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The tinker’s wedding
1 movement, 1948†, 193 bars, 7:00
Sketching started 27 Jauary 1948; full score completed 6 March 1948
3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horn, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, suspended cymbal, triangle, tambourine, side drum, bass drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, strings
Schott and Co, 1949
assigned to Musica Viva, 1972
transferred, 1985, to United Music Publishers Limited, now United Music Publishing Ltd
Timings
Mackerras 1987 | Brabbins 2012 | |
Scherzo Allegro vivace e giocoso, E major – Trio Meno allegro ma tranquillo D major | 7:25 | 6:44 |
Performances
23 June 1949 given as a BBC New Music Rehearsal BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Warr |
25 June 1950 studio live broadcast BBC (Scotland only) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Warr |
2 October 1951 studio live broadcast Home Service [BBC Radio 4] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eric Warr |
12 February 1972 [first public performance] Hammersmith Town Hall Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot |
2 May 1987 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras |
23 September 2008 [US première] Marvin Cole Auditorium, Fine Arts Building, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia, USA DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fyodor Cherniavsky |
31 May & 1 June 2012 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins |
29 March 2014 [Australian premiere] Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane Queensland Youth Orchestra, conductor John Curro |
Recordings
EMI Classics 7243 5 75782 2 6 (2 discs) released November 2002 2 May 1987 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras |
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7296 released November 2012 31 May & 1 June 2012 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins |