PHILIP SAINTON (1891-1967)

1

The Island

16:58

Symphonic Poem for Full Orchestra

Dedicated to my very good friend, Ernest Hall

Adagio con moto - Allegro

PATRICK HADLEY (1899-1973)

The Trees so High*

34:33

Symphonic Ballad

for large orchestra with baritone solo and chorus

in A minor - in a-Moll - en la mineur

2

I

Adagio - (Molto) moderato

11:15

3

II

Andante tranquillo -

5:05

4

III

Vivace -

5:08

5

IV

Adagio

13:05

PHILIP SAINTON

6

Nadir

13:40

Symphonic Elegy for Orchestra

The Dream of the Marionette

7

I

The Sadness of the Marionette -

1:39

8

II

The Sleep of the Marionette -

1:10

9

III

The Dream of the Marionette -

7:48

10

March -

3:30

11

Epilogue

4:20

PATRICK HADLEY

12

La Belle Dame sans merci†

10:00

13

One Morning in Spring

4:15

Sketch for Orchestra

Lenten Meditations‡

18:57

Leslie Pearson organ

Part I

14

'I look for the Lord' -

4:39

15

'A babe in Bethlem's manger laid'

2:43

Part II

16

'Behold the time draweth nigh' -

5:50

17

'My song is love unknown'

5:44

Neill Archer tenor†‡

David Wilson-Johnson baritone*

Stephen Richardson bass‡

Matthias Bamert

3 & 4 August 1992 (The Island, The Trees So High) and 18 & 19 March 1996 (Nadir, La Bell Dame sans merci, One Morning in Spring, Lenten Meditations)

20 September 1996 (The Dream of the Marionette)