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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Have been listening to this splendid new release of Rubbra's choral music on @delphianrecords.com by @mertoncollegechoir.bsky.social & Benjamin Nicholas. Well worth a listen! A lot of these are new to me. open.spotify.com/album/0wcipW...

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Rubbra: Choral Music

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Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Huge thanks - I’ve greatly appreciated it and have learnt so much

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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Exemplary curation, much appreciated.

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Occasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It's been wonderful - thank you for all your time and effort in doing this. It's been great to see old favourites, to rediscover works I'd forgotten about, and to be introduced to music and composers I'd not heard of before. 🙏

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have realised that today is the last day of the year & therefore the end of these daily posts. I hadn’t quite realised a year ago what a commitment a daily post would be… But I’ve managed it & learned some things along the way. Hope you have as well!

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Born #OTD in 1935, English composer, Daphne Oram. Her orchestral work, Still Point was premiered in June 2016, at St John's Smith Square, at the Deep Minimalism festival, realized by Shiva Feshareki & James Bulley with London Contemporary Orchestra. open.spotify.com/track/5iQ5MM... #britsymphyear

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Still Point: I. — (Live)

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Bernard Rands' "Canti del Sole" (1983) is a vibrant song cycle for tenor & orchestra. It premiered on 8 June 1983, at Avery Fisher Hall in New York, conducted by Zubin Mehta, with tenor Paul Sperry as soloist. open.spotify.com/track/69R5J1... #britsymphyear

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Canti del Sole, for Tenor & Chamber Ensemble: Mattina

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Andrew Poppy's "The Object Is A Hungry Wolf" (1982) exemplifies his early engagement with post-minimalism, blending repetitive structures with orchestral textures to create a pulsating, hypnotic soundscape. open.spotify.com/track/564NeG... #britsymphyear

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The Object Is The Hungry Wolf

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Born #OTD in 1898, Russian-British composer, Mischa Spoliansky (1898–1985). His atmospheric score for the 1959 British adventure film North West Frontier stands as a late-career highlight. open.spotify.com/track/08nX0q...

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Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Great to see this recognition of British composer Guirne Creith (1907-96). I’m fortunate enough to be in touch with her son - he and his brother knew nothing about the violin concerto until this score was found. Apparently there’s another recording coming out next year. It’s really worth a listen

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Guirne Creith (1907–1996), born Gladys Mary Cohen, was a talented English composer & pianist. Her Violin Concerto received its 1st performance on 19 May 1936 in a BBC studio broadcast, with Sammons as soloist & Constant Lambert conducting. open.spotify.com/track/4QaUB6... #britsymphyear

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

V late posting today. Sorry! Will be appearing v shortly

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Died #OTD in 1937, English composer & poet, Ivor Gurney. His song cycle, Ludlow & Teme, was premiered privately in March 1920 at the London home of his friend Marion Scott, where Gurney hid shyly after the performance. open.spotify.com/track/5JtDQB... #britsymphyear

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Herbert Sumsion’s anthem They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships, dates from 1979 & was written for (& presumably commissioned by) Dennis Kiddy & the Choir of Repton Preparatory School, with a dedication in the score. open.spotify.com/track/1AJkGx... #britsymphyear

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They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Died #OTD in 2012, English composer & pianist, Richard Rodney Bennett. His Piano Concerto was premiered in Birmingham in September 1968 by Stephen Kovacevich (then Bishop), with the CBSO. open.spotify.com/track/7DKAAj... #britsymphyear

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Piano Concerto: I. Moderato

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Michael Nyman is an English composer & musicologist. His 1st String Quartet was premiered by the Arditti Quartet on 23 September 1985 at the Warsaw Autumn Festival. open.spotify.com/track/06itn4... #britsymphyear

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String Quartet No. 1: beginning

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Born #OTD in 1900, English composer, pianist & teacher, Alan Bush. His 2nd Symphony (The Nottingham) was premiered in Nottingham’s Albert Hall in June 1949 by the London Philharmonic Orchestra & David Ellenberg. open.spotify.com/track/2MZJHq... #britsymphyear

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Died #OTD in 1957, English composer, Eric Coates. His orchestral work, The Enchanted Garden, was premiered in its final, definitive version by the Swedish Broadcasting Company in November 1938 under Coates’ baton. open.spotify.com/track/7pZUfP... #britsymphyear

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The Enchanted Garden: I. Maestoso

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Joseph Horovitz’s Jazz Concerto — also known as Jazz Harpsichord Concerto — stands as a unique fusion of jazz & classical traditions. George Malcolm gave the 1st performance at the Camden Festival in March 1966, with Horovitz conducting. open.spotify.com/track/2JGpVI... #britsymphyear

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Jazz Concerto for Piano, Strings & Percussion: I. Allegro

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1976, the 3rd String Quartet by English composer, pianist & conductor, Benjamin Britten. It was a posthumous event, at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, a poignant 2 weeks after the composer's death. open.spotify.com/track/17czZL... #britsymphyear

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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94: I. Duets. With Moderate Movement - Live

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1927, A Carol Symphony by English composer, Victor Hely-Hutchinson. It was a radio broadcast by the Wireless Symphony Orchestra (a predecessor to the BBC SO) on the BBC's 2LO station, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. open.spotify.com/track/4XNfla... #britsymphyear

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Carol Symphony (1991 Digital Remaster): Allegro energico -

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Died #OTD in 1973, English composer & academic, Patrick Hadley. His symphonic ballad, The Trees So High, was premiered in his native Cambridge in 1932. open.spotify.com/track/1sNMlu... #britsymphyear

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The Trees So High: I. Adagio

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Anna Meredith's Anno is an innovative, immersive hour-long work for string orchestra and electronics that intertwines movements from Vivaldi's iconic The Four Seasons with new, original compositions by Meredith. open.spotify.com/album/0WafuC... #britsymphyear

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ANNO: Four Seasons by Anna Meredith & Antonio Vivaldi

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1920, the original violin & piano version of The Lark Ascending by English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams. It was given by Marie Hall (violin) & Geoffrey Mendham (piano) at the Shirehampton Public Hall in Bristol. open.spotify.com/track/1wglWr... #britsymphyear

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The Lark Ascending

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Died on 13 December 1981, English composer, Cornelius Cardew. His monumental work, The Great Learning was premiered in London in 1971, performed by the Scratch Orchestra. open.spotify.com/track/5LN004... #britsymphyear

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The Great Learning: Paragraph 2

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1929 (day after Rio Grande!), the 2nd Symphony by English composer, Arnold Bax. It was given in Boston, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. open.spotify.com/track/7h4oBp... #britsymphyear

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Symphony No. 2 in E Minor / C Major: I. Molto moderato - Allegro moderato

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

First publicly performed #OTD in 1929, The Rio Grande by English composer/conductor, Constant Lambert. It launched in Manchester’s Free Trade Hall, with the Hallé Orchestra under Lambert & Sir Hamilton Harty as piano soloist. open.spotify.com/track/18agmo... #britsymphyear

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Lambert: The Rio Grande

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1972, The Sinking of the Titanic by English composer & double bassist, Gavin Bryars. It launched in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall with Bryars conducting the Music Now Ensemble. open.spotify.com/album/0KJ4na... #britsymphyear

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Died on 12 December 2011, English composer, John Gardner. His Piano Concerto No 1 was premiered at the Cheltenham Festival in July 1957. The soloist was Cyril Preedy, & the Hallé Orchestra was conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. open.spotify.com/track/6zQL4z... #britsymphyear

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 34: I. Allegro con brio

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Born #OTD in 1968, English composer, Sam Hayden. His large orchestral work Substratum was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 17 July 2007. open.spotify.com/track/2LwHgJ... #britsymphyear

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Substratum

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Died #OTD in 1956, British-Australian composer-conductor Edgar Bainton. His 2nd Symphony was premiered on 27 May 1945 in Sydney Town Hall, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bainton. open.spotify.com/track/4CbClL... #britsymphyear

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Symphony No. 2 in D Minor: I. Andante, molto tranquillo

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Died #OTD in 1998, English composer John Addison. His Trumpet Concerto premiered at the Orangery, Hampton Court, on 16 July 1950. David Mason was soloist, with New London Orchestra conducted by Alec Sherman. open.spotify.com/track/4uZZkc... #britsymphyear

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Concerto for Trumpet, Strings and Percussion: I. Allegretto

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A day early with today’s offering…

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Today’s post is not date-sensitive but I wanted to give a shout-out to this composer.

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1922, the 1st Symphony by English composer, Arnold Bax. The performance took place at Queen’s Hall, London, with Eugene Goossens conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (replacing an indisposed Albert Coates). open.spotify.com/track/7crbc5... #britsymphyear

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Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Minor, GP 256: I. Allegro moderato e feroce

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1908, the 1st Symphony by English composer & conductor, Edward Elgar. The premiere took place in Manchester’s Free Trade Hall, conducted by Hans Richter with the Hallé Orchestra. open.spotify.com/track/3H2fg6... #britsymphyear

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Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: I. Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1980, the opera The Knot Garden by English composer & conductor, Michael Tippett. The premiere took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Colin Davis in Peter Hall’s provocative production. open.spotify.com/track/6QbxdB... #britsymphyear

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The Knot Garden / Act 1:"Confrontation": "So, If I Dream"

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Born #OTD in 1937, English composer, Gordon Crosse. His choral cycle Changes was premiered in Worcester Cathedral in August 1966, conducted by the composer, with April Cantelo (sop) & John Shirley-Quirk (bar), the BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra. open.spotify.com/track/1igSbi... #britsymphyear

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Changes, Op. 17, Pt. 1: Sancte Thomas ora pro nobis

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Born #OTD in 1892, English composer Dorothy Gow. Her 1936 Oboe Quintet was likely premiered privately in the late 1930s & then revived in the early 2000s, with performances in Birmingham & London by George Caird (oboe) & colleagues. open.spotify.com/track/3s5fsP... #britsymphyear

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Dorothy Gow: Quintet in one movement (1936): Moderato - Andante tranquillo - Scherzando - Tempo primo

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Born #OTD in 1981, Scottish composer Martin Suckling. His orchestral work This Departing Landscape, was 1st broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 1 July 2020, from sessions in Salford, in February 2020, weeks before the COVID-19 lockdown. open.spotify.com/track/3aMGQN... #britsymphyear

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Sorry folks, will be late posting today. Spotify have removed the recording in question so I’ll need to select something else by today’s contemporary composer. Will probably appear around 11am GMT. #britsymphyear

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Born #OTD in 1915, English composer Pamela Harrison. Her Clarinet Quintet was premiered by Jack Brymer with the Hirsch String Quartet in the late 1950s. open.spotify.com/track/67qZlg... #britsymphyear

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Quintet for Clarinet and Strings: I. Allegro moderato

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Died #OTD in 2022, English composer Francis Routh. His Diversions for violin & piano was premiered on 27 November 2002 at the Purcell Room, London, with violinist Adam Summerhayes & pianist Alan Brown. open.spotify.com/track/0N9MzD... #britsymphyear

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Diversions: I. Vivace

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Died #OTD in 1959, English composer, Albert Ketèlbey. His orchestral work In a Monastery Garden was premiered in 1915, performed by Ketèlbey himself at the piano with a small orchestra in London. open.spotify.com/track/2lmttN... #britsymphyear

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In a Monastery Garden - Characteristic Intermezzo - 1993 Remastered Version

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Born #OTD in 1975, Welsh composer, Paul Mealor. His Stabat Mater was premiered in March 2015 at King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen, performed by the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir under Mealor’s direction. open.spotify.com/track/4fqdvd... #britsymphyear

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Stabat Mater: Movement 1

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Born #OTD in 1901, Scottish bass singer, actor & composer, Gavin Gordon. His ballet suite, Les noces imaginaires, was likely premiered in London in the mid-1930s, conceived for concert rather than stage performance. open.spotify.com/track/7b0bV2... #britsymphyear

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Ballet Suite 'Les Noces Imaginaires': I. Overture

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1922, the song cycle The Curlew by English composer, Peter Warlock. The performance took place at London’s Hyde Park Hotel, sung by Philip Wilson. open.spotify.com/track/2ntikX... #britsymphyear

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The Curlew: I. The Curlew

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Died #OTD in 1963, the 35th US President, John F Kennedy. Herbert Howells’ Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing was composed in response to the assassination. open.spotify.com/track/5WEriC... #britsymphyear

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Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Out today, 1st disc of orchestral music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor. John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social conducting BBC Philharmonic Orch in Piano Concerto (w/ Samantha Ege), Comet Prelude, Sussex Landscape, To April, From the Hills, Valse Caprice & In Memoriam. open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...

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Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Premiered #OTD in 1935, the 6th Symphony by English composer, Arnold Bax. The world premiere took place at Queen’s Hall, London, by the Royal Philharmonic Society Orchestra under Adrian Boult’s direction. open.spotify.com/track/2IwsSc... #britsymphyear

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Symphony No. 6, GP 331: I. Moderato - Allegro con fuoco

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