Brian - Symphonies No.11 & No.15, Overtures | Naxos 8572014

Brian - Symphonies No.11 & No.15, Overtures

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572014

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th June 2010

Contents

Artists

RTE National Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Adrian Leaper
Tony Rowe

Works

Brian, Havergal

Comedy Overture 'Doctor Merryheart'
Concert Overture 'For Valour'
Symphony no.11
Symphony no.15

Artists

RTE National Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Adrian Leaper
Tony Rowe

About

Havergal Brian was never a conventional composer, but the three later works on this disc rank among his most unconventional approaches to the symphonic form.

The highly virtuosic Doctor Merryheart portrays an imaginary astronomer’s musical obsessions. The artless spontaneity of Symphony No.11, whose Adagio is one of Brian’s most profound inspirations, and the extrovert character of Symphony No.15, are firmly grounded in Brian’s resourceful technical mastery.

The martial vigour of the early overture For Valour drew inspiration from the Walt Whitman poem Drum Taps (also used by Vaughan Williams in Dona nobis pacem).

Adrian Leaper conducts Symphony No.11 and the Comedy Overture; Tony Rowe conducts Symphony No.15 and the Concert Overture.

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