This suite was derived from Vaughan Williams' score for the film, The England of Elizabeth, written in 1955. It was the composer's tenth of his 11 cinematic efforts and designed to serve a more descriptive
Arranged for brass band, this is a great work to program with either choir or solo trumpet. In addition to the arrangement for either combined band and chorus or trumpet solo and band, this arrangement for
One of John Rutter's most popular carol arrangements has been arranged for band and SSA chorus. It is intended to be performed by combined band and chorus; however, it can be performed by band alone. The
Unto Us is Born a Son is a medieval Christmas carol found in a number of manuscript sources - the 14th-century German MoosburgGradual and a 15th-century Trier manuscript. The Moosburg Gradual itself
Visions is one of John Rutter's most recent compositions (2016). It was written for violin solo, treble voice choir, strings and harp. This arrangement maintains the violin solo as an option, but
The Wand of Youth suites were written in 1869 when Elgar was only twelve years old, music written for a play and acted by the Elgar children for a private family theatrical production. He noted the
This rousing work was written for Matthew Owens and the choirs of Wells Cathedral as a companion piece to the composer's Winchester Te Deum. With its strong melody and rich textures and harmonies,
Perhaps John Rutter's most famous and popular carol has been here arranged for performance with combined band and chorus, but it can also be performed by band alone. The choral part is shown in the
John Rutter received an early commission for a piece of music that was "seasonal" for winter, though not necessarily linked to the Christian traditions of Christmas, in the early '70s.The request came from
Zion hears the watchmen singing (Zion hört die Wächter singen) is the fourth of seven movements of Bach's cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ('Awake, calls the voice to us'), BWV 140, also