Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958 & 1961
Album by The Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall.
Release date: 1989-10-01
Tracks (46)
- Speech by Mr T. E. Bean, General Manager of the Royal Festival Hall
- Searle: Punkt Contrapunkt
- Baines, Francis: Fanfare
- Arnold: The United Nations (Excerpts)
- Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture, Op. 57
- Fricker: Waltz for Restricted Orchestra
- Mozart, L.: Concerto for Hosepipe and Strings: III. Allegro
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Here are the girls" (The Master, Apprentices)
- Reizenstein: Concerto popolare (A Piano Concerto to End All Piano Concertos)
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm Azucena, Who could be plainer?" (Azucena)
- Haydn / Arr. Swan: Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": II. Andante
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I see by daylight dawning" (Beckmesser, Azucena)
- Speech by Gerard Hoffnung
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Nie sollst du mich befragen" (Otello, Salome)
- Chopin / Arr. Abrams for Tuba Quartet: Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. Posth. 68 No. 2
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Daughter of Heaven" (Otello, Salome, Fidelio)
- Searle: Lochinvar, for Speakers and Percussion
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm in search of a man" (Brünnhilde)
- Jacob, Gordon: Variations on "Annie Laurie": Theme (Alerto ma non troppo)
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "O schöne Melisande" (Beckmesser, Don Giovanni, Brünnhilde, Manrico, Nadir, Mélisande, Chorus)
- Jacob, Gordon: Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. I (Poco inglesemente)
- Reizenstein: Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm Escamillo" (Escamillo, Chorus)
- Jacob, Gordon: Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. II (Molto zingaresemente)
- Baines, Francis: Introductory Music Played in the Foyer (Excerpt, Rigmarole)
- Jacob, Gordon: Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. III (Alla gigolo)
- Baines, Francis: Festival Anthem
- Jacob, Gordon: Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. IV (Finale. Assai)
- Arnold: Leonore Overture No. 4 (Overture after Beethoven's "Leonore No. 3, Op. 72a")
- Chagrin, Francis: Introductory Music Played in the Foyer
- Searle: Der Barbier von Darmstadt: Duet, "Escucha en linea o descarga" (Herr Knochen, Der Redepariner)
- Baines, Francis: A Hoffnung Festival Overture (2 Excerpts)
- Chagrin: Ballad of County Down
- Horovitz: Metamorphosis on a Bed-Time Theme (Allegro commerciale in modo televisione)
- Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (Excerpt) - Introduced by Mr T. E. Bean CBE
- Poston: Sugar Plums (after Tchaikovsky)
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Overture - Opening Chorus (Tenor, Chorus)
- Seiber: The Famous Tay Whale - A dramatic poem by William McGonagall
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Trio (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor)
- Chagrin, Francis: Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: "Let all things nameless at our feast run wild" (Bass)
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "With sharped-fanged smile the young bride bowed" (Tenor) - "My heart is swelling" (Soprano, Chorus)
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "And while the company retired to a well-earned rest" (Tenor) - "My child, be seated" (Bass, Men's Chorus)
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "And in the castle guest room" (Tenor) - "If you can hurt" (Contralto, Chorus)
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: "Midnight … Dracula, still in the Gloom of youth" (Tenor)
- Horovitz, Joseph: Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "But at the reception" (Tenor)
- Leonard: Mobile for Seven Orchestras