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MUSIC AND PUBLISHING

	"Graham Whettam's music is immediately approachable. Its structures, often classical, are clear and satisfyingly logical." Composers' Guild Magazine
	Meriden Music publishes the music of Graham Whettam and also the Goossens orchestration (full symphony orchestra) of Handel's 'Messiah'.


	SHEET MUSIC - detail on following pages

	Superbly printed and presented scores and parts, allowing performers to concentrate on the music rather than on deciphering the notes. "Perfectly printed scores. . . with spaces to put markings, perfect numberings and the right places for page turns." Martin Rummel, solo cellist

	Postage & packing is added to the sheet music prices quoted on the following pages - postage at cost (first class) + £1.

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	HIRE SCORES & PARTS - detail on Orchestral page

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	CDs - Recently issued Orchestral Works on CD

	Sinfonia Intrepida BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras. "This symphony speaks of great things and has the powerful vocabulary to do so." Paul Conway. "This is a major release that deserves the widest exposure" Marc Bridle. "Recommended with all possible enthusiasm" Simon Jenner, Buy from Redcliffe Recordings (RR 016) or HMV.

	Concerto Drammatico Sinfonia da Camera, Urbana, Illinois, USA Solo Cello: Martin Rummel, Conductor: Ian Hobson "a wonderful live performance by Martin Rummel" Hubert Culot. "one of the great Cello Concertos of the second half of the 20th Century" Martin Rummel, Coupled with

	Sinfonia Contra Timore Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Günter Blumhagen.Redcliffe "Both pieces...are wonderful examples of Whettam's powerfully expressive and deeply human music." Hubert Culot on Classical MusicWeb Available from Redcliffe Recordings (RR 017) or HMV Stores

	This disc (RR017) is reviewed and recommended in the Gramophone Awards Issue 2002


	INFORMATION SHEETS

	Information Sheets are available for a number of works providing an outline of the structure, history, performances and reviews as well as useful material for programme notes and discussion (see individual works)

	"A strong feeling for rhythm permeates his music which is 'traditional' in the main, yet fresh and inventive." Composers' Guild Magazine

	Conductors who have performed Whettam's music include: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Okko Kamu, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Edward Downes, Sir Eugène Goossens, Sir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Malcolm Sargent.

	Orchestras in Estonia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, UK and USA as well as numerous smaller ensembles around the world have played Whettam's music.

	"It (The Music) has an endearing, almost conspiratorial quality and a sense of sheer joy in the sounds of instruments which are fully explored - sometimes with great sophistication and at others with a transparent simplicity." Composers' Guild Magazine