WALKING IN THE AIR FOR SOLO VIOLIN, SOLO CELLO AND STRING ORCHESTRA op.691 (June 2017)

Published by: highbridge music
Commissioned by: RPO
Instrumentation: VIOLIN, CELLO AND STRING ORCHESTRA
[Key to Abbreviations]
Note on Lyrics: Howard Blake
Duration: 3:30
First Performance: 07 09 2017 Cadogan Hall

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All sheet music for "The Snowman" and "Walking In The Air" since 2010 is published and available from Chester Music Ltd, part of The Music Sales Group, www.chesternovello.com It can be purchased online from MusicRoom.com, or from music retailers.

"Walking In The Air" is also available in a concert piano-only version arranged by the composer direct from Highbridge Music as part of the collection of piano pieces called "Lifecycle", available form Amazon or from Highbridge Music.

Howard Blake describes 25 years of The Snowman animated film and 10 years of The Snowman Stage Show at Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre in London's West End and plays "Walking in the Air". View the recording here.

The classic original Columbia album conducted by Howard Blake with treble soloist Peter Auty and narration by Bernard Cribbins is available from Sony Music Entertainment CDX71116CD, Amazon and retailers.

The 2010 DVD film of The Snowman Live Stage Show narrated by Joanna Lumley is available from Sony Music Entertainment, CDR 81267; also from Amazon and retailers.

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'The Snowman Easy Piano Picture Book' op.364a (April 1986)
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'*THE SNOWMAN (ANIMATED CHILDREN'S FILM)' op.310 (September 1982)
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'LE BONHOMME DE NEIGE (for narrator , treble and orchestra)' op.342 (January 1985)
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'THE SNOWMAN SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO' op.371a (January 1986)
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'The Snowman Suite for cello and piano' op.371e (January 1986)
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'SNOWMAN SUITE FOR STRING QUARTET' op.457 (August 1993)
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'*THE SNOWMAN SHOW (NINE-INSTRUMENT VERSION)' op.497 (May 1997)
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'*THE SNOWMAN STAGE SHOW IN TWO ACTS, 5-INSTRUMENT VERSION' op.522 (December 2000)
The definitive stage version of The Snowman as produced at The Peacock Theatre, London 2000-2018 by Sadler's Wells/Birmingham Rep, based on the book by Raymond Briggs and the Channel 4 animated film
'THEME FROM THE SNOWMAN FOR BRASS' op.554 (2005)
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'SUITE FROM THE BALLET 'THE SNOWMAN' (FOR SATB CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA)' op.575 (November 2009)
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'*SYMPHONY NO.3 - 'THE SNOWMAN'' op.595 (January 2010)
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'THE SNOWMAN FOR BRASS' op.596 (September 2008)
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'SNOWMAN FULL LENGTH STRING QUARTET (with Catalan narration)' op.612a (December 2015)
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'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR STRING QUARTET' op.615 (August 2010)
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'THE SNOWMAN - FILM OF THE LIVE STAGE SHOW' op.628 (November 2010)
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''THE SNOWMAN' CONCERT VERSION FOR STRING ORCHESTRA' op.632 (June 2012)
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'THE SNOWMAN CONCERT VERSION FOR NARRATOR, TREBLE AND WIND ORCHESTRA' op.653 (November 2013)
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'*THE SNOWMAN RHAPSODY FOR SOLO PIANO' op.663 (August 2014)
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