Variations on an Elizabethan theme / William Byrd (arr. Imogen Holst) ; Arthur Oldham ; Michael Tippett ; Lennox Berkeley ; Benjamin Britten ; Humphrey Searle ; William Walton (16:21) -- Severn Bridge variations / Malcolm Arnold ; Alun Hoddinott ; Nicholas Maw ; Daniel Jones ; Grace Williams ; Michael Tippett (18:54) -- Variations on Sumer is icumen in / Oliver Knussen ; Robert Saxton ; Robin Holloway ; Judith Weir ; Alexander Goehr ; Colin Matthews ; David Bedford (19:59).
Note
Sets of collaborative variations by British composers; the first set for string orchestra, based on William Byrd's Sellinger's round; the second and third sets for orchestra, the second set based on the Welsh hymn tune Braint.
Event (note)
Recorded Mar. 2, 4-5, 1999, BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Steen, Jac van.
Title
Themes & variations [electronic resource].
Imprint
London : NMC Recordings, p2001.
Playing time
001621 001854 001959
Performer
BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Jac van Steen, conductor.
Event
Recorded Mar. 2, 4-5, 1999, BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London.