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Orchestral
Music
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Aglavaine
et Sélysette
Overture, Op. 21 |
- overture to the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
- composed ca. 1902
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| Arabesque |
- performance
conducted by Scott ca. 1910 in Birmingham
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| Aubade |
- composed ca. 1906
- dedicated to Sir Landon Ronald
- performed on January 16 1906
at a (George) Halford Concert, Birmingham
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Aubade
for Large Orchestra,
op 77 |
- revision of 1906 version
- dedicated: To my friend [Sir] Landon Ronald
- performed by the Blüther-Orchester
conducted by Siegmund von Hausegger in October 1912
at the Blüther-Haus, Berlin
- First English performance conducted by Sir Eugene Goossens
on November 23 1921 at Queen's Hall, London
- Duration: 00:10:59
- Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1911, full score
- Material on hire from Schott, London: ED 3372 (score)
- Score and parts from Eric Forder: eric.forder@bauer-hieber.com
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- 1994 MARCO POLO CD released: Cyril Scott: Orchestral Works
- performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.
- conducted by Peter Marchbank
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| Britain's
War March |
- dedicated to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
- premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra,
- conducted by Sir Henry Wood on Octover 23 1914,
at a promenade Concert at Queen's Hall, London

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| Christmas
Overture, op. 10 |
- composed [ca. 1900?]
- premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra
- conducted by Sir Landon Ronald on November 13 1906
at Queen's Hall, London
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| Disaster
at Sea |
- Symphonic Poem
- premiered by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Albert Coates on October 19 1933
at Queen's Hall, London
- rewritten as Neptune ca. 1935
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Egypt
An Album of Five Impressions
- In the Temple of Memphis
- By the Waters of the Nile
- Egyptian Boat Song
- Funeral March of the Great Ramses
- Song of the Spirits of the Nile
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- Ballet Suite for Orchestra
- composed 1913
- duration: 00:08:00
- Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne
- whereabouts of score and parts unknown
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Fantasia,
op. 12, no.5
Symphonic Fantasia |

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Heroic Suite, op.7
- Solemn Prelude
- Legend
- Capriccio and Andante
- Theme with Variations
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- composed ca 1900
- premiered by the Hallé Orchestra
conducted by Hans Richter on December 12 1901
at Free-Trade Hall, Manchester
- "Heroic Suite was greeted by Richter as 'fine and original' and by a local critic as 'not worth the serious attention of the conductor, orchestra or audience'."
from CD notes by Keith Anderson: Cyril Scott:Orchestral Works
- work was later withdrawn by Scott
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Invention
in F, arr. (J.S. Bach)
hpd, BWV 779,
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- conceived for orchestra w/ intro by C.S.
- transcribed w/ intro by C.S.
- Elkin, 1932
- manuscript
- Score and parts on hire from Novello
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| Lyric
Suite,
op 6 |
- alternative titles: English Suite, Idyllic Suite,
Suite No. 1 for Orchestra
- dedicated to Melchior Lechter
- composed 1900
- performance of three movements
(including Pastorale and March)
by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra
conducted by Scott on November 19 1903
- ms. holograph of full score in the Grainger Museum:
MG C2/SCO-220
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| Neapolitan
Rhapsody
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- London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1959 (full score)
- score and parts on hire
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- 1994 MARCO POLO CD released: Cyril Scott: Orchestral Works
- performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.
- conducted by Peter Marchbank
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Neptune
Poem of the Sea
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- dedicated to Albert Coates
- composed ca 1935revised from Disaster at Sea
- Mainz: B. Schott's Söhnescore and parts on hire
- ms. of full score at Schott's London
- Score and parts from Eric Forder: eric.forder@bauer-hieber.com
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- 2004 CHANDOS CD released: Cyril Scott
performed by BBC Philharmonic
conducted by Martyn Brabbins
with the Huddersfied Choral Society
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Passacaglias,
Two Passacaglias on Irish Themes
- Allegretto alla breve
- Andante sostenuto
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- premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham on November 3rd 1914
at Queen's Hall, London
- Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1922 (full score)
- ms. of full score at Schott's Londonscore
- ms. photoprints of full score in the Grainger Museum: MG C3/SCO-146
- Score and parts on hire from Eric Forder: eric.forder@bauer-hieber.com
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- 1994 MARCO POLO CD released: Cyril Scott: Orchestral Works
performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.
conducted by Peter Marchbank:
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| Pelléas
et Mélisande |
- Overture to the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
- dedicated to Willem De Haancompleted Feb 1 1900
- premiere conducted by Max Kaempfert in Feb/Mar/or April 1900
at the Frankfurt Palmengarten
- ms. holograph in the Grainger Museum (full score): MG C2/SCO-144
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Poem,
No. 4,
Twilight of the Year; arr |
- orchestral version of no. 4 of Poems
- premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 26 1913
at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall
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Poem,
No. 5,
Paradise-Birds; arr
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- orchestral version of no. 5 of Poems
- premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
- conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 26 1913
at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall
- Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne
- Score and parts on hire from Eric Forder: eric.forder@bauer-hieber.com
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Princess
Maleine, op. 18
Overture |
- Overture with organ after the play by Maurice Maeterlinckcomposed 1902
- premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 22 1907
at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall
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Rhapsody
for Orchestra No. 1,
op 32 |
- premiered
by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
conducted by Sir Henry Wood on September 10 1904
at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall, London
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| Rhapsody
for Orchestra No. 2 |
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| Russian Fair |
- composed ca. 1952London: Elkin
- score and parts on hire from Novello
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Summer Gardens
- Reverie in the Rose Garden
- Where the Bee Sucks
- Raindrops
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(Three) Symphonic Dances,
op. 22
- Allegro con brio
- Andante sostenuto e sempre molto cantabile
- Allegro energico
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- revision of Symphony No. 2
- performance of two movements conducted by Scott
on June 10, 1907 at a Promenade Concert in Birmingham
- performance of one movement by the New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Balfour Gardiner on May 1, 1912
at the fourth Balfour Gardiner Concert at Queen's Hall, London
- London: Elkin
- score and parts on hire from Novello
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- 1994 MARCO POLO CD released: Cyril Scott: Orchestral Works
performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.
conducted by Peter Marchbank
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Symphony, no.1, G major
- Allegro
- Andante
- Allegretto
- Tema con Varazioni
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- dedicated to Stefan George
- composed Apr. 1899, Dated 1899 by Percy Grainger.
- premiered by the Darmstadt Opera Orchestra
conducted by Willem De Haan on January 8, 1900
at the Archduke Court's Theater, Darmstadtlater
- withdrawn
- mss. in the Grainger Museum
(holograph: MG C2/SCO-224-1 and
copyist's hand: MG C2/SCO-224-2
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Symphony, no.2, op.22, A minor
- Andante
- Allegro con brio
- Andante
- Finale/Allegro
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- composed 1903premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 25, 1903
at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall, London
- manuscript fragments available from Cyril Scott Estate
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| Symphony, no.3
The Muses
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- for orchestra and chorus
- London: Schott, 1939
- ms. holograph sketches: MG C2/SCO-125
and photoprint of full score: MG C3/SCO-125-1
in the Grainger Museum
- Score and parts on hire from Eric Forder: eric.forder@bauer-hieber.com
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- 2004 CD released: Cyril Scott
performed by BBC Philharmonic
conducted by Martyn Brabbins
with the Huddersfied Choral Society
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Symphony, no.4
- Adagio Molto tranquillo
- Scherzo
- Rondo retrospettivo
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