Sir Lennox Berkeley(1903-89): A Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

I think that it might be appropriate to point out to those who have used that invaluable book by Eric Gilder "Dictionary of Composers and their Music"(1985) that the catalogues I have been compiling are-and I fear this will sound, perhaps grotesquely, immodest-more accurate and complete than those in Gilder's text.
My scope is, of course, more restricted (to orchestral and orchestra-accompanied choral music) but I have also tried to include opus numbers, timings and cd discographies. By using publishers' catalogues and many other resources I have, I think, been able to correct inaccurate dates in Gilder and to add works which Gilder omitted.

SIR LENNOX BERKELEY: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1927:   Suite for orchestra
1932:   Ballet
c.1932:  Ode for chorus, trumpet and strings
1934:   Overture, op.8: 8 minutes
1935:   Oratorio "Jonah" for tenor, bass, treble, chorus and orchestra, op.3: 1 hour
c.1936:  "Deux poemes de Pindare" for chorus and orchestra: 7 minutes
1937:   "Mont Juic"-Suite of Catalan Dances(with Benjamin Britten), op. 9: 11 minutes     + (Lyrita and Naxos cds)
             "Domini est terra" for chorus and orchestra, op.10: 9 minutes
1938:   Introduction and Allegro for two pianos and orchestra, op.11: 14 minutes
             Ballet "The Judgment of Paris"   + (Dutton cd)
1939:   Serenade for string orchestra, op.12: 12 minutes   + (Lyrita and Nimbus cds)
             Cello Concerto: 21 minutes   *
1940:   Symphony No.1, op.16: 28 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1943:   Divertimento in B flat for orchestra, op.18: 18 minutes  + (Lyrita cd)
1946:   Nocturne for orchestra, op.25: 12 minutes      *
1947:   Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avilafor contralto and strings, op.27:  13 minutes     + (Pearl, EMI and Chandos cds)
             Stabat Mater for two sopranos, contralto, tenor, two basses and small orchestra, op.28: 37 minutes     *
             Piano Concerto, op.29: 25 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
             Overture for Chamber Orchestra: 8 minutes
1948:   Concerto for Two Pianos and orchestra, op.30: 28 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
             "Colonus' Praise" for chorus and orchestra, op.31: 10 minutes
1950:   Sinfonietta, op.34   + (Lyrita cd)
1951:   Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons for tenor, chorus, strings and organ, op.35: 18 minutes
1952:   Flute Concerto, op.36: 21 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1953:   Suite for orchestra: 21 minutes
1955:   Suite from the Opera "Nelson" for orchestra, op.42: 16 minutes
             Interlude from "Nelson": 5 minutes
1958:   Concerto for Piano and Double String Orchestra, op.46: 23 minutes
             Symphony No.2, op. 51: 26 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1959:   Overture for Light Orchestra: 7 minutes
1960:   Suite from "A Winter's Tale", op.54: 16 minutes
1961:   Five Pieces for Violin and Orchestra, op.56: 20 minutes
             Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra, op.61: 22 minutes   + (EMI cd)
1962:   "Batter my Heart, Three Person'd God" for soprano, chorus, ensemble and organ, op. 60/1: 13 minutes
1963:   Four Ronsard Sonnets, Set 2, for tenor and orchestra, op.62: 18 minutes  *
1965:   Partita for chamber orchestra, op.66: 12 minutes   + (Lyrita cd)
1967:   "Signs in the Dark" for chorus and strings, op.69:   24 minutes    *
1968:   Magnificat for chorus, orchestra and organ, op.71: 24 minutes    *   + (Intaglia cd)
1969:   Symphony No.3, op.74: 15 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
             Windsor Variations for chamber orchestra, op.75: 13 minutes        *
1970:   Dialogue for Cello and Chamber Orchestra, op.79: 17 minutes       *
1971:   "Diana and Actaeon Waltz(Palm Court Waltz) for orchestra, op.81/2: 7 minutes
1973:   Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe and Orchestra, op.84: 22 minutes     *  + (Chandos cd)
             "Antiphon" for string orchestra, op.85: 11 minutes   + (Dutton cd)
             "Voices of the Night" for orchestra, op.86: 9 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1974:   Suite for string orchestra, op.87: 11 minutes
             Guitar Concerto, op.88: 20 minutes   + (RCA and Chandos cds)
1978:   Symphony No.4, op.94: 27 minutes   *   + (Chandos cd)
             Elegy for strings, op.33/2b: 3 minutes