Frederick Septimus Kelly - Orchestral Works
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Label: ABC Classics
Cat No: ABC4818890
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 10th January 2020
Contents
Works
A Coin for the Ferryman (arr. Christopher Latham)Elegy for Strings 'In memoriam Rupert Brooke'
German Symphony
Organ Preludes (2) (arr. Christopher Latham)
Scherzo
Serenade in E minor for flute, harp, horn and strings, op.7
Songs of Love and Loss (arr. Christopher Latham and FS Kelly)
The Somme Lament (arr. Christopher Latham)
Artists
Douglas Mackie (flute)Marshall McGuire (harp)
Geoff Lierse (horn)
Andrew Goodwin (tenor)
Christina Wilson (mezzo-soprano)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Benjamin NortheyJohannes Fritzsch
Works
A Coin for the Ferryman (arr. Christopher Latham)Elegy for Strings 'In memoriam Rupert Brooke'
German Symphony
Organ Preludes (2) (arr. Christopher Latham)
Scherzo
Serenade in E minor for flute, harp, horn and strings, op.7
Songs of Love and Loss (arr. Christopher Latham and FS Kelly)
The Somme Lament (arr. Christopher Latham)
Artists
Douglas Mackie (flute)Marshall McGuire (harp)
Geoff Lierse (horn)
Andrew Goodwin (tenor)
Christina Wilson (mezzo-soprano)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Benjamin NortheyJohannes Fritzsch
About
Born in Sydney, ‘Sep’ Kelly’s precocious musical talent quickly moved beyond his local piano teachers, and he was sent to boarding school in England at Eton. There he also began a career in rowing – a sport in which he would win gold at the 1908 Olympic Games. He wrote his first symphony (which he modestly titled a Suite) in his mid 20s; it displays an astonishing fluency and command of orchestral colour, with hints of Brahms and Mahler and finishing with a magnificently extravagant fugue.
Tantalisingly, we know from Kelly’s diaries that he composed at least two other symphonies, but never wrote them down. We do, however, have two major orchestral works which highlight the depth of the talent which was lost to us. The first is an exquisite Serenade for flute, harp, horn and strings, written at sea, on a journey home to Australia. The second is his Elegy in memoriam Rupert Brooke. The two had become close friends en route to Gallipoli, but Brooke died of septicaemia before they reached the Dardanelles. The music, composed in a dug-out with bullets whistling overhead, recalls the strange beauty of his funeral, conducted by moonlight on the eve of battle in a Greek island olive grove, the air fragrant with wild sage and thyme. This is the second and final volume of Kelly’s works to be released on ABC Classics, following the huge success of A Race Against Time (ABC4814576).
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