Orchestral works by Cyril Scott

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Passacaglias,Two Passacaglias on Irish Themes

1. Allegretto alla breve   6’33”
2. Andante sostenuto     4’44”

• 1914; rev. 1916  
• Duration: 11’17”
• Orch:    4(=picc).3.ca.4.bcl.4.cbsn / 6.4.3.1 / timp / perc (3) / cel / org / pf / 2 hp / strs
• premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham on November 3rd 1914
• at Queen's Hall, London
• Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1922 (full score)
• ms. of full score at Schott's London  [30769]
• ms. photoprints of full score in the Grainger Museum: MG C3/SCO-146
• Score and parts on hire

Pelléas et Mélisande

Andantino - Andante con moto - Piú allegretto – Andante doloroso

• Overture to the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
• dedicated to Willem De Haan
• duration: 17'21"
• completed Feb 1, 1900
• premiere conducted by Max Kaempfert in Feb/Mar/or April 1900 at the Frankfurt Palmengarten
• ms. holograph in the Grainger Museum (full score): MG C2/SCO-144
• Realised and completed by Martin Yates (2012)
• score and parts available from the Cyril Scott Estate

Poem, No. 4, Twilight of the Year, arr

• orchestral version of no. 4 of Poems
• premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
• conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 26 1913
• at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall

Poem, No. 5, Paradise-Birds, arr

• orchestral version of no. 5 of Poems
• premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
• conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 26 1913
• at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall
• Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne
• Score and parts on hire

Princess Maleine, op. 18, 
Overture

• Overture with organ after the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
• composed 1902
• Destroyed by Scott.
• Not premiered until 1907 — premiered by the Queen's Hall Orchestra
• conducted by Sir Henry Wood on August 22 1907 at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall
• Dedicated to:  Clemens von Franckenstein
• Notes:   Entitled An Overture to Princess Maleine in Bone of Contention (138).
• Reworked c1912 as S.15