1048BTC11351135BBM/BTCfairyqueenPurcell: The Fairy Queen, Z 629A masque for soloists, SATB chorus and orchestra

Shortened version for concert performance devised by Peter Pears. Edited and realized by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst.

1Purcell 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 - str

The harpsichord part was realized by Philip Ledger. The flutes and piccolos replace recorders; the cor anglais and bassoon parts and some of the timpani part are editorial.

Anonymous adaptation of Shakespeare's ''A midsummer night's dream''96.0

Part I: 28 mins;

Part II: 28 mins;

Part III: 22 mins;

Part IV: 18 mins

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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Part I: Oberon's birthday

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Part II: Night and silence

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Part III: The sweet passion

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Part IV: Epithalamium

4001048/4128919601967600000007181351047BTC11341134BBM/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 19671141BTC11361136BBM/BTChandelodececiliacadenzasCadenzas for Handel's 'Ode to St Cecilia'For flute or lute1Cadenzapre 2 Jun 19671413

For the 1967 opening of the Maltings. The cadenzas are used in No. 8 of 'Ode for St Cecilia's day'.

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