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« on: November 16, 2012, 03:28:15 pm »

      BRITISH HARPSICHORD CONCERTOS

RECORDED

Cyril Scott(1879-1971):      Harpsichord Concerto(1937)   (Cameo Classics)


UNRECORDED

Stanley Bate(1911-59):      Concerto for Harpsichord and small orchestra(1952-55)

William Mathias(1934-92):   Concerto for Harpsichord, strings and percussion(1971) **

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett(1936-): Harpsichord Concerto(1980)

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Richard Arnell(1917-2009):   Concerto for Harpsichord and chamber orchestra(1947)    (lost)   

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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 11:52:25 pm »

There is a concerto for harpsichord and brass (1964) by John White (b.1936).
Unfortunately that too is lost.
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 10:44:36 am »

Perhaps we should include the lovely Concertino for harpsichord and string orchestra from 1934 or 1936 by Walter Leigh (1905-1942, he was killed in action at Tobruk).

There are at least two recordings available: one on a Lyrita cd devoted to his music and another on a BBC Classics cd with radio recordings; the concertino was recorded by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Neville Marriner in 1972. See also: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Sept07/Leigh_srcd289.htm

              
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 10:54:42 am »

Oh thanks for this about Walter Leigh. I was just reading about him the other day. One little piece (music from A Midsummer Night's Dream) is on a Dutton "British Composers Conduct", and I realised the other day that he is the only UK composer I'm aware who was killed in the war. I'd be interested to hear more of him.
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2013, 11:26:59 am »

I realised the other day that he is the only UK composer I'm aware who was killed in the war. I'd be interested to hear more of him.

Michael Heming (1920-1942) was also killed in the N Africa campaign, at El-Alamein.

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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 12:52:35 pm »

There's also the Concerto for recorder, harpsichord and strings from 1982 by Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), found in the 5-cd box with British concertos 'My England', a real treasure trove (that was, or was it not, saved from the Nimbus legacy?) Sanctuary Records CD RSB 505.
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2013, 08:22:11 pm »

And one by Robert Milford - and another by Francis Shaw (the score of wich I have - somewhere!).
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