EDGAR LESLIE BAINTON (1880-1956)

premiere recordings

1

Epithalamion (1929)

13:12

Rhapsody for Full Orchestra

Performing edition by Rodney Newton

Molto vivace - Meno allegro - Tempo I -

An English Idyll (1946)*

18:15

for baritone and orchestra

2

1

Pastoral. Andante, molto tranquillo

3:50

3

2

London. Andante grazioso con moto -

4:24

4

3

The Cathedral. Andante, un poco mosso

9:54

HUBERT CLIFFORD (1904-1959)

premiere recordings

A Kentish Suite (1935)

19:48

5

I

Dover. Introduction - Alla hornpipe

3:40

6

II

A Choral Prelude on 'Canterbury'. With dignity

2:39

7

III

Pastoral and Folk Song. Lento pastorale -

4:52

8

IV

Swift Nicks of Gad's Hill: A Scherzo. Allegro con brio

3:28

9

V

Greenwich: A Pageant of the River. Maestoso

5:00

10

The Casanova Melody (1949)

3:40

from Carol Reed's Production of The Third Man

Written under the name of Michael Sarsfield

Orchestral realisation by Rodney Newton (2000)

Andante moderato

Five English Nursery Tunes (1941)

16:20

A Suite for Orchestra

11

I

The Frog and the Mouse. Allegro capriccioso - Presto

3:34

12

II

The Evening Prayer. Lento

3:03

13

III

Lavender's Blue. Allegretto scherzando

2:35

14

IV

Curly Locks. Andantino

4:14

15

V

London Bridge. Allegro molto

2:41

16

Shanagolden (1953)

4:08

An Irish Pastoral Sketch

Andantino pastorale - Lento

Paul Whelan baritone*

Martyn Brabbins

30 & 31 October 2001