Patric Standford(1939-): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

I was in two minds about whether to compile a catalogue of Patric Standford's music. The only piece of his I recall hearing-the Symphony No.1 "The Four Seasons", available for download here-is quite a 'modern-sounding piece'. Although a pupil of Edmund Rubbra, Standford also studied with both Malipiero and Lutoslawski. I understand that one member here has crossed swords with Standford in print

However, Standford is a living British symphonist and (the deciding factor) his First Symphony and the Cello Concerto played by Raphael Wallfisch have recently been recorded under the baton of David Lloyd-Jones no less for issue shortly on cd by the British Music Society.  I considered therefore that it would be a good idea for those encountering Standford for the first time to know what he has composed in the orchestral and choral fields.

PATRIC STANDFORD: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1967:             Nocturne for orchestra: 7 minutes
1968/1995: "Notte" for small orchestra: 12 minutes
                     Five Epigrams for small orchestra: 8 minutes
1969:           Ballet Suite "Celestial Fire": 15 minutes
1969/1982: Concerto della Creature for medium voice and strings: 15 minutes
1972:             Symphony No.1 "The Seasons-An English Year": 30 minutes  *  +  (British Music Society cd )
1972/2008: "Christus Requiem"(an oratorio for Easter) for narrator, soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 60 minutes
1974/2004:   Cello Concerto: 25 minutes + (BMS cd)
1976:             Symphony No.4 "Taikyoku" for two pianos and percussion: 20 minutes
1978:             Symphony No.2 "A Christmas Carol Symphony": 15 minutes
1978/1998: A Symphony for Christmas for symphonic wind orchestra: 20 minutes
1980:            Ballet Suite "Reflections": 45 minutes
                      Prelude to a Fantasy "The Naiades": 10 minutes + (BMS cd)
1981:           "Dialogues" for Cimbalon and Chamber Orchestra: 15 minutes
1981-82:    "Towards Paradise" for chorus and orchestra: 30 minutes
1982/1997: Symphony No.3 "The Prayer of St. Francis": a masque in five scenes for chorus and orchestra: 26 minutes
1983:         Folksongs(Set 1) for strings: 12 minutes
1985:         Symphony No.5 for soprano and orchestra: 30 minutes
1990:         Folksongs(Set 2) for strings: 14 minutes
1992:         "War Memorial" for strings: 10 minutes
1994:         A Jersey Suite: 15 minutes
1996:         "The Castle of Otranto: Prelude to a Gothic Story" for symphonic wind band: 14 minutes
1997:         A Vaudeville Suite for symphonic wind orchestra: 20 minutes
1998:         A West End Overture: 10 minutes
                   Prelude and Fugue: an overture for large wind orchestra: 10 minutes
1999:         Concertino for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra: 14 minutes
2008(rev): "Saracinesco-an aerial landscape" for orchestra: 12 minutes