Autograph music manuscripts presented by the composers to the Heslington Foundation for Music and Associated Arts for auction at Sotheby’s sale of 1 Dec. 2010.
1. ff. 1-5. Simon Bainbridge: ‘Tenebrae’ (words, Paul Celan), for countertenor, two tenors and bass soloists and string quartet; 2009. Sketches and incomplete draft score, in pencil, signed in ink. Published Novello, 2009. 2. ff. 6-70. Ed Hughes: ‘A Buried Flame’: four pieces for seven-part cho...
1. ff. 1-18. David Blake: string quartet no.3; dated York, 14 Aug. 1982 (f. 18). Score, in pencil. Commissioned by the BBC for performance at the European Broadcasting Union International Music Days for String Quartets, Cambridge, 11–18 April 1983. Published Novello, 1982. 2. ff. 19-29. Michael...
Vic Hoyland: ‘Qibti’, for orchestra; dated Feb. 2003 (f. 95). Full score, in pencil. The central part of a trilogy of orchestral works commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Published by University of York Music Press, 2003.