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English suite 3
5 movements, 1919-21†, also arr piano - lost, 18:00
The first three movement were originally intended to form part of piano suite, which HB then orchestrated. He added two further movements which, in turn, he made piano versions of. This piano suite is now lost.
2 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, bass drum, side drum, jingles, harp, organ [ad lib], strings
2 Epithalamium
3 Postillions
4 The stonebreaker
5 Merry peasant
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Timings
Head 1971 | Brabbins 2010 | Yates 2015 | |
1 Ancient village | 3:33 | 3:17 | 2:41 |
2 Epithalamium | 3:17 | 3:17 | 3:17 |
3 Postillions | 1:55 | 2:01 | 2:00 |
4 The stonebreaker | 4:10 | 4:47 | 4:04 |
5 Merry peasant | 4:08 | 4:23 | 4:05 |
Total | 16:28 | 17:38 | 16:07 |
Performances
16 March 1922 [first performance] Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, conductor Sir Dan Godfrey |
31 August 1937 studio live broadcast BBC 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 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 |
Recordings
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7267 15–16 September 2010 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow David Bednall (organ), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins |