Gerald Finzi

SKU: HL.48024547

ISBN 9781784542610. UPC: 888680948092. 9x12 inches. Text: Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas, James Elroy Flecker.

A cycle of six of Finzi's songs arranged for voice and chamber orchestra to mark the composer's centenary in 2001. One of them, WhenI set out for Lyonnesse, was a hitherto unpublished orchestration of Finzi's own; the others, selected from various cycles for voice& piano, were orchestrated for the occasion by Colin Matthews, Jeremy Dale Roberts, Christian Alexander, Judith Weir and Anthony Payne.

Vocal score on sale (48012153); performance materials available on hire from Boosey & Hawkes.

SKU: HL.48024085

ISBN 9781784541224. UPC: 888680712150. 8.25x11.75x0.398 inches. Hawkes Pocket Scores 1538.

First publication of Finzi's orchestral versions of: Lo, the full, final sacrifice op 26 - festival anthem for chorus & orchestra (14 minutes); Magnificat op 36 - for soloists (ad lib), chorus & orchestra (9 minutes); God is gone up op 27 - anthem for chorus, string orchestra & organ (4 minutes); Let us now praise famous men op 35 - choral song for tenors & basses (or sopranos & altos), string orchestra & piano (3 minutes). The first three works as listed are, in their original organ versions, established in the English cathedral repertoire. Lo, the full, final sacrifice was orchestrated for the 1947 Gloucester Three Choirs Festival, thus bringing the work into the mainstream British choral society repertoire. The preface by Andrew Burn (Finzi Trust) gives details of the commission, composition and orchestration of each work.