Conducting Repertoire 20th Century and beyond: 1
Repertoire - current particular attention:
1 19th century Symphonic and Operatic repertoires with
period 19th century orchestral performance practice.
This is possible using either period or modern instruments,
or modern and period instruments in combination.
2 Swedish, Czech and British music of the 19th to 21st centuries;
3 Contemporary works exploring links between mainstream
‘classical’ and contemporary popular cultures (street/club/regional)
Selective list - works conducted performed or recorded
(Also repertoire as assistant conductor or in preparation.)
(Items marked * recorded by Graham Lea-Cox)
The Twentieth Century and beyond
Adams, John Short Ride in a Fast Machine, romp for orchestra
Bartók, Béla Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Berg, Alban Opera: Wozzeck (1914-20)
Britten, Benjamin Orchestral works:
A Simple Symphony
Four Sea Interludes from
Peter Grimes (1941)
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and strings
Spring Symphony (1949) for orchestra,
solo voices, chorus & children’s choir
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Variations and Fugue for orchestra
on a theme of Purcell Op. 34 (1946)
‘Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra’
Operas:
Albert Herring (1947)
Turn of the Screw
St. Nicholas
Church Cantatas
Occasional works – instrumental with voices
Cavallari, Andrea Opera-cantata: Apocalysse (1999)
for chamber orchestra and soloists
Copland, Aaron Orchestral works:
Quiet City (1940)
Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Appalachian Spring (1945)
Dallapiccola, Luigi Divertimento in Quattro Esercizi,
for soprano and chamber ensemble
Piccola musica notturna (1954)
Debussy, Claude Orchestral works:
Danse sacrée et Danse profane,
two Dances for harp and string orchestra
Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien
Symphonic Fragments for large orchestra
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Le Printemps (‘Salut Printemps’)
for women’s voices and orchestra
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison ,
arr for orchestra (orchestrated: Inghelbrecht)
Stage work
Pelléas et Mélisande, Lyric Drama in 5 Acts
Delius, Frederick Sea Drift (1903-4) for baritone, chorus and orchestra
Two Pieces for small orchestra (1911):
On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring
A Night on the Summer Water
Faure, Gabriel Masques et Bergamasques Op. 10
Suite, "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op 80
Finzi, Gerald Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (1951)
Dies Natalis, for soprano (tenor) and strings (1926-39)
Farren Price, Rosslyn The Cuckoo and the Worm (1995),
(first performance) for soprano and instrumental
ensemble, children’s chorus, organ & orchestra
Hewett, Ivan Music for Television, first performance
Hendrik Hofmeyr Byzantium (for large orchestra and soprano)
South African premiere
Raptus (for large orchestra and violin solo)
South African premiere
Honneger, Arthur Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra and trumpet (1941)
Cantique de Noel for Baritone, children’s voices
mixed chorus, organ and orchestra (1953)
Pacific 231 ‘Mouvement Symphonique’
for orchestra (1923)
Hindemith, Paul Fünfe Stücke for string orchestra
Howells, Herbert Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus
and orchestra (1938)
Ives, Charles The unanswered question
for chamber ensemble or orchestra
Janáček. Leoš Sinfonietta for orchestra (1926)
Glagolitic Mass for soprano, alto,
tenor bass, chorus, organ and orchestra (1926)
Lea-Cox, Graham Antiphon Shadows for two soprano solos, chorus,
boys choir, organ and chamber ensemble (1992)
Work in progress:
Cantata for Orchestra and percussion ensemble
also:
version for solo voices and orchestra, chorus,
boys choir and percussion ensemble.
McCabe, John Ballet The Teachings of Don Juan (1973)
Time Remembered for soprano
and instrumental ensemble (1973)
Notturni ed Alba for soprano and orchestra (1970)
Martinů, Bohuslav Symphonies
No. 1 (1942)
No. 6 Fantasies Symphoniques (1955)
Milhaud, Darius Le Boeuf sur le Toit for orchestra
Le Boeuf sur le Toit, arr. Lea-Cox
for instrumental ensemble, performed to the
Black &White Surrealist Film: Entr'Acte
(Paris,1925) featuring Milhaud, Satie, Man Ray,
Marcel Beauchamp etc.
La Cheminee du Roi Rene, suite (1939)
Menotti, Giancarlo Opera Amahl and the Night Visitors
Miracles, for orchestra and Boys Choir
Moeran, Ernest J. Symphony in G minor (1936-38)
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