Extant compositions ordered by date

Shortcuts: • 1900- • 1910- • 1920- • 1930- • 1940- • 1950- • 1960-

Icons: Currently available recordings   Deleted recordings   Unauthorised recordings

?1902-04	English suite 1 [from Pantalon and Columbine (II and III only)] Op.12 [6 movements] †	orch – 25½´
1903	Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Op.5 [song] Shakespeare Sonnet 18 (pub 1609) †	SATB
	Burlesque variations on an original theme Op.3 †	orch – 27´
?1904-06	Sorrow song Op.6 [song] Samuel Daniel †	alto or bar, pno
	The message Op.6 [song] Donne †	alto or bar, pno
	Farewell Op.6 [song] Bishop Heber †	alto or bar, pno
1904	For valour Op.7 in C major [concert overture; 1 movement] † rev 1906	orch – 12½´
c.1904,1944–45	Psalm 23 Op.9 Book of Common Prayer, trans Miles Coverdale (1535) † reconstructed 1944-45	ten, chor, orch – 15½´
1905	Stars of a summer night Op.1 [song] Longfellow †	SSAATTBB
1906	Soliloquy upon a dead child [song] Cumberland †	sop or ten, pno
	Little sleeper [from Soliloquy upon a dead child] Op.13a [song] Hafiz trans Richard le Galliene † rev 1972	sop or ten, pno
	Day and night Op.13b [song] Cumberland †	tenor, piano
	When I lie ill Op.13b [song] Cumberland †	tenor, piano
	If I could speak Op.13b [song] Cumberland †	tenor, piano
	A faery song Op.13c [song] Yeats †	mezzo, piano
	Come o’er the sea [song] Moore †	SATB
	Lullaby of an infant chief [song] Scott †	SATB
	Soul star [song] Bantock (orig Philip Marston - lost) †	SATB
	In a fairy boat [rondel] Weller †	SSAA
	Tell me, thou soul of her I love Op.13d/1 [song] Thomson †	SATB
1907	Fantastic variations on an old rhyme [from A Fantastic Symphony mvt I] [1 movement] †	orch – 11½´
	The vision of Cleopatra Op.15 [cantata (Tragic poem)] Cumberland † original full score lost; re-orchestrated in contemporary Brian style by John Pickard 2014	SMAT soli, chors, orch – 40´
1908	Festal dance [from A Fantastic Symphony mvt IV] [1 movement] †	orch – 5´
	Fairies’ song [song] Cumberland (orig. Philip Marston - lost) †	SSAA
c.1908	J. S. Bach: Friede uber Israel from Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer †	tenor and piano
1910	Why dost thou wound and break my heart? [song] Herrick †	tenor, piano
	The mad maid’s song [song] Herrick † orch score lost	mezzo, pno or orch
	The night piece [song] Herrick † orch score lost	tenor, pno or orch
	In memoriam [symphonic poem; 1 movement] †	orch – 20´
	Daybreak [song] Longfellow †	SATB
?1910s/20s	Tell me, where is fancy bred [song] Shakespeare from The Merchant of Venice	SSAA
1911-12	Doctor Merryheart [Comedy overture 1] [1 movement] †	orch – 17½´
1912	Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »Requiem for the rose« Herrick †	SSAA, orch – 9½´
	Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »The hag« Herrick †	SSAA, orch – 2½´
1914	The owl [song] author unknown †	female voices
	Legend of Altenahr [song] author unknown †	male voices
	Meg Merrilies [song] Keats Old Meg she was a gypsy †	male voices
	Sands of Dee [Sands o’ Dee] Kingsley †	mixed voices
	Clown’s song [song] Shakespeare from Twelfth night (c1600), Act 5, scene 1 ‘When that I was and a little tiny boy’ †	partsong
	A child’s prayer [song] Betham-Edwards †	SA, piano
	Goodbye to summer [song] Allingham †	SA, piano
	Grace for a child in C major [‘… a two-part easy school song’ - HB] Herrick Noble numbers (1647) no 95 Another grace for a child †	SA, piano – 1´
	If I had but two little wings [song] Coleridge †	SA, piano
	The little boy found [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SA, piano
	The little boy lost [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SA, piano
	The moon [song] Cumberland †	SA, piano
	The river [song] Cumberland †	SA, piano
	Spring – sound the flute [song] Blake †	SA, piano
	Summer has come, little children in D major [song] Cumberland †	SA, piano – 2´
	He was a rat [song] anon †	SATB
	The dream [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	The echoing green [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	Infant joy [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	The lamb [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	Laughing song [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	Little white lily [song] MacDonald †	SSA, piano
	Pastoral: the shepherd [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	A song of willow [song] Shakespeare †	SSA, piano
	Spring – sound the flute [song] Blake †	SSA, piano
	Violets [song] Herrick †	SSA, piano
	Ye spotted snakes [song] Shakespeare †	SSAA
	And will he not come again? [song] Shakespeare †	SSAA, piano
	The blossom in C major [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano
	The chimney sweeper in G major - E flat [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 3´
	The fly in C major [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 1´
	The little black boy in A minor - A major [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 4´
	The mountain and the squirrel [song] Emerson Fable † for children	unison or solo, piano – 2´
	Piping down the valleys wild in C major [song] Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 2´
	What does little birdie say? [song] Tennyson from Sea dreams (1860) †	unison or solo, piano – 1´
	The lost doll [song] Kingsley †	voice, piano
1915	The fairy palace [song] Drayton †	SSA, piano
	O mistress mine [song] Shakespeare †	partsong
1916	Three illuminations Brian †	pno, optional spkr – 5´
1917-29	The Tigers [burlesque opera; prologue, 3 acts] Brian †	soli, chor, orch – 180´
1918	The phantom wooer [song] Beddoes †	SATB
	Love is a merry game [song] Temple Keble †	voice, piano
	On parting [song] Temple Keble †	voice, piano
	When the sun goes down [song] Temple Keble †	voice, piano
1918-19	The defiled sanctuary [song] Blake from posthumous Miscellaneous Poems and Fragments †	medium voice, piano
	Lady Ellayne [song] Temple Keble †	medium voice, piano
	Renunciation [song] Temple Keble †	medium voice, piano
1919-20	Four miniatures †	piano – 9½´
1919	The birds [song] Blake †	alto or bar, pno
	Ah! County guy! [serenade] Scott †	equal voices
	Fair pledges of a fruitful tree [song] Herrick †	SA, piano
	Spring, the sweet spring [song] Nash †	SA, piano
	To daffodils [song] Herrick †	SA, piano
	Fear no more the heat of the sun [song] Shakespeare †	SATB
	It was a lover and his lass [song] Shakespeare †	SSA
	Under the greenwood tree [song] Shakespeare †	SSA
	Pack clouds away [song] Heywood †	SSA, piano
	Absence [song] anon †	SSAA
	Care-charmer sleep [song] Samuel Daniel †	voice, piano
	The land of dreams [song] Blake from posthumous Miscellaneous Poems and Fragments †	voice, piano
	When icicles hang by the wall [song] Shakespeare from Love’s Labours Lost †	voice, piano
?1919	Legend †	vln, pno – 6½´
1919-21	English suite 3 [5 movements] † also arr piano - lost	orch – 18´
	Take, O take those lips away [song] Shakespeare from Measure for Measure	voice, piano
?1919-27	Symphony 1 »The Gothic« in D minor [2 parts, 6 movements] text in Part 2: Te Deum laudamus †	SATB soli, child chor, 2 dble chors, orch – 105´
1920-21	The soul of steel [song] C. M. Masterman	voice, piano
1921	Full fathom five [song] Shakespeare †	SSAA, piano
	Fanfare [from Fanfare from The Grotesques] realised MacDonald 1977	brass and perc – 0½´
1921-22	Symphonic variations »on Has anybody here seen Kelly?« [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 1] †	orch – 12´
	Wild horsemen [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 2] [symphonic dance ] †	orch – 9´
	Green pastures [from The Tigers Act II, Scene 4] [symphonic dance] †	orch – 10´
	Gargoyles [from The Tigers Act III, ballet 1] [symphonic dance] †	orch – 10´
	Lacryma [from The Tigers Act III, ballet 2] [symphonic dance] †	orch – 10´
	Shadow dance [from The Tigers Prelude to Act III, Scene 3] †	orch – 5´
	Symphonic variations »on Has anybody here seen Kelly?« [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 1] arr Ronald Stevenson	piano
c.1922-23	Since love is dead [song] Bowles †	voice, piano
1924	Introit Amen [sic] [chorus on ‘Amen’] †	SATB
	O happiness, celestial fair [choral canon] Hannah More †	SATB
	Shall I then be spared? [choral canon] Hannah More †	SATB
	Sweet solitude [choral canon] Hannah More †	SATB
	Vital spark of heavenly flame [choral canon] Pope †	SSAA
	Double fugue in E flat †	piano – 15´
	Prelude and fugue in C minor †	piano – 8½´
	Prelude and fugue in D minor/major †	piano – 9½´
?1924	English suite 4 »Kindergarten« [9 movements] †	orch – 14´
1925	Blow, blow thou winter wind [song] Shakespeare from As You Like It †	SATB
	Come away, death [song] Shakespeare †	TbarB, piano
1930-31	The battle song [from The battle song] realised John Pickard 1997	brass and perc
	Symphony 2 in E minor [4 movements] †	orch – 48´
c.1930	Arne: Overture to oratorio Judith
	J. C. Bach: Overture to opera La clemenza di Scipione
	J. C. Bach: Overture to tragic opera Amadis de Gaule
	Berlioz: March to the Scaffold Execution
	Glinka: overture Ruslan and Ludmila
	Gluck: overture Alceste
	Gluck: Overture to the opera Iphigenie in Aulis
	Handel: Overture to the opera Aelius (Ezio)
	Handel: Overture to the opera Rodelinda
	Spontini: Marche Triomphale from Olimpie
	Spontini: Overture to the Lyric Tragedy of Olympia (Olimpie)
	Spontini: Pas de Cinq I and Pas de Cinq 2 from Olimpie
	Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch
	Wagner: Kaisermarsch
1931-32	Symphony 3 in C sharp minor [4 movements] †	orch – 53½´
1932-33	Symphony 4 »Das Siegeslied« in C major [3 movements] Psalm 68, ‘Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered…’, sung in German † Psalm 68 'Let God arise'	sop, dble chor, orch – 48´
1934	Prelude »John Dowland’s fancy« †	piano – 3½´
1935	Violin concerto 2 in C major [3 movements] †	vln, orch – 38´
1937	Handel: Dear Adonis from Venus and Adonis †	voice, piano
	Handel: Transporting joy from Venus and Adonis †	voice, piano
	Symphony 5 »Wine Of Summer« [1 movement] Lord Douglas †	bar, orch – 21´
1937-44	Chorus [from Prometheus unbound Chorus from Act I] [song] Shelley †	unaccompanied
	Three semichoruses [from Prometheus unbound Act II scene 2] [song] Shelley †	1,3 unacc; 2 acc fl, hp – 15´
1948	Symphony 6 »Sinfonia Tragica« [from Dierdre of the Sorrows Prelude] †	orch – 19´
	The tinker’s wedding [Comedy overture 2] [1 movement] †	orch – 7´
	Symphony 7 in C major [4 movements] †	orch – 40½´
1949	Symphony 8 in B flat minor [1 movement] †	orch – 23´
1950-51	Turandot, prinzessin von China [music drama; 3 acts] Schiller abridged by the composer; set in German; no English translation †	soli, orch – 155´
	Three pieces from Turandot [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Act I] † extracted by HB, 1962	orch – 19´
	Minuet and funeral march [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Act II, Scene 1; Act III, Scene 2] trans MacDonald and Stevenson 1973	piano
	Turandot Suite [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Acts II and III] [6 pieces] arr MacDonald 1975	orch – 23´
1951	Symphony 9 in A minor [3 movements] †	orch – 27´
1951-52	The Cenci [music drama; overture, 8 scenes] Shelley abridged by the composer †	soli, orch – 103´
	Preludio tragico [from The Cenci Overture] †	orch – 14´
	Flourish [from The Cenci opens Scene 3 fanfare] †	4 trumpets
	Fanfare [from The Cenci Scene 3 (Banqueting scene)] † arr MacDonald	brass and perc
	Fanfare [from The Cenci Scene 7 (Hall of Justice)] † arr MacDonald	brass and perc
1953	English suite 5 »Rustic scenes« [4 movements] †	orch – 22´
1953-54	Symphony 10 in C minor [1 movement] †	orch – 20´
1954	Symphony 11 [3 movements] †	orch – 29´
	Elegy [symphonic poem] †	orch – 14´
1955-56	Faust [prologue, 4 acts] Goethe (part 1), abridged by the composer; set in German; no English translation †	soli, orch – 150´
	Prologue in Heaven [from Faust Prologue im Himmel] †	2 ten, bar, 2 bass, orch – 18´
	Prelude [from Faust Act II Prelude Durch die Luft] †	orch – 3´
	Abend [from Faust Prelude to Act II, Scene 2] †	orch
	Night ride of Faust and Mephistopheles [from Faust Act IV, Scene II Nacht-Offen Feld] †	orch – 4´
	Gretchen songs [from Faust Act II] †	sop, orch – 6´
	Cathedral scene [from Faust Act III, Scene 2 Dom] †	sop bass soli, SATB chor, org, orch – 14´
1957	Symphony 12 [1 movement] †	orch – 12´
	Agamemnon [music drama; 1 act] Aeschylus abridged and adapted by the composer from Blackie’s Everyman translation; in English †	soli, SATB chor, orch – 39½´
1959	Symphony 13 in C major [1 movement] †	orch – 18´
1959-60	Symphony 14 in F minor [1 movement] †	orch – 21½´
1960	Symphony 15 in A major [1 movement] †	orch – 20½´
	Symphony 16 [1 movement] †	orch – 17½´
1960-61	Symphony 17 [1 movement] †	orch – 14´
1961	Symphony 18 [3 movements] †	orch – 15½´
	Symphony 19 in E minor [3 movements] †	orch – 19´
1962	The jolly miller [Comedy overture 3] [1 movement] †	orch – 4½´
	Symphony 20 in C sharp minor [3 movements] †	orch – 25½´
1963	Symphony 21 in E flat [4 movements] †	orch – 28´
1964	Cello concerto [3 movements] †	vlc, orch – 20½´
	Concerto for orchestra in E flat [1 movement] †	orch – 15´
1964-65	Symphony 22 »Symphonia brevis« [2 movements] †	orch – 9½´
1965	Symphony 23 [2 movements] †	orch – 13½´
	Symphony 24 in D major [1 movement] †	orch – 17´
1965-66	Symphony 25 in A minor [3 movements] †	orch – 25´
1966	Symphony 26 [2 movements] †	orch – 16½´
	Symphony 27 in C minor [3 movements] †	orch – 22´
1967	Symphony 28 »Sinfonia in C minor« in C minor [4 movements] †	orch – 15´
	Symphony 29 in E flat [4 movements] †	orch – 19½´
	Symphony 30 in B flat minor [2 movements] †	orch – 15½´
	Festival fanfare [1 movement] † orig Fanfare for the orchestral brass	brass – 1½´
1968	Symphony 31 [1 movement] †	orch – 13´
	Legend »Ave atque vale (Hail and farewell)« [1 movement] †	orch – 8´
	Symphony 32 in A flat [4 movements] †	orch – 22½´