Orchestral Music

Aglavaine et Sélysette
Overture, Op. 21
  • overture to the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
  • composed ca. 1902

Arabesque
  • performance conducted by Scott ca. 1910 in Birmingham

Aubade
  • composed ca. 1906
  • dedicated to Sir Landon Ronald
  • performed on January 16 1906
    at a (George) Halford Concert, Birmingham

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
  • 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

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


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

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

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
  • Ballet Suite for Orchestra
  • composed 1913
  • duration: 00:08:00
  • Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne
  • whereabouts of score and parts unknown

Fantasia, op. 12, no.5
Symphonic Fantasia
  • composed ca. 1900


Heroic Suite, op.7 

  • Solemn Prelude
  • Legend
  • Capriccio and Andante
  • Theme with Variations
  • 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

Invention in F, arr. (J.S. Bach)
hpd, BWV 779,
  • conceived for orchestra w/ intro by C.S.
  • transcribed w/ intro by C.S.
  • Elkin, 1932
  • manuscript
  • Score and parts on hire from Novello

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

Neapolitan Rhapsody

 

  • London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1959 (full score)
  • score and parts on hire
  • 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

Neptune
Poem of the Sea

  • 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
  • 2004 CHANDOS CD released: Cyril Scott
    performed by BBC Philharmonic
    conducted by Martyn Brabbins
    with the Huddersfied Choral Society


Passacaglias,
Two Passacaglias on Irish Themes

  • Allegretto alla breve
  • Andante sostenuto
  • 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
  • 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:

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

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

Poem, No. 5,
Paradise-Birds; arr

  • 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

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

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

Rhapsody for Orchestra No. 2
  • composed ca. 1904

Russian Fair
  • composed ca. 1952London: Elkin
  • score and parts on hire from Novello

Summer Gardens

  • Reverie in the Rose Garden
  • Where the Bee Sucks
  • Raindrops

(Three) Symphonic Dances,
op. 22

  • Allegro con brio
  • Andante sostenuto e sempre molto cantabile
  • Allegro energico

  • 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
  • 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

Symphony, no.1, G major
  • Allegro
  • Andante
  • Allegretto
  • Tema con Varazioni
  • 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, Darmstadt
    later
  • withdrawn
  • mss. in the Grainger Museum
    (holograph: MG C2/SCO-224-1 and
    copyist's hand: MG C2/SCO-224-2

Symphony, no.2, op.22, A minor

  • Andante
  • Allegro con brio
  • Andante
  • Finale/Allegro
  • 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


Symphony, no.3

The Muses

  • 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
  • 2004 CD released: Cyril Scott
    performed by BBC Philharmonic
    conducted by Martyn Brabbins
    with the Huddersfied Choral Society

Symphony, no.4

  • Adagio Molto tranquillo
  • Scherzo
  • Rondo retrospettivo

Compiled with thanks to Laurie J. Sampsel and her book:  Cyril Scott: A Bio-Bibliography

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