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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