Edmund Rubbra(1901-86): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

This has truly been a labour of love because we are talkiing about favourite composer here

EDMUND RUBBRA: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1921:         "The Secret Hymnody" for chorus and orchestra, op.1
1924:         Double Fugue for orchestra, op.9
1925:         "La belle dame sans merci" for chorus and small orchestra, op.12
192?:         "The Mystic Trumpeter" for chorus and orchestra, op.23
1929:         Triple Fugue for orchestra, op.25
1930-32:   Piano Concerto, op.30 (suppressed)
1932/1947: Four Medieval Latin Lyrics for baritone and string orchestra, op. 32: 12 minutes   + (EMI and Chandos cds)
1933-34:     Sinfonia Concertante for Piano and Orchestra, op.38: 31 minutes     +  (Chandos cd)
1934:          Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, op.39
1935:          Cantata "The Dark Night of the Soul" for contralto, chorus and small orchestra, op.41, No.1: 11 minutes
                     "O Unwithered Eagle Void" for chorus and small orchestra, op.41, No.2
                     Five Spenser Sonnets for tenor and string orchestra, op.42: 19 minutes        +  (EMI cd)
1935-37:     Symphony No.1, op.44: 34 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1937:           Symphony No.2, op.45: 34 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1938:           Ballet "Prism"
1938-39:     Symphony No.3, op.49: 34 minutes   *   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
                      Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby for small orchestra, op.50: 15 minutes   + (Chandos, First Edition and Naxos cds)
1940-42:      Symphony No.4, op. 53: 27 minutes   *       + (Lyrita, BBC Classics and Chandos cds)
1941:          "The Morning Watch" for chorus and orchestra, op.55: 12 minutes        + (Chandos cd)
1941:          "Introduzione e danza alla fugua" (later renamed "A Tribute") for small orchestra, op.56: 6 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1943-44:      Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra, op. 57: 12 minutes        + (BBC Classics, Lyrita and Sanctuary White Line cds)
1947:            Festival Overture,op.62: 7 minutes   + (Lyrita cd)
1947-48:       Symphony No.5, op. 63: 28 minutes   + (Chandos cds)
1951:            Festival Te Deum for soprano, chorus and orchestra: 12 minutes
1952:            Viola Concerto, op.75: 24 minutes   + (Conifer and Hyperion cds)
1952-53:       "The Song of the Soul" for chorus and orchestra for chorus, strings, harp and timpani, op.78: 8 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
                       Ode to the Queen for contralto and orchestra, op.83: 13 minutes       + (Chandos cd)
1953-54:       Symphony No.6, op.80: 32 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1955:             Piano Concerto, op.85: 27 minutes   + (BBC Classics and EMI cds)
1956-57:       Symphony No.7, op.88: 35 minutes   + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1956:             Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, op.89: 12 minutes  + (Naxos cd)
1957:             Cantata "In Honorem Mariae Matris Dei" for soprano, contralto, children's choir, mixed voices and orchestra, op.97: 12 minutes
1958-59:       Violin Concerto, op.103: 29 minutes    *   + (Conifer and Naxos cds)
1961:             Cantata di Camera ("Crucifixus pro nobis") for tenor, mixed voices and ensemble, op.111
1964-65:      "Inscape" for chorus, strings and harp, op.122: 16 minutes   *      +  (Chandos cd)
1965-66:      Suite in Five Movements "In Die et Nocte Canticum" for mixed voices and orchestra, op.129: 18 minutes
                     "Veni, creator Spiritus" for mixed chorus and brass, op. 130: 7 minutes     +  (Chandos cd)
1966-68:      Symphony No.8, op.132: 25 minutes    + (Lyrita and Chandos cds)
1967-68:      Advent Cantata "Natum Maria Virgine" for baritone, mixed voices and small orchestra, op.136: 11 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1969-72:      Sinfonia Sacra(Symphony No.9) for soprano, contralto, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 140: 44 minutes    *   + (Chandos cd)
1974:             Symphony No.10 "Sinfonia da Camera", op.145: 16 minutes       + (Chandos cds)
1975:             Overture "Resurgam", op.149: 8 minutes   *   + (Lyrita cd)
1977-79:      Symphony No.11, op.153: 15 minutes    *   + (Chandos cd)
1982-86:      Sinfonietta for string orchestra, op.163: 14 minutes   + (EMI cd)

[eschiss1]

Apologies as I think I've asked this before, but the description I was given of the concerto op.30 was intriguing (to me anyway). It might be incomplete (and I think he may have used material from it in another composition) but does anyone here know if it survives in a finishable state?

[Dundonnell]

The information I have, Eric, is that the op.30 Piano Concerto is complete but remains in manuscript and was explicitly suppressed by the composer.
Whether the manuscript is in the Bodleian Library in Oxford or the possession of Rubbra's son, Adrian Yardley, I do not know.

[alberto]

The Improvisation for vn. and orch. op.89 exists also on Firsf Edition Cd (formerly Louisville Lp; it was a Louisville commission).