The Gerard Hoffnung Discography - DECCA recordings


The Hoffnung Festival of Music

Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

February 1988

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THE HOFFNUNG FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

The Philharmonia Orchestra Tuning and Announcement
Tuner: Tom Kenyon · Announcer: Rodney Stewart

A Hoffnung Festival Fanfare (Frank Renton)
Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music conducted by the composer

A Grand Grand Overture (Malcolm Arnold)
Vacuum players: Jane Glover, Christopher Laing, Bill Oddie, Donald Swann · Conductor: Michel Massey

Concerto for Hoisepipe and Orchestra (Leopold Mozart arr Norman Del Mar)
Gardener: Richard Watkins · Conductor: Tom Bergman

The Ballad of County Down (Francis Chagrin)
Conductor: Michael Massey

The Famous Tay Whale
Poem:William McGonagall · Composer: Mátyás Seiber
Decalamation: Eleanor Bron · Foghorn: Esther Rantzen · Conductor: Michael Massey

Quasimodo e Giulietta: Aria - Act 9, Scene 12 (Giacomo Scarlatina)
New Realisation: Maynard Nelson · Tenor: Cristoph Ellermeier · Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

The Cougher
The Cougher: Raimund Herincx · The Nurse: Jill Gomez

Leonora Overture No. IV (Ludwig van Beethoven [post.]) (Strasser)
Conductor: Michael Massey

Lochinvar
Poem: Sir Walter Scott Composer: Humphrey Searle
Narrators: Emily Richard & Ian Wallace · Piper: Lachlan A. Stewart · Conductor: Michael Massey

Concerto Popolare (Franz Reizenstein)
Pianist: David Owen Norris · Orchestral Maid: Annetta Hoffnung · Conductor: Michael Massey

The Concert Master
Impresario: Robin Ashby · Management Announcer: Rodney Stewart

Concerto d'Amore for Violin and Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs)
Soloist Jagdish Mistry ... and (unexpectedly) Candida Thompson · Conductor: Michael Massey

Overture: 'The Heaving Bagpipe' (Wilfred Josephs)
Text: Tom Bergman · Narrator: Raimund Herincx · Piper: Lachlan A. Stewart · Conductor: Michael Massey

Haydn's 'Surprise' Symphony
Additional Surprises: Donald Swann
Bottle Players: Bamber Gasgoine, Emily Hoffnung, John Lill, Michael Mates M.P., Sybil Michelow, Patrick Moore, Gerald Priestland, Desmond Wilcox, Children from the Fleet Primary School, Dr Steven Paul, The Oliphant Chuckerbutty Ensemble
· The Ballerina: Rachael Hester · Conductor: Tom Bergman

Metamorphosis on a Bedtime Theme (Joseph Horovitz)
Libretto: Alistair Sampson · Singers: Felicity Lott & David Wilson-Johnson · Conductor: Joseph Horovitz

Orchestral Switch (Frank Butterworth)
Conductor: Michael Massey

Disconcerto for Piano and Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs)
Pianist: David Owen Norris · Conductor: Michael Massey


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