Orchestral Works Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ String orchestra and harp (2 if possible) hp, str (violin 1, violin 2, viola 1, viola 2, cello 1, cello 2, double bass) Study score 9780193690806 Score and parts on hire 9780193690813 Violin 1 9780193866485 Violin 2 9780193866492 Viola 1 9780193866508 Viola 2 9780193866287 Cello 1 9780193866515 Cello 2 9780193866522 Double bass 9780193866539 Harp 9780193866546 <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> first encountered the old English folk song ‘Dives and Lazarus’ when he was 21, and here presents five variants that are, in his own words, ‘not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others’. The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and is a wonderful example of the composer’s use of sumptuous string textures and modal tonalities. 10 minutes ed. by Stephen Gregson Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ Concert band Score 9780193865297 Parts 9780193865303 Available from Emerson Wind Music arr. Roy Douglas Flourish for Wind Orchestral wind and brass 3 fl (III opt), ob, ca, ob III (opt), 2 cl, bcl (opt), 2 bn, cbn (opt), 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD, BD, cym), db Percussion: SD, BD, cym Score and parts on hire 9780193695535 This brief piece was originally composed for wind band in 1939 to open a pageant at the Royal Albert Hall. Simple but highly effective, it opens with a rousing fanfare that gives way to a stirring chorale-like passage, before the fanfare returns to close the piece. This version for orchestral wind and brass was premiered by Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra in 1974. Flourish for Glorious John Full orchestra picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (cym, SD, BD, glock, bells), hp, pn, org, str Score and parts on hire 9780193373129 This work was written for Sir John Barbirolli to open the 100th season of the Hallé Orchestra in 1957. It is a short yet colourful work, well-crafted and celebratory in nature. 2.5 minutes arr. Roy Douglas Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Suite Full orchestra or string orchestra and piano 2 fl (II + picc), 2 ob (II + ca), 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (glock, cym, tri, BD, SD), hp, str; OR pn, str Score and parts on hire 9780193691407 This suite was arranged by Roy Douglas, allowing an orchestral performance of <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong>’s charming choral cantata. Nine of the cantata’s sixteen folk song settings are incorporated into the suite, and Douglas maintains all of their original appeal in his orchestrations. To the Ploughboy and May Song • The Green Meadow and An Acre of Land • The Sprig of thyme and The Lark in the Morning • The Cuckoo • Wassail Song and Children’s Christmas Song 13 minutes arr. by David Stone Greensleeves Orchestra 2 fl or drec & trec, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hn, gtr, pno or hp, and str Available from Goodmusic: Score, Violin 1, 2, 3, Viola, cello, double Bass, des. rec, treble rec., wind set, and full set Bach, arr. by <strong>Vaughan</strong> Willians and Arnold Foster The Giant Fugue String orchestra A transcription by <strong>Ralph</strong> <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> and Arnold Foster for string orchestra of J. S. Bach’s ‘Giant’ Fugue Wir glauben all an einen Gott (BWV 680), one of his chorale preludes for organ. Available from Goodmusic arr. Helen Glatz Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13 String Orchestra This piece, based on a hymn tune (Song 13) written by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), was originally written for piano solo. <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> was an intimate life long friend of the famous British pianist Harriet Cohen. Cohen premiered the Hymn Tune Prelude in 1930, which he dedicated to her. Available from Goodmusic ed. James Francis Brown Harnham Down Chamber orchestra 2 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, str Study score 9780193399402 Score and parts on hire 9780193395466 <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> started composing Harnham Down in 1904, completing the work in 1907. Over four decades later <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> recalled the main theme of the work in his Oxford Elegy, which sets the Matthew Arnold poem (‘The Scholar Gypsy’) that was prefaced in the original score to Harnham Down. 7 minutes Household Music: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes Chamber orchestra 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, 2 perc (SD, tri), str Score and parts on hire 9780193694514 Crug-y-bar (Fantasia) • St Denio (Scherzo) • Aberystwyth (Variations) 15 minutes Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Full orchestra 2 fl (II + picc), 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, Eb cl (opt), 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, SD, hp, str Score and parts on hire 9780193692268 Score* 9780193403413 This work was composed in 1906, based on folk songs that <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> had collected at a fishing port in the English county of Norfolk the previous year. Having been premiered in the year of its composition at the Proms in London, the work was substantially revised in 1914 into its current form. From a captivatingly soft opening, the music slowly builds to an expansive and emotive climax, before the tone changes entirely to one of animation and vigour in the faster central section. This soon gives way, however, to a return of the softer material of the opening, with the piece ending as quietly and mesmerizingly as it began. *Available from Emerson Wind Music 10 minutes arr. O’Brien Wind band fl, ob, cor ang, bsn, cl, acl, bcl, c-acl, cbcl, asax, tsax, bsax, tpt, hn, tbn, bar, euph, tba, str bs, timp, perc, hp Score and parts 9780193854512 Available from Emerson Wind Music ed. Stephen Hogger Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 Full orchestra 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, tri, hp, str Study score 9780193403413 Score and parts on hire 9780193399754 <strong>Vaughan</strong> <strong>Williams</strong> originally wrote three Norfolk Rhapsodies with the intention of turning them into a three-movement Norfolk Symphony. This, the second rhapsody, is a telescoped slow movement and scherzo, which has been completed and edited by Stephen Hogger. The first has long been in the repertoire, but the Rhapsody No. 3 manuscript has not survived since its premiere in 1914. 10 minutes Orchestral Works 2 minutes 6 7
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