3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horn, 3 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, side drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, glockenspiel, harp, strings

in one movement (17´) (Newstone - 18'33") (Leaper - 16')

United Music Publishers Limited

Articles

Introduction - David J Brown
Introduction - Malcolm MacDonald

Performances

3 January 1913 [first performance] . Birmingham Town Hall (Music League/Incorporated Society of Musicians Festival)
a Festival Orchestra, conductor Julius Harrison

7 October 1913 . Queen's Hall, London (Prom)
Conductor Sir Henry Wood

December 1933 . two broadcasts from Hamburg
unknown performers

17 January 1924 . Winter Gardens, Bournemouth . live broadcast
Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey

16 October 1936 . live BBC studio broadcast (4pm National Programme)  
BBC Midland Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould

16 October 1936 . live BBC studio broadcast (9:45pm Midland Programme)  
BBC Midland Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould

8 May 1937 . live BBC studio broadcast
BBC Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould

27 March 1939 . live BBC studio broadcast
BBC Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould

?1940 [probably Dr Merryheart]
CBS Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Hermann

27 December 1956 . live BBC studio broadcast (Home Service [now BBC Radio 4])
BBC Northern Orchestra, conductor John Hopkins

8 April 1959. Hammersmith Town Hall, BBC recording (live audience?)

Broadcast 5 November 1959 (Third Programme [BBC Radio 3])
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone

18 November 1978 . St John's Smith Square, London
Young Musicians' Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Blair

Commercial recordings

14-15 July 1979 . City Hall, Hull UK / Cameo Classics
City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith

6 September 1993  . National Concert Hall, Dublin / Marco Polo
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper  [16:01]
Review - Malcolm MacDonald

8 April 1959. Hammersmith Town Hall, BBC recording (live audience?)

Dutton CDBP 9798, Budget price (August 2010)

London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone

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