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Symphonies 8, 9, 22 and 24 on Heritage under Myer Fredman
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Brian at the Proms 2022
Premiere Proms performance of Legend, given by Alina Ibragimova
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Brian at the English Music Festival 2022
A recital of songs by Havergal Brian will take place at this year's English Music Festival in Dorchester-on-Thames
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Faust and Symphonies 3/17 CDs now available
Martyn Brabbins' two-disc set of Faust from Dutton and symphonies 3 & 17 under Stanley Pope on Heritage are now available.
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Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano)
The hag
1912†, 2:30
SA chorus
3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horn, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, harp, strings
Havergal Brian's manuscript indicates that a piano accompaniment may be used
Text: Robert Herrick
United Music Publishing Limited
Timings
Brabbins 2017 | |
Total | 2:32 |
Performances
13 May 1976 [first performance] St Mark’s Church, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Bedford Singers, North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Smith |
c1979 Saint Nicholas Singers, City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith |
7 July 2017 [World professional premiere] St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London Words by Robert Herrick English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins |
Recordings
Cameo Classics CC9014CD-2 (2 discs) released 1994 c1979 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 |
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7348 released August 2018 7 July 2017 [World professional premiere] St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London Words by Robert Herrick English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins |