The second and fourth movements are the piano parts of the two songs Brian wrote to the poems cited below.

piano

1  Allegro,  G minor [32 bars]  (2´) 
2  headed 'After William Blake's poem The land of dreams'   Lento tranquillo e sempre rubato,  B major [40 bars]  (3½´)    
3  Andante e grazioso - Valse lento,  E major [39 bars]  (1½´)   
4  headed 'After William Blake's poem The birds'  Andantino tranquillo e sempre rubato,  free tonality [42 bars]  (3´)       

Augener, 1921
Havergal Brian Society, 1985

Sound excerpts

sound excerpts on CDNow . sound excerpts on CDworld

Article

Notes - Raymond Clarke on Athene

Performances

18 December 1934 [first performance] . Wigmore Hall, London
Meyer Rosenstein

1966 . Mansion House, London
Eve Barsham

25 November 1967 (BBC Radio 3 broadcast)
Ronald Stevenson

1976
Calder

30 January 1976
Ronald Stevenson

29 February 1976 . Music Centre, Belmont St, Aberdeen
Iain Maxwell 

12 November 1976 . Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen
Iain Maxwell 

14 October 1977 . Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen
Iain Maxwell 

9 March 1978 / 6 May 1978 (BBC Radio Manchester broadcast) . Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Ronald Stevenson

2 December 1983 . St Andrews, Scotland
Adrian Ure

31 March 1988
Raymond Clarke

27 June 1989 . Firth Hall, Sheffield
Peter Hill

12 June 1992 . Stephen Joseph Room, Newcastle under Lyme
Ronald Stevenson

17 June 1997
Raymond Clarke

Commercial recordings

February 1981 / Cameo Classics
Peter Hill

June 1997 / Athene
Raymond Clarke
see also Discography

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