Music Extracts and Concert Repertoire

[Central England Ensemble]
Central England Ensemble in concert at the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham


1. Music Extracts

Here are a few brief music extracts from concerts I have directed, all taken from live concert recordings:



Credits:
Birmingham Festival Choral Society Orchestra leader: Jeremy Ballard
Central England Ensemble leader: Anna Downes
Sinfonia of Birmingham leader: Richard Laing
D'Erlanger Messe de Requiem soloists: Constance Novis (soprano), Hyacinth Nicholls (mezzo-soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Alan Fairs (bass-baritone)
Puccini Madama Butterfly soloists: Sarah Estill (soprano), Jonathan Finney (tenor)
Wagner Götterdämmerung soloists: Sarah Estill (soprano), Jonathan Finney (tenor)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto soloist: Daniel Sanford-Casey
All performances conducted by Anthony Bradbury

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Note: all of the recordings listed above were made privately (for archive purposes) and strictly for non commercial use, with permission granted by the performers at the time of the concert. They may not be reproduced, copied or distributed under any circumstances.


2. Concert Repertoire

Here is a list (by no means exhaustive) of some of the works I have directed in concerts:

(In alphabetical order)

Anderson - Sleigh Ride
Arne - Rule, Britannia!
Arnold - Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59
Arnold - Larch Trees, Op. 3
Arnold - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Arnold - Overture, "Peterloo"
Arnold - Rhapsody for Orchestra, "The Sound Barrier" Op. 38
Arnold - Suite, "Whistle Down the Wind"
Arnold - Symphony No. 2

Bach, C.P.E. - Magnificat
Bach, J.S. - Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden BWV 230
Beethoven - Choral Fantasia
Beethoven - Overture, "Egmont"
Beethoven - Overture, "Ruins of Athens"
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Berlioz - Hungarian March
Bernstein - Suite, "West Side Story"
Bernstein - Symphonic Dances, "West Side Story"
Blake - The Snowman
Bliss - Royal Fanfare
Bliss - Suite, "Things to Come"
Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Borodin - Overture, "Prince Igor"
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
Bradbury, Anthony - Lord, My Trust
Bradbury, David - Christmas Festival [World Premiere]
Bradbury, David - Fanfare
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45
Brahms - Schicksalsied (A Song of Destiny), Op. 54
Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Britten - "Soirees Musicales" (Suite from Rossini), Op. 9
Britten - Te Deum Laudamus
Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Bruch - Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Butterworth - Rhapsody, "A Shropshire Lad"
Byrchmore - Threads of Gold [World Premiere]
Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus

Canteloube - Songs of the Auvergne
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Concerto No. 1, Op. 99
Chabrier - Fete Polonaise
Chilcott - Irish Blessing
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland - Four Dance Episodes (Rodeo)
Corelli - Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 ("Christmas Concerto")
Courtney - A Musicological Journey through the 12 Days of Christmas

Delius - La Calinda (Koanga)
Delius - Sleigh Ride
Delius - Summer Evening
Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden
D'Erlanger - Messe de Requiem
Downes, Andrew - Celtic Rhapsody [World Premiere]
Downes, Andrew - Concert Overture, "Towards a New Age"
Downes, Andrew - O Praise the Lord (Psalm 150)
Downes, Andrew - Symphony No. 2
Downes, Andrew - Toccata for Small Orchestra Op. 26
Dukas - Fanfare pour Précéder "La Péri"
Duruflé - Requiem
Dvorak - Psalm 149
Dvorak - Requiem
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 in G
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("New World")

Elgar - As Torrents in Summer
Elgar - Civic Fanfare (Hereford)
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Elgar - Give Unto the Lord (Psalm 29)
Elgar - In the South
Elgar - My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Elgar - Sea Pictures
Elgar - Suite No. 2, "The Wand of Youth"
Elgar - Violin Concerto

Falla - Ritual Fire Dance ("Love the Magician")
Fanshawe, David - Fantasy on Dover Castle
Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine
Fauré - Pavane
Fauré - Requiem
Fauré - Suite, "Pelleas et Mélisande"
Finzi - God is Gone Up
Finzi - In Terra Pax
Finzi - Intimations of Immortality
Finzi - Introit
Finzi - Magnificat
Finzi - Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Franck - Variations Symphonique

Gernon, Ben - Resurrectio Magus
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Gibbons - The Silver Swan
Glinka - Overture, "A Life for the Tsar"
Grainger (arr.) - The Londonderry Air
Grieg - Norwegian Dances
Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor

Handel - The King Shall Rejoice
Handel - Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
Handel - Water Music
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C
Haydn - The Creation
Haydn - Harmoniemesse
Haydn - Missa Brevis in F
Haydn - Stabat Mater
Haydn - Symphony No. 104 ("London")
Haydn - Te Deum Laudamus
Hely-Hutchinson - The Young Idea
Holst - A Somerset Rhapsody
Holst - Suite, "The Planets"
Holst - Suite No. 1 in Eb
Horner - Suite, "Titanic"
Horovitz - Euphonium Concerto
Howells - Like as the Hart
Howells - Requiem
Hummel - Introduction, Theme and Variations Op. 102
Humperdinck - Prelude, "Hansel and Gretel"

Ippolitove-Ivanov - Procession of the Sirdar
Ireland, John - Greater Love Hath No Man

Jacob - Fanfare and National Anthem
Jacob - Highways
Janacek - Adagio
Joubert, John - Autumn Rain
Joubert, John - Behold, the Tabernacle of God
Joubert, John - Christ is Risen
Joubert, John - For the Beauty of the Earth [Second Performance]
Joubert, John - Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge
Joubert, John - O Praise God in His Holiness (Psalm 150)

Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite
Khachaturian - Suite, "Spartacus"
Knussen - Horn Concerto Op. 28
Kodaly - Suite, "Harry Janos"

Lalo - Overture, "Le Roi d'Ys"
Langley, James - Berceuse for Strings
Langley, James - Fanfare for Midland Youth Orchestra
Langley, James - Overture and Beginners
Lotti - Crucifixus

MacCunn - Overture, "Land of the Mountain and the Flood"
Massenet - Ballet Music from "Le Cid"
Maxwell Davies - The Kestrel Road
Maxwell Davies - Lullabye for Lucy
McBrien, Roger - Fanfare
Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mendelssohn - Overture, "The Hebrides" (Fingal's Cave)
Mendelssohn - Overture, "St. Paul"
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 ("Scottish")
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
Mozart - Ave Verum
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 in D K417
Mozart - Laudate Dominum
Mozart - Oboe Concerto
Mozart - Mass in C Minor K427
Mozart - Les Petits Riens (Ballet Music)
Mozart - Overture, "The Magic Flute"
Mozart - Overture, "The Marriage of Figaro"
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C (K467)
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A (K488)
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364

Nicolai - Overture, "Merry Wives of Windsor"
Nielsen - Symphony No. 1

Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens
Parry - I Was Glad
Parry - Jerusalem
Pearsall - Lay a Garland
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev - Suites, "Romeo and Juliet"
Prokofiev - Suite, "Lieutenant Kijé" Op. 60
Prokofiev - Suite, "Winter Bonfire" Op. 122
Puccini - Madama Butterfly (excerpts)

Quilter - Non Nobis Domine

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Rheinberger - Abendlied
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Rose, Nathan - In Thought and Mind
Rossini - Overture, "The Thieving Magpie"
Rutter - Gloria

Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ")
Salm, Andreas - Clarinet Concerto
Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in Bb major
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor
Schumann - Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra in F, Op. 86
Serocki - Trombone Concerto
Shore - Suite, "Lord of the Rings"
Shostakovich - Festive Overture
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47
Sibelius - Finlandia
Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D
Sibelius - Valse Triste
Smetana - Three Dances from "The Bartered Bride"
Smyth, Dame Ethel - Opera Overture, "The Wreckers"
Stanford - Three Motets
Strauss, Richard - Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb
Strauss, Richard - Suite, "Der Rosenkavalier"
Strauss, Richard - Tod und Verklärung Op. 24 (Death and Transfiguration)
Strauss, Richard - Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Stravinsky - Greeting Prelude
Stravinsky - Symphony No. 1 in Eb
Sullivan - The Long Day Closes
Sullivan - Overture, "The Pirates of Penzance"

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations
Tchaikovsky - Fantasy Overture, "Romeo and Juliet"
Tchaikovsky - Suite, "The Sleeping Beauty" Op. 66a
Tchaikovsky - Suite, "Swan Lake" Op. 20a
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Tchaikovsky - Waltz, "Eugene Onegin"
Tucapski - Five Lenten Motets
Tyetieryev - Symphonies with Sacred Litanies [World Premiere]
Tyetieryev - Vespers [World Premiere]

Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Vaughan Williams - Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Vaughan Williams - London Symphony
Vaughan Williams - O Clap Your Hands
Vaughan Williams - O Taste and See
Vaughan Williams - Overture, "The Wasps"
Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams - Three Shakespeare Songs
Vivaldi - Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera

Wagner - Götterdämmerung (excerpts)
Wagner - Overture, Rienzi
Wagner - Overture, Tannhäuser
Wagner - Prelude, Die Meistersinger
Waldteufel - Waltz, "The Skaters"
Walton - Coronation March, "Crown Imperial"
Walton - Coronation Te Deum
Walton - Funeral March, "Hamlet"
Walton - Prelude and Fugue ("Spitfire")
Walton - A Shakespeare Suite (Richard III)
Walton - Set Me As a Seal
Walton - Suite, Henry V
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb, Op. 74
Weinberger - Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper"
Whitcroft, Michael - Rhapsody for Guitar and Strings
Williams, John - Film Music: Star Wars, Superman. E.T., Schindler's List
Williams, Stephen - A Simple Folkish Song
Williams, Stephen - "Celebration: In Praise of Midland Youth" [World Premiere]
Wood - O Thou the Central Orb
Woolfenden, Guy - The Owl and the Cuckoo