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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From the 1st January 2011 Hal Leonard Australia and AMPD will form a new collaboration that will enable you to source and order an unprecedented range of classical works from all over the world.

The combined resources and expertise of both companies will not only improve inquiry and processing times, it will reduce freight costs by consolidating orders and will save you time as you source a large part of your hire needs from the extended Hire Library.

For those of you on our FAST TRACK Hire program you will be able to order your materials from the extensive range of publishers faster than ever before. If you are not on our FAST TRACK Hire Program please contact us today.

• ABC Music Publishing

• Breitkopf und Hartel

• Carl Fischer

• Editions Choudens

• Editions Costallat

• Deutscher Verlag für Musik

• Hamelle

• Heinrichshofen's Verlag
• Heugel

• Editions Jobert

• Alphonse Leduc

• Leuckart

• Robert Lienau

• Mario Bois

• Maecenas Music

• Musica Rara

• Peters Edition
• Bruce Rowland

• Casa Musicale Sonzogno

• Stainer & Bell

• Theodore Presser

• United Music Publishers

• Edizioni Suvini Zerboni

• Musikverlag Zimmermann

PLEASE NOTE: As of the 1st January 2011- All other hire catalogues previously administered by AMPD that include Alain Boublil Music, Chester, EMI Music Publisher Ltd, Music Sales Corporation, Novello and Co,

G. Schirmer and Sony/ ATV Songs LLC among others, will be administered through Music Sales Australia in Sydney. Please contact Julie Simonds on: julie.simonds@musicsales.com.au

Hal Leonard Australia is proud to present an extensive and varied range of exciting works carefully selected for youth & community groups. These works have been chosen from the many catalogues that Hal Leonard Australia represent and include both Australian and international composers. Whether you are a youth, amateur, school or community orchestra, these works are sure to be a challenging and rewarding experience for all players involved.

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We look forward to working with you soon for your next performance.

Hal Leonard Australia mourns the passing of revered Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, who after a long illness passed away at age 76 on 12 November 2010.

Górecki’s Musical legacy…


Henryk Mikolaj Górecki began making his mark in the 1950’s as Poland’s leading avant-garde composer drawing inspiration from folk and religious influences.

In the 1990’s he reached worldwide success with the release of the London Sinfonietta recording of Symphony No.3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'. This recording, featuring soprano soloist, Dawn Upshaw and conductor, David Zinman attracted international attention and sold in excess of a million copies. While topping UK, US and Australia Classical charts it also reached number 6 on the UK mainstream charts.

This milestone work was composed in 1976, and was at that time considered “shocking in its tonality and simplicity.” Scored for Orchestra and Soprano, the work consists of three slow movements and includes text from various sources including: settings of a 15th-century sacred lamentation and a prayer (“Oh Mamma do not cry — Immaculate Queen of Heaven support me always”) that was scrawled by a young woman on the wall of a Polish prison and tells of a mother grieving her son lost in war.

This work would go on to be used for various advertising campaigns around the world as well as movie sound tracks that include the Mike Nichols HBO film, “Wit” starring Emma Thomson, the 1985, Maurice Pialat’s feature film “Police” and accompanied the plane crash in Peter Weir's “Fearless” (1993).

Górecki’s works have been embraced by both community and professional choral groups and choreographers throughout the world. His works have been performed by the world's leading orchestras, Kronos Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Schoenberg Ensemble and American soprano Dawn Upshaw.

Górecki is survived by wife Jadwiga, daughter Anna - a pianist, and son Mikolaj - a composer.

More information on Górecki's music

Listen to Górecki's music

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