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Symphonies | A Fantastic Symphony in E [4 movements] [orch] (1907-08†) dismantled — LOST |
Symphony 1 »The Gothic« in D minor [2 parts, 6 movements] text in Part 2: Te Deum laudamus [SATB soli, child chor, 2 dble chors, orch] (?1919-27†) – 105´ | |
Symphony 2 in E minor [4 movements] [orch] (1930-31†) – 48´ | |
Symphony 3 in C sharp minor [4 movements] [orch] (1931-32†) – 53½´ | |
Symphony 4 »Das Siegeslied« in C major [3 movements] Psalm 68, ‘Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered…’, sung in German [sop, dble chor, orch] (1932-33†) Psalm 68 'Let God arise' – 48´ | |
Symphony 5 »Wine Of Summer« [1 movement] Lord Douglas [bar, orch] (1937†) – 21´ | |
Symphony 6 »Sinfonia Tragica« [from Dierdre of the Sorrows Prelude] [orch] (1948†) – 19´ | |
Symphony 7 in C major [4 movements] [orch] (1948†) – 40½´ | |
Symphony 8 in B flat minor [1 movement] [orch] (1949†) – 23´ | |
Symphony 9 in A minor [3 movements] [orch] (1951†) – 27´ | |
Symphony 10 in C minor [1 movement] [orch] (1953-54†) – 20´ | |
Symphony 11 [3 movements] [orch] (1954†) – 29´ | |
Symphony 12 [1 movement] [orch] (1957†) – 12´ | |
Symphony 13 in C major [1 movement] [orch] (1959†) – 18´ | |
Symphony 14 in F minor [1 movement] [orch] (1959-60†) – 21½´ | |
Symphony 15 in A major [1 movement] [orch] (1960†) – 20½´ | |
Symphony 16 [1 movement] [orch] (1960†) – 17½´ | |
Symphony 17 [1 movement] [orch] (1960-61†) – 14´ | |
Symphony 18 [3 movements] [orch] (1961†) – 15½´ | |
Symphony 19 in E minor [3 movements] [orch] (1961†) – 19´ | |
Symphony 20 in C sharp minor [3 movements] [orch] (1962†) – 25½´ | |
Symphony 21 in E flat [4 movements] [orch] (1963†) – 28´ | |
Symphony 22 »Symphonia brevis« [2 movements] [orch] (1964-65†) – 9½´ | |
Symphony 23 [2 movements] [orch] (1965†) – 13½´ | |
Symphony 24 in D major [1 movement] [orch] (1965†) – 17´ | |
Symphony 25 in A minor [3 movements] [orch] (1965-66†) – 25´ | |
Symphony 26 [2 movements] [orch] (1966†) – 16½´ | |
Symphony 27 in C minor [3 movements] [orch] (1966†) – 22´ | |
Symphony 28 »Sinfonia in C minor« in C minor [4 movements] [orch] (1967†) – 15´ | |
Symphony 29 in E flat [4 movements] [orch] (1967†) – 19½´ | |
Symphony 30 in B flat minor [2 movements] [orch] (1967†) – 15½´ | |
Symphony 31 [1 movement] [orch] (1968†) – 13´ | |
Symphony 32 in A flat [4 movements] [orch] (1968†) – 22½´ | |
Other Orchestral Music | Abend [from Faust Prelude to Act II, Scene 2] [orch] (1955-56†) |
The battle song [symphonic poem] [brass band] (1930-31†) completed only in sketch — LOST | |
Burlesque variations on an original theme Op.3 [orch] (1903†) – 27´ | |
Three comedy dances [orch] (1916†) — LOST | |
Concerto for orchestra in E flat [1 movement] [orch] (1964†) – 15´ | |
Doctor Merryheart [Comedy overture 1] [1 movement] [orch] (1911-12†) – 17½´ | |
Elegy [symphonic poem] [orch] (1954†) – 14´ | |
English suite 1 [from Pantalon and Columbine (II and III only)] Op.12 [6 movements] [orch] (?1902-04†) – 25½´ | |
English suite 2 »Night portraits« [6 movements] [orch] (1915†) — LOST | |
English suite 3 [5 movements] [orch] (1919-21†) also arr piano - lost – 18´ | |
English suite 4 »Kindergarten« [9 movements] [orch] (?1924†) – 14´ | |
English suite 5 »Rustic scenes« [4 movements] [orch] (1953†) – 22´ | |
Fanfare from The Grotesques [from The Tigers] [brass and perc] (1921†) full score lost — LOST | |
Fantastic variations on an old rhyme [from A Fantastic Symphony mvt I] [1 movement] [orch] (1907†) – 11½´ | |
Festal dance [from A Fantastic Symphony mvt IV] [1 movement] [orch] (1908†) – 5´ | |
Festival fanfare [1 movement] [brass] (1967†) orig Fanfare for the orchestral brass – 1½´ | |
Flourish [from The Cenci opens Scene 3 fanfare] [4 trumpets] (1951-52†) | |
For valour Op.7 in C major [concert overture; 1 movement] [orch] (1904†) rev 1906 – 12½´ | |
Gargoyles [from The Tigers Act III, ballet 1] [symphonic dance] [orch] (1921-22†) – 10´ | |
Green pastures [from The Tigers Act II, Scene 4] [symphonic dance] [orch] (1921-22†) – 10´ | |
Hero and Leander Op.8 [symphonic poem] [orch] (1904-06†) — LOST | |
In memoriam [symphonic poem; 1 movement] [orch] (1910†) – 20´ | |
The jolly miller [Comedy overture 3] [1 movement] [orch] (1962†) – 4½´ | |
Lacryma [from The Tigers Act III, ballet 2] [symphonic dance] [orch] (1921-22†) – 10´ | |
Legend [orch] (1915†) — LOST | |
Legend »Ave atque vale (Hail and farewell)« [1 movement] [orch] (1968†) – 8´ | |
Legende Op.4 [orch] (?1903-04†) – 15´ — LOST | |
Night ride of Faust and Mephistopheles [from Faust Act IV, Scene II Nacht-Offen Feld] [orch] (1955-56†) – 4´ | |
Overture »Buster Keaton« [orch] (?1920s†) unfinished — LOST | |
Pantalon and Columbine Op.2 [small orch] (?1902-03†) later inc in English suite 1 – 9´ — LOST | |
Prelude [from Faust Act II Prelude Durch die Luft] [orch] (1955-56†) – 3´ | |
Preludio tragico [from The Cenci Overture] [orch] (1951-52†) – 14´ | |
Razamoff [symphonic drama] [orch] (1916†) unfinished — LOST | |
Red May [military march] [orch] (1914†) — LOST | |
Scherzo and slow movement [from A Fantastic Symphony mvts II, III] [orch] (1907†) — LOST | |
Shadow dance [from The Tigers Prelude to Act III, Scene 3] [orch] (1921-22†) – 5´ | |
Symphonic movement [orch] (1964) unfinished, destroyed — LOST | |
Symphonic variations »on Has anybody here seen Kelly?« [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 1] [orch] (1921-22†) – 12´ | |
Tales of olden times [3 preludes] [small orch] (1921-25†) destroyed by HB — LOST | |
Three dances [from The maiden and the flower garden] [orch] (1914†) — LOST | |
Three pieces from Turandot [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Act I] [orch] (1950-51†) extracted by HB, 1962 – 19´ | |
The tinker’s wedding [Comedy overture 2] [1 movement] [orch] (1948†) – 7´ | |
Tragic prelude [orch] (?1900-02†) — LOST | |
Wild horsemen [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 2] [symphonic dance ] [orch] (1921-22†) – 9´ | |
[title unknown] [work for orchestra] [orchestra] (1915†) — LOST | |
Concertos | Cello concerto [3 movements] [vlc, orch] (1964†) – 20½´ |
Violin concerto 1 [vln, orch] (1934†) — LOST | |
Violin concerto 2 in C major [3 movements] [vln, orch] (1935†) – 38´ | |
Choir | Anthem author unknown [choir] (?1896†) — LOST |
Introit Amen [sic] [chorus on ‘Amen’] [SATB] (1924†) | |
Chorus | 40 UNACCOMPANIED PARTSONGS (10 LOST) |
Chorus and piano | 39 ACCOMPANIED PARTSONGS (3 LOST) |
Chorus and orchestra | Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »Go, happy rose« Herrick [SSAA, orch] (1912†) — LOST |
Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »The hag« Herrick [SSAA, orch] (1912†) – 2½´ | |
Pilgrimage to Kevlaar [ballad] Heine trans Todhunter [chor, orch] (1913†) — LOST | |
Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano) »Requiem for the rose« Herrick [SSAA, orch] (1912†) – 9½´ | |
The soldier’s dream Campbell [orch; or voices, orch] (1908-09†) — LOST | |
[title unknown] [work for chorus and orchestra] Scott [chor, orch] (1908-09†) — LOST | |
Soloists and orchestra | Gretchen songs [from Faust Act II] [sop, orch] (1955-56†) – 6´ |
Prologue in Heaven [from Faust Prologue im Himmel] [2 ten, bar, 2 bass, orch] (1955-56†) – 18´ | |
Two scenas Barber [bar, pno or orch] (1918†) — LOST | |
Symphony 5 »Wine Of Summer« [1 movement] Lord Douglas [bar, orch] (1937†) – 21´ | |
Soloists, chorus and orchestra | By the waters of Babylon Op.11 Psalm 137 [bar, SATB chor, orch] (1905†) rev 1909 – 25´ — LOST |
Carmilhan Op.14 Longfellow [soli, chor, orch] (1906†) — LOST | |
Cathedral scene [from Faust Act III, Scene 2 Dom] [sop bass soli, SATB chor, org, orch] (1955-56†) – 14´ | |
Let God arise Psalm 68 [soli, chor, orch] (?1906-07†) — LOST | |
Prelude author unknown [sop, dble chor] (?1933†) — LOST | |
Prometheus unbound [lyric drama; 2 acts] Shelley parts 1 and 2 set complete [25 soli, 4 chors, orch] (1937-44†) — LOST | |
Psalm 23 Op.9 Book of Common Prayer, trans Miles Coverdale (1535) [ten, chor, orch] (c.1904,1944–45†) reconstructed 1944-45 – 15½´ | |
Requiem excerpts from New Testament and Hymns Ancient and Modern [bar, chor, orch] (c.1899†) — LOST | |
Symphony 1 »The Gothic« in D minor [2 parts, 6 movements] text in Part 2: Te Deum laudamus [SATB soli, child chor, 2 dble chors, orch] (?1919-27†) – 105´ | |
Symphony 4 »Das Siegeslied« in C major [3 movements] Psalm 68, ‘Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered…’, sung in German [sop, dble chor, orch] (1932-33†) Psalm 68 'Let God arise' – 48´ | |
The vision of Cleopatra Op.15 [cantata (Tragic poem)] Cumberland [SMAT soli, chors, orch] (1907†) original full score lost; re-orchestrated in contemporary Brian style by John Pickard 2014 – 40´ | |
Chamber music | Adagio e dolente [vlc, pno] (?1947†) fragment — LOST |
Legend [vln, pno] (?1919†) – 6½´ | |
Legend [vlc/bclar, pno] (?1944) — LOST | |
String quartet (?1903-04†) movements — LOST | |
[title unknown] [work for cello and piano] [cello, piano] (1906-07†) — LOST | |
[title unknown] [work for organ] [organ] (?1935†) — LOST | |
Piano music | Double fugue in E flat [piano] (1924†) – 15´ |
Three illuminations Brian [pno, optional spkr] (1916†) – 5´ | |
Four miniatures [piano] (1919-20†) – 9½´ | |
Prelude »John Dowland’s fancy« [piano] (1934†) – 3½´ | |
Prelude and fugue in C minor [piano] (1924†) – 8½´ | |
Prelude and fugue in D minor/major [piano] (1924†) – 9½´ | |
Voice and piano | 56 SOLO SONGS (23 LOST) |
Operas | Agamemnon [music drama; 1 act] Aeschylus abridged and adapted by the composer from Blackie’s Everyman translation; in English [soli, SATB chor, orch] (1957†) – 39½´ |
The Cenci [music drama; overture, 8 scenes] Shelley abridged by the composer [soli, orch] (1951-52†) – 103´ | |
Dierdre of the Sorrows [opera] J. M. Synge (?1947†) unfinished, destroyed — LOST | |
Faust [prologue, 4 acts] Goethe (part 1), abridged by the composer; set in German; no English translation [soli, orch] (1955-56†) – 150´ | |
The maiden and the flower garden [children’s operetta] Cumberland [voices, piano] (1914†) children's operetta — LOST | |
Oedipus Coloneus [opera] Sophocles trans Sir George Young (1967†) unfinished, prob destroyed — LOST | |
The Tigers [burlesque opera; prologue, 3 acts] Brian [soli, chor, orch] (1917-29†) – 180´ | |
Turandot, prinzessin von China [music drama; 3 acts] Schiller abridged by the composer; set in German; no English translation [soli, orch] (1950-51†) – 155´ | |
Transcriptions | Arne: Overture to oratorio Judith (c.1930) |
J. C. Bach: Overture to opera La clemenza di Scipione (c.1930) | |
J. C. Bach: Overture to tragic opera Amadis de Gaule (c.1930) | |
Berlioz: March to the Scaffold Execution (c.1930) | |
Elgar: unidentified work [piano] (1926†) — LOST | |
Glinka: overture Ruslan and Ludmila (c.1930) | |
Gluck: overture Alceste (c.1930) | |
Gluck: Overture to the opera Iphigenie in Aulis (c.1930) | |
Handel: Dear Adonis from Venus and Adonis [voice, piano] (1937†) | |
Handel: Overture to the opera Aelius (Ezio) (c.1930) | |
Handel: Overture to the opera Rodelinda (c.1930) | |
Handel: Transporting joy from Venus and Adonis [voice, piano] (1937†) | |
J. S. Bach: Friede uber Israel from Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer [tenor and piano] (c.1908†) | |
Basil Maine: Te Deum [chor, orch] (1930s†) — LOST | |
Spontini: Marche Triomphale from Olimpie (c.1930) | |
Spontini: Overture to the Lyric Tragedy of Olympia (Olimpie) (c.1930) | |
Spontini: Pas de Cinq I and Pas de Cinq 2 from Olimpie (c.1930) | |
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas [vocal score] (1925†) — LOST | |
Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch (c.1930) | |
Wagner: Kaisermarsch (c.1930) | |
Arrangements | The battle song [from The battle song] [brass and perc] (1930-31) realised John Pickard 1997 |
Fanfare [from The Cenci Scene 3 (Banqueting scene)] [brass and perc] (1951-52†) arr MacDonald | |
Fanfare [from The Cenci Scene 7 (Hall of Justice)] [brass and perc] (1951-52†) arr MacDonald | |
Fanfare [from Fanfare from The Grotesques] [brass and perc] (1921) realised MacDonald 1977 – 0½´ | |
Minuet and funeral march [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Act II, Scene 1; Act III, Scene 2] [piano] (1950-51) trans MacDonald and Stevenson 1973 | |
Symphonic variations »on Has anybody here seen Kelly?« [from The Tigers Prologue, Scene 1] [piano] (1921-22) arr Ronald Stevenson | |
Turandot Suite [from Turandot, prinzessin von China Acts II and III] [6 pieces] [orch] (1950-51) arr MacDonald 1975 – 23´ |