Description
Holst - The Wandering Scholar; Suite De Ballet; A Song Of The Night - Ingrid Attrot (soprano), Neill Archer (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Donald Maxwell (bass), Leslie Hatfield (violin), Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox / Classic Chandos Audio CD 2012 / CHAN 10725 X
UPC 095115172520
The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 is a chamber opera in one act by the English composer Gustav Holst, composed 1929–30. The libretto, by Clifford Bax, is based on the book The Wandering Scholars by Helen Waddell.
The opera received its premiere at the David Lewis Theatre, Liverpool on 31 January 1934, but Holst did not hear the live performance because he was too ill to attend. The manuscript contains notes in Holst's own hand such as "More harmony" and "Tempo?", which indicated that Holst had thoughts of revising the work. However, Holst did not revise the manuscript before his death in May 1934.
Benjamin Britten prepared a chamber-orchestra version of the score for performance, and this version was given at the Cheltenham Music Festival in 1951. In 1968, Britten and Imogen Holst edited the opera for publication.
| Label: | Classic Chandos – CHAN 10725 X |
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| Series: | The Hickox Legacy |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
Jul 2012 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| Suite de Ballet, For Orchestra In E Flat Major, Op. 10, H. 43 | (19:29) | ||
| 1 | I. Danse Rustique | ||
| 2 | II. Valse | ||
| 3 | III Scene De Nuit | ||
| 4 | IV. Carnival | ||
| 5 | A Song Of The Night, For Violin & Orchestra. Op. 19/1, H. 74 | 8:31 | |
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The Wandering Scholar, Opera, Op. 50, H. 176 |
(25:23) |
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| 6 | When Boughs Are Green In April (Louis, Alison) - | ||
| 7 | When Rainbows Follow Flying Showers (Alison) - | ||
| 8 | Piggy, Piggy, Piggy! (Father Philippe, Alison) - | ||
| 9 | Someone Is Coming! (Alison, Father Philippe, Pierre) - | ||
| 10 | Before That I Was Twenty (Pierre, Father Philippe, Alison) - | ||
| 11 | Learned? Comely? | ||
| 12 | Heigho, A Pretty Knave! | ||
| 13 | He'll Lie All Day In The Sun | ||
| 14 | As I Was Walking Here To-Day |
- Composed By – Gustav Holst
- Conductor – Richard Hickox
- Orchestra – Northern Sinfonia
