Instrumentation

2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 2200 – timp – perc(2): SD/BD/tamburo/tgl/t.bell – harp – strings

Availability

Score 0571508200 on sale, parts for hire

Reviews

"Each of its five brief movements is based on an English folk song and between them they encompass a wide range of moods, extending from the high-spirited dnace, 'Hunt the Squirrel', to the wistful melancholy of 'The Bitter Withy'. . ." Peter Heyworth, The Observer, 15 June 1975

Suite on English Folk Tunes (Orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

£22.00

Suite on English Folk Tunes

Herkulessaal, Residenz (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)

Thomas Adès/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Gerstein

Suite on English Folk Tunes

Herkulessaal, Residenz (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)

Thomas Adès/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Gerstein

Suite on English Folk Tunes

Zaryadye Hall (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Alexander Walker/Musica Viva

Suite on English Folk Tunes

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Die Glocke (Bremen, Germany)

Bremer Philharmoniker/Jane Glover

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Suite on English Folk Tunes

No Venue (Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)

Rheinische Orchesterakademie/Markus Huber

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'Suite on English Folk Tunes' reviews

'Each of its five brief movements is based on an English folk song and between them they encompass a wide range of moods, extending from the high-spirited dance, 'Hunt the Squirrel', to the wistful melancholy of 'The Bitter Withy'...the key to the work's title, 'A time there was...when all went well' (Hardy), perhaps lies in its finale, 'Lord Melbourne'. Here an elegiac lament on a solo English horn is build up to a powerful climax. Then there comes a brief but impassioned cry on obeo, clarine
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