Composed eighty years after the end of the Second World War, this short, easy and versatile motet, based on the text of the Preces and Responses, is a call for peace. It would work well as an introit to a choral evensong, or as a moment of reflection during a remembrance ceremony, for example, or in a concert.
Composer:Emma Brown Publication date: July 2025 Instruments: SSATB Format: Choral score (10) Duration:c.2'20'' Pages: 4 ISMN: 979 0 708213 63 5 Code:HH649.CHS Price: £17.00 more information
Giuseppe Dall’Abaco (1710–1805) was the son of Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco (1675–1742), and like him had a successful career as a cellist, concertmaster and composer spent mostly in the service of high-ranking members of the Wittelsbach dynasty in south-west Germany (Munich for Evaristo Felice, Bonn for Giuseppe). The family hailed from Verona in the Venetian republic, where Evaristo Felice was born and to which Giuseppe retired in later life. The elder Dall’Abaco has been regarded as an excellent composer ever since the late nineteenth century, but the revival of Giuseppe’s music, centred on his numerous works for cello, is much more recent.
Composer:Giuseppe Dall'Abaco Editor:Michael Talbot Publication date: July 2025 Instruments: Two violins, viola and basso continuo
(plus two oboes and bassoon ad libitum) Format: Full score Series:Baroque Pages: xi/11 ISMN: 979 0 708213 57 4 ISBN: 978 1 914137 97 6 Code:HH643.FSC Price: £12.00
A previously unpublished overture to a serenata (dramatic cantata) composed by him in 1741 for the name-day of his employer shows what a talented composer for orchestra he was and demonstrates his willingness to introduce exquisite and original effects. A typical instance is this four-movement overture’s second movement (Aria), where the viola plays a prominent line in non-stop semiquavers marked forte, while the lines for the other instruments, including the violins above, are all marked piano: the melody thus becomes effectively the servant of its accompaniment.
Den lille danserinnen (‘The Little Ballerina’) evokes a charming, gracious, light-footed dancer, while Nocturne makes the piano sing in the romantic tradition. Both these delightful short pieces would be ideal encores!
Composer:Christian Hartmannn Publication date: April 2016 Instruments: Piano Format: Performing score Duration:c.4' Pages: iii/4 ISMN: 979 0 708146 15 5 Code:HH398.SOL Price: £7.95 More information
Music example (pdf)
Music example (Full score, pdf) 
Music example (pdf)
