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

1 Ancient village
2 Epithalamium
3 Postillions
4 The stonebreaker
5 Merry peasant

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Timings

Head 1971Brabbins 2010Yates 2015
1 Ancient village3:333:172:41
2 Epithalamium3:173:173:17
3 Postillions1:552:012:00
4 The stonebreaker4:104:474:04
5 Merry peasant4:084:234:05
Total16:2817:3816:07

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