William Walton Catalogue

This revised, updated, and expanded edition of the definitive catalogue of works by Sir William Walton (1902-83) follows the completion of the William Walton Edition. A comprehensive source of musical and documentary information relevant to Walton's life and work, the catalogue features full details of composition dates, instrumentation, first performance, publication, the location of autograph manuscripts, critical comment, and significant recordings, as well as previously undiscovered pieces. Appended are a helpful bibliography for further reading and indexes including for works, authors of texts, first lines, and dedicatees.

Duration: 7 minutes

Duration: 7 minutes Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1(opt)/timp/perc (2: cym, gong, glock, t bell, sd, td, bd)/hp/strings Publication: study score: OUP, 1967 at 21s (also shows the full orchestration) Recordings: LP, CD Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Groves. Columbia TWO 272 (1969); EMI CDMS 66593 2 (1997) • Philharmonia Orchestra / David Willcocks. Chandos CHAN 8998 (1991); CHAN 9426 (1995); CHAN 241–10 (1999) C33b Crown Imperial abridged and arranged by John Rutter for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Duration: 6 minutes 15 seconds Instrumentation: 1(+ picc).2.2.2/2.3.1.0/timp/perc (1: cyms, sus cym, sd, td)/org/hp/strings, and brass ensemble containing 4 fanfare tpt, 2 fanfare t tpt, and fanfare sd First performance: London, Westminster Abbey, 29 April 2011; London Chamber Orchestra, Fanfare Trumpeters of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, and Robert Quinney (organ), conducted by Christopher Warren-Green Publication: score and parts on hire: OUP, 2011 Recordings: CD The Royal Wedding: The Official Album: Decca 2770662 (2011) C33c Crown Imperial arrangement for small orchestra with piano by Hyam Greenbaum First performance: London, Highgate School Hall, 16 February 1938; School Orchestra, conducted by E. T. Chapman Publication: piano conductor and parts: OUP, 1937, at 10s Note: In the Oxford Press Bulletin of March 1938, there is a quotation from The Strad which says of the reduction, ‘In the case of . . . some other instruments not being available, those parts can be filled in by the pianist playing from the piano conductor’s copy. In view of the success of the march, such an arrangement will be a great help for small bands.’ C33d Crown Imperial arrangement of the 1967 version for amateur orchestra by David Stone Instrumentation: 2.2.2.1/2.2.2.b tbn.0/timp/perc (3: tri, cym, large gong, glock, t bell in C, sd, td, bd)/pno duet (opt)/strings C33 Crown Imperial 45 Publication: score: OUP, 1969 at 25s C33e Crown Imperial original version arranged for amateur orchestra by Martin Rutherford Instrumentation: 2(II + picc).2.2.2/3.3.3.1/timp/ perc (4)/org (opt)/strings First performance: Adelaide, Australia, Town Hall, 20 December 1993; Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martin Rutherford Publication: unpublished C33f Crown Imperial arrangement for military band by W. J. Duthoit Duration: 9 minutes First UK performance: unable to trace First USA performance: New York, Center Park, 9 July 1939; Goldman Band, conducted by Edwin Goldman Publication: score and parts: Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, 1937 at 20s (QMB 76) Recordings: LP, CD Eastern Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell. Mercury SR 90325 (1959); Fontana 6747 117 (1975); MER 432 009 2 (1990) • Scots Guards / R. J. Owen. SRC 107 (2002) C33g Crown Imperial arrangement for brass band by Frank Wright Recordings: LP, CD Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand. Decca SB 309 (1971) • Black Dyke Mills Band / James Watson. ASV CD WHL 2093 (1995) C33h Crown Imperial arrangement for brass ensemble by Edward Marsh Instrumentation: 1 hn, 4 tpt, 3 tbn, 1 b tbn, 1 tuba Recordings: CD Harlequin Brass Ensemble / Keiron Anderson / Neil Taylor (organ). NPC Records NPC 001 (1999) C33i Crown Imperial arrangement for brass and organ by Arthur Wills Instrumentation: hns, tpts, tbns, tuba, org Recordings: LP, CD Cambridge Co-operative Band / David Read / Arthur Wills (organ of Ely Cathedral). Phillips A 66068 (1983); Hyperion CDH 55003 (1999) For perusal purposes only

46 C34 In Honour of the City of London C33j Crown Imperial arrangement for brass, organ, and percussion by Christopher Palmer Instrumentation: 4hn, 4tpt, 3tbn, tuba/timp/perc (3: cym, bell, sd, bd)/org/hp (opt) Duration: 6 minutes First performance: London, Westminster Abbey, Friday October 1989 (Laurence Olivier Memorial Service); London Brass Ensemble, Jane Lister (harp), Andrew Lumsden (organ), conducted by Martin Neary Publication: score and parts on hire: OUP, 1989 Recordings: CD English Chamber Orchestra / Martin Neary / Martin Baker (organ). Cantoris CSACD 3050 (1994) C33k Crown Imperial (‘That we may never fail’) vocal adaptation by Doris Arnold; score adapted by Arthur Sandford Commissioned by: the BBC for a Gala Variety Concert in honour of the Silver Wedding of HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1948 Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds First performance: London, Adelphi Theatre, 25 April 1948 (recorded and broadcast on 26 April 1948 in the BBC Light Programme); Peter Dawson, Kentucky Minstrels, the Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, with Charles Smart (organ), conducted by Leslie Woodgate C33l Crown Imperial arrangement for piano by the composer (full version with optional cut shown) Publication: piano score: OUP, 1937 at 2s 6d • WWE vol. 20, pp. 132–41 Bibliography: Michael Aston, WWE vol. 20 C33m Crown Imperial arrangement for piano duet by Herbert Murrill (full version with optional cut shown) Publication: piano duet score: OUP: 1949 at 5s Bibliography: Making Music 12 (spring 1950), 27; MT 91 (January 1950), 31 (WRA) C33n Crown Imperial arrangement for organ by Herbert Murrill (full version with optional cut shown) First performance: Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 23 June 1937 (Encaenia at Oxford University); Dr Sydney Watson (New College) Other early performances: Edinburgh, St.Giles’ Cathedral, 7 July 1937 (the installation of Queen Elizabeth as a Lady of the Order of the Thistle); Dr Wilfrid Greenhouse Allt • London, BBC Studios, 30 July 1937 (first broadcast on the BBC National Programme); Ralph Downes Publication: score: OUP: 1937 at 2s 6d (Oxford Organ Music Series) • score in The Oxford Book of Wedding Music, OUP, 1991 • Robert Gower, ed., A Walton Organ Album, OUP, 1996 Recordings: LP, CD Simon Preston (organ, Westminster Abbey). Argo ZRG 5448 (1977) • Robert Gower (organ, Hereford Cathedral). Priory PRCD 591 (1996) C34 In Ho n o u r of th e Ci t y of Lon d o n cantata for mixed chorus (SSAATTBB) and orchestra Text: from the poem In Honour of the City of London by William Dunbar (?1460–c1525), written on the occasion of the marriage of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor in 1501 Date of composition: 1937 Holograph: Whereabouts of the full score unknown. A photocopy reveals that it was dated ‘September 5th 1937.’ Walton presented his autograph to the London Contemporary Music Centre for a raffle prize in June 1951 (Internal memo, OUP archive, dated 11 June 1951) • Holograph vocal score (incomplete): Beinecke: GEN MSS 601 (FRKF 596) • Holograph optional harp II part of the cantata: OUP archive, Oxford • Photocopies of the autograph score and analytical notes can be found in the William Walton Archive, Ischia and the OUP Archive in Oxford. These notes appear in WWE vol. 5 as Appendix II (p. 289). Commissioned by: the 1937 Leeds Triennial Music Festival Instrumentation: picc.2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp/perc (2: tri, cyms, sus cym, glock, t bells, sd, bd, tamb)/2hp (II opt)/strings Dedication: To the Leeds Festival Chorus, 1937 Duration: 17 minutes First performance: Leeds, Town Hall, 6 October 1937; Leeds Festival Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Sargent For perusal purposes only