A Borders Suite includes five original composition which portrays several places composer Donald Thomson regularly visits in the Scottish Borders, usually enjoying the twisty roads and spectacular scenery from the seat of his Triumph motorcycle.
A beautiful compilation of early intermediate pieces, inspired by the British countryside, these musical sketches range from gentle and lilting tunes to lively and brisk dance-type melodies. There is truly a piece in here for everyone- very versatile!
An older adult pupil of mine is really enjoying this collection, and playing all of them. He even bought another copy as a present for his brother! Another young pupil also plays clarsach and traditional music, and enjoyed being able to get the same feel on piano. Excellent to have contemporary Scottish works for piano, have both collections and waiting eagerly for the third!
Donald's music is beautiful. There are some gorgeous and sometimes unexpected harmonies that make these pieces exciting to play and interesting to listen to. They have become my favourite go to pieces when I sit at the piano to play rather than practise.
A really beautiful and varied collection of pieces for intermediate students. This is one of my 'go to' books when I want to play something for myself, Innerleithen Air being one of my favourites. Highly recommended.
I initially bought A BordersSuite for my daughters birthday she was fed up of playing exam music and this book was just the tonic for her. She loved the stories behind each piece and has spent many a pleasurable hour working on them. Every time she plays this book she notices something new about the pieces and is only now starting to understand the composition behind these beautiful works. I have to hold my hands up to actually pinching the book to play myself on a night . We love it so much that we have just ordered the other 2 books in the series.