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ALAN RAWSTHORNE: Published Works

Date and place of first performance are given where known, otherwise the date of composition is shown. All works published by Oxford University Press, unless otherwise stated. Orchestral sets available on hire from OUP. Much other material also available on hire from OUP; in many cases reprints can be purchased from Allegro Music (www.allegro.co.uk). OUP have the following items currently in print: Kubla Khan vocal score; Elegy for Guitar Solo; Selected Piano Pieces.

Compiled by the Rawsthorne Trust: last revised 4 February 2019.

Orchestral Music

Concertante Pastorale

fl, hn, str

  Hampton Court 1951

Concerto for String Orchestra

  Hilversum Radio 1949

Cortèges – Fantasy Overture

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (BD, clash cym,

   SD, xylo, Chinese block, tri, glock, TD, tamb), hp, str

  London 1945

Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra

   fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

Cambridge 1962

Elegiac Rhapsody for Strings

London 1964

Hallé – Overture

   2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   perc (SD, cym, clash cym, tamb, tri, xylo), str

Manchester 1968

Improvisations on a Theme by

  Constant Lambert

   2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

Newcastle 1961

Light Music for Strings

c. 1938

Madame Chrysanthème – Ballet

3 fl, ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 3 tpt, pn, cel, timp, 2 perc (xylo, tri, w blk, SD,

   cym, gong, glock, TD, tri, BD), hp, str

Covent Garden 1955

Madame Chrysanthème – Suite

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp,

   2 perc (cym, tri, glock, xylo,TD, SD, tamb, ), hp, str

Overture for Farnham

Farnham 1967

Prisoners’ March – from the film The Captive Heart

   2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (SD, TD, BD, cym), hp, str

1946

Street Corner – Overture

   2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (cym, tri, SD, xylo, tamb), str

Leamington Spa 1945

Symphonic Studies

   3 fl (III+picc), 3 ob (III+ca), 3 cl (III+bcl), 3 bn (III+cbn), 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn (III+btbn), tba,

   timp, 2 perc (SD, cym, tri, BD, tamb, TD), cel, hp, str

Warsaw 1939

Symphony No. 1

3 fl, 2 ob, ca, 3 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp,

   2 perc  (cym, tri, BD, SD, clash cym, TD), str

London 1950

Symphony No. 2 (A Pastoral Symphony)

  Soprano solo and orchestra 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp,

   2 perc (tri, TD, cym, xylo, Chinese blk, SD, clash cym, tamb), hp, str

Birmingham 1959

Symphony No. 3

   3 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   2 perc (clash cym, cym, TD, SD, tri, gong, BD, xylo, Chinese blk, tam), cel, hp, str

Cheltenham 1964

Theme, Variations and Finale

3 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp,

   3 perc (cym, xylo, SD, tamb, Chinese blk, TD, tri, BD, gong, clash cym), str

Chelmsford 1967

Triptych for Orchestra

3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   2 perc (gong, cym, BD, tri, SD, TD, Chinese blk, xylo), hp, str

Lancaster 1969

Concertos

Cello Concerto

   vc solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   4 perc (tri, tamb, BD, Chinese blk, TD, cym, gong, xylo, clash cym, cas), hp, str

London 1966

Concerto for Clarinet and Strings

London 1937

Concerto for Oboe and Strings

Cheltenham 1947

Piano Concerto No. l

  Full orchestra version: pn solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp,

   perc (cym, tri, TD, SD, tamb, BD, xylo), str.

  String orchestra version: pn solo, str, perc (timp, tamb, xylo, tri. basco, SD, TD)

London 1942

Piano Concerto No. 2

   2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (tri, cym, clash cym,

   SD, tamb, Chinese blk), str

London 1951

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

   2 pn soli, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   3 perc (SD, cym, xylo, tri, tamb, Chinese blk, clash cym), str

London 1968

Violin Concerto No. 1

   vln solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (SD, TD, BD,

   cym, tri, Chinese blk, tamb, glock), hp, str

Cheltenham 1948

Violin Concerto No. 2

   vln solo, 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   2 perc (tri, xylo, cym, SD, clash cym, TD, BD), hp, str

London 1956

Chamber Music

Concertante for Piano and Violin

London 1934

Concerto for Ten Instruments

   fl, ob (+ca), cl, bn, hn, 2 vln, vla, vc, db

Cheltenham 1961

Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Viola

  and Cello

London 1948

Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet,

  Horn and Bassoon

London 1963

Quintet for Piano and Strings

Cardiff 1968

Sonata for Violin and Piano

London 1959

Sonata for Viola and Piano

London 1938

Sonata for Cello and Piano

London 1949

Sonatina for Flute, Oboe and Piano

London 1936

String Quartet in B minor (1932)

published by Forsyth Brothers

London 1934

String Quartet No. l

1939

String Quartet No. 2

Cheltenham 1954

String Quartet No. 3

Harlow 1965

Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp

London 1968

Suite for Treble Recorder and Piano

published by Forsyth Brothers (also version for recorder

  and string orchestra by John McCabe)

Cheltenham 1993

Theme and Variations for Two Violins

London 1938

Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

London 1962

Elegy for Guitar

London 1972

Piano Music

Sonatina for Piano

London 1949

Four Romantic Pieces

London 1953

Four Bagatelles

Oslo Radio 1938

Ballade

Cardiff 1967

The Creel: Suite for Piano Duet

1940

Voices and Instruments

Carmen Vitale: Choral Suite.

  Soprano solo, chorus and full orchestra. 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   2 perc (gong, BD, cym, tri, glock, clash cym, whip, xylo, TD, tamb, Chinese blk, SD), hp, pn, str

London 1963

A Canticle of Man – Chamber Cantata.

  Baritone solo, choir, and small orchestra

  (flute, strings) or piano

Bryanston 1952

Chamber Cantata. Mezzo-Soprano,

String Quartet, Harpsichord.

To be published by Forsyth Brothers

London 1937

God in the Cave – Cantata for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra

   2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   2 perc (gong, cym, clash cym, whip, SD, BD, xylo), str

Edinburgh 1967

Kubla Khan

  SATB, contralto and tenor soli and orchestra

3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, timp, 3 perc, hp, str

London 1941

Medieval Diptych

for Baritone solo and Orchestra.

   3 fl (II+picc, III+afl), 2 ob, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,

   3 perc (cym, crash cym, TD, BD, gong, tri, xylo, tamb), hp, vc, db

London 1962

Practical Cats for Speaker and Orchestra.

  Full orchestra version: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp,

   2 perc (SD, cym, tri, xylo, glock, tamb), str

  Chamber orchestra version: fl, ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, tpt, tbn, timp,

   2 perc (SD, cym, tri, xylo, glock, tamb), str

Version for speaker and piano, arr. Peter Dickinson

Edinburgh 1954

Tankas of the Four Seasons

  A setting of a Catalan love poem for tenor solo and chamber ensemble

  (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, and cello)

Cheltenham 1965

Other Vocal Music: Choral

Canzonet from ‘A Garland for the Queen’ 

   SATB  

  London 1953

Four Seasonal Songs

  SATB           

1956

Lament for a Sparrow

   Mixed chorus and harp  

  London 1962

The Oxen

   Mixed chorus a cappella  

  London 1965

A Rose for Lidice

   Soprano solo and chorus  

  Thaxted 1956

Solo

Three French Nursery Songs

published by Boosey & Hawkes

London 1938

‘We Three Merry Maids’

1945

Two Songs to Words by John Fletcher

1943

Carol

1948

Saraband (with Ernest Irving) - Folies d’Espagne

published by Chappell Music

1948

Scena Rustica for soprano and harp           

1967

‘Two Fish’

Cookham 1973