English suite 5 »Rustic scenes«
1953

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

1  Trotting to market 
2  Reverie   (timing - Aviss performance - 8' 54")
3  The restless stream 
4  Village revels 

(23´)

NOTE: the "Reverie" movement is for strings only and can be performed as a stand-alone work.

United Music Publishers Limited

 

Performances

The first (and to date, only) performance of the full suite was commercial recording - see below.

 

Performances of the Reverie only:

 

18 October 1991
Thames Sinfonia, conductor Page

Also broadcast in Brisbane and Sydney area (performance unknown) 5 Oct 75, 18 Dec 76, 31 Aug 77, 11 Sep 77

 

31 January 2009

Oare String Orchestra, conductor Peter Aviss (Faversham, Kent)

 

23 May 2009

BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor David Lloyd-Jones (Dorchester Abbey, Oxon)

 

Commercial recording

April 1974 / CBS
Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Pinkett

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