Legend
?1919

violin, piano

[122 bars] 6´

United Music Publishers

 

Articles

Introduction - David Hackbridge Johnson
written for the Janet Packer tour of Legend 1999/2000
Review of Reid/Barrow recording - Martin Anderson

 

Performances

19 April 1975 [first performance] . West Linton, Peeblesshire (Scotland)
Leonard Friedman (violin), Lawrence Oliver (piano)

8 June 1975 . British Institute of Recorded Sound, London
Ann Measures (violin), Michael Frayan (piano)

29 February 1976 . Music Centre, Belmont St, Aberdeen
Fiona Cameron (violin), Stephen Calder (piano)

5 December 1976 [played twice] . Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Ann Measures (violin), Ronald Stevenson (piano)

12 February 1977
Banks (violin), Tocher or Cheyne (piano) 

4 November 1977 . Concert Hall, Barber Institute, Birmingham
Richard Gwilt (violin), Stephen Gibson (piano) 
 

26 May 1978 . Manchester University
Edmund Reid (violin), Gretta Barrow (piano)

12 June 1978 . Wigmore Hall, London
Edmund Reid (violin), Gretta Barrow (piano)

? (recording) / 29 January 1984 (WKNO, Memphis broadcast)
Mrs Russell Wiener (violin), Frank Callaway (piano)

26 November 1984 . Beethoven Club, Memphis, Tennessee, US
Greg Morris (violin), Frank Callaway (piano)

13 June 1986 . Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Mass, US
Janet Packer (violin), George Barth (piano)

1994 . Guadalajara, Mexico
Robert Wilson (violin), Leonor Montijo (piano)

1 April 1996
Marat Bisengaliev (violin), John Lenehan (piano)

24 November 1998 . British Music Information Centre, London
David Hackbridge Johnson (violin), You Meng Chan (piano)

13 October 1999 . Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, US 
Janet Packer (violin), Orin Grossman (piano)

15 October 1999 . Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, US 
Janet Packer (violin), Orin Grossman (piano)

5 November 1999 . Connecticut College, New London, CT, US
Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)

7 November 1999 . Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, US
Janet Packer (violin), Kenneth Drake (piano)

8 November 1999 . Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, US 
Janet Packer (violin), Kenneth Drake (piano)

23 January 2000 . Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, US  
Janet Packer (violin),
Orin Grossman (piano)

28 January 2000 . Old First Concerts, San Francisco, CA, US   
Janet Packer (violin), Orin Grossman (piano)

February 2000 . University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Genevieve Lee (piano)

16 February 2000 . Pomona College, Pomona, CA, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Genevieve Lee (piano)

18 February 2000 . University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Genevieve Lee (piano)

20 February 2000 . University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, U 
Janet Packer (violin), Orin Grossman (piano)

23 February 2000 . Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Kenneth Drake (piano)

1 March 2000 .  Hartt School, W. Hartford, CT, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Orin Grossman (piano)

17 March 2000 . Bates College, Lewiston, ME, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Jozef de Beenhouwer (piano)

19 March 2000 . Ogunquit Performing Arts, Ogunquit, ME, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Jozef de Beenhouwer (piano)

22 March 2000 . Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Jozef de Beenhouwer (piano)

27 March 2000 . Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, US  
Janet Packer (violin), Orin Grossman (piano)

9 April 2000 . Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, U 
Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)

17 April 2000 . Queens College, Flushing, NY, U
Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)

21 April 2000 . University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, US 
Janet Packer (violin), ? (piano)

7 April 2000 . Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, US 
Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)

March 2001, broadcast 6 June 2001 as part of BBC Radio 3's 'Composer of the Week' series

Elizabeth Layton (violin), Scott Mitchell (piano)

 

? 2006 . Brighton, East Sussex (arrangement for strings)

Brighton Youth Orchestra, conductor Andrew Sherwood

 

22 January 2011 . All Saints Centre, Lewes, East Sussex (arrangement for strings)

Musicians of All Saints, conductor Andrew Sherwood

 

22 September 2012 . St John sub Castro church, Abinger Place, Lewes, East Sussex (arrangement for violin and strings)

Valtie Nunn (violin), Musicians of All Saints, conductor Andrew Sherwood

 

Commercial recordings

1982 / Auracle
Steven Levine (vln), Peter Lawson (pno)

1984 / Classical Elegance
Edmund Reid (vln), Gretta Barrow (pno)
Review - Martin Anderson

2012 / Stone Records (The Havergal Brian Songbook volume 1)

Jonathan Stone (vln), Sholto Kynoch (pno)


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