Faber Music The Piano Player: British Classics - Piano - Book

Composers: Various
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Intermediate

The Piano Player: British Classics presents 20 iconic pieces of British classical music, specially arranged for intermediate piano solo. The collection includes the theme from Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar and Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis alongside music by Rachel Portman, Benjamin Britten, Howard Goodall and more, as well as traditional classics from across the British Isles.

All the books in The Piano Player series feature a collectible pull-out print of the stunning cover artwork by the 20th century British painter Edward Bawden, alongside some of the greatest classical music ever written, specially arranged for the intermediate pianist.

Contents:

• Auld Lang Syne (Scottish Traditional)
• Emma (Theme) (Rachel Portman)
• Enigma Variations: Theme (Edward Elgar)
• Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
• Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers) (James James)
• Jerusalem (Hubert Parry)
• Jig (from St Paul's Suite) (Gustav Holst)
• La Rejouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) (George Frideric Handel)
• Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (Irish Traditional)
• Nocturne (from Sonatina Romantica) (Benjamin Britten)
• Pieds-en-l'air (from Capriol Suite) (Peter Warlock)
• Pride and Prejudice (Theme) (Carl Davis)
• Salut d'Amour (Edward Elgar)
• The Dam Busters March (Eric Coates)
• The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) (Michael Nyman)
• The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) (Howard Goodall)
• The Prince of Denmark's March (Jeremiah Clarke)
• Trumpet Tune (Henry Purcell)
• Venus, the Bringer of Peace (from The Planets) (Gustav Holst)
• We'll Gather Lilacs (from Perchance to Dream) (Ivor Novello)