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91. MS Mus. 1893/2/91

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/91
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Variation' for George Vass
Scope & Content:
Brief work for piano, scored in pencil. A 'meditation' for George Vass. Duration: 1' 15". Scored on the first page of a single bifolium (270 x 340 mm). Dated: 28 March 2007.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2007
Extent:
1 file

92. MS Mus. 1893/2/92

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/92
Title:
Hugh Wood: Divertimento for String Orchestra (Opus 51)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned jointly by the Hampstead and Highgate Festival and Presteigne Festival. First performed by the Hampstead and Highgate Festival Orchestra, conducted by George Vass (to whom the work is dedicated), St. John-at-Hampstead Church, 9 May 2007. For string orchestra (6.5.4.3.2). (1). Inco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2006-2007
Extent:
1 file

93. MS Mus. 1893/2/93

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/93
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'The Isles of Greece' (Opus 52)
Scope & Content:
Settings of six poems for baritone and piano: Lawrence Durrell, 'Delos';Lawrence Durrell, 'Nemea';Robert Graves, 'Ouzo Unclouded';George Seferis, 'In the Sea Caves';Demetrios Capetanakis, 'The Isles of Greece';Lawrence Durrell, 'Bitter Lemons'. The songs were begun in 1993 (originally Opus 41) b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1977-2007
Extent:
1 file

94. MS Mus. 1893/2/94

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/94
Title:
Hugh Wood: Clarinet Quintet (Opus 53)
Scope & Content:
First performed by the Chilingirian Quartet with Nicholas Cox (clarinet) in the Rodewald Concert Series at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 20 November 2007. (1). Movement I. Full score in pencil, pp. 1-9 (including 2 pp. numbered 8, the first of which has been struck through). 5 ff. (295 x 420 mm...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2007
Extent:
1 file

95. MS Mus. 1893/2/95

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/95
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Beginnings: Three Early Songs' (Opus 54)
Scope & Content:
Settings for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra: 'Tom O'Bedlam's Song' (Anon.); 'Why East Wind Chills' (Dylan Thomas); and 'O Unicorn Among the Cedars' (W. H. Auden). The settings were first drafted in 1957, and were subsequently 'recast' between summer 2009 and spring 2010. This file comprises ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-2010
Extent:
1 file

96. MS Mus. 1893/2/96

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/96
Title:
Hugh Wood: Ballade (Opus 57)
Scope & Content:
For solo piano. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3, and first performed by Joanna MacGregor on 7th June 2012, at the Guildhall, Bath, as part of the Bath International Music Festival. (1). Wood's typed programme note. (2). Draft score, in pencil. 9 individually dated folios (420 x 295 mm), arranged a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
1 file

97. MS Mus. 1893/2/97

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/97
Title:
Hugh Wood: Settings of Edwin Muir (from Opus 59)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises settings of two poems by Edwin Muir: 'Merlin' and 'The Road'. The setting of 'Merlin' (for soprano and recorder) is complete and identified as Opus 59, no. ii. The setting of 'The Road' is an incomplete draft on three folios. There is no further information in the file about t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
1 file

98. MS Mus. 1893/2/98

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/98
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Epithalamion, or Marriage Song' (Opus 60)
Scope & Content:
For chorus and orchestra. Full title: 'An Epithalamion, or Marriage Song, on the Lady Elizabeth and Count Palatine being married on St. Valentine's Day.' Words by John Donne. Commissioned by the BBC. First performed at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 22 July 2015, by the BBC Chorus and the BB...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2014-2015
Extent:
1 file

99. MS Mus. 1893/2/99

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/99
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Trio: 'Ithaka' (Opus 61)
Scope & Content:
A string trio for violin, viola and cello. The title of the work is taken from a poem by Constantine Cavafy. Wood's programme note, included in the file, refers to the composition as 'a sort of mini symphonic poem'. It was commissioned by the Britten-Pears Foundation, the RVW Trust and the Swale...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2014-2016
Extent:
1 file

100. MS Mus. 1893/2/100

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/100
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Eleanor's Piece'
Scope & Content:
For two string quartets. (1). Printed score (Chester Music, 2015), pp. [1]-8. Unmarked (8 x A4 sheets). (2). Autograph score, in pencil. Not dated. Two nested bifolia (335 x 425 mm).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2015
Extent:
1 file