Part 2Wilfred Josephs: Piano Concerto No 1 op.46; Canzonas on a Theme of Rameau, for strings; Sonata for violin and piano; So She Went into the Garden, for chorus and piano; Four Japanese Lyrics, for voice, clarinet and piano Kenneth Leighton: Communion Service in D, for chorus and organ Elisabeth Lutyens: The Valley of Hatsu-Se, for solo voice and instruments; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for unaccompanied chorus; John McCabe: Chamber Concerto for viola, cello and orchestra; Concertante for harpsichord and chamber ensemble; Symphony No 1; Elegy;...
Monday, January 12, 2015
Some Important British Works that are Celebrating Half-Centenaries (Composed, First Performed or Published) Part 2
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Friday, January 9, 2015
Some Important British Works that are Celebrating Half-Centenaries (Composed, First Performed or Published) Part 1
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A selection of works that were composed, published or premiered in 1965. I acknowledge Eric Gilder’s The Dictionary of Composers and their Musicas being an invaluable source for musical history. I present these listings in two parts. Part 1:Malcolm Arnold: Five Fantasies, for bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn and oboe Don Banks: Horn Concerto David Bedford: This One for You, for orchestra; Music for Albion Moonlight, for soprano and instruments ; 'O Now the Drenched Land Awakes', for baritone and piano duet Richard Rodney Bennett: Symphony No 1; The...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Some Important British Works that are Celebrating Significant Anniversaries (Composed, First Performed or Published) include:-150 years ago:-1865John Stainer: Gideon, oratorio This was John Stainer’s doctoral exercise. It was performed in part on 8 November 1865. The work was never published.75 years ago1940William Alwyn: Masquerade, overture [latterly, Overture to a Masque]; Richard Arnell: Violin Concerto Arthur Benjamin: Sonatina for chamber orchestra Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for recorder (flute) and piano (1939-40); Five Housman Songs for...
Saturday, January 3, 2015
British Music reaching its Centenary...
Posted on 10:00 PM by humpty
Some Important British Works that are Celebrating Significant Anniversaries (Composed, First Performed or Published) include:-Granville Bantock: Hebridean Symphony (completed)Arnold Bax: Violin Sonata No 1 (revised); Violin Sonata No2; Legend, for violin and piano; The Maiden with the Daffodil, Winter Waters, The Princess’s Rose Garden, In a Vodka Shop, Apple-Blossom Time, Sleepy Head, Mountain Mood for piano; Quintet in G minor, Red Owen (opera unfinished) Nympholet (orchestrated) Arthur Bliss: Piano Quartet; String Quartet (c.1915)...
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