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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
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Faust and Symphonies 3/17 CDs now available
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Three illuminations
1916†, 5:00
piano, optional speaker
1 The boys and the pastille
2 The butterfly’s waltz
3 Venus and a bobby
2 The butterfly’s waltz
3 Venus and a bobby
Text: Havergal Brian
Havergal Brian Society
Performances
12 April 1935 [earliest known performance] Aeolian Hall, London John Tobin • Contemporary thirties criticism of Brian performances – Norman V Dagg |
24 June 1980 (Butterfly’s waltz) Robert Keys |
February 1981 Peter Hill (piano), Christopher Kay (speaker) |
21 April 1982 Trent Park Music Centre, London John Mitchell (piano), Frank Bayford (speaker) |
19–20 June 1997 Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano), Tessa Spong (speaker) |
19–20 June 1997 Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano) |
17 March & 27 May 2006 Calgary, Canada Gordon Rumson (pno); Caroline Horne (spkr) |
25–26 August 2011 Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Sholto Kynoch, piano |
Recordings
Cameo Classics CC9016CD released 2011 February 1981 Peter Hill (piano), Christopher Kay (speaker) |
Athene Minerva 23012 released March 1998 19–20 June 1997 Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk Raymond Clarke (piano), Tessa Spong (speaker) • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright • The Complete Piano Music: 2 reviews – Rob Barnett, David Wright |
Stone Records 5060192780154 released May 2012 25–26 August 2011 Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K. Sholto Kynoch, piano |