Sir Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement (opera in one act), Op. 45
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Sketches and draft material, vocal score, full score and libretto. First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 17 June 1954. The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, cond. Vilem Tausky. First London performance: Sadler's Wells Theatre, 7 October 1954.
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Ruth (opera in three scenes), Op. 50
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Libretto (incomplete), sketches and drafts, and annotated dyeline copies of autograph vocal score and full score. First performance: London, Scala Theatre, 2 October 1956. English Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Charles Mackerras.
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Castaway (opera in one act), Op. 68
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Draft material, vocal score and full score, and annotated dyeline copies. Libretto: Paul Dehn. First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 3 June 1967. English Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Meredith Davies.
Oratorio for tenor and baritone soli, mixed chorus, boys' voices and orchestra. Text: Book of Jonah; Psalm 139. First performance: London, Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, 19 June 1936. Jan van Gucht (tenor), William Parsons (baritone), Joan Cross (soprano, singing boys' voices), BBC Chorus, ...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: 'Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila', Op. 27
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For contralto and string orchestra. Autograph vocal score, copyist's full score, and published parts signed by Kathleen Ferrier, all of which are entitled (emphasis added) 'Four Poems by St Teresa of Avila'. Text by St Teresa of Avila (translated from the Spanish by Arthur Symons): (1) 'If Lord...
Material relating to Musgrave's opera 'The Decision', opera in three acts, completed in 1965, to a libretto by Maurice Lindsay, based on the television drama by Ken Taylor ('The Devil and John Brown'). See also MS Mus. 1804/1/3 and MS Mus. 1804/1/12/6/2/4.
Material relating to Musgrave's ballet 'Beauty and the beast', ballet in two acts, completed in 1969 for choreographer Peter Darrell, to a scenario by Colin Graham, based on 'Belle et la Bête' by Mme de Villeneuve. Tape in collaboration with Daphne Oram.