MSS Mus. 899, 900. Charles Villiers Stanford Manuscripts. Vols iv, v. ‘Elegiac Ode’ (words, Walt Whitman, from ‘President Lincoln’s Burial Hymn’), for soprano and baritone solos, chorus and orchestra, op.21; 1884. Autograph. Vocal score published Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., 1884. First performed at the Norwich Festival, 15 Oct. 1884, conducted by the composer. See Rodmell, pp. 109-13; Dibble, pp. 158-60. Two volumes.
MSS Mus. 901, 902. Charles Villiers Stanford Manuscripts. Vols vi, vii. ‘The Three Holy Children’(words from the Book of Daniel, Psalms 137 and 74), for soloists, chorus and orchestra, [op.22]; [1885]. Full score in ink, on 22-stave paper. Copy, in two hands. Dedicated to Queen Victoria. With the previous publishers’ stamps of Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co. and Boosey & Co. on the front end-paper, flyleaf and opening folio. Vocal score published Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., 188...
MSS Mus. 911-913. Charles Villiers Stanford Manuscripts. Vols xvi-xviii. ‘The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan’ (libretto, William Barclay Squire, after ‘Lalla Rookh’ by Thomas Moore), for soloists, chorus and orchestra; [1879?]. Vocal score published Boosey and Bote & Bock, 1881. First performed as ‘Der verschleierte Prophet’ at the Hoftheater in Hanover on 6 Feb. 1881, conducted by Ernst Frank; first performed in England as ‘Il profeta velato’ at Covent Garden on 26 July 1893, conducted ...
MS Mus. 915-916. Charles Villiers Stanford Manuscripts. Vols. xx-xxi. ‘Shamus O’Brien’, romantic opera in two acts (words, George H. Jessop, after the poem A Story of Ireland a Hundred Years Ago by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu), ‘op.62’ [published as op.61]; 1895, n.d. Autograph and copy. Vocal score published by Boosey & Co., 1896; first performed at the Opéra-Comique in London, 2 Mar. 1896, conducted by Henry Wood. See Rodmell, pp. 184-8, 386-9 and 395-7; Dibble, pp. 272-82. Two volumes.
MS Mus. 943, 944. William Glock Collection. Vols i-ii. Works presented to William Glock by the Bath Festival ‘in appreciation of his ten years as our Artistic Director 1975-1984’. See Glock’s autobiography Notes in Advance (1991), pp. 173-174. Two volumes.
'The Doctor of Myddfai' (J344), opera, for soloists, mixed chorus and chamber orchestra; 1995. Libretto by David Pountney. Commissioned by Welsh National Opera to celebrate its 50th anniversary and first performed on 10 July 1996 at the North Wales Theatre, Llandudno, Wales, by Welsh National Ope...
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concertos no. 7 and no. 8
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Strathclyde Concertos no. 7 (J319), for double bass and chamber orchestra, and no. 8 (J323), for bassoon and chamber orchestra; 1992-1993. Both pieces commissioned by the Strathclyde Regional Council and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Strathclyde Concerto no. 7 was first performed on 24 November...
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Chat Moss' and Symphony no. 5
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'Chat Moss' (J329), tone poem for school orchestra, and Symphony no. 5 (J331); 1993-1994. 'Chat Moss' was first performed on 16 March 1994 by the chamber orchestra of St Edward's College, Liverpool. The fifth symphony was commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra to celebrate its 50th anniversar...