Chronology of events since Brian’s death

CD issue on Dutton of The Vision of Cleopatra in John Pickard's re-orchestration, conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Other works on the CD are the Two Choral Pieces (after Herrick), Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme and the overture For Valour. Soloists in Cleopatra: Claudia Boyle, Angharad Lyddon, Claudia Huckle and Peter Auty with the forces of English National Opera.

Recording of symphonies 7 and 16 plus The Tinker's Wedding in Moscow by the Noviya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra under Alex Walker, for release on Naxos.

CD issue of Symphonies 8, 21, 26 on Naxos; Noviya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Walker. The CD contains the first professional recording of Symphony 21 and the first recording of Symphony 26 which completes the availability of all of Havergal Brian's symphonies on CD

Death of HBS Vice President Godfrey Berry

Death of Jean Furnivall, Havergal Brian's last surviving child, aged 94

Recording of John Pickard's re-orchestration of Brian's Vision of Cleopatra, Two Choral Pieces after Herrick, For Valour and Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme at St Jude's, Hampstead for Dutton; English National Opera forces/Martyn Brabbins

Performance of It Was A Lover And His Lass and Sweet Solitude at the English Music Festival in Dorchester, Oxon; Godwine Choir/Hilary Davan Wetton

Performance of Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day by the Strata Vocal Ensemble, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Performance of Symphony 6 'Sinfonia tragica' in front of an invited audience at the BBC Maida Vale studios in London; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins. Transmitted on BBC Radio 3 on the afternoon of 21 November 2016

CD issue of the 1966 premiere of Symphony 6 'Sinfonia tragica' on CRQ Editions (c/w Robert Simpson conducting Beethoven's Eroica). Royal Opera House Orchestra/Douglas Robinson

CD issue of Symphonies 2 and 14 on Dutton; Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins

Performance of Blow, blow and Shall I compare thee at the English Music Festival in Dorchester, Oxon; City of London Choir/Hilary Davan Wetton

Premiere of John Pickard's orchestration of Havergal Brian's The Vision of Cleopatra at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol; University of Bristol forces/John Pickard

Death of conductor and HBS Vice President Myer Fredman

Performance of English Suite 3 at the English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon; BBC Concert Orchestra/Martin Yates

CD issue of Symphonies 6 'Sinfonia tragica', 28, 29, 31 on Naxos; Noviya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Walker

CD issue of Symphonies 5 'Wine of Summer', 19, 27, Festal Dance on Dutton; Roderick Williams (bar), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins

CD issue of the 1983 BBC studio performance of The Tigers on Testament; BBC Symphony Orchestra forces/Lionel Friend

Death of HBS Vice President, critic and pre-eminent Brian scholar, Malcolm MacDonald

CD issue of Symphonies 10, 21, 22, Psalm 23, English Suite 5 on Heritage Records; Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra/Eric Pinkett/Laszlo Heltay

CD issue of Havergal Brian Songbook vol. 2 on Stone Records; Mark Stone (bar), Sholto Kynoch (pno)

Australian premiere of The Tinker's Wedding in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane; Queensland Youth Orchestra/John Curro

Release of Curse of the Gothic Symphony on DVD

Death of conductor and HBS Vice President Leslie Head

CD re-issue of the complete Havergal Brian piano music on Cameo Classics; Peter Hill (pno)

Performance of Prelude & Fugue in C minor and John Dowland's Fancy at the Union Church in Heathfield, Sussex followed by a repeat performance in Worthing; Gavin Stevens (pno)

Performance of the Legend for violin and piano at the English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon; Rupert Marshall-Luck (vln), Matthew Rickard (pno)

CD issue of Symphonies 22-24, English Suite 1 on Naxos; Noviya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Walker

Death of Havergal Brian's daughter Pauline Olga Pringle (nee Brian) aged 99

Public premiere of Symphony 19 in the Victoria Rooms, Bristol; Bristol University Symphony Orchestra/John Pickard

CD issue of the Violin Concerto, Symphony 13, English Suite 4 on Dutton; Lorraine McAslan (vln), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins

Performance of Legend in an arrangement for violin and strings, at All Saints church, Lewes, Sussex; Valtie Nunn (vln), Musicians of All Saints/Andrew Sherwood

The ABC documentary Curse Of The Gothic Symphony wins best documentary in the annual Australian Screenwriters' Guild AWGIE awards ceremony

UK public premiere of Symphony 27 at Birmingham Town Hall; Orange County High School for the Arts Symphony Orchestra/Chris Russell

CD issue of Havergal Brian Songbook vol. 1 on Stone Records; Mark Stone (Bar), Sholto Kynoch (pno)

Public premiere Symphony 27 at the Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, California; OCHSA Symphony Orchestra/Chris Russell

Performance of In Memoriam at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol; Bristol University Symphony Orchestra/John Pickard

CD issue of the Proms Gothic symphony on Hyperion; BBC National Orchestra of Wales/BBC Concert Orchestra forces/Martyn Brabbins

CD issue of Havergal Brian Orchestral Works vol. 2 - Music from the Operas on Toccata Classics; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Garry Walker

Performance of the Ashanti Battle Song (English Suite 4) in Penang State Hall, Malaysia; Penang Philharmonic Orchestra/Martin Rutherford. First Brian performance in Malaysia

Screening of the ABC documentary Curse Of The Gothic Symphony at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne

Conductor Martyn Brabbins accepts the HBS' invitation to become its President

Performance of the Gothic symphony at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London; BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales forces/Martyn Brabbins

Transmission of the Brisbane Gothic on 4MBS Classic FM in Brisbane, Australia

CD issue of the Cello concerto on Dutton c/w Bush, Bowen; BBC Concert Orchestra/Martin Yates

CD issue of Symphonies 10, 30, Concerto for Orchestra, English Suite 3 on Dutton; Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins

CD issue of Havergal Brian Orchestral works vol. 1 on Toccata Classics; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Garry Walker

Performance of the Gothic symphony in Brisbane, Australia; Gothic Symphony Orchestra forces/John Curro

CD issue of Symphonies 9 and 11, Dr Merryheart on Dutton in historic performances by the London Symphony Orchestra/Harry Newstone & Norman Del Mar

CD issue of 6 songs c/w other composers on Tableaux Records; David Hackbridge Johnson (bar), Yeu-Meng Chan (pno)

Death of conductor and HBS President Sir Charles Mackerras

CD re-issue of Symphonies 11, 15, Dr Merryheart, For Valour on Naxos

Performance of Shadow Dance (The Tigers) at the English Music Festival, Dorchester, Oxon; BBC Concert Orchestra/Gavin Sutherland

Publication of Malcolm MacDonald (ed), Havergal Brian on Music, vol 2 European And American Music In His Time

Death of Gothic conductor and HBS Vice President Ole Schmidt

CD re-issue of the complete Hull recordings on Cameo Classics; Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra/Geoffrey Heald-Smith

CD issue of the 1966 Boult Gothic symphony on Testament; BBC Symphony Orchestra forces/Sir Adrian Boult

Performance/BBC Radio 3 transmission of Reverie (English Suite 5) at the English Music Festival in Dorchester, Oxon; BBC Concert Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones

Public premiere of Legend – Ave Atque Vale in Santa Ana, California; Orange County High School for the Arts Symphony Orchestra/Chris Russell

US premiere of The Tinker's Wedding in Tucker, Georgia; DeKalb Symphony Orchestra/Fyodor Cherniavsky

Re-issue on CD of the Lyrita Symphonies 6 and 16; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Myer Fredman

New performance of Symphony 30 on BBC Radio 3 (BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Jason Lai) in ‘British Symphony’ series

CD re-issue of the Marco Polo/Adrian Leaper performance of the Symphony 4 'Das Siegeslied' and Symphony 12 on Naxos

Death of conductor and HBS Vice President Harry Newstone

Performance of 1) The Butterfly's Waltz (Three Illuminations) and 2) Three Illuminations in Calgary, Canada; Gordon Rumson (pno), Caroline Horne (spkr)

CD release of the original Auracle LP of Songs, Legend on Toccata Classics: Brian Rayner Cook (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno), Stephen Levine (vln), Peter Lawson (pno)

US premiere of Symphony 32 in Santa Ana, California; Orange County High School for the Arts Symphony Orchestra/Chris Russell

Performance of John Dowland's Fancy in Sturminster; Elaine Korman (pno)

CD re-issue of the Marco Polo Symphony 18/Violin Concerto on Naxos

Performances of Characteristic March (English Suite 1) and Ashanti Battle Song (English Suite 4) in Edinburgh and London: Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra/Martin Rutherford

CD re-issue of the Marco Polo Gothic on the Naxos label

Planning begins for a Gothic performance in Brisbane, Australia

Re-issue of the EMI RLPO symphonies 7, 8, 9, 31 in a double-CD pack

John Pickard’s realisation of The battle song premiered

Havergal Brian Composer of the week on BBC Radio 3 (special recordings of Symphony 5 and partsongs)

By the waters of Babylon receives US premiere with organ accompaniment

English Suite 4 receives Australian premiere

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphonies 11, 15, Doctor Merryheart, For valour

Janet Packer gives 21 performances of Legend on US tour

Legend is given by David Hackbridge Johnson (violin), You Meng Chan (piano)

Leicestershire Schools SO reunion performance of Symphony 10/Mark Fitz–Gerald

Publication of Jurgen Schaarwachter (ed), HB: Aspects of Havergal Brian

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphony 2, Festival fanfare

First performance of The Cenci mounted by the Havergal Brian Society at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London

Raymond Clarke programme of John Dowland’s fancy, Preludes and fugues in C minor and D minor/major, Double fugue

John Dowland’s fancy performed in an arrangement by Durrant (guitar)

Symphony 6 is performed at St John's, Smith Square, London; Royal Holloway Orchestra/Matthew Taylor

Legend given by Marat Bisangaliev/John Lenehan

Performances of English Suite 1 in Gisborne and Taupo, New Zealand. First performance of Brian in New Zealand

‘Pantalon and Columbine’, Violin concerto, 2 suites from Turandot, Marat Bisangaliev, Millennium Sinfonia/James Kelleher

Performance of English Suite 1 in Melbourne; Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra/Martin Rutherford. First performance of Brian in Australia

Publication of R Matthew–Walker, Havergal Brian, Reminiscences and Observations

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphonies 20, 25, Fantastic variations

3 songs performed by David Hackbridge Johnson

First public performance of Symphony 16; London Orchestra of St Cecilia/James Kelleher

‘Pantalon and Columbine’ [ie II and III of English suite 1] performed by London Orch of St Cecilia/James Kelleher

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphony 18, Violin concerto, The jolly miller

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphonies 17, 32, In memoriam, Festal dance

Psalm 23 given at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester cathedral; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Massey (Maldwyn Davies, tenor)

Death of conductor and HBS Vice-President Sir Charles Groves

Concert of six songs (Snape), twelve partsongs (Bedford Singers/May Walley), John Dowland’s fancy, Prelude and fugue in C minor, 4 miniatures (Ronald Stevenson)

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphonies 4, 12 (Adrian Leaper)

Ten Brian songs performed by Lisa Westerhout (mezzo) and Tait (pno)

Reverie from English suite 1 performed

Performance of Cello concerto, Walsh (vc), Thames Sinfonia, conductor Matthew Taylor

Marco Polo releases CD of Symphony 1; Bratislava RSO and Slovak PO/Ondrej Lenard

Performance of Symphony 18, North Staffs SO/Johnson

Performance of Symphony 6 'Sinfonia Tragica in Canada; Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra/Boris Brott: first professional performance of any Brian orchestral work in North America

Concert including seven songs by Westerhout (mezzo) and Preludes and fugues in C minor, D minor/major (Raymond Clarke)

Hyperion releases CD of Symphony 3, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Lionel Friend

Psalm 23, English suite 1 given by Worthing Philharmonic Chorus, Worthing Symphony Orchestra/Jan Cervenka

HB Society concert in which Raymond Clarke plays Four miniatures, John Dowland’s fancy, Double fugue, March from Turandot

First public performance of Symphony 3, Composers’ Platform W Midlands SO/Paul Venn

Non–orchestral performance of Psalm 23, conducted by Litchfield

First public performance of Symphony 7, at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

EMI releases CD of Symphonies 7, 31, Tinker’s wedding with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

Raymond Clarke performs Preludes and fugues in C minor, D minor/major and gives the first public performance of the Double Fugue

Publication of Malcolm MacDonald (ed), Havergal Brian on Music, vol 1 British Music

First performance for over 70 years of English suite 1, North Staffs SO/Michael Trowski

HB Society concert of songs, Purcell Room, Jane Eaglen (op), Victor Morris (pno)

Camden Choir performs partsongs

Festival fanfare performance, BBC PO/Nicholas Braithwaite

First public performance of Symphony 22, RFH, Royal PO/Sir Charles Groves

Chelmsley Wood Choral Society performs Summer has come …

Chelmsley Wood Choral Society performs 2 partsongs

Festival fanfare is performed, MSU Brass Choir and Tuba–Euphonium Ensemble/Schulz

Publication of Malcolm MacDonald, The Symphonies of Havergal Brian, vol 3 Symphonies 30–32, Survey and Summing–up

Chelmsley Wood Choral Society performs Fair pledges …

Performance of Three illuminations, Frank Bayford (speaker), John Mitchell (piano)

Performance of By the waters of Babylon with organ [the orchestral score is lost]: Chelmsley Wood Choral Society and soloists/Litchfield

Reading Bach Choir peforms partsongs

Performances of English Suite 1 in Edinburgh, Venice and Florence, George Heriots School Orchestra/Martin Rutherford

Premiere A solemn fanfare from The Cenci, Kensington SO/Leslie Head

Performance of Butterfly’s waltz from Three illuminations, Keys

Second professional performance of The Gothic, Royal Albert Hall, LSO forces/Ole Schmidt

First performance of Burlesque variations, City of Hull Youth SO/Geoffrey Heald–Smith

English suite 3, Maidstone SO/Bela de Csillery

First public performance of Violin concerto, Ralph Holmes, YMSO/James Blair

First professional performance (BBC broadcast) of Symphony 2, BBC SO/Sir Charles Mackerras

First performances broadcast of Symphonies 27, 31, Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

Musica Viva publishes facsimile study score of Symphony 22

Dr Merryheart, Young Musicians’ SO/James Blair

EMI releases LP of Symphonies 8,9, Royal Liverpool PO/Sir Charles Groves

Legend, Edmund Reid (vln), Gretta Barrow (pno)

The Gothic is given an amateur performance, Hanley, soloists, chors, Stoke SO/Stokes

First public concert to be directly sponsored by the Havergal Brian Society: Four minatures, Prelude and fugue in C minor, Minuet and funral march from Turandot, Ronald Stevenson, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Hull University Singers perform partsongs

Publication of Harold Truscott and Paul Rapoport Havergal Brian’s Gothic Symphony, with How the Gothic Symphony came to be written

Publication of Malcolm MacDonald, The Symphonies of Havergal Brian, vol 2 Symphonies 13–29

Havergal Brian Society granted charitable status

Performances of Legend and 3 songs

English suite 4, George Herriot’s School Orch/Martin Rutherford

Premiere of English suite 4, George Heriot’s School Orchestra/Martin Rutherford

Partsong Lullaby of an infant chief

Premiere of Elegy, Guildhall SO/Wright

Partsong Shall I compare thee …

Concert of partsongs and Preludes and fugues in C minor, D minor

Premiere of Symphony 29, North Staffs SO/Smith

Performances and broadcast of In memoriam, The Gothic [part 1 only], Alexandra Palace, New PO/Sir Charles Groves

Performances and broadcast of Symphony 20 [premiere], and Symphony 26, Alexandra Palace, New PO/Vernon Handley

Performance and broadcast of Symphony 5, Alexandra Palace, Brian Rayner Cook, New PO/Stanley Pope

First of a four concert series mounted by BBC and New PO of Brian at Alexandra Palace
First performances (also broadcast) of Preludio tragico, Symphony 30, New PO/Harry Newstone

Performance and BBC broadcast of Symphony 9, Royal Liverpool PO/Sir Charles Groves

Song recital by Brian Rayner Cook

Performances of Symphony 26 [premiere], Psalm 23, Two Herrick songs, North Staffs SO/Smith

Publication of Reginald Nettel, Havergal Brian: The Man and his Music

Publication of Lewis Foreman, Havergal Brian and the Performance of his Orchestral Music

Publication of Kenneth Eastaugh, Havergal Brian: The Making of a Composer

Concert of songs, 4 miniatures, Prelude and fugue in C minor, Legend

Performance of two Herrick songs

Blow blow, 4 miniatures, Turandot arrangements performed

Excerpts from The Tigers performed by Kensington SO/Leslie Head

First public performance of Symphony 9, Royal Liverpool PO/Sir Charles Groves

BBC broadcasts Das Siegeslied

BBC broadcasts Symphonies 6, 16, 24, London PO/Myer Fredman

BBC broadcasts Symphony 18, New Philharmonia/Bryan Fairfax

Psalm 23, Stoke on Trent, John Wilbraham Trio, Bedford Singers/May Walley

Lyrita releases LP of Symphonies 6, 16, London PO/Myer Fredman

Symphony 10, Hanley, Hallé Orchestra/James Loughran

Symphony 10, Sheffield, Hallé Orchestra/James Loughran

BBC broadcasts first public performance of Symphony 10, live, Manchester, Hallé Orchestra/James Loughran

Concerto for orchestra [premiere], City of Leeds College of Music Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Stones

CBS releases LP of Symphony 22, English suite 5, Psalm 23

The jolly miller, [UK premiere] Havant Symphony Orchestra/Peter Craddock

BBC Radio London broadcasts In memoriam, Hammersmith, Fulham Municipal Orch/Josef Vandernoot

In memoriam, Hammersmith, Fulham Municipal Orch/Josef Vandernoot

BBC broadcast of Symphony 23, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Goodman, 7 October 1973

Two performances of The jolly miller [premiere], Philadelphia, Main Line SO/Robert Fitzpatrick

First performance (BBC broadcast) of Symphony 3, Ronald Stevenson, David Wilde (pianos), BBC SO/Stanley Pope

BBC invitation concert of Das Siegeslied, Alexandra Palace, BBC Singers & Choral Society, Goldsmith’s Choral Union, London PO/John Poole

Two performances of Fanfare from The Cenci, University of Illinois Wind Ensemble/Robert Gray

BBC broadcasts Psalm 23, Symphony 22, Paul Taylor, Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools SO/Eric Pinkett and Laszlo Heltay

Second BBC broadcast of Agamemnon, BBC Northern forces/Richard Armstrong

Public rehearsal of In memoriam, Hammersmith, Fulham Municipal Orch/Josef Vandernoot

Musica Viva publishes facsimile study score of Symphony 9

Publication of Malcolm MacDonald, The Symphonies of Havergal Brian, vol 1 Symphonies 1–12

Musica Viva publishes facsimile study score of Symphony 6

Havergal Brian Society founded

Performance of Symphony 23, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Goodman

Performance of Symphony 23, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Goodman

UK broadcast of the world premiere of Symphony 28 (performed in June), New Philharmonia/Leopold Stokowski

First performance of Symphony 23, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Goodman

BBC broadcast of Symphony 2, London 24 May, Kensington SO/Leslie Head

BBC broadcast of Festival fanfare, Royal Liverpool PO/Sir Charles Groves

BBC broadcast of Agamemnon, BBC Northern forces/Richard Armstrong

World premiere of Symphony 28 at BBC Maida Vale Studio no. 1 for future broadcast. Conducting this symphony by a 91–year–old composer was the internationally–renowned 91–year–old Leopold Stokowski, with the New Philharmonia

UK premiere (and BBC broadcast) of Festival fanfare, York Festival, Royal Liverpool PO/Sir Charles Groves

Performance of Symphony 2, London, Kensington SO/Leslie Head

Performance of Symphony 2, Hanley, Kensington SO/Leslie Head

First performance of Symphony 2, Brighton, Kensington SO/Leslie Head

BBC broadcasts Symphony 10, Leicestershire Schools SO/Eric Pinkett

Second BBC Radio Brighton broadcast of 10 March performance of Psalm 23

BBC Radio Brighton broadcasts 10 March performance of Psalm 23

Unicorn releases first commercial recording: an LP of Symphonies 10,21 Leicestershire Schools SO/James Loughran, Eric Pinkett

Psalm 23 performed at Hove: Stuart Holland, Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools SO/Laszlo Heltay

Musica Viva publishes facsimile study score of Symphony 10

Musica Viva publishes facsimile study score of Symphony 8

Musica Viva publishes facsimile study score of Symphony 2

Second broadcasts of Symphonies 9, 22, Royal PO/Myer Fredman