Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Jenkins, Alun
2. Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970
3. Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961.
4. Tear, Robert.
5. Fenby, Eric, 1906-1997.
6. Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934.
7. Ambrosian Singers, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
8. Hallé Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
9. London Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

1. 2 audio discs (148 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Series statement

1. British composers

Uniform title

1. Orchestra music. Selections
2. British composers.

Alternative title

1. Orchestra music.

Subject

1. String orchestra music, Arranged
2. Orchestral music, Arranged
3. Chamber orchestra music
4. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
5. Orchestral music

Contents

1. Brigg Fair : an English rhapsody (18:16) -- In a summer garden (14:57) -- Rehearsing Appalachia (2:32) -- Appalachia : variations on an old slave song with final chorus / rev. & ed. Beecham (38:26) -- On hearing the first cuckoo in spring (7:27) -- Summer night on the river (7:04) -- A song before sunrise (6:17) -- Intermezzo and serenade from Hassan / arr. Beecham (Robert Tear, tenor (in Serenade)) (2:21; 2:55) -- La calinda : from Koanga / arr. Fenby (4:32) -- Late swallows / arr. Fenby (10:49) -- Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda / arr. Fenby (4:55) -- The walk to the Paradise Garden : from A village Romeo and Juliet / arr. Beecham (9:45) -- Irmelin prelude (5:44) -- A song of summer (11:19).

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. EMI Classics: 7243 5 65119 2 7 (7243 5 65120 2 3, 7243 5 65121 2 2); additional no. on container: ZDMB 5 65119 2.
2. The 3rd work a rehearsal (recorded monaurally) for the 4th work, which is recorded in the rev. version of 1902-3 for baritone, chorus (SATB with divisi), and orchestra; the 5th-6th works for chamber orchestra; the 8th work 2 excerpts from incidental music; the 9th, 11th, and 12th works opera excerpts, in part arranged; the 10th work originally from a string quartet, arr. for string orchestra.
3. Previously released material (p1957-p1971).
4. Compact discs.
5. Program notes by Michael Kennedy, Lyndon Jenkins, and Suvi Raj Grubb (13 p. : ill.) laid in container.

Event (note)

1. Recorded June 21, 1956, Free Trade Hall, Manchester (11th work); Aug. 6-8, 1968, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (2nd and 5th-10th works); and July 15-17, 1970 (1st, 3rd-4th works), Aug. 24, 1965 (12th work), and July 14, 1966 (13th-14th works), Kingsway Hall, London.