| 1932-33 Sketched between 20 June 1932 and 4 December 1932
VS with orchestral reduction then made
Full score completed 10 December 1933
Soprano solo, double SATB chorus
6 flutes (2 also piccolo, 1 also
alto fl), 2 oboes, 2 oboi d’amore, 2 cors anglais, bass oboe, Eb clarinet, 4 Bb
clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 bass clarinet, pedal clarinet, 4 bassoons, 2 contra bassoons,
8 horns, 4 trumpets, 5 trombones, 2 tubas, 2 sets timpani, tam-tam, cymbals, bass drum, 3
side drums, tambourine, triangle, bell, 2 harps, glockenspiel, xylophone, organ, celeste,
strings to match
Text : Psalm 68, 'Let God arise, let his
enemies be scattered...', sung in German
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Handford |
Poole |
Leaper
CD |
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| I Maestoso |
chorus+
orchestra |
16:19 |
15:30 |
16:04 |
text runs from the beginning
to ...'and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.' |
| II
Lento |
solo+
orchestra |
11:45 |
11:15 |
11:19 |
from 'Though ye have lien
among the pots...' to '...yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell
among them.' |
| III
Allegro (bewegt) |
chorus+
orchestra |
21:35 |
21:34 |
22:18 |
from 'Blessed be the Lord,
who daily loadeth us with benefits...' to the end |
| Total |
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49:39 |
48:19 |
49:41 |
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Articles
Music at war
transcript of BBC R3 programme about pre second world war British symphonies
Das
Siegeslied and bad genes - Alan Dean Foster
Further reading
The symphonies of Havergal Brian -
Malcolm MacDonald / volume 1 chapter 6 - see bibliography
Performances
3 July 1967 [first performance] . BBC
broadcast
Honor Sheppard (sop), Halifax Choral Society, Leeds Philharmonic Choir, BBC Northern
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maurice Handford
13 October 1974 [first public
performance] / 25 June 1975 (BBC Radio 3 broadcast) . Alexandra Palace, London
Felicity Palmer (sop), BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, Goldsmith's Choral
Union, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Poole
Commercial recording
3-8 February 1992 . Concert Hall of Slovak
Radio (Bratislava) / Marco Polo
Jana Valásková (sop); Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak National Opera Chorus, Brno
Philharmonic Choir, Youth 'Echo' Choir, Mixed 'Cantus' Choir; CSR Symphony Orchestra
(Bratislava) [augmented], conductor Adrian Leaper
Re-released in December 2006 as Naxos
8.570308
Review -
Malcolm MacDonald
see also Discography
180113
Havergal Brian -
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