3
flutes (2 also piccolos), 3 oboes (1 also cor anglais), 3 clarinets (1 also Eb clar, 1
also bass clar), 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, bugle in C, 4 trombones,
5 tubas, euphonium, timpani (3 players), cymbal, bass drum, side drum, long drum,
triangle, tambourine, tamtam, thunder machine, whip, sleigh bells, town crier's bell,
police bell, ship's siren, telephone bell, police whistle, motor horn, fire bells, tubular
bells in Bb, C, D, Eb, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, harmonica, 2 vibraphones,
tubaphone, 2 harps, organ, strings
offstage (Act III, sc2): 2 or more piccolos, 4 or more flutes, 3 or more side
drums, bass drumOrchestration by scene
c180 minutes
Text: the composer
Prologue
Scene 1: Hampstead Heath [502 bars] (19:02)
Scene 2: as before at night (leading to Pantalon and Columbine) [425 bars] (16:58)
Act I [328 bars] (12:57)
Scene 1: 'Drop curtain suggesting row of houses in a
street'
Scene 2: 'Approach to a large railway station'
Act II
Scene 1: Midnight [367 bars] (14:59)
Scene 2: Military parade ground [155 bars]
(8:11)
Scene 3: Woodland scenery; time - noon-sunshine
[407 bars] (13:51)
Scene 4: Promenade and dance [209 bars] (11:09)
Scene 5: Military parade ground [125 bars]
(5:59)
Act III
Ballet (on a cathedral tower): 1 Gargoyles [152 bars] (9:38)
2 Lacryma (Tears of sorrow) [249 bars] (10:10)
Scene 1: Night; interior of a police station [197 bars] (5:40)
Scene 2: Approach to a stone river bridge [483
bars] (19:35)
Scene 3: Mont Duresco in background [134 bars]
(4:42) - leading to
Finale: Scene as before; time - midnight. 'The design of this
finale is an approach from dead silence to mad tumult'
[214 bars] (8:15)
Total [3947 bars] (161:14)
Durations from 1983 performance
United Music Publishers Limited
Derived works
Timings from Forlane CD - see below
Symphonic variations on Has
anybody here seen Kelly? for orchestra - from
Prologue, sc 1 [311 bars]
(Forlane - 12:12; Toccata - 12:11))
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2
oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns,
3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, side drum, cymbal, triangle,
tambourine, tam-tam, sleigh bells, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, celesta, strings
Symphonic dance: Wild
horsemen for orchestra - from Prologue, sc 2 [241 bars] (8:47)
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2
oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 6 horns,
4 trumpets, 4 trombones, euphonium, timpani (2 players), bass drum, side drum, cymbal,
triangle, tambourine, tam-tam, glockenspiel, harp, strings
Symphonic dance: Green pastures
for orchestra - from Act II, sc 4 [209 bars] (9:52, 17 bars cut)
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor
anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, bugle [optional], 4 horns,
3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbal, triangle, tambourine,
xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, harp, strings, SATB choir [optional]
Symphonic dance: Gargoyles for orchestra - from Act III, ballet 1 [152 bars] (9:46)
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor
anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns, 3
trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani (2 players), bass drum, side drum, cymbal, triangle,
tambourine, tam-tam, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, harp, strings
Symphonic dance: Lacryma for orchestra -
from Act III, ballet 2 [249 bars] (9:33)
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2
oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns,
3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbal, tambourine, xylophone,
glockenspiel, harp, strings
Shadow dance for orchestra - from prelude to Act III, sc 3 [134 bars] (4:50)
2 flutes, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet,
bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (1 also contra), 3 horns, strings
Six orchestral pieces (as above) (55:00)
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor
anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, bugle [optional], 6 horns,
4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, euphonium, timpani (2 players), bass drum, side drum,
cymbal, triangle, tam-tam, tambourine, sleigh bells, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta,
harp, strings, SATB choir [optional]
These six items (c55´)
are all slightly reworked from the opera, and were arranged 1921-22 before the rest of the
work was orchestrated
Symphonic variations on Has
anybody here seen Kelly? (from Prologue, sc 1)
[arr piano by Ronald Stevenson]
Fanfare from The grotesques for brass and perc - lost - piano score only (1921) [pub Fanfare 1(5), p91, 1921]
[Version for brass and percussion realised by Malcolm MacDonald (1977)] (0:30)
Articles
Opera with attitude - Kevin Mandry
'first thoughts'
Investigating The Tigers (2)
Costers : Prologue, scene 1 (1) - Adrian Ure
Investigating
The Tigers (3) Coppers : Prologue, scene 1 (2) - Adrian Ure
Investigating
The Tigers (4) Gentry : Prologue, scene 1 (3) - Adrian Ure
Investigating
The Tigers (5) Masks : Prologue, scene 2 - Adrian Ure
Investigating The
Tigers (6) The seeds of chaos : Act 1, scene 1 - Adrian Ure
Investigating The Tigers
(7)
The dogs of war : Act 1, scene 2 - Adrian Ure
Investigating The Tigers (8) Uneasy slumbers :
Act 2, scene 1 - Adrian Ure
Investigating The Tigers (9) On parade
: Act 2, scene 2 - Adrian Ure
Investigating The Tigers (10) Garden
party : Act 2, scene 3 (1) - Adrian Ure
Investigating The Tigers (11)
Haymaking : Act 2, scenes 3 (2) and 4 (1) - Adrian Ure
Investigating The
Tigers (12) Called to account : Act 2, scenes 4 (2) and 5 - Adrian Ure
Investigating
The Tigers
(13) Gothic echoes : Act 3, Gargoyles and Lacryma -
Adrian Ure
Investigating The
Tigers (14) Chinese whispers : Act 3, scenes 1 and 2 (1) -
Adrian Ure
Investigating
The Tigers (15)
Trysting : Act 3, scene 2 (2) - Adrian Ure
Investigating The Tigers
(16) Chimes at midnight : Act 3, scene 3 and Finale - Adrian Ure
Major musical and dramatic analysis in
18 parts, revised for this website,
and being completed in the HBS Newsletter
Let the roar of the Tigers be heard in the land - Malcolm MacDonald
Breaking the mirror... - Larry Alexander
Larry consdiers The Tigers' structure, or lack thereof
New maps for The Tigers - Penny Scantlebury
opens up a fascinating avenue considering the contemporary relevance of The Tigers
The rediscovery of The Tigers - David J Brown
Reward for rediscovery of Brian's lost scores - press
coverage
Fanfare
from The grotesques - Malcolm MacDonald
MM's realisation for brass and percussion
Further reading
Havergal Brian and The Tigers -
Granville Bantock
Brian's impatient Tigers - Martyn Becker
... these articles appear in HB: Aspects of Havergal Brian - see bibliography
Performances
Complete opera
3-8 January 1983 (recording) / 3 May
1983 (broadcast 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
Derived works
Symphonic variations
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
5 December 1976 [arr piano] .
Victoria Theatre, Stoke on Trent
Ronald Stevenson
29 April 1977 [arr piano] . Mitchell Hall,
Aberdeen University
Ronald Stevenson
14 October 1977 [arr piano] . Mitchell
Hall, Aberdeen
Iain Maxwell
Wild horsemen
1 March 1934 [first performance] . live BBC broadcast (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
Green pastures
first performance: the commercial recording (1981) - see Discography
Gargoyles
2 December 1927. BBC New Music Rehearsal
Conductor John Ansell
1 March 1934 [first
performance] . BBC broadcast (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
Lacryma
first performance: the commercial recording (1981) - see Discography
30 November 1977 [arr piano] .
Aberdeen
Shadow dance
29 January 1976 [first performance]
Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
Fanfare from The grotesques
8 March 1978 [rescored Harris for full windband] . Danum
Grammar School, Doncaster
Doncaster Schools' Wind Band, conductor Anthony Harris
18 November 1980 [realised
MacDonald] . St John's Smith Square
Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head
Commercial recordings
Symphonic variations, Wild horsemen, Green
pastures, Gargoyles, Lacryma, Shadow dance
July, September 1981 . Concert Hall, Villa
Louvigny, Luxembourg / Forlane
Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
Symphonic variations
- 'Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?'
25/26 June
2009,
City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland / Toccata Classics
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Garry Walker
Toccata
Classics TOCC 0113
see also Discography
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