8.8.6.6.4. Full score and instrumental material PORT RHOMBUS Full score and instrumental material Duration: 4 minutes MORGAN HAYES For piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet, contra- THE SEA ALLUVIAL bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion Duration: 20 minutes Duration: 6 minutes (one player: hi-hat cymbals, crotale and vibra- For three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two For piccolo/alto flute, clarinet in E flat/bass clari- phone), piano/celeste, two violins, viola, cello oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, percussion, violin, cello and double bass and double bass net, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (two players), harp and strings FUTURIST MANIFESTO SENEDD SOUND 10.10.8.8.6. Duration: 10 minutes Duration: 12 minutes Full score and instrumental material For strings (minimum 6.5.4.3.1. players) For piccolo, clarinet in E flat, bass clarinet, Full score and instrumental material horn, trumpet in C, trombone and percussion WILLIAM BOYCE (one or two players) Overtures BALUSTRADES Full score and instrumental material Edited by Gerald Finzi Duration: 8 minutes The full scores are also available for sale within For contrabassoon, mandolin, two violins, viola, SHELLAC Volume 13 of “Musica Britannica” (MB13) cello and double bass Duration: 13 minutes Full score and instrumental material For solo piano, flute/piccolo, oboe/cor anglais, OVERTURE: ODE FOR HIS MAJESTY’S clarinet in B flat/clarinet in A/clarinet in E flat/ BIRTHDAY, 1768 BUOY bass clarinet, bassoon/contrabassoon, two Duration: 8 minutes Duration: 6 minutes horns, trumpet, trombone, percussion (two For two oboes, bassoon, two horns, strings For flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, players), harp, celeste, two violins, viola, cello 8.8.6.6.4. and continuo (played from score) piano, viola and cello and double bass Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material

pg 28 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 29 SLIPPAGE Duration: 8 minutes For flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, viola, cello and double bass Full score and instrumental material IGNAZ PLEYEL VIOLIN CONCERTO SYMPHONY IN C IRISH RHAPSODY NO. 4, OP. 141 Duration: 15 minutes Arranged by Adam Carse Duration: 20 minutes For solo violin, flute/piccolo, cor anglais, clari- Duration: 20 minutes For two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two net in B flat/clarinet in E flat/bass clarinet, bas- For two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, two bassoon/ contrabassoon, horn, trumpet in C, trom- two horns, two trumpets, drums and strings soons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombone, percussion (one player), harp, piano, two 8.8.6.6.4. bones, tuba, timpani, percussion (two players), violins, viola, cello and double bass Full score and instrumental material harp and strings 8.8.6.6.4. Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material CIPRIANI POTTER CHRIS HAZELL SYMPHONY IN G MINOR ROGER STEPTOE SHINING BRIGHTLY: A CHRISTMAS FAN- Edited by Julian Rushton ELEGY ON THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF TASIA Duration: 30 minutes COCK ROBIN Duration: 9 minutes For two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two Duration: 8 minutes Chris Hazell, well-known arranger, has added bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trom- For countertenor and eleven solo strings a hit to the Christmas repertoire with this spar- bones, timpani and strings 8.8.6.6.4. Full score, vocal and instrumental material kling fantasia on three favourite carols. “I saw Full score and instrumental material three ships” and “Good Christian men rejoice”, The full score is also available for sale CHEERS! in joyous dancing rhythms enclose a quiet Duration: 6 minutes meditation on Harold Darke’s “In the bleak mid- RHIAN SAMUEL For two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, two bas- winter”, for strings and woodwind alone. This DAWNSIAU’R NANT (DANCES OF THE soons, two horns, percussion (one player) and work is a definitewinner for seasonal concerts, STREAM) strings whether as lively overture or Duration: 15 minutes 6.4.4.2.1. rousing finale. For two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, Full score and instrumental material For two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, con- oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, trabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, ma- A London Symphony (Revised Edition) (Sym- percussion (two to four players), organ (option- rimba, vibraphone, percussion (three players), phony No. 2) al) and strings 10.10.8.8.6. harp, piano and strings 8.8.6.6.4. Duration: 46 minutes Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material For three flutes (third doubling piccolo), two LTD BELL & STAINER oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, GORDON JACOB ELEGY-SYMPHONY two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, two A FESTIVE OVERTURE Duration: 22 minutes trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, per- Duration: 6 minutes For three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two cussion (two players), glockenspiel, harp and For two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clari- strings 10.10.8.8.6. bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trom- net, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, Full score and instrumental material bones, tuba, timpani, percussion (two players) three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, tim- and strings 10.10.8.8.6. pani, percussion (four players), celeste, two THE CHARTERHOUSE SUITE Full score and instrumental material harps and strings 8.8.6.6.4. Duration: 18 minutes Full score and instrumental material Adapted from the original piano solo by James ERNEST J MOERAN Brown in collaboration with the composer. OVERTURE FOR A MASQUE HUMPHREY SEARLE For flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, Duration: 10 minutes POEM FOR TWENTY-TWO STRINGS horn, trumpet, timpani, percussion (one player) For two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two Duration: 10 minutes and strings 8.8.6.6.4. oboes, two clarinets, optional bass clarinet, two For twelve violins, four violas, four cellos and Full score and instrumental material bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three two double basses trombones, timpani, percussion (two players), Score and instrumental material Peter Wishart glockenspiel and strings 8.8.6.6.4. Concerto No. 1 for Violin Full score and instrumental material CHARLES V STANFORD Duration: 17 minutes IRISH RHAPSODY NO. 1, OP. 78 For solo violin, two oboes, two bassoons, cor BAYAN NORTHCOTT Duration: 14 minutes anglais, two trumpets and three trombones CARILLON For two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two Score and instrumental material including solo Duration: 5 minutes oboes (second doubling cor anglais), two violin part For flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet in A, bassoon, clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (one play- horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, DIVERTIMENTO FOR BRASS er), piano, two violins, viola, cello and double timpani, percussion (two players), harp and Duration: 12 minutes bass strings 10.10.8.8.6. For three trumpets and three trombones Full score and instrumental material Full score and instrumental material Score and instrumental material pg 28 • Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 Classical Orchestral Hire Catalogue 2013 • pg 29 www.halleonard.com.au

BARRY CONYNGHAM DRY SPELL Duration: 8 mins. HAL LEONARD AUSTRALIA 1(=picc).0.1(=bcl).0 - 0.0.0.0 - vibraphone - harp – piano PASSING Duration: 15 mins DAWN MANTRAS (1999) 3.3.3.3-4.3.2.Btbn.Tub-Kybd,Hp,tmp,3 Duration: 7 mins Perc,Strings For shakuhachi, tenor saxophone, didjeridu, 2 perc., child sopr., children’s choir, men’s choir JULIAN YU ELEGIES AND EPIPHANIES (2010) PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION - Duration: 20 mins MOUSSORGSKY ARR. YU for orchestra SYMPHONY NO. 2 ‘EARTH SPIRIT Duration: 36 mins 2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.0 – harp – pno. – perc.(2) – SONGS’ (1996-97) for chamber ensemble strings Duration: 21 mins Fl(=picc; afl).oboe(=CorA).BbCl(=bcl; cl in For soprano and orchestra. Text: Gregorian c;cl inA).Bn(=dBn)-1.1(Tpt in C).1.0-Perc(2) ENYATO I: CHORALE & ECSTATIC vibr,mar,glock,xyl, Chant, Judith Wright, Hildegard von Bingen timp, BD,sus.cym,tub bells, 4 wdblks,t-tam- DANCE (1993) 3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp – perc (3) – harp – Harp -pno(=cel)-Strings (can be multiple or Duration: 12 mins piano – strings single players) arranged for string orchestra SYMPHONY NO. 3 ‘MATER MAGNA’ ROSS EDWARDS EMERALD CROSSING (1999) (1998-2000) “http://www.rossedwards.com/?page_id=14l” Duration: 8 mins Duration: 25 mins \o “Arafura Dances - Concerto for Guitar and For orchestra. This work may be performed For full orchestra String Orchestra” \t “_blank” Arafura Danc- as a prelude to White Ghost Dancing. Also 4.4.4.4 – 4.3.3.1 – timp – perc (4) – harp – bells es: Concerto for Guitar and String Orches- available for Piano & String Orchestra. – strings tra (1994-1995) 2.2.2.2. – 4.2.3.0 – timp. perc.(2) – harp – pno. Duration: 19 mins – strings SYMPHONY NO. 4 ‘STAR CHANT’ (2001) Duration: 33 mins ARAFURA DANCES: Arranged for Harp and THE HEART OF NIGHT (2004, REV. 2005) For chorus and orchestra String Orchestra (1994-95) Duration: 20 mins 3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.0 – timp – harp – 2 pnos, also Duration: 19 mins For shakuhachi and orcherstra 2 pre-rec. pnos – 3 perc., pre-rec. glock. – 2.2.2.2 – 2.1.0.0 – perc.(2) (winds also play S.A.T.B chorus – strings 11 handbells or choir chimes) – harp – solo SPIRIT DREAMING: Concerto for Oboe and shakuhachi – strings Orchestra (2002) SYMPHONY NO. 5 ‘THE PROMISED Duration: 18 mins LAND’ (2005) 2.1.2.2 – 2.0.0.0 – perc(2). harp, cel. – strings MANINYAS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND Duration: 38 mins ORCHESTRA (1988) For orchestra and children’s choir (or female CONCERTO FOR CLARINET AND ORCHES- Duration: 26 mins vocal trio) with pre-rec. material. Text: David 3.3.4.3 – 3.2.3.0 – perc. (2) – harp – pno. - Malouf TRA (2007) strings Duration: 24 mins 3.3.3.3. – 4.3.3.1 – timp. – perc.(3) – harp – 2.2.2.2. – 4.2.3.0 – timp.perc(2) – harp – solo pno. – strings clar. – strings SPIRIT GROUND (2010) Duration: 7 mins VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS (1993) For orchestra with solo violin Duration: 16 mins CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHES- 2.2.2.2. – 2.2.0.0. – timp. perc. (2) – harp – Arranged for string orchestra TRA (1982, REV. 2003) strings Duration: 20 mins WHITE GHOST DANCING (1999, REV. 2007) 3.3.3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – perc. (2) – solo pno. – Strings SYMPONY NO. 1 ‘DA PACEM DO- Duration: 10 mins MINE’ (1991) For orchestra. Emerald Crossing may be per- DANCING LIGHT (1999) Duration: 28 mins formed as a prelude to this work Duration: 5 mins 3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp. perc. (1) – cel.– harp 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – perc. (1) – harp – pno. for string orchestra – strings strings

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