In memoriam

symphonic poem, 1 movement, 1910†, 20:00

3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, side drum, cymbals, tam-tam, glockenspiel, triangle, tubular bells, 2 harps, organ, strings

United Music Publishing Limited

Timings

Vandernoot 1974Groves 1976Leaper 1992Pickard 2012
Total20:1720:2618:5019:36

Articles

• Introduction – Gerard Cunliffe

Performances

26 December 1921 [first performance] Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Scottish Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald
27 December 1921 St Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow
Scottish Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald
14 June 1974 St Paul’s Church, Hammersmith
Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot
16 November 1974 Hammersmith Town Hall
28 November 1974 BBC Radio London
Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot
10 October 1976 invitation concert at Royal Albert Hall, London
live broadcast BBC Radio 3
New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
1979 City Hall, Hull, UK
City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith
15–16 June 1992 National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
11 February 2012 Victoria Rooms Concert Hall, Bristol
University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Pickard

Recordings

Cameo Classics CC9014CD-2 (2 discs) released 1994
1979 City Hall, Hull, UK
City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith
• Review of City of Hull Youth SO CDs – David J Brown
• Review of Hull Youth SO recording – Lewis Foreman
Naxos 8.572020 released December 2010
15–16 June 1992 National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
• Adrian Leaper’s Brian – Malcolm MacDonald
• The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown