Performances ordered by composition

Shortcuts: • Symphonies • Other Orchestral Music • Concertos • Choir • Unaccompanied partsongs • Accompanied partsongs • Chorus and orchestra • Soloists and orchestra • Soloists, chorus and orchestra • Chamber music • Piano music • Solo songs • Operas • Transcriptions by Brian • Arrangements by others

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Symphonies

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Symphony 1 »The Gothic« (?1919-27†)	24 June 1961	first performance	Central Hall, Westminster, London Noelle Barker (sop), Jean Evans (alto), Kenneth Bowen (ten), John Shirley-Quirk (bar), London Philharmonic Choir, Kingsway Choral Society, London Orpheus Choir, Hendon Grammar School Choir, Royal Military School of Music and Polyphonia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bryan Fairfax
	30 October 1966	first professional performance live broadcast BBC, repeated 26 November 1967	Royal Albert Hall, London Honor Sheppard, soprano; Shirley Minty, contralto; Ronald Dowd, tenor; Roger Stalman, bass; BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society; City of London Choir; Hampstead Choral Society; Emanuel School Choir; Orpington Junior Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
	10 October 1976	Part 1 only live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Royal Albert Hall, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	21 May 1978		Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffs, UK Margaret Tapley (sop), Jean Reavley (alto), Eric Baskeyfield (ten), Philip Ravenscroft (bass); Keele Chamber Choir (chorus master John Sloboda), Leicester Philharmonic Society (Keith Smith), the Margaret Wharam Choir, Solihull (Margaret Wharam), Nantwich and District Choral Society (Eddie Hewsion), Oriana Choir, Macclesfield (Keith Yearsley), Potteries Choral Society (Michael Lambert), Stone Choral Society (Arlene Lees); Ashborne Parish Church boys’ choir (Christopher Atkinson), Goudhurst Girls School Choir (Mary Halstead), Nantwich Parish Church boys’ choir (Michael Bax), Parish Church of St Peter, Prestbury boys’ choir (Michael Cheetham) and girls’ choir (Andrew Burr); ad hoc The Stoke Gothic Symphony Orchestra, leader Raymond Baddeley; assistant conductor Peter Young, conductor Trevor Stokes Produced by Paul Shaw [The total forces were over 700, the audience being confined to the gallery (586 seats) and the balcony (211 seats), leaving the arena floor to be occupied by the orchestra, which fully met Brian’s specification. Behind the orchestra, the children’s chorus was placed on the platform, two of the adult choruses behind them in the choir seats banked up on each side of the organ and the two remaining adult choruses seated in the long, narrow side balconies flanking the hall. The four brass bands were located with the four choruses, with the result that the spatial disposition of the total forces were rather more marked than was the case at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1966.] • At Victoria Hall, Hanley, 1978 – David J Brown
	25 May 1980	live broadcast BBC Radio 3, repeated 14 May 1995	Royal Albert Hall, London Jane Manning (sop), Shirley Minty (alto), John Mitchinson (ten), David Thomas (bass), London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Singers, BBC Club Choir, Hampstead Choral Society, Bach Choir, English Chamber Choir; members of: BBC Symphony Chorus, Royal Choral Society, Goldsmith’s Choral Union, Highgate Choral Society; Orpheus Girls’ Choir, Colfe’s School Choir, London Symphony Orchestra (leader Irvine Arditti), conductor Ole Schmidt • Mounting the Gothic: The Schmidt performance, 1980 – David J Brown • Brev fra London / Letter from London: the Schmidt performance, 1980 – Peter Wivel • Skøn kæmpe-musik uden flip / Lofty musical colossus no freak: the Schmidt performance, 1980 – Jørgen Falck • Choirworks and Musical encounters – David J Brown
	15 September 1984	Part 1 only	St Olave’s School, Orpington, Kent, UK rehearsal and runthrough by ’Planets for pleasure’ ad hoc orchestra, conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald • The ‘Planets for pleasure’ orchestra performance – Ted Heaton
	29–31 March 1989	recording	Concert Hall of Slovak Radio (Bratislava) Eva Jenisová, soprano; Dagmar Pecková, alto; Vladimír Doležal, tenor; Peter Mikuláš, bass; Slovak Opera Chorus; Slovak Folk Ensemble Chorus; Lúčnica Chorus; Bratislava City Choir; Bratislava Children’s Choir; Youth ‘Echo’ Choir; Pavol Procházka, chorus master; Slovak radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir; Ondrej Lenárd, conductor • A German view • Recording »The Gothic« in Bratislava – David J Brown • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
	22 December 2010	recorded by 4MBS Classic FM, Brisbane, for local (4MBS) and international radio broadcast	Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Australia Melissa Gill (sop), Kathleen Lamont (alto), Luke Venables (ten), Dimitri Kopanakis (bass), The Gothic Symphony Chorus, The Gothic Symphony Children’s Chorus, The Gothic Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Curro [The total forces numbered more than 600.] • Recording The Gothic in Brisbane – Mike Le Voi, 4MBS Concert Recording Team member
	17 July 2011	recorded live broadcast BBC Radio 3 2011 Proms season, repeated 20 July 2011	Royal Albert Hall, London Susan Gritton (sop), Christine Rice (m-sop), Peter Auty (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), David Goode (organ), Eltham College Boys’ Choir, CBSO Youth Chorus, Southend Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs, Brighton Festival Chorus, Huddersfield Choral Society, London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Bach Choir, Cor Caerdydd, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins [The total forces numbered more than 930]
Symphony 2 (1930-31†)	19 May 1973	first performance	The Dome, Brighton, UK Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
	21 May 1973	live broadcast BBC Radio Stoke	Victoria Hall, Hanley, UK Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head • Reviews of the 1973 Kensington SO/Leslie Head performances – John Falding, Max Loppert
	24 May 1973	broadcast 27 September 1973 BBC Radio London	St John’s Smith Square, London Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head • Reviews of the 1973 Kensington SO/Leslie Head performances – John Falding, Max Loppert
	9 March 1979	recording first professional performance broadcast 31 March 1979 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
	May 1996	recording	Mosfilm Studio, Moscow Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Rowe • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
	6 September 1998	workshop	Reading The Purely for Pleasure Orchestra, conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald • A view from the back desks – David Hackbridge Johnson • A view from the audience – Roger Moseley
	5–6 September 2015		Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Lynda Cochrane & Judith Keaney, pianos; Mark Hindley, organ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 3 (1931-32†)	12 January 1974	recording first performance broadcast 18 October 1974 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studio no. 1, London Ronald Stevenson, David Wilde (pianos), New Philharmonia Orchestra*, conductor Stanley Pope
	17 May 1987	first public performance	Town Hall, Birmingham, UK Composers’ Platform West Midlands Symphony Orchetra, conductor Paul Venn • Review of Composers’ Platform WM SO/Venn performance – David J Brown
	26 October 1988	recording broadcast 1989 ? BBC Radio 3	Invitation concert, BBC Maida Vale Studio no. 1, London Andrew Ball, Julian Jacobson (pianos), BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Bela Dekany, conductor Lionel Friend
	27–28 October 1988	recording	BBC Maida Vale Studio no. 1, London Andrew Ball, Julian Jacobson (pianos), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend
Symphony 4 »Das Siegeslied« (1932-33†) Psalm 68 'Let God arise'	3 July 1967	first performance broadcast BBC	Honor Sheppard (sop), Halifax Choral Society, Leeds Philharmonic Choir, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maurice Handford
	13 October 1974	first public performance broadcast 25 June 1975 BBC Radio 3	Alexandra Palace, London Felicity Palmer (sop), BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, Goldsmith’s Choral Union, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Poole
	3–8 February 1992	recording	Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava Jana Valásková (sop); Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak National Opera Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Choir, Youth ‘Echo’ Choir, Mixed ‘Cantus’ Choir; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) [augmented], conductor Adrian Leaper • Review of Adrian Leaper/Marco Polo CDs – Malcolm MacDonald • MarcoPolo CD of symphonies 4 & 12 • Review of Marco Polo 8.223447 – Martin Anderson • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
Symphony 5 »Wine Of Summer« Lord Douglas (1937†)	11 December 1969	first performance	Kensington Town Hall, UK Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head • Havergal Brian and Leslie Head – Lewis Foreman
	29 September 1976	live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Alexandra Palace, London Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
	1993	recording	recorded by Marco Polo but never issued Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
	1 April 2001	recording broadcast 7 June 2001 BBC Radio 3, repeated 5 March 2008 BBC’s ‘British Symphony’ series	Before an invited audience, Broadcasting House, Glasgow, UK Donald Maxwell (baritone), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Kok
	July 25 & 28 2014		RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 6 »Sinfonia Tragica« [from Dierdre of the Sorrows Prelude] (1948†)	16 January 1966	first performance broadcast 21 September 1966 Third Programme [BBC Radio 3], repeated 26 February 1967	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Douglas Robinson
	1 April 1973	recording broadcast 18 June 1975 BBC Radio 3	studio recording London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	10 April 1973	recording	Wandsworth Town Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	6 February 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	30 January 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	26 August 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	3 October 1989	first public performance; first professional orchestral performance of any Brian work in North America	Great Hall, Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Boris Brott • The Sinfonia tragica in Hamilton – Paul Rapoport
	4 October 1989		Great Hall, Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Boris Brott
	8 March 1997		St John’s Smith Square, London Royal Holloway Orchestra, conductor Matthew Taylor • Review of Royal Holloway/Matthew Taylor 1997 performance – Lewis Foreman
	20 May 2014		Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
	11 October 2016	broadcast 21 November 2016 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London Before an invited audience, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 7 (1948†)	16 June 1966	recording first performance broadcast 13 March 1968 BBC Radio 3	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone • Newstone and Mackerras interpretations compared – David Jenkins
	29 April 1987	first public performance	Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras • Review of RLPO/Mackerras premiere – John Pickard • Review of RLPO/Mackerras premiere – Richard Whitehouse • Review of RLPO/Mackerras premiere and recording – David J Brown • Play it backwards – Larry Alexander
	3–4 May 1987	recording	Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras • Newstone and Mackerras interpretations compared – David Jenkins
Symphony 8 (1949†)	1 February 1954	first performance live broadcast first broadcast by BBC of a Brian symphony	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
	2 February 1954	live broadcast BBC	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
	20 December 1958	live broadcast Third Programme [BBC Radio 3]	studio BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rudolf Schwarz
	27 June 1971	broadcast BBC	studio recording Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	25–26 July 1977	recording	Abbey Road, London Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves • Thoughts on ASD3486 – Ted Heaton
	25 July 1977	World premiere recording	Abbey Road Studio 1, London Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	8 September 2016		Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 9 (1951†)	22 March 1958	first performance live broadcast Third Programme [BBC Radio 3]	studio London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Norman del Mar
	5 February 1959	BBC recording; live audience? live broadcast Third Programme [BBC Radio 3], repeated 1 June 1994 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 London Symphony Orchestra leader Hugh Maguire, conductor Norman del Mar
	28 March 1971	recording broadcast 15 August 1971 BBC, repeated 16 December 1972	St John’s Smith Square Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	20 January 1976	first public performance ?	Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	1 July 1976	broadcast 30 March 1977 BBC	Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	2 July 1976	broadcast BBC	Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	27 July 1976	live broadcast BBC	Royal Albert Hall (BBC Promenade Concert) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	25–26 July 1977	recording	Abbey Road, London Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves • Thoughts on ASD3486 – Ted Heaton
	25 July 1977		Abbey Road Studio 1, London Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
Symphony 10 (1953-54†)	3 November 1958	first performance live broadcast Third Programme [BBC Radio 3]	studio Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
	?31 March 1965	BBC Transcription Service recording	London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
	12 July 1972	recording broadcast 9 May 1973 BBC Radio 3	Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Pinkett
	18–19 July 1972	recording	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Loughran
	17 April 1975	first public performance live broadcast BBC Radio 3	Free Trade Hall, Manchester Hallé Orchestra, conductor James Loughran
	18 April 1975		Sheffield Hallé Orchestra, conductor James Loughran
	22 April 1975		Hanley, UK Hallé Orchestra, conductor James Loughran
	5 June 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	October 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	26 December 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	February 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	31 May 1998		Guthlaxton College, Wigston, Leicester Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald • Review – Peter Coussee
	15–16 September 2010	recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 11 (1954†)	1956		private playthrough unknown BBC orchestra
	8 April 1959	BBC recording; live audience? first performance broadcast 5 November 1959 Third Programme [BBC Radio 3]	Hammersmith Town Hall London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone
	6 September 1993	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper • Introduction to the Marco Polo CD – Malcolm MacDonald • Brian and theurban pastorale – PJ Taylor • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • Review – John Grimshaw
Symphony 12 (1957†)	8 April 1959	BBC recording; live audience? first performance broadcast 5 November 1959 Third Programme [BBC Radio 3]	Hammersmith Town Hall London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone
	4 August 1966	first public performance	Royal Albert Hall, London (Prom) BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Norman del Mar
	10-11 February 1992		Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), conductor Adrian Leaper • Review of Adrian Leaper/Marco Polo CDs – Malcolm MacDonald • MarcoPolo CD of symphonies 4 & 12 • Review of Marco Polo 8.223447 – Martin Anderson • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
Symphony 13 (1959†)	23 June 1976	recording first performance broadcast 14 May 1978 BBC Radio 3	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
Symphony 13 (1959†)	31 May & 1 June 2012	recording world premiere recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 14 (1959-60†)	14 January 1969	recording first performance broadcast 10 May 1970 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Edward Downes
Symphony 14 (1959-60†)	5–6 September 2015	world premiere recording	Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Mark Hindley, organ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 15 (1960†)	23 June 1976	recording first performance broadcast 14 May 1978 BBC Radio 3	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
Symphony 15 (1960†)	27 May 1997	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Tony Rowe • Introduction to the Marco Polo CD – Malcolm MacDonald • Brian and theurban pastorale – PJ Taylor • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • Review – John Grimshaw
Symphony 16 (1960†)	1 April 1973	recording first performance broadcast 18 June 1975 BBC Radio 3	London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	10 April 1973	recording	Wandsworth Town Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	26 April 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	13 May 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	5 August 1994	first public performance	Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London London Orchestra of St Cecilia, conductor James Kelleher
Symphony 17 (1960-61†)	23 June 1976	recording first performance broadcast 14 May 1978 BBC Radio 3	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
Symphony 17 (1960-61†)	15–16 June 1992	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper • Review of Adrian Leaper/Marco Polo CDs – Malcolm MacDonald • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
Symphony 18 (1961†)	26 February 1962	first performance	St Pancras Town Hall, London Polyphonia Orchestra, conductor Bryan Fairfax
	20 October 1974	recording broadcast 11 June 1975 BBC Radio 3	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bryan Fairfax
	August 1988		Piggotts Music Camp Music camp workshop, conductor John Pickard
	27 November 1989		Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Johnson
	12–15 January 1993	recording	Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
Symphony 19 (1961†)	18 June 1976	recording first performance broadcast 31 December 1976 BBC Radio 3	BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Canarina
	1 December 2012	first public performance	University of Bristol Victoria Rooms, Queen’s Road, Bristol UK Bristol University Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Pickard
	July 25 & 28 2014		RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 20 (1962†)	5 October 1976	first performance live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Alexandra Palace, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
Symphony 20 (1962†)	28–30 October 1994	recording	Concert Hall of Ukrainian Radio Ukraine State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Penny • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • First impressions – Larry Alexander
Symphony 21 (1963†)	14 January 1969	recording first performance broadcast 10 May 1970 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studio no. 1, London London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Edward Downes
	18–19 July 1972	recording	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Pinkett
	5 June 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	6 September 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	8 September 2016	Premiere professional recording	Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 22 »Symphonia brevis« (1964-65†)	28 March 1971	recording first performance broadcast 15 August 1971 BBC Radio 3, repeated 16 December 1972	St John’s Smith Square Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	10 April 1974	recording broadcast 30 August 1974 BBC Radio 3	Hove Town Hall Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Laszlo Heltay
	12 February 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	26 October 1983	first public performance	Royal Festival Hall Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves • Symphonia brevis at the Royal Festival Hall – Malcolm MacDonald
	August 2012		New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 23 (1965†)	4 October 1973	first performance	Galesburg, Illinois University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman
	5 or 6 October 1973		Quincy, Illinois University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman
	7 October 1973	broadcast 14 October 1973 WILL-AM, Illinois, USA, repeated 16 October 1973 BBC Radio 3	Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana, Illinois University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman
	August 2012	world première recording	New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 24 (1965†)	1 April 1973	recording first performance broadcast 18 June 1975 BBC Radio 3	London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
Symphony 24 (1965†)	August 2012	world première recording	New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 25 (1965-66†)	18 June 1976	recording first performance broadcast 31 December 1976 BBC Radio 3	BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Canarina
Symphony 25 (1965-66†)	28–30 October 1994	recording	Concert Hall of Ukrainian Radio Ukraine State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Penny • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • First impressions – Larry Alexander
Symphony 26 (1966†)	13 May 1976	first performance broadcast 5 September 1976 BBC Radio Stoke	St Mark’s Church, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Smith
	5 October 1976	first professional performance live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Alexandra Palace, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
	8 September 2016	World premiere recording	Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 27 (1966†)	9 January 1979	recording first performance broadcast 18 March 1979 BBC	Henry Wood Hall Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras • Recording Brian with the Philharmonia – Rodney Stephen Newton
	17 March 2012	first public performance	Symphony Hall, Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, California Orange County High School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christopher Russell
	25 June 2012	first UK public performance	Town Hall, Birmingham, UK Orange County High School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christopher Russell
	July 25 & 28 2014		RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 28 »Sinfonia in C minor« (1967†)	7 June 1973	recording first performance broadcast 5 October 1973 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski • Review – Anthony Payne in the Daily Telegraph
Symphony 28 »Sinfonia in C minor« (1967†)	20 May 2014	World premiere recording	Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 29 (1967†)	January 1976		private playthrough, Edinburgh Monday Night Orchestra, conductor Alasdair Mitchell
	17 November 1976	BBC Radio Stoke recording first public performance	Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, UK North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Smith
	22 December 1978	recording first professional performance broadcast 12 March 1979 BBC Radio 3	Maida Vale Studio 1, London Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman • Recording Brian with the Philharmonia – Rodney Stephen Newton
	20 May 2014	World premiere recording	Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 30 (1967†)	24 September 1976	first performance live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Alexandra Palace, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone
	March 1989	broadcast BBC Radio 3, 16 July 1991	Invitation concert, BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Geoffrey Trabichoff, conductor Lionel Friend
	4 March 2008	broadcast (Transmission date) BBC Radio 3 in the ‘British Symphony’ series	BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jason Lai
	15–16 September 2010	recording broadcast Studio recording for Dutton	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Symphony 31 (1968†)	9 January 1979	recording first performance broadcast 18 March 1979 BBC Radio 3	Henry Wood Hall Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras • Recording Brian with the Philharmonia – Rodney Stephen Newton
	1 April 1979	first US performance	Orchestral Society of Philadelphia, conductor Robert Fitzpatrick
	3–4 May 1987	recording	Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
	20 May 2014		Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
Symphony 32 (1968†)	28 January 1971	first performance; first public performance	St John’s Smith Square, London Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
	22 December 1978	recording first professional performance broadcast 12 March 1979 BBC Radio 3	Maida Vale Studios, London Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman • Recording Brian with the Philharmonia – Rodney Stephen Newton
	15–16 June 1992	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper • Review of Adrian Leaper/Marco Polo CDs – Malcolm MacDonald • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
	5 November 2005	first US public performance	Symphony Hall, Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, California OCHSA Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chris Russell

Other Orchestral Music

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Burlesque variations on an original theme (1903†)	13 March 1980	first performance	City Hall, Hull, UK City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith
	26–27 July 1980	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	23/24 July 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
Concerto for orchestra (1964†)	12 April 1975	first performance	Leeds Town Hall City of Leeds College of Music Symphony Orchestra, conductor Joseph Stones • Review of premiere – Malcolm MacDonald
Concerto for orchestra (1964†)	15–16 September 2010	recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Doctor Merryheart [Comedy overture 1] (1911-12†)	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	broadcast two broadcasts from Hamburg
	17 January 1934	live broadcast	Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey
	16 October 1936	live broadcast 9:45pm BBC Midland Programme	studio BBC Midland Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould
	8 May 1937	live broadcast	studio BBC Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould
	27 March 1939	live broadcast BBC	studio BBC Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould
	?1940	(probably Dr Merryheart)	CBS Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Hermann
	27 December 1956	live broadcast Home Service [BBC Radio 4]	studio BBC Northern Orchestra, conductor John Hopkins
	8 April 1959	BBC recording; live audience? broadcast 5 November 1959 Third Programme [BBC Radio 3]	Hammersmith Town Hall London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone
	18 November 1978		St John’s Smith Square, London Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Blair
	14–15 July 1979	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	6 September 1993	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper • Introduction to the Marco Polo CD – Malcolm MacDonald • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • Review – John Grimshaw
Elegy (1954†)	17 February 1977	first performance	Guildhall School of Music and Drama Symphony Orchestra, conductor Brian Wright
	19 December 1978	broadcast 24 May 1979 BBC Radio 3	BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, conductor Brian Wright
	23/24 July 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
English suite 1 [from Pantalon and Columbine (II and III only)] (?1902-04†)	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 • The case of the two Havergals – Lewis Foreman
	14–15 July 1979	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	July 1981	I only	Italian tour: Muggia, Venice, Florence, Lido di Jesolo, Venice George Heriot’s School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford
	7 July 1981	I only	Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh 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
	5 April 1995	First movement - March recorded	Melbourne Grammar School Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra - Martin Rutherford
	December 2004	Characteristic march	Edinburgh & London Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford
	August 2012		New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
English suite 3 (1919-21†) also arr piano - lost	16 March 1922	first performance	Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey
	31 August 1937	live broadcast BBC	studio BBC Orchestra, conductor Clarence Raybould
	28 January 1971		St John’s, Smith Square, London Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
	23 February 1980		Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, conductor de Csillery
	15–16 September 2010	recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow David Bednall (organ), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
	22 May 2015		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates
English suite 4 »Kindergarten« (?1924†)	5 July 1977	first performance	George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh George Heriot’s School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford
	17-24 July 1977	A shanti battle song only	Spanish tour: Lloret de Mar, Montserrat, Barcelona, Girona and Sitges George Heriot’s School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford
	27 March 2001		Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Grammar School SO, conductor Martin Rutherford
	December 2004	Ashanti battle song	Edinburgh & London Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford
	23 July 2011	Ashanti battle song First Brian performance in Malaysia	Penang State Hall, Malaysia Penang Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford
	31 May & 1 June 2012	recording first digital recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
English suite 5 »Rustic scenes« (1953†)	April 1974	recording	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Pinkett
	5 October 1975	Reverie only broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	18 December 1976	Reverie only broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	31 August 1977	Reverie only broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	11 September 1977	Reverie only broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	18 October 1991	Reverie only	Thames Sinfonia, conductor Page
	31 January 2009	Reverie only	Faversham, Kent Oare String Orchestra, conductor Peter Aviss
	23 May 2009	Reverie only	Dorchester Abbey, Oxon BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor David Lloyd-Jones
	23/24 July 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
Fantastic variations on an old rhyme [from A Fantastic Symphony mvt I] (1907†)	28 April 1921	‘condensed’ version first performance and encore	West Pier, Brighton, UK Brighton Municipal Orchestra, conductor Henry Lyell-Tayler
	29 April 1921	‘condensed’ version	West Pier, Brighton, UK Brighton Municipal Orchestra, conductor Havergal Brian
	30 April 1921	‘condensed’ version	West Pier, Brighton, UK Brighton Municipal Orchestra, conductor Havergal Brian
	1 May 1921	‘condensed’ version	West Pier, Brighton, UK Brighton Municipal Orchestra, conductor Havergal Brian
	2 May 1921	‘condensed’ version	West Pier, Brighton, UK Brighton Municipal Orchestra, conductor Havergal Brian
	25 January 1923	first performance of complete score	Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey
	2 April 1923		Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (Bournemouth Music Festival) Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey
	15 March 1934		Usher Hall, Edinburgh Mary Grierson (pno), Reid Orchestra, conductor Sir Donald Tovey
	14–15 July 1979	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK Alan Smith (organ), City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	28–30 October 1994	recording	Concert Hall of Ukrainian Radio Ukraine State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Penny • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • First impressions – Larry Alexander
	7 July 2017	recording	St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London English National Opera Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins Nicholas Ansdell-Evans, organ
Festal dance [from A Fantastic Symphony mvt IV] (1908†)	December 1914	first performance	Birmingham Conductor Granville Bantock
	June 1915		Royal Albert Hall, London (Beecham-Ronald Prom Concerts) Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
	4 June 1919		Birmingham Institute School of Music School of Music Orchestra, conductor Sir Granville Bantock
	6 June 1934		Birmingham Town Hall School of Music Orchestra, conductor Sir Granville Bantock
	17 October 1934		Birmingham Town Hall School of Music Orchestra, conductor Sir Granville Bantock
	13 April 1935		Queen’s Hall, London British Women’s Symphony Orchestra, conductor Grace Burrows • Contemporary thirties criticism of Brian performances – Norman V Dagg
	30 September 1935		Queen’s Hall, London (Prom) Queen’s Hall Orchestra, conductor Sir Henry Wood
	18 May 1960		Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffs, UK Hallé Orchestra, conductor George Weldon
	14–15 July 1979	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK David Martin (piano), City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	early 1990s	first Brian performance in Asia	Thailand National Symphony Orchestra of Thailand, conductor Michael Marsh-Edwards
	15–16 June 1992	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper • Review of Adrian Leaper/Marco Polo CDs – Malcolm MacDonald • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
	July 25 & 28 2014		RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Roderick Williams, baritone; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Festival fanfare (1967†) orig Fanfare for the orchestral brass	7 May 1972	first performance	Urbana, Illinois (performance repeated) University of Illinois Wind Ensemble, conductor Robert Gray
	6 June 1973	first UK performance live broadcast BBC	York Minster, UK members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	18 September 1973	live broadcast BBC	Liverpool, UK members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	14 September 1974	live broadcast BBC	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK / Last Night of the Proms members of BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	5 October 1976		University of Alberta, Edmonton
	20 or 21 February 1977	recording	St Peter’s Church, Morden Locke Brass Consort, conductor James Stobart
	14 April 1983		MSU Brass Choir, MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, conductor Schulz
	11 March 1984		Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (recording for later transmission) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
	12 March 1984		Hanley (part of the 1984 York Festival) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
	May 1996	recording	Mosfilm Studio, Moscow Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Rowe • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
For valour (1904†) rev 1906	8 October 1907	first performance	Queen’s Hall, London (Proms) Queen’s Hall Orchestra, conductor Sir Henry Wood
	27 June 1911		Crystal Palace, London (Festival of Empire) Conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
	14 February 1912		Birmingham Birmingham Philharmonic Society, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
	April 1912		?North Staffordshire
	15 September 1979	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK Alan Smith (organ), City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	27 May 1997	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Tony Rowe • Introduction to the Marco Polo CD – Malcolm MacDonald • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown • Review – John Grimshaw
	7 July 2017	recording	St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London English National Opera Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins Nicholas Ansdell-Evans, organ
Gargoyles [from The Tigers Act III, ballet 1] (1921-22†)	2 December 1927		BBC New Music Rehearsal Conductor John Ansell
	1 March 1934	first performance broadcast BBC	BBC Thames Wharf Studio BBC Orchestra, conductor Granville Bantock
	13 February 1944		live BBC broadcast (BBC wartime studio, Bedford) BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
	30 November 1977	arr piano	Aberdeen
	July, September 1981	recording	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
Green pastures [from The Tigers Act II, Scene 4] (1921-22†)	1981	first performance	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
	July, September 1981	recording	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
Hero and Leander (1904-06†) — LOST	3 December 1908	first and only performance	Hanley Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
In memoriam (1910†)	26 December 1921	first performance	Usher Hall, Edinburgh Scottish Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald
	27 December 1921		St Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow Scottish Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald
	14 June 1974	public rehearsal	St Paul’s Church, Hammersmith Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot
	16 November 1974	broadcast 28 November 1974 BBC Radio London	Hammersmith Town Hall Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot
	10 October 1976	live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Royal Albert Hall, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
	1979	recording	City Hall, Hull, UK City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	15–16 June 1992	recording	National Concert Hall, Dublin RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper • Review of Adrian Leaper/Marco Polo CDs – Malcolm MacDonald • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
	11 February 2012		Victoria Rooms Concert Hall, Bristol University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Pickard
The jolly miller [Comedy overture 3] (1962†)	15 November 1974	first performance (performed twice)	Philadelphia Main Line Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Fitzpatrick
	7 December 1974	first UK performance	Southampton Havant Symphony Orchestra, conductor Peter Craddock
	13 November 1976		Toms River, New Jersey Garden State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Robert Fitzpatrick
	12–15 January 1993	recording	Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
Lacryma [from The Tigers Act III, ballet 2] (1921-22†)	30 November 1977	arr piano	Aberdeen
	1981	first performance	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
	July, September 1981	recording	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
Legend »Ave atque vale (Hail and farewell)« (1968†)	1 April 1973	BBC recording first performance broadcast not broadcast	London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
	4 October 2008	public première	Meng Concert Hall, OCHSA, Orange County, California USA Orange County High School for the Arts Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christopher Russell
	23/24 July 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
Night ride of Faust and Mephistopheles [from Faust Act IV, Scene II Nacht-Offen Feld] (1955-56†)	25/26 June 2009	recording first performance	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
Pantalon and Columbine (?1902-03†) later inc in English suite 1 — LOST	1 July 1994		Regent Hall, Oxford Street, London London Orchestra of St Cecilia, conductor James Kelleher
	27 May 1995		St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher
Preludio tragico [from The Cenci Overture] (1951-52†)	24 September 1976	first performance live broadcast BBC Radio 3	invitation concert at Alexandra Palace, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone
Preludio tragico [from The Cenci Overture] (1951-52†)	25/26 June 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
Shadow dance [from The Tigers Prelude to Act III, Scene 3] (1921-22†)	29 January 1976	first performance	Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
	July, September 1981	recording	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
*Symphonic variations »on Has anybody here seen Kelly?«* [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 1] (1921-22†)	28 February 1924	first performance	Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey
	4 May 1924		Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (Bournemouth Music Festival) Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey
	July, September 1981	recording	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
	25/26 June 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
Three pieces from Turandot [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Act I] (1950-51†) extracted by HB, 1962	27 May 1995	first performance	St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher • A view from the rostrum – James Kelleher
	25/26 June 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker
The tinker’s wedding [Comedy overture 2] (1948†)	23 June 1949		given as a BBC New Music Rehearsal BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Warr
	25 June 1950	live broadcast BBC (Scotland only)	studio BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Warr
	2 October 1951	live broadcast Home Service [BBC Radio 4]	studio BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Warr
	12 February 1972	first public performance	Hammersmith Town Hall Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot
	2 May 1987	recording	Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
	23 September 2008	US première	Marvin Cole Auditorium, Fine Arts Building, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia, USA DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fyodor Cherniavsky
	31 May & 1 June 2012	recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
	29 March 2014	Australian premiere	Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane Queensland Youth Orchestra, conductor John Curro
Wild horsemen [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 2] (1921-22†)	1 March 1934	first performance live broadcast BBC	BBC Thames Wharf Studio BBC Orchestra, conductor Granville Bantock
	13 February 1944	live broadcast BBC	BBC wartime studio, Bedford BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
	July, September 1981	recording	Concert Hall, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager

Concertos

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Cello concerto (1964†)	5 February 1971	first performance broadcast 19 July 1971 BBC	Queen Elizabeth Hall Thomas Igloi, Polyphonia, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
	25 September 1991		St Johns, Smith Square, London Moray Welsh, Thames Sinfonia, conductor Paul Taylor
	20–22 September 2010	recording world premiere recording	St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates
Violin concerto 2 (1935†)	1 June 1969	recording first performance broadcast 20 June 1969 BBC	Ralph Holmes, New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
	19 May 1979	first public performance	St John’s Smith Square Ralph Holmes, Young Musician’s Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Blair
	14 May 1981	live broadcast BBC Radio 3	BBC studios, Manchester Ralph Holmes, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Blair
	12–15 January 1993	recording	Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow Marat Bisengaliev (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend • A latter day Ysaÿe – Martin Anderson interviews Marat Bisengaliev on Classical Net • The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
	27 May 1995		St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher • A latter day Ysaÿe – Martin Anderson interviews Marat Bisengaliev on Classical Net
	31 May & 1 June 2012	recording	RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Lorraine McAslan, violin; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Choir

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Introit Amen [sic] (1924†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley

Unaccompanied partsongs

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Blow, blow thou winter wind Shakespeare (1925†)	1982	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
	29 May 2015		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon City of London Choir, director Hilary Davan Wetton
Chorus [from Prometheus unbound Chorus from Act I] Shelley (1937-44†)	27 March 2002	recording first performance broadcast BBC Radio 3, repeated 26 May 2002	St Paul’s . Knightsbridge . London BBC Singers, conductor Dominic Wheeler
Come o’er the sea Moore (1906†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Come o’er the sea Moore (1906†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
Daybreak Longfellow (1910†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
	c.2000s		Exultate Singers
	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
Fairies’ song Cumberland (1908†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Fear no more the heat of the sun Shakespeare (1919†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Fear no more the heat of the sun Shakespeare (1919†)	c.2000s		Exultate Singers
O happiness, celestial fair Hannah More (1924†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
He was a rat anon (1914†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
In a fairy boat Weller (1906†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
It was a lover and his lass Shakespeare (1919†)	27 May 2017		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon Godwine Choir, director Hilary Davan Wetton
Lullaby of an infant chief Scott (1906†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
The phantom wooer Beddoes (1918†)	c.2000s		Exultate Singers
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Shakespeare (1903†)	22–24 March 1977	recorded	Westminster Cathedral London Chorale, conductor Roy Wales
	1982	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
	c.2000s		BBC Singers, conductor Roy Wales
	c.2000s		Exultate Singers
	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
	29 May 2015		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon City of London Choir, director Hilary Davan Wetton
	6 November 2016		Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Strata Vocal Ensemble
Shall I then be spared? Hannah More (1924†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
Soul star Bantock (1906†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
Stars of a summer night Longfellow (1905†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Sweet solitude Hannah More (1924†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
Sweet solitude Hannah More (1924†)	27 May 2017		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon Godwine Choir, director Hilary Davan Wetton
Tell me, thou soul of her I love Thomson (1906†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Tell me, thou soul of her I love Thomson (1906†)	c.2000s		Exultate Singers
Tell me, where is fancy bred Shakespeare (?1910s/20s)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Ye spotted snakes Shakespeare (1914†)	c.2000s

Accompanied partsongs

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
The blossom Blake (1914†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The chimney sweeper Blake (1914†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
The chimney sweeper Blake (1914†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Come away, death Shakespeare (1925†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
The dream Blake (1914†)	27 May 2017		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon Godwine Choir, director Hilary Davan Wetton
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree Herrick (1919†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
The fairy palace Drayton (1915†)	2002	broadcast 2002 BBC Radio 3	BBC Singers
The fly Blake (1914†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Full fathom five Shakespeare (1921†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
Grace for a child Herrick (1914†)	?1975	recorded	Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
The lamb Blake (1914†)	2012	Recorded for Olga Pringle's birthday, 2012 First performance	Bristol University Students of the University of Bristol Department of Music, John Pickard, piano
The little black boy Blake (1914†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The mountain and the squirrel Emerson (1914†) for children	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Piping down the valleys wild Blake (1914†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Piping down the valleys wild Blake (1914†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Three semichoruses [from Prometheus unbound Act II scene 2] Shelley (1937-44†)	25 June 1983	Nos 1 and 3 only first performance	Sixth Festival of British Music . South Hill Park, Bracknell Tudor Singers, conductor Michael Smedley
	27 March 2002	recording first performance of Act II semichorus 2 broadcast 26 May 2002 BBC Radio 3	St Paul’s . Knightsbridge . London Sioned Williams (harp), ? (flute), BBC Singers, conductor Dominic Wheeler
What does little birdie say? Tennyson (1914†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano

Chorus and orchestra

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »The hag« Herrick (1912†)	13 May 1976	first performance	St Mark’s Church, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Bedford Singers, North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Smith
	c1979	recording	Saint Nicholas Singers, City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	7 July 2017	recording World professional premiere	St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London Words by Robert Herrick English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »Requiem for the rose« Herrick (1912†)	13 May 1976	first performance	St Mark’s Church, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Bedford Singers, North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Smith
	c1979	recording	Saint Nicholas Singers, City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith • Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown • Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
	7 July 2017	recording World professional premiere	St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London Words by Robert Herrick English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Soloists and orchestra

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Gretchen songs [from Faust Act II] (1955-56†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Michelle Walton, soprano; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Prologue in Heaven [from Faust Prologue im Himmel] (1955-56†)	9 March 1979	recording first performance broadcast 31 March 1979 BBC Radio 3	BBC Maida Vale Studios, London Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras

Soloists, chorus and orchestra

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
By the waters of Babylon (1905†) rev 1909 — LOST	18 April 1907	first performance	Victoria Hall, Hanley, UK North Staffordshire and District Choral Society, conductor Havergal Brian
	25 September 1909	first performance of rescored version	Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Frederick Austin (ten), Liverpool Welsh Choral Union, a Festival Orchestra, conductor Harry Evans
	31 March 1982	arr organ by Gillian Ward Russell	St Leonard’s Church, Marston Green, Birmingham David Hill (ten), Chelmsley Wood Choral Society, Colin Druce (org), conductor Philip Litchfield
	20 May 2001	arr organ by Maris Kristapsons	St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie, NY, US ? (bar), Susan Gose (org), St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Senior Choir, conductor Maris Kristapsons
Psalm 23 (c.1904,1944–45†) reconstructed 1944-45	10 March 1973	first performance broadcast 12 April 1973 BBC Radio Brighton, repeated 15 April 1973	All Saint’s Church, Hove Stuart Holland (ten), Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Laszlo Heltay
	10 April 1974	recording	Hove Town Hall Paul Taylor (tenor), Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Laszlo Heltay
	30 August 1974	live broadcast BBC Radio 3	Paul Taylor (ten), Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Laszlo Heltay
	9 June 1975	version by ? for 2 tpts, org	St Thomas’ Church, Stoke-onTrent, UK (Penhull Festival) John Wilbraham (tpt), Michael Laird (tpt), Leslie Pearson (org), Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley
	5 October 1975	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	6 March 1976		Clare College Chapel, Cambridge, UK Clare College Music Society
	26 December 1976	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	11 September 1977	broadcast Brisbane and Sydney area
	9 May 1987	performance without orchestra	Davis (ten), choirs, conductor Philip Litchfield • Review of Litchfield performance – David J Brown
	15 May 1988	first professional performance	Assembly Hall, Worthing, Sussex David Maxwell Anderson (ten), Worthing Philharmonic Choir, Worthing Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jan Cervenka • Preparing Psalm 23 for performance – Elizabeth Hanmore
	27 August 1992		Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Maldwyn Davies (ten), Three Choirs Festival Chorus [Hereford and Worcester sections], Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Roy Massey
	14 July 2002	recording	Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Kevin Matthews (ten), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Douglas Bostock • Recording Brian in Liverpool – Lewis Foreman • Elgar & The English Choral Tradition • Psalm 23 on CD
The vision of Cleopatra Cumberland (1907†) original full score lost; re-orchestrated in contemporary Brian style by John Pickard 2014	14 October 1909	first and only performance of the original score	Southport, UK (Southport Festival) Maud Phillips (sop - Iris), Lillie Whiteside (mezzo - Charmian), Phillis Lett (alto - Cleopatra), John Coates (ten - Antony), Festival Chorus, Hallé Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald • Contemporary review of premiere
	8 May 1982	Prelude arr piano	London College of Music Peter Jacobs
	12 March 2016	Premiere of John Pickard’s re-orchestration	Victoria Rooms, Bristol Iris - Eve Daniell (soprano), Charmion - Rachael Cox (mezzo-soprano), Cleopatra - Angharad Lyddon (contralto), Antony - Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor), University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, conductor John Pickard
	7 July 2017	recording World premiere recording	St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London Claudia Boyle (Iris), Angharad Lyddon (Charmion), Claudia Huckle (Cleopatra), Peter Auty (Antony), English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Chamber music

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Legend (?1919†)	12 April 1975	first performance	St Saviour’s Hall, London NW3 Anne Measures, violin; Francis Shaw, piano
	19 April 1975		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)
	14–15 December 1981	recording	Craxton Studios, London NW3 Steven Levine, violin; Peter Lawson, piano • Review of Reid/Barrow recording of Legend – Martin Anderson
	1984	recording	Edmund Reid (violin), Gretta Barrow (piano) • Review of Reid/Barrow recording of Legend – Martin Anderson
	?1984	recording broadcast 29 January 1984 WKNO, Memphis, USA	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, US 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)
	7 April 2000		Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, US Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)
	9 April 2000		Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, US Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)
	17 April 2000		Queens College, Flushing, NY, US Janet Packer (violin), Allen Brings (piano)
	21 April 2000		University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, US Janet Packer (violin), ? (piano)
	March 2001	broadcast 6 June 2001 part of BBC Radio 3’s ‘Composer of the Week’ series	Elizabeth Layton (violin), Scott Mitchell (piano)
	2006	arrangement for strings	Brighton, East Sussex Brighton Youth Orchestra, conductor Andrew Sherwood
	22 January 2011	arrangement for strings	All Saints Centre, Lewes, East Sussex Musicians of All Saints, conductor Andrew Sherwood
	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Jonathan Stone, violin; Sholto Kynoch, piano
	22 September 2012	arrangement for violin and strings	St John sub Castro church, Abinger Place, Lewes, East Sussex Valtie Nunn (violin), Musicians of All Saints, conductor Andrew Sherwood
	25 May 2013		English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon Rupert Marshall-Luck (vln), Matthew Rickard (pno)
	18 February 2017		Gloucester Music Society; Gloucester Cathedral Chapter House Rupert Marshall-Luck (vln), Duncan Honeybourne (pno)
[title unknown] (1906-07†) — LOST	?1906		Hanley
[title unknown] (1906-07†) — LOST	24 April 1907		Broadwood’s Studios, London Willy Lehmann (cello), WH Haddon Squire (piano)

Piano music

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Double fugue in E flat (1924†)	22 February 1967	first performance broadcast BBC	John Lill
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill, (Douglas Young, 2nd piano)
	5 August 1986	first public performance	British Music Information Centre, London Raymond Clarke
	31 March 1988		South Bank Centre, London Raymond Clarke
	17 June 1997		Raymond Clarke
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
Three illuminations Brian (1916†)	12 April 1935	earliest known performance	Aeolian Hall, London John Tobin • Contemporary thirties criticism of Brian performances – Norman V Dagg
	24 June 1980	Butterfly’s waltz	Robert Keys
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill (piano), Christopher Kay (speaker)
	21 April 1982		Trent Park Music Centre, London John Mitchell (piano), Frank Bayford (speaker)
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano), Tessa Spong (speaker) • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	19–20 June 1997	piano solo version recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano) • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	17 March & 27 May 2006		Calgary, Canada Gordon Rumson (pno); Caroline Horne (spkr)
	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Sholto Kynoch, piano
Four miniatures (1919-20†)	27 November 1933	No. 2, 'Land of Dreams' First performance of No. 2 'Land of Dreams'	Small hall, Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden Evelyn Munro
	18 December 1934	first complete performance	Wigmore Hall, London Meyer Rosenstein
	1966		Mansion House, London Eve Barsham
	25 November 1967	broadcast BBC Radio 3	Ronald Stevenson
	1976		Calder
	30 January 1976		Ronald Stevenson
	29 February 1976		Music Centre, Belmont St, Aberdeen Iain Maxwell
	12 November 1976		Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen Iain Maxwell
	14 October 1977		Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen Iain Maxwell
	9 March 1978	broadcast 6 May 1978 BBC Radio Manchester	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Ronald Stevenson
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill
	2 December 1983		St Andrews, Scotland Adrian Ure
	31 March 1988		Raymond Clarke
	27 June 1989		Firth Hall, Sheffield Peter Hill
	12 June 1992		Stephen Joseph Room, Newcastle under Lyme Ronald Stevenson
	17 June 1997		Raymond Clarke
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Sholto Kynoch, piano
Prelude »John Dowland’s fancy« (1934†)	18 December 1934	first performance	Wigmore Hall Meyer Rosenstein • Review of premiere – Norman V Dagg
	18 February 1977		Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen Andrew Cheyne
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill
	31 March 1988		Raymond Clarke
	12 June 1992		Stephen Joseph Room, Newcastle under Lyme Ronald Stevenson
	14 June 1997	guitar	Durrant
	17 June 1997		Raymond Clarke
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	14 March 2005		Sturminster Elaine Korman
	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Sholto Kynoch, piano
	25 May 2013		Union Church, Heathfield, E Sussex, UK Gavin Stevens, piano
Prelude and fugue in C minor (1924†)	9 May 1946	first performance	Leamington Music Club Robert Keys
	1 December 1976		Music Centre, Belmont St, Aberdeen University Stephen Calder
	6 December 1977	tr Leith for organ	St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Ronald Leith (organ)
	9 March 1978	broadcast 6 May 1978 BBC Radio Manchester	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Ronald Stevenson
	13 April 1980	broadcast BBC Radio3 recording	Peter Hill
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill
	26 November 1983		Beethoven Club, Memphis, Tennessee US Frank Callaway
	5 August 1986		Raymond Clarke
	13 May 1989		Raymond Clarke
	12 June 1992		Stephen Joseph Room, Newcastle under Lyme Ronald Stevenson
	17 June 1997		Raymond Clarke
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	14 December 2007		Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, UK Duncan Honeybourne, piano
	25 May 2013		Union Church, Heathfield, E Sussex, UK Gavin Stevens, piano
Prelude and fugue in D minor/major (1924†)	9 May 1946	first performance	Leamington Music Club Robert Keys
	1 December 1976		Aberdeen University Andrew Cheyne
	6 December 1977	tr Leith for organ	St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Ronald Leith (organ)
	13 April 1980	BBC Radio 3 recording	Peter Hill
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill
	5 August 1986		Raymond Clarke
	13 May 1989		Raymond Clarke
	17 June 1997		Raymond Clarke
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright

Solo songs

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
The birds Blake (1919†)	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano), Esther King (mezzo-soprano) • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
The birds Blake (1919†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Care-charmer sleep Samuel Daniel (1919†)	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Care-charmer sleep Samuel Daniel (1919†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Day and night Cumberland (1906†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The defiled sanctuary Blake (1918-19†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano), Esther King (mezzo-soprano) • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
A faery song Yeats (1906†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Farewell Bishop Heber (?1904-06†)	1905	first performance
	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
If I could speak Cumberland (1906†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Lady Ellayne Temple Keble (1918-19†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Lady Ellayne Temple Keble (1918-19†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The land of dreams Blake (1919†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
	19–20 June 1997	recording	Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano), Esther King (mezzo-soprano) • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright
	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Little sleeper [from Soliloquy upon a dead child] Hafiz (1906†) rev 1972	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The lost doll Kingsley (1914†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Love is a merry game Temple Keble (1918†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Love is a merry game Temple Keble (1918†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The mad maid’s song Herrick (1910†) orch score lost	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Michelle Walton, soprano; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The message Donne (?1904-06†)	1905	first performance
	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The night piece Herrick (1910†) orch score lost	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
On parting Temple Keble (1918†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
On parting Temple Keble (1918†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Renunciation Temple Keble (1918-19†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Renunciation Temple Keble (1918-19†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Since love is dead Bowles (c.1922-23†)	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Since love is dead Bowles (c.1922-23†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Soliloquy upon a dead child Cumberland (1906†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Sorrow song Samuel Daniel (?1904-06†)	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Sorrow song Samuel Daniel (?1904-06†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
The soul of steel C. M. Masterman (1920-21)	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
The soul of steel C. M. Masterman (1920-21)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Take, O take those lips away Shakespeare (1919-21)	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
Take, O take those lips away Shakespeare (1919-21)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
When I lie ill Cumberland (1906†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
When icicles hang by the wall Shakespeare (1919†)	14 April 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
When icicles hang by the wall Shakespeare (1919†)	25–26 August 2011	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano
When the sun goes down Temple Keble (1918†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Michelle Walton, soprano; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Why dost thou wound and break my heart? Herrick (1910†)	13 May 1982	recording	Wigmore Hall, London W1 Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano • Review of Brian Rayner Cook/Roger Vignoles recording – Godfrey Berry
	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano

Operas

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Agamemnon Aeschylus (1957†)	28 January 1971	first performance	St John’s, Smith Square, London Valerie Hill (sop) Clytemnestra, Carole Rosen (mezzo) Cassandra, Richard Gandy (ten) Agamemnon/Watchman, George Macpherson (bass-bar) Herald/Old man, Opera dei Giovani, Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
Agamemnon Aeschylus (1957†)	4 March 1973	broadcast 16 June 1973 BBC Radio 3, repeated 20 August 1974	Manchester Town Hall Milla Andrew (sop) Clytemnestra, Ann Howard (mezzo) Cassandra, William MacAlpine (ten) Agamemnon, John Dobson (ten) Watchman, Michael Rippon (bass) Herald, Dennis Wicks (bass) Old man, BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Armstrong
The Cenci Shelley (1951-52†)	18 November 1980	Fanfare from scene 7	St John’s Smith Square Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
The Cenci Shelley (1951-52†)	12 December 1997	first concert performance	Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Helen Field (sop) Beatrice Cenci David Wilson-Johnson (bar) Count Cenci Inga Jonsdottir (alto) Lucretia Stuart Kale (ten) Cardinal Camillo/An officer Justin Lavender (ten) Orsino/Bernardo Jeffrey Carl (bar) Giacomo/Savella/1st judge/2nd judge Nicholas Buxton (ten) Marzio/3rd guest/A cardinal Devon Harrison (bass) Olimpio/Colonna/A guest Serena Kay (sop) 1st guest/2nd guest The Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher • Fearful and monstrous – Martin Anderson
The Tigers Brian (1917-29†)	3-8 January 1983	recording broadcast 3 May 1983 BBC Radio 3	Teresa Cahill (soprano) Mrs Freebody/Lady 1 Alison Hargan (soprano) Columbine/Female in car/Lady Stout Marilyn Hill-Smith (soprano) Lady 2/Toy seller Ameral Gunson (mezzo soprano) Lady 3 Ann Marie Owens (alto) Costerwoman/Sweetmeat seller Paul Crook (tenor) Artist/Bishop/Clergyman 2/Cook 2 Harry Nicoll (tenor) Constable 1/Pantalon John Winfield (tenor) Coster/Clergyman 1/Cook 1/Old clothes seller Kenneth Wollam (tenor) Man on elephant/Man in tweeds Ian Caddy (baritone) Coster 1/Gentleman 1/Policeman 1 Malcolm Donnelly (baritone) Colonel Sir John Stout Henry Herford (baritone) Gentleman 2 Alan Opie (baritone) Clergyman 5/Napoleon/Young man Alan Watt (baritone) Coster 3/Clergyman 3/Fruitseller/Policeman 2 Norman Welsby (baritone) Billposterer/Clergyman 4/Elephant keeper/Man’s voice/Police sergeant Richard Angas (bass-baritone) Alexander the Great/Crier/Constable 2/Guard/Policeman 3 Eric Shilling (bass-baritone) Officer/Regimental sergeant major/Voices Denis Wicks (bass) Coster 2/Clergyman 6/Red Indian BBC Singers The Tigers/Crowds BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend producer Elaine Padmore
The Tigers Brian (1917-29†)	28 May 2010	Shadow Dance	English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Gavin Sutherland

Transcriptions by Brian

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
Handel: Dear Adonis from Venus and Adonis (1937†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Michelle Walton, soprano; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Handel: Transporting joy from Venus and Adonis (1937†)	5–6 January 2012	recording	Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Michelle Walton, soprano; Sholto Kynoch, piano

Arrangements by others

Work	Date	Notes	Performance
The battle song [from The battle song] (1930-31) realised John Pickard 1997	16 September 2001	premiere	Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Buy as you view Cory Band, conductor Robert Childs
	17 November 2001		Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol, Queen’s Road, Bristol, UK Buy as you view Cory Band, conductor Robert Childs
	2–3 February 2002	recording	Cwmbran Council Chambers, Gwent Buy as you view Cory Band, conductor Robert Childs
Fanfare [from The Cenci Scene 3 (Banqueting scene)] (1951-52†) arr MacDonald	4 October 1974	first performance (performed twice)	University of Illinois Wind Ensemble, conductor Robert Gray
	1976		Kingsway London Hall, London Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, conductor Howard Snell
Fanfare [from Fanfare from The Grotesques] (1921) realised MacDonald 1977	8 March 1978	rescored Harris for full windband	Danum Grammar School, Doncaster Doncaster Schools’ Wind Band, conductor Anthony Harris
	18 November 1980		St John’s Smith Square Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
Minuet and funeral march [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Act II, Scene 1; Act III, Scene 2] (1950-51) trans MacDonald and Stevenson 1973	3 May 1973	first performance	Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh Ronald Stevenson
	5 May 1973		Wigmore Hall, London Ronald Stevenson
	30 January 1976		Ronald Stevenson
	25 July 1976	broadcast BBC Radio 3	Ronald Stevenson
	5 December 1976	Funeral march only	Victoria Theatre, Stoke on Trent Ronald Stevenson
	22 March 1977	broadcast BBC Radio 3	Ronald Stevenson
	29 April 1977	Funeral march only	Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen University Ronald Stevenson
	9 March 1978	broadcast 6 May 1978 BBC Radio Manchester	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Ronald Stevenson
	February 1981	recording	Peter Hill
	31 March 1988		Raymond Clarke
	12 June 1992	Funeral march only	Stephen Joseph Room, Newcastle under Lyme Ronald Stevenson
*Symphonic variations »on Has anybody here seen Kelly?«* [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 1] (1921-22) arr Ronald Stevenson	5 December 1976		Victoria Theatre, Stoke on Trent Ronald Stevenson
	29 April 1977		Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen University Ronald Stevenson
	14 October 1977		Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen University Iain Maxwell
Turandot Suite [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Acts II and III] (1950-51) arr MacDonald 1975	27 May 1995	first performance	St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher • A view from the rostrum – James Kelleher
	25/26 June 2009	recording	City Halls, Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker

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