English Dances

English Dances

"English Dances for Orchestra" (Op.27) and (Op.33) are two sets of light music pieces, composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1950 and 1951. Each set consists of four dances inspired by, although not based upon, country folk tunes and dances. Each movement is denoted by the tempo marking, as the individual movements are untitled.

Background

Bernard de Nevers the head of the composer's then publisher Alfred Lengnick & Co. asked Arnold to write a suite of dances akin to Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances. This resulted in the first set. The set was premiered on 14 April 1951 by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult

After the success of the first set de Nevers asked for a second set that the composer completed the following year.The second set was premiered on 5 August 1952 at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Malcolm Sargent.

The first movement of the second set, "Allegro Non Troppo", was used from 1969 to 2008 as the theme music for the long running UK television programme, "What the Papers Say".

Movements

English Dances, Set I, Op. 27

I. "Andantino"
II. "Vivace"
III. "Mesto"
IV. "Allegro Risoluto"

English Dances, Set II Op. 33

I. "Allegro Non Troppo"
II. "Con Brio"
III. "Grazioso"
IV. "Giubiloso - Lento E Maestoso"

olitaire

In 1956 Kenneth MacMillan created the one act ballet Solitaire based on the two sets of English Dances. The composer created two new prieces for it the "Sarabande and Polka".First performed at Sadler's Wells London in June 1956.

Ballet sequencing

1. Set II, No. 3
2. Set I, No. 1
3. Set I, No. 2
4. Set I, No. 3
5. Set I, No. 4
6. Sarabande
7. Polka
8. Set II, No. 2
9. Set II, No. 1
10. Set II, No. 4
11. Set II, No. 3 (reprise)

Arrangements

*1958 for Piano duet by Franz Reizenstein
*1965 for Wind band by Maurice Johnstone
*1984 for Brass band by Ray Farr

elected commercial recordings

*1954 Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra latest CD release on Decca 468 803-2
*1977 Charles Groves and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra latest CD release on EMI 5747802 ( [http://www.emiclassics.co.uk/release.php?id=11885] )
*1979 Malcolm Arnold and the London Philharmonic Orchestra on Lyrita LP and CD: SRCD.201 ( [http://www.lyrita.co.uk] ))
*1990 Bryden Thomson and the Philharmonia on Chandos CHAN 8867 ( [http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%208867] )
*1996 Andrew Penny and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra on Naxos Records 8.553526 ( [http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.553526] )

ee also

*Malcolm Arnold
*Scottish Dances

External links

* [http://www.malcolmarnold.co.uk/compositions/op27.php English Dances (Set I) Malcolm Arnold homepage]
* [http://www.malcolmarnold.co.uk/compositions/op33.php English Dances (Set II) Malcolm Arnold homepage]
* [http://www.complete-music.co.uk/writers/midlengnickarnold.htm Alfred Lengnick & Co. page on Arnold]
* [https://www.brb.org.uk/masque/index.htm?act=Production&urn=4900&srn=8858&showpart=yes Brimingham Royal Ballet's page on Solitaire]
* [http://www.barry-kay-archive.org/DESIGN_WORKS/Indices/ST/ST_REVIEWS/reviews.html Barry Kay's 1978 designs for Solitaire]


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