The Solo Piano Collection – Best of British

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
The Boosey & Hawkes Solo Piano Collection – Best of British
29 British Gems Arranged for the Intermediate Pianist
Arrangers: Hywel Davies, Christopher Norton

Great Britain's finest 20th and 21st century composers are represented in this collection, including music by Britten, Elgar, Finzi, Holst, Jenkins, Maxwell Davies, Vaughan Williams, and others.

Contents:
Arne: Rule, Britannia! (Alfred)

Bliss: Purple (A Colour Symphony)

Britten: Interlude (A Ceremony of Carols) • Hymn to the Virgin • Interlude V:        Evening (Peter Grimes) • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, theme

Delius: The walk to the paradise garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)  Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory (Military Marches 'Pomp and Circumstance') • Nimrod

Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, 3rd mvt. theme • Eclogue • Prelude (Five Bagatelles) • Romance (Five Bagatelles)

Holst: Jupiter (The Planets) • Venus (The Planets)

Ireland: The Holy Boy • The London Overture, theme

Jenkins: Benedictus (The Armed Man) • Cantilena (The Journey) • Palladio, theme • Adiemus (Songs of Sanctuary)

MacMillan: Celtic Hymn (Northern Skies) • Scots song (Three Scottish Songs)

Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness • An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, Extract

Parry: Jerusalem

Vaughan Williams: March: Folk songs from somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

Warlock: Basse-danse (Capriol Suite) • WOOD: Barwick Green (My Native Heath)