Orchestral works by Cyril Scott
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Passacaglias,Two Passacaglias on Irish Themes
- Allegretto alla breve 6’33”
- Andante sostenuto 4’44”
- 1914; rev. 1916
- Duration: 11’17”
- Orch: 4(=picc).3.ca.4.bcl.4.cbsn / 6.4.3.1 / timp / perc (3) / cel / org / pf / 2 hp / strs
- 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 London [30769]
- ms. photoprints of full score in the Grainger Museum: MG C3/SCO-146
- 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
Please note: these recordings are not distributed in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Pelléas et Mélisande
Andantino - Andante con moto - Piú allegretto – Andante doloroso
- Overture to the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
- dedicated to Willem De Haan
- duration: 17'21"
- completed 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
- Realised and completed by Martin Yates (2012)
- score and parts available from the Cyril Scott Estate
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
Princess Maleine, op. 18,
Overture
- Overture with organ after the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
- composed 1902
- Destroyed by Scott.
- Not premiered until 1907 — premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
- conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 22 1907 at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall
- Dedicated to: Clemens von Franckenstein
- Notes: Entitled An Overture to Princess Maleine in Bone of Contention (138).
- Reworked c1912 as S.15