The United Nations (Excerpts)

Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Arnold

Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958 & 1961

5 MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS • OCT 01 1989

Album Tracklist

1

Speech by Mr T. E. Bean, General Manager of the Royal Festival Hall

00:42

2

01:09

3

A Grand, Grand Overture, Op. 57

08:10

4

Concerto for Hosepipe and Strings: III. Allegro

01:42

5

Concerto popolare (A Piano Concerto to End All Piano Concertos)

11:38

6

Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": II. Andante (Arr. Swann)

06:16

7

Speech by Gerard Hoffnung

02:53

8

Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. Posth. 68 No. 2 (Arr. Abrams for Tuba Quartet)

03:01

9

Lochinvar, for Speakers and Percussion

06:25

10

Variations on "Annie Laurie": Theme (Alerto ma non troppo)

02:08

11

Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. I (Poco inglesemente)

00:31

12

Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. II (Molto zingaresemente)

01:15

13

Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. III (Alla gigolo)

00:54

14

Variations on "Annie Laurie": Var. IV (Finale. Assai)

01:44

15

Introductory Music Played in the Foyer

01:03

16

A Hoffnung Festival Overture (2 Excerpts)

01:14

17

Metamorphosis on a Bed-Time Theme (Allegro commerciale in modo televisione)

10:13

18

Sugar Plums (after Tchaikovsky)

02:28

19

The Famous Tay Whale - A dramatic poem by William McGonagall

05:04

20

Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra

01:25

21

Punkt Contrapunkt

09:04

22

The United Nations (Excerpts)

05:22

23

Waltz for Restricted Orchestra

01:41

24

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Here are the girls" (The Master, Apprentices)

02:00

25

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm Azucena, Who could be plainer?" (Azucena)

01:16

26

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I see by daylight dawning" (Beckmesser, Azucena)

02:28

27

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Nie sollst du mich befragen" (Otello, Salome)

02:46

28

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Daughter of Heaven" (Otello, Salome, Fidelio)

02:40

29

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm in search of a man" (Brünnhilde)

02:27

30

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "O schöne Melisande" (Beckmesser, Don Giovanni, Brünnhilde, Manrico, Nadir, Mélisande, Chorus)

03:33

31

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm Escamillo" (Escamillo, Chorus)

03:28

32

Introductory Music Played in the Foyer (Excerpt, Rigmarole)

00:46

33

Festival Anthem

02:09

34

Leonore Overture No. 4 (Overture after Beethoven's "Leonore No. 3, Op. 72a")

09:43

35

Der Barbier von Darmstadt: Duet, "Escucha en linea o descarga" (Herr Knochen, Der Redepariner)

03:00

36

Ballad of County Down

04:53

37

Belshazzar's Feast (Excerpt) - Introduced by Mr T. E. Bean CBE

01:55

38

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Overture - Opening Chorus (Tenor, Chorus)

03:15

39

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Trio (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor)

01:27

40

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: "Let all things nameless at our feast run wild" (Bass)

01:34

41

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "With sharped-fanged smile the young bride bowed" (Tenor) - "My heart is swelling" (Soprano, Chorus)

01:22

42

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "And while the company retired to a well-earned rest" (Tenor) - "My child, be seated" (Bass, Men's Chorus)

01:02

43

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "And in the castle guest room" (Tenor) - "If you can hurt" (Contralto, Chorus)

02:01

44

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: "Midnight … Dracula, still in the Gloom of youth" (Tenor)

02:08

45

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "But at the reception" (Tenor)

03:07

46

Mobile for Seven Orchestras

04:08

Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958 & 1961

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The United Nations (Excerpts)

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