Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mark Padmore (Voice)
• Catherine Denley (Mezzo Soprano)
• Nancy Argenta (Soprano)
• Stephen Varcoe (Voice)
• Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Joan Rodgers (Soprano)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)

Conductor

• Hickox, Richard

Ensembles

• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• City of London Sinfonia
• Collegium Musicum 90
• London Symphony Chorus
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Northern Sinfonia
• Sinfonia 21
• Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Composers

• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Edmund Rubbra (1901 - 1986)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 - 2007)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• William Alwyn (1905 - 1985)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Kenneth J. Alford (Composer) (1881 - 1945)
• George Dyson (1883 - 1964)

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Works Details

Howells, Herbert : Pageantry, suite for brass band :: King's Herald

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Grainger, Percy : Country Gardens

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1908-18.
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908-1918

Menotti, Gian Carlo : Apocalypse, for orchestra

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1951.
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1951

Bridge, Frank : Poems (2) for orchestra :: Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1915

Britten, Benjamin : King Arthur, suite for orchestra :: Variations (Extract)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Arnold, Malcolm : Guitar Concerto, for guitar & chamber orchestra, Op. 67 :: Finale

• Performer: Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia
• Notes: Composition written: 1958.
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1958

Alwyn, William : Elizabethan Dances for orchestra :: Waltz Tempo, Languidamente

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1957

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version) :: Lento - Allegro risoluto (extract)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1911-1913

Holst, Gustav : St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118 :: Finale (The Dargason)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912-1913

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London" :: Finale. Spiritoso

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1795

Finzi, Gerald : Concerto for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin :: Molto sereno (extract)

• Performer: Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1925-1927

Respighi, Ottorino : Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3 :: Italiana

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Sinfonia 21
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1931

Alford, Kenneth : Colonel Bogey

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: March
• Written: 1913

Elgar, Edward : Caractacus, Op 35 :: Processional Music

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 7 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1898

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Magnificat :: Opening

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 06/1733

Dyson, George : Canterbury Pilgrims, for soloists, chorus & orchestra :: The Haberdasher and his Fraternity. The Merch

• Performer: Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1930

Britten, Benjamin : War Requiem, Op. 66

• Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1961

Mendelssohn, Felix : How lovely are the messengers :: Mache dich auf, werde Licht!

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 04/18/1836

Howells, Herbert : Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra :: Requiem aeternam (extract)

• Performer: Joan Rodgers (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1938

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae (extract)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Delius, Frederick : Sea Drift, for baritone, chorus & orchestra, RT ii/3 :: extract

• Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1904

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9

• Performers: Mark Padmore (Voice); Catherine Denley (Mezzo Soprano); Nancy Argenta (Soprano); Stephen Varcoe (Voice)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Notes: Composition written: 1796.
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1796

Elgar, Edward : Scenes From the Bavarian Highlands, songs (6) arranged for chorus & piano (or orchestra), Op. 27a :: T

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1895

Grainger, Percy : Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or male voices) & ensemble (BFMS 28)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901-1911

Rubbra, Edmund : Song of the Soul (in intimate communication and union with the love of God) for chorus & string orch

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1952

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat mater :: Finale

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841