Oxford University Press represents a wealth of respected and new choral and orchestral works suitable for schools right through to professional ensembles from a range of talented international composers.  To help you plan your concerts for the year ahead we have listed below some exciting new works and upcoming composer anniversaries that feature in their catalogue.

Oxford University Press is making the vocal scores of a number of recent works available on hire. Previously only available for purchase, sets of vocal scores of the following popular works will now also be available to hire:


Chilcott: Advent Antiphons
Chilcott: Aesop’s Fables
Chilcott: And Peace on Earth
Chilcott: The Making of the Drum
Chilcott: Requiem
Chilcott: Salisbury Vespers
Jackson: Requiem
McDowall: Ave Maris Stella
McDowll: Christus Natus Est
McDowall: A Fancy of Folksongs
McDowall: Magnificat
Wilberg: Requiem

McDowall: Great Hills
A pastiche on baroque techniques, this delightfully varied work is ideal for amateur orchestras. It is a concertante written as a companion piece to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4. For Solo violin, 2 solo flutes and string orchestra.

Rutter: Suite Lyrique
Rutter’s new work for solo harp and strings is now available on hire. Based on the musical material from Rutter’s popular Suite Antique, this work is accessible for amateur or professional performers. It is popular with audiences and has proved an excellent addition to the harp concerto repertoire.

Lane: Another Night Before Christmas
This work for narrator and full orchestra sets a story by the poet Carol Ann Duffy. Charming and engaging this is a wonderful piece for any Christmas concert.

CONSTANT LAMBERT
August 2011 marks the 60th Anniversary of his death.

Constant Lambert was a defining figure of British musical life in the 1920s. He was a conductor and director, as well as a composer, arrange and writer on music. He cofounded the Royal Ballet and was the first UK composer to write for Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes.

Key Works:
• Romeo and Juliet (written for the Ballet Russes)
• The Rio Grande
• Concerto for Piano Solo and Nine Players

PHYLLIS TATE
2011 marks the Centenary of her birth.

Tate (1911-1985) wrote very successfully for children, with works including A Pride of Lions (a 25 minute cantata based on an ancient Persian story, suitable for performance by 8-11 year olds) and The Story of Lieutenant Cockatoo (a 20 minute staged work for unison voices and ensemble).

Key works:
• Serenade to Christmas
• Saxophone Concerto

GABRIEL JACKSON
will celebrate his 50th birthday in 2012.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus has co-commissioned a new work which they will premiere early in 2012. The piece is for chorus, cello, and 2 percussionists and is entitled To the Field of Stars. It will be available on hire in 2012.

Key works:
• Sanctum Est Verum Lumen
• Doonies Hill Antiphon (published in 2010)

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