Choral pieces for female voices and orchestra (or piano)

The hag

1912†, 2:30

SA chorus
3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horn, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, harp, strings

Havergal Brian's manuscript indicates that a piano accompaniment may be used

Text: Robert Herrick

United Music Publishing Limited

Timings

Brabbins 2017
Total2:32

Performances

13 May 1976 [first performance] St Mark’s Church, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Bedford Singers, North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Smith
c1979
Saint Nicholas Singers, City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith
7 July 2017 [World professional premiere] St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London
Words by Robert Herrick English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Recordings

Cameo Classics CC9014CD-2 (2 discs) released 1994
c1979
Saint Nicholas Singers, 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
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7348 released August 2018
7 July 2017 [World professional premiere] St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hamsptead, London
Words by Robert Herrick English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conductor Martyn Brabbins