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81. MS Mus. 1893/2/74

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/74
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'This Is the Record of John' (Opus 44)
Scope & Content:
For mixed chorus a cappella. Words: Gospel of John: 1:19. Dedication: 'to the Revd. Prebendary John Slater on his departure from St. John's Wood Church'. Autograph pencil score, dated 12 May 2001. Title-page and pp. 1-5 (2 bifolia: 295 x 415 mm).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
1 file

82. MS Mus. 1893/2/75

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/75
Title:
Hugh Wood: Settings of Two Poems by Thomas Hardy
Scope & Content:
Settings for voice and piano of two poems by Thomas Hardy: 'An Ancient to Ancients' and 'Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death'. (1). 'An Ancient to Ancients': ff. 1-8. Fair copy score in pencil (420 x 295 mm). Folios dated 25 and 28 May 1999. (2). 'Thoughts of Phena': draft (420 x 295 mm), ff...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999-2001
Extent:
1 file (17 ff.)

83. MS Mus. 1893/2/76

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/76
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Quartet No. 5 (Opus 45)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by Yorkshire ArtSpace and Music in the Round. First performed by the Lindsay Quartet (to whom the work is dedicated) in October 2001. The file comprises draft and fair copy score, together with a set of corrected printed proofs. (1). Movement I (pencil draft, incomplete). Four bi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2000-2001
Extent:
1 file

84. MS Mus. 1893/2/77

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/77
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Tenebrae' (Opus 46)
Scope & Content:
A setting of the poem 'Tenebrae' by Geoffrey Hill, for SATB chorus and seven instruments (flute, oboe, cor anglais, bassoon, violin, viola, cello). First performed on 3 November 2007 at St. Stephen's Church, Bournemouth, by Canticum and Kokoro, conducted by Mark Forkgen. The file comprises cor...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2002-2003
Extent:
1 file (80 ff.)

85. MS Mus. 1893/2/78

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/78
Title:
Hugh Wood: Cantilena and Fugue (Opus 47)
Scope & Content:
For trumpet and organ. Commissioned by Deborah Calland. First performance by Deborah Calland (trumpet) and William Whitehead (organ) at Temple Church, City of London Festival, 7 July 2004. (1). Cantilena: Pencil draft comprising 3 folios (550 x 365 mm), each folio made from 2 pages taped togeth...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2004
Extent:
1 file

86. MS Mus. 1893/2/79

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/79
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Farewell Piece for Michael Berkeley'
Scope & Content:
For solo viola. Written in tribute to Michael Berkeley at the end of his tenure as Artistic Director (1995-2004) at the Cheltenham Music Festival. Fair copy score (pencil) comprising a single folio (420 x 295 mm). Dated: 6 May 2004. Personal annotation: 'in memory of (and with thanks for) many...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2004
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

87. MS Mus. 1893/2/80

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/80
Title:
Hugh Wood: Overture for Violin, Cello and Piano (Opus 48)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by Music in the Round. First performed by the Cropper-Welsh-Roscoe Piano Trio at Maidment Hall, Shrewsbury, 29 September 2005. The file comprises pages of draft score (incomplete) and two sets of printed corrected proofs. (1). Incomplete draft score (pencil) on four sheets numbere...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 file

88. MS Mus. 1893/2/81

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/81
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Wild Cyclamen' (Opus 49): Settings of Twelve Poems by Robert Graves
Scope & Content:
Settings of twelve poems by Robert Graves, for high voice and piano. The file comprises a series of fair copy scores in pencil, including, in two instances, draft music. Most songs have been scored on bifolia (295 x 420 mm) which have 15 staves (3 groups of 5 staves). For many songs, Wood has p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005-2006
Extent:
1 file

89. MS Mus. 1893/2/82

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/82
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Wild Cyclamen' (Opus 49): Corrected Printed Proofs
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: two sets of corrected printed proofs; a spiral-bound copy of the twelve Robert Graves settings (in photocopy autograph) marked 'Master Copy'; a copy of the texts of the settings, together with related material indicating other poems by Graves that Wood considered setting. (1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005-2007
Extent:
1 file

90. MS Mus. 1893/2/83

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/83
Title:
Hugh Wood: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Opus 50): First Sketches and Movement III in Short Score
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the Milton Keynes City Orchestra. First performed 23 January 2009 at Milton Keynes Theatre by Alexandra Wood (violin) and the Milton Keynes City Orchestra, conducted by Sian Edwards. Wood's programme note is a helpful guide to the sequencing of the draft material in this file: '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2002-2004
Extent:
1 file (35 ff.)