II and III taken from Pantalon and Columbine (?1902-03):   the extent of any alteration is unknown

2 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, celeste, bass drum, side drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, harp, strings

I  Characteristic march Tempi do marcia  [112 bars]
II  Valse  Andante - Tempo di valse (allegro) - Andantino - attacca  [200 bars]
III  Under the beech tree - Andantino - Tempo di valse (allegro) - Tranquillo (andante)  [78 bars]
IV  Interlude Allegro con anima - Pan Andante - attacca  [93 bars]
V  Hymn  Slow - Allegretto  [63 bars]
VI  Carnival  Allegro molto (presto) - The Dancers  Slower and graceful - Punch and Judy - The sleeping beauty  Molto andante - Fat woman  With mock solemnity  [184 bars]

Total: [730 bars]   26:15  (Heald-Smith CD)

1914, Breitkopf & Hartel
United Music Publishers Limited

Articles

Introduction - David J Brown
Performing Brian's music - James Kelleher
some practical problems experienced preparing for the 1995 performance of Pantalon and Columbine
The case of the two Havergals - Lewis Foreman
A Harrow performance in the 1940s

Performances

12 January 1907 [first performance] . Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Municipal Orchestra, conductor Havergal Brian

7 March 1907 [I, V, VI only] . Victoria Hall, Hanley, UK
Staffordshire Orchestral Society, conductor John Cope

12 September 1907 . Queen's Hall, London (Proms)
conductor Sir Henry Wood

18 January 1908 . Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Liverpool Orchestral Society, conductor Sir Granville Bantock

27 February 1909 . Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Liverpool Orchestral Society, conductor Sir Granville Bantock

26 November 1914 . Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Havergal Brian

18 July 1942 [I and II only] . Harrow School
Harrow Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Henry Havergal

7 July 1981 [I only] . Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh
George Heriot's School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford

July 1981 [I only] . Italian tour: Muggia, Venice, Florence, Lido di Jesolo, Venice
George Heriot's School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford

10 December 1985
North Staffordshire Symphony orchestra, conductor Michael Trowski

15 May 1988 . Assembly Hall, Worthing, Sussex
Worthing Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jan Cervenka

1 July 1994 [II and III only, ie Pantalon and Columbine] . Regent Hall, Oxford Street, London
London Orchestra of St Cecilia, conductor James Kelleher

27 May 1995 [II and III only, ie Pantalon and Columbine] . St James' Church, Piccadilly, London
Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher

Commercial recording

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

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