Rutland Boughton(1878-1960): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

This catalogue of music by Boughton is, once again, offered with certain caveats. Boughton's music is difficult to list because of his withdrawal of a number of early pieces and because so much has lain ignored and neglected for so long. I shall welcome corrections, additions etc.........

RUTLAND BOUGHTON: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1897-98:   Piano Concerto (withdrawn and destroyed)
1898:      Tone Poem "Lucifer" (withdrawn and destroyed)
               "The Skeleton in Armour" for chorus and orchestra
1899/1903:  Tone Poem "A Summer Night", op.5: 13 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
1900:      Overture "The School for Scandal"
                Symphonic Suite "The Chilterns"
1901:      Songs of the English for baritone and orchestra, op.10  + (Dutton cd: three out of six)
                Symphonic March "March of the British"("Britannia")
                Tone Poem "Imperial Elegy: Into the Everlasting"
                Variations on a Theme of Purcell
               "The Invincible Armada" for baritone and orchestra
                            (and version for chorus and orchestra, 1909)
1902:      Tone Poem "Troilus and Cressida"/"Thou and I", op.17: 12 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
1904-05:Symphony No.1 "Oliver Cromwell" with baritone soloist: 37 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
1906:      Tone Poem "Love and Spring", op.23: 13 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
1907:      Symphonic Poem "Midnight" for chorus and orchestra
1910:      Prelude and Finale "The Brith of Arthur" (from the Opera)
1911:      Three Folk Dances for strings: 5 minutes  + (Hyperion cd)
                Song of Liberty for chorus and orchestra
1915:      Cantata "Bethlehem" for soprano, contralto, chorus and orchestra(shortened version of Choral Drama): 50 minutes  + (Hyperion cd)
1916:      Overture "The Round Table" (from the Opera)
1926:      Overture "The Queen of Cornwall" (from the Opera)
1926-27:Symphony No.2 "Deirdre: A Celtic Symphony": 34 minutes  *  + (BBC Classics cd)
1929:      Three Flights for Orchestra
1932:      "Winter Sun" for orchestra
1936:      Overture to the Arthurian Cycle
1936-37:Concerto for Oboe and Strings No.1 in C: 20 minutes  + (Hyperion cd)   
1937:      Symphony No.3 in B minor: 36 minutes   + (Hyperion and BBC Classics cds)
                 Concerto for Oboe and Strings No.2 in G
                Concerto in D minor for Flute and Strings: 15 minutes  + (Hyperion cd)
                Concerto for String Orchestra(Four English Pieces): 32 minutes  + (Hyperion cd)
1941:      Orchestral Prelude on a Christmas Hymn
                Rondo in Wartime for orchestra
1943:      Trumpet Concerto: 19 minutes  *
1945:      "Reunion-Variations for Orchestra" with soprano soloist
1952:      "Aylesbury Games" (Suite for strings): 22 minutes  + (Hyperion cd)

[Jimfin]

Thank you so much for this. One of the composers dearest to my heart. I actually have a tradition that whenever I get a new music player, be it a CD player, an iPhone or whatever, the first music I listen to must be by Boughton, since the first CD I ever bought was 'The Immortal Hour'.