Bernard Rogers(1893-1968): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

Bernard Rogers was a Romantic American composer from the same sort of stable as Howard Hanson and Paul Creston. Indeed Rogers taught at the Eastman School at Rochester University as a colleague of Hanson. He was a pupil of Ernest Bloch, Nadia Boulanger and, it may surprise some to learn, Frank Bridge.
Sadly his music seems to have almost completely disappeared and little of it has been commercially recorded.

Attempting to compile this catalogue was therefore a risky undertaking since I am not aware that it has been attempted before. It involved me having to scan through back copies of the Rochester newspapers It is my best attempt

BERNARD ROGERS: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1918:   Symphonic Elegy "To the Fallen"
1922:   Overture "The Faithful"
             Soliloquy No.1 for Flute and Strings
1924:   "In the Gold Room" for orchestra
1925:   "Fuji in the Sunset Glow" for orchestra
1925:   Symphony No.1 "Adonais": 15 minutes
             Prelude to "Hamlet" for orchestra
1927:   Arab Love Songs for soprano and orchestra
1928:   Symphony No.2
1929:   "The Raising of Lazarus" for three solo voices, chorus and orchestra
1931:   Sacred Poem "The Exodus" for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
1933:   Three Japanese Dances for orchestra: 11 minutes   *
                 (also version for wind band- Mercuryand Mark Masters cds)
1934:   Two American Frescoes for orchestra: 11 minutes
1936:   Symphony No.3 "On a Thanksgiving Song"   *
             Suite "Once Upon a Time: Five Fairy Tales" for string orchestra: 12 minutes   + (Mercury cd)
1937:   Symphonic Picture "The Supper at Emmaus": 7 minutes
             Fantasy for Flute, Viola and Orchestra: 7 minutes
1938:   Soliloquy No.2 for Bassoon and string orchestra: 6 minutes
1939:   Suite "Song of the Nightingale": 19 minutes    *
             "The Colours of War" for orchestra: 6 minutes
1940:   Symphony No.4: 22 minutes   *
             "The Dance of Salome:" for orchestra: 9 minutes
1941:   Suite "The Plains"; 14 minutes
1942:   Oratorio "The Passion" for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra: 45 minutes
             "The Sailors of Toulon" for orchestra: 10 minutes
1943:   "Invasion" for orchestra
1944:   Suite for Flute, Oboe and Strings "The Silver World": 14 minutes   *
             "Anzacs" for orchestra: 8 minutes
1945:   Elegy in Memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt for flute, two horns, timpani and strings: 7 minutes    *
1946:   Overture "Amphitryon": 9 minutes
             Suite "Characters from Hans Christian Anderson: four drawings for small orchestra   *
             Prelude to "The Warrior" for orchestra
1947:   Cantata "A Letter from Pete" for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra: 26 minutes
1950:   Cantata "The Prophet Isaiah" for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 32 minutes
1951:   "Psalm 68 for baritone and small orchestra: 13 minutes
             Leaves from the Tale of Pinocchio" for narrator and chamber orchestra
             "The Colors of Youth" for orchestra: 11 minutes
1952:   Portrait for Violin and Orchestra: 23 minutes    *
             Fantasia for Horn, timpani and string orchestra: 11 minutes
1953:   Three Dance Scenes: 14 minutes
1958:   "The Musicians of Bremen: a folk tale after Grimm" for narrator and thirteen players: 22 minutes    + (Delos cd)
1959:   Symphony No.5 "Africa": 14 minutes   *
1960:   Variations on a Song of Mussorgsky for orchestra: 24 minutes   + (CRI cd)
1961:   New Japanese Dances for orchestra: 11 minutes
             Allegory for marimba, two flutes and strings: 10 minutes
1964:   Oratorio "The Light of Man" for chorus and orchestra, op.75
1966:   Pastorale Mistico for string orchestra and clarinet
1967:   "Apparitions" for orchestra     + (CRI cd)    *


and
             Five Norwegian Folk Songs for small orchestra
             Rhapsody and Nocturne for small orchestra
             Dramatic Scene "Aladdin" for tenor, baritone and orchestra
            "Buona Notte" for tenor and orchestra