William Walton Catalogue

Façade 2: A Further

Façade 2: A Further Entertainment On the occasion of the composer’s 75th birthday in 1977, it was decided to put together eight of the unpublished numbers from Façade, preceded by the published Fanfare, and to perform them under the title Facade Revived at a special birthday concert organized by Lina Lalandi, director of the English Bach Festival. The concert took place on 25 March 1977 at the Plaisterers’ Hall, London, with a second performance on 3 June (see below). While reading the proofs of this version the following year, Walton decided to reject three of the numbers, replace them by others, and radically to rework and order the music. The result was Façade 2. Text: poems by Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) Holographs and first performance: Title-page and other prelims: Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638u). 1. Flourish—Came the Great Popinjay [‘Herodiade’s Flea’] Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638u). This also contains the autographs of ‘The Octogenarian’ and ‘Through Gilded Trellises’. Also in FRKF 638u is an autograph fair copy in pencil of Façade 2, as shown in the published facsimile. Also at Beinecke (Koch 638v) is a first revision of the above. First performance: 12 June 1923; also 29 March 1972 (Walton’s 70th-birthday celebrations) 2. Aubade (‘Jane, Jane’) Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638d). First performance: 24 January 1922 3. March (‘Ratatantan: The Marshall’s harrier’) Two versions: Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638j and FRKF 638s). First performance: 26 June 1926 4. Madame Mouse Trots (‘Dame Souris trotte’) Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638u). First performance: 24 January 1922 5. The Octogenarian Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638c). First performance: 24 January 1922 6. Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad (‘Baskets of ripe fruit in air’) Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638u). First performance: 12 June 1923 7. Water Party (‘Rose Castles’) Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638u). First performance: 24 January 1922 8. Said King Pompey Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638b). First performance: 24 January 1922 C12 Façade 13 Instrumentation: fl (+ picc), cl (+ bcl), a sax, tpt, vc, perc, reciter Dedication: To Cathy Berberian Duration: 12 minutes First performance (billed as Façade Revived): London, Plaisterers’ Hall, 25 March 1977. Richard Baker (reciter) and the English Bach Festival Ensemble: David Buck (flute, piccolo), Anthony Pay (clarinet, bass clarinet), Stephen Trier (alto saxophone), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Christopher van Kampen (cello), and Terence Emery (percussion), conducted by Charles Mackerras. Fanfare; 1. Daphne; 2. Herodiade’s Flea (Came the Great Popinjay); 3. The Last Galop; 4. The Octogenarian; 5. March; 6. The White Owl; 7. Aubade; 8. Said King Pompey Second performance (billed as Façade Revisited: ten additional unpublished items): London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3 June 1977 (Silver Jubilee concert; broadcast on BBC Radio 3). Cathy Berberian and Richard Baker (reciters) and members of the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Colin Davis. First performance of Façade 2: A Further Entertainment: Snape, Maltings, 19 June 1979. Cathy Berberian and Peter Pears (reciters), Richard Adeney (fl, picc), Thea King (cl, bcl), Stephen Trier (sax), Crispian Steele Perkins (tpt), Charles Tunnell (vc), and James Blades (perc), conducted by Steuart Bedford. Flourish, 1. Came the Great Popinjay; 2. Aubade (Improvisando); 3. March; 4. Madam Mouse Trots; 5. The Octogenarian; 6. Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad; 7. Rose Castles (Water Party); 8. Said King Pompey First broadcast performance: A recording of the performance from the Maltings, Snape, from 19 June was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 9 October 1979. First London performance: British Music Information Centre, 3 December 1979. Bernard Keefe (reciter) and the Blue Rider Ensemble, conducted by John Jansson. Publication: Facsimile score: OUP, 1979 at £4.75 Score and parts on hire WWE vol. 7, pp. 161–89. Offprinted as study score. Score and parts offprinted OUP, 2000. Bibliography: • FT, 29 March 1977, p. 3 (R. Crichton); Gdn, 26 March 1977, p. 10 (E. Greenfield); STimes, 3 April 1977, p. 38 (D. Shawe-Taylor); Tempo 133/4 (1980), 3–9 (P. Driver) Recordings: see Façade Entertainment above, p. 12 For perusal purposes only

14 C12 Façade Other versions Prologue to Façade: ‘Something lies beyond the Scene’ A scenic production of Façade with the Prologue, ‘Something lies beyond the Scene’, devised and compiled by Pamela Hunter, based on texts by Edith Sitwell. Instrumentation: fl (+ picc), cl (+ bcl), sax, tpt, vc, perc (1: cym, castanet, sd), reciter Duration: 10 minutes First performance: Zürich, Theater am Hechtplatz, 2 June 1986. Pamela Hunter (reciter) and ensemble. First UK performance: London, Carlyle Square, at the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate Sir Osbert Sitwell, 14 October 1986. Annabel Hunt, John Amis, Pamela Hunter, Miles Kington, Prunella Scales, Richard Stilgoe (reciters), with the Park Lane Music Players, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury. Further performances were given at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, on 28 June 1987 and at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 9 and 17 August 1987. Pamela Hunter (reciter), with members of the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Paul Daniel. After a Royal Gala Performance in the gardens of Carlyle Square, London, on 14 October 1986, BBC television invited Pamela Hunter to perform her Prologue and Façade for a film, made in June 1987 with the Nash Ensemble, conducted by Jim Parker and directed by David Cheetham. This was subsequently televised on 22 November 1987 (BBC2). Publication: Score and parts on hire: OUP, 1989 Ballet choreographed by Mark Morris First performance: San Francisco, Zellerbach Hall, 5 October 2002. Mark Morris Dance Group and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Cole. An Edith Sitwell Celebration A musical/poetry recital featuring unpublished original settings of Façade Revived, not previously performed in Australia. Of Walton’s few surviving pages that were separate versions in two keys, a reconstruction of the first section of Edith Sitwell’s ‘Pluto-Mazurka’ was also prepared for the occasion by the Australian composer Robert Hughes. First performance: Melbourne, Queen’s Hall (State Library of Victoria), 16 October 1987. Beverley Dunn, James Inglis, and Kevin McBeath (readers), Margaret Crawford (fl, picc), Andrew Mitchell (cl, bcl), Peter Clinch (a sax), John Schmidli (tpt), Valerie Awburn (vc), and John Seal (perc), conducted by Douglas Gamley. Additional Numbers Text: poems by Edith Sitwell Holographs: Small Talk (‘Upon the noon Cassandra died’) Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638b). First performance: 24 January 1922 Daphne (‘When green as a river was the barley’) Whereabouts unknown. First performance: 12 June 1923 The White Owl (‘The currants, moonwhite as Mother Bunch’) Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 638d). First performance: 12 June 1923 The Last Galop (‘Gone the saturnalia’) HRHRC. First performance: 3 March 1930 Trams (‘Castles of crystal’) British Library, London: MS Mus 1565. Bequeathed to the BL in 2003 by the American actress Irene Worth. A note on the envelope states ‘Given to Irene Worth by William Walton’. First performance: 12 June 1923 Publication: All numbers except ‘Trams’: WWE vol. 7, pp. 190–211. Offprinted as study score. Score and parts offprinted OUP, 2000. See Facsimiles for ‘Trams’. Lost or Incomplete Numbers Text: poems by Edith Sitwell Holographs: The Wind’s Bastinado (‘The Wind’s Bastinado Whipped the Calico Skin’) First performance: 24 January 1922 Switchback (‘By the blue wooden sea’) First performance: 24 January 1922 Bank Holiday I (‘The houses on a seesaw rush’) Bank Holiday II (‘Seas are roaring like a lion’) First performance: 24 January 1922 Springing Jack (‘Green wooden leaves clap light away’) For perusal purposes only