BRIAN, Havergal
b Dresden, Staffordshire, 29 January 1876
d Shoreham, Sussex, 28 November 1972, aged ninety-six
At the age of fifteen he was organist at the local church. He became apprenticed to a joiner, and then a representative for timber merchants. He was self-taught in composition, and befriended Elgar and Bantock. In 1912 he moved to London, but was very unsuccessful and destitute. In 1918 he became assistant editor of the Musical Opinion, staying in this post until 1939 and writing magazine articles.
1895-6 (19)
Requiem, for baritone, chorus and orchestra (discarded)
1899 (23)
Pantalon and Columbine, romance for small orchestra (discarded)
1900 (24)
Tragic Prelude, for large orchestra (discarded)
1903 (27)
Burlesque, variations and overture on an original theme for large orchestra
Legende, for large orchestra (lost)
1903 or 1905 (27 or 29)
'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?', partsong
1904 (28)
For Valour, concert overture
Hero and Leander, symphonic poem (lost)
1904-5 (28-9)
Psalm 23 for tenor, chorus and orchestra
1905 (29)
Psalm 137 for baritone, chorus and orchestra
1906 (30)
First English Suite
Carmilhan, for contralto, chorus and orchestra
1906-7 (30-1)
Psalm 68 for soprano, double chorus and orchestra
1907 (31)
The Vision of Cleopatra, for soloists, chorus and orchestra
1907-8 (31-2)
Fantastic Symphony (revised 1912)
1911 (35)
In Memoriam, symphonic poem
Doctor Merryheart, comedy overture for orchestra
1912 (36)
'Three Herrick Songs'
'The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar', ballad for chorus and orchestra (lost)
1914 (38)
Red May, march for brass band (lost)
English Rhapsody, tone poem for orchestra (lost)
Children's Operetta (lost)
1915 (39)
English Suite No 2 (lost)
Legend, for orchestra (lost)
1916 (40)
Three Comic Dances for orchestra (lost)
Razamoff, symphonic drama (lost)
1917-20 (41-4)
Comic Opera (revised 1925-32)
1919 (43)
Tales of Olden Times, three preludes for small orchestra (lost)
1919-20 (43-4)
English Suite No 3
1919-27 (43 51)
Symphony No 1, Gothic
1920 (44)
Five Symphonic Dances
Legend, for violin and piano 1
921 (45)
English Suite No 4
1930-1 (54-5)
Symphony No 2
1931-2 (55-6)
Symphony No 3
1932-3 (56-7)
Symphony No 4
1934 (58)
Violin Concerto No 1 (lost)
1934 5 (58-9)
Violin Concerto No 2 (lost)
1937 (61)
Symphony No 5, Wine of Summer
1938-44 (62 8)
Prometheus Unbound, cantata
1947-8 (71-2)
Symphony No 6, Sinfonia Tragica
1948 (72)
The Tinker's Wedding, comedy overture
Symphony No 7
1949 (73)
Symphony No 8
1950-1 (74-5)
Turandot, opera
1951 (75)
Symphony No 9
1952 (76)
The Cenci, opera
1953 (77)
English Suite No 5
1953-4 (77-8)
Symphony No 10
1954 (78)
Symphony No 11
Elegy, symphonic poem for orchestra
1955-6 (79-80)
Faust, opera
1957 (81)
Symphony No 12
Agamennon, opera
1959 (83)
Symphony No 13
1959-60 (83-4)
Symphony No 14
1960 (84)
Symphony No 15
Symphony No 16
1960-1 (84-5)
Symphony No 17
1961 (85)
Symphony No 18
Symphony No 19
1962 (86)
The Jolly Miller, comedy overture
Symphony No 20
1963 (87)
Symphony No 21
1964 (88)
Cello Concerto
Concerto for orchestra
1964 5 (88 9)
Symphony No 22, Symphonia Brevis
1965 (89)
Symphony No 23
Symphony No 24
1965-6 (89-90)
Symphony No 25
1966 (90)
Symphony No 26
1967 (91)
Symphony No 27
Symphony No 28
Symphony No 29
Symphony No 30
Fanfare for orchestral brass
1967-8 (91-2)
Symphony No 31
1968 (92)
Legend: Ave atque vale, for orchestra
Symphony No 32
For greater detail visit the Brian website