| Looking for an ambitious choral work that breaks free from the usual subjects? Try this: A sea-change into something imaginatively blessed and strange. | ||
| —Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International |
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| Looking for an ambitious choral work that breaks free from the usual subjects? Try this: A sea-change into something imaginatively blessed and strange. | ||
| —Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International |
Click the quotation text to discover what it refers to!
£7.50
| …would introduce pupils to different compositional styles… They are all convincing pastiches and enjoyable to play… | ||
| —Music Teacher |
| …show resourcefulness and imagination and would be brilliant repertoire for around Grade 3. | ||
| —Piano |
A follow-up volume to Shadows, Scenes from Shakespeare, is available for pianists of higher grade.
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| Composer | Title | Grade | Forces | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Higginson | Shadows for piano | 3 to 4 | Piano | |||
| # | Composer | Movement | Forces | |||
| 1 | Gary Higginson | 1. The Girl with the Golden Hair | Piano | |||
| 2 | 2. Prelude in F (to J.S.B.) | |||||
| 3 | 3. Minuet à Fauré | |||||
| 4 | 4. Homage to R. V. W. (based on Symphony no 5, mvt 4) | |||||
| 5 | 5. Peter Warlock’s Farewell (to Sussex) | |||||
| 6 | 6. Rondeau (Homage to Machaut d. 1377: “The Last of the Troubadours”) | |||||
| 7 | 7. Waltz for Monsieur Poulenc | |||||
| 8 | 8. Happy 80th, Mr George Lloyd | |||||
Composer Gary Higginson presents a pedagogical video in which he performs and discusses Minuet à Fauré, the third movement from his Shadows suite for piano.
Catalogue code: FM161 • Published: February 2009
Entry last updated: 22nd July 2010