1047BTC11341134BBM/BTCoxenThe oxen ('Christmas eve, and twelve of the clock')Carol for women's voices (two parts) and piano1Choral19 Apr 19671365Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)3.0'For Cecily Smithwick and the East Coker W.I.'

By the dedicatee in the summer of 1966.

In Autumn 1966 all members of the Women's Institute in Somerset were invited to send in possible texts, and a selection of these poems, including The oxen, was sent to Britten to choose from.

00196719 Apr 196713651960196741900000007180941046BTC11331133BBM/BTCbuildingofhouseThe building of the houseOverture with or without chorusop. 79791Orchestral or choralca. Jan 1967128716 Mar 19671288Chorus (SATB) ''ad lib.''), 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat, 2 bn - 2 hn, 2 tpt in C, tuba - timp, perc (bells, trgl, cymb, sd, xyl) - org (''ad lib''.) - strPsalm 127, adapted by Imogen Holst from ''The whole book of psalms'' (set in English)

Written for the opening of The Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, and used again for re-openings in 1970 (after the hall's destruction by fire in 1969, and subsequent rebuilding) and in 1999 after extensive renovations.

001967 Jan - 16 Mar 19671801048BTC11351135BBM/BTCfairyqueenPurcell: The Fairy Queen, Z 629A masque for soloists, SATB chorus and orchestra1Purcell realizationJun 196712892 sops, mez, 2 counter-tens, 2 tens, 2 basses OR 2 sops, mez, counter-ten, ten, bass, chorus (SATB) - 2 fl (=picc), 2 ob, ca, bn - 2 tpt in C - timp - hpd - strAnonymous adaptation of Shakespeare's ''A midsummer night's dream''96.0

The realizations of 'Dialogue: Coridon and Mopsa' and 'Hark th'echoing air' in this edition of the complete work are not related to the earlier separate realizations. See Henry Purcell: Corydon and Mopsa (Sep 1950) and Henry Purcell: Hark the ech'ing air (Nov 1939).

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