This beautiful folk melody will capture the hearts of students and audiences. Originally scored for large orchestra, this string arrangement captures the essential qualities often heard in the English style of chamber music for strings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Holst's melody, with its simple pentatonic folksong theme, receives the kind of mystical transformation we o…

Par BIZET GEORGES. Incredible as it seems today, Bizet's opera Carmen was coolly received at its 1875 premiere at the Paris Opera-Comique; critics condemned its subject matter as lurid and its music as overly Wagnerian. Now hailed as the composer's supreme achievement, this colourful, passionate work continues to delight listeners around the world with its emotional, atmospheric music and the orig…

One of the earliest Verdi operas remaining in the repertory. Tragic story of the jester and his daughter is remarkable for bold characterization, superb drama, glorious music filled with atmosphere and color. Reproduced from the standard Ricordi edition.

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Variations on a Christmas Carol (God rest ye merry, gentlemen) for orchestra. Composed for the BBC programme with the same title which wasbroadcast on Christmas Day 1947. The programme consisted of live and pre-recorded messages from post-war Europe and the Commonwealth./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par GRIME HELEN. Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 2014 by the Edinburgh Quartet, at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten…

Par OSBORNE TONY. A taste of the twenties, a sentimental ballad, a jazz waltz and some funk-rock are brought together in a suite which explores the lighter side of string playing.Drawing on a variety of poplular styles, some less familiar rhythms and bowing patterns, and a fresh harmonic framework, it offers plenty of new challenges for the string ensemble of moderate ability without overstretchin…

Par BRIDGE FRANK. 'Isabella' is Bridge's second symphonic poem, and was completed on January 1907, and was the first orchestral work he chose to acknowledge. It is the only one of Bridge's orchestral work to follow a detailed narrative. It is based on Keats' 'Isabella or the The Pot of Basil', a poetic version of Boccasccio's gruesome Florentine tale./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. Gluck Iphigénie en Aulide (Vocal Score) Tragedy - Opera in three acts Iphigénie en Aulide is the first of six operas that Gluck composed for the Académie Royale de Musique. In keeping with his plans for operatic reform, he sought to create noble, expressive and natural melodies that did justice to every language and every national spirit while eliminating the “ridic…

Composed by Dan Edwards. For handbells (2-3 octaves). Christmas. Level 2 . Handbell score. Lorenz Publishing Company #20/1898L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Arranged by Janet Linker and Jane McFadden. For 3-5 octave handbell choir and organ with optional 2 octave handchimes and bras quintet. Handbell Choir Music. Sacred. Level 3. Full score. Published by Beckenhorst Press

Arranged by Janet Linker and Jane McFadden. For 3-5 octave handbell choir and organ with optional 3 octave handchimes, trumpet, congregation and choir. Handbell Choir Music. Level 3. Full score. Published by Beckenhorst Press

Arranged by Various Composers and Arrangers. General Worship, Sacred. Handbell score. Hope Publishing Company #2832. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.2832).

Arranged by Martha Thompson. For 2-3 octave handbells. Ring and Sing. Christmas. Level 1. Handbell score. 90 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

By Stuart Hine. Arranged by Cynthia Dobrinski. For handbell choir (3-5 octaves). Contemporary, Sacred. Grade 3. Handbell score

(Swedish Folk Melody). Composed by Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989). Arranged by Brent Olstad. For 3 octave handbell choir. General, Worshiping, Swedish Folk Hymn. Level 3. Handbell score. 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Bill Ingram. For 2, 3 or 5 octave handbells or handchimes. General. Level 1. Handbell score. 7 pages. Published by Chorister's Guild

Composed by Cathy Moklebust. For 2-3 octave handbell choir with optional flute (or violin) and 2-3 octave handchimes. General. Level 3-. Handbell score. 15 pages. Published by Chorister's Guild

(Lead On, O King Eternal). Composed by Henry Smart. Arranged by Cathy Moklebust. For 3-5 octave handbell choir with optional organ, congregation, SATB choir, brass quintet and timpani. Easter, General. Level 3-. Handbell score. 8 pages. Published by Chorister's Guild

Composed by Ron Mallory. For 3-5 octave handbells, optional 2 octave handchimes. Christmas. Level II. Handbell score. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Arranged by Linda Lamb. For 2 octave handbells. LASST UNS ERFREUEN, Hymntune, Adoration, Creation, Evening, God - Creator, Holy Spirit, Morning, Music and Singing, Nature, Praise of God, Trinity, Worshiping, General, Sacred. Grade 1 . Handbell score. 8 pages. Published by Hope Pu…

Arranged by Karen Thompson. For handbell choir (2-3 octaves) with optional handchimes (3 octaves) (5-7 ringers). Ring More with Less series. Sacred. Level 2. Handbell score. 8 pages. Published by Chorister's Guild

Arranged by Patricia Cota. For handbell choir (4-6 Ringers; 13 Bells). Twelve Bells. Contemporary Praise & Worship, Sacred. Handbell score. 20 pages

Arranged by Cathy Moklebust. Sacred, Christmas. Handbell score. Published by Chorister's Guild (CG.CGB1030).

Arranged by Carol Lynn Mizell. For 3-5 octave handbells. Christmas. Grade 1. Handbell score. Published by Chorister's Guild

Composed by Anna Laura Page. For handbells (2-3 octaves) (with optional 2 octave handchimes). General, Holy Communion. Level 2. Handbell score. Lorenz Publishing Company #20/1894L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Composed by Karen Lakey Buckwalter. For handbell choir (4-6 octaves) with optional cello. Handbell Choir Music. Level 3 . Handbell score. 15 pages. Published by Beckenhorst Press