Anthony Hedges(1931-): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

Anthony Hedges is, perhaps, best known as a composer of light music and music for amateur and school groups. He has however composed a substantial body of music, including two symphonies and merits inclusion in this series.

I must, again, stress I cannot claim that this list is necessarily complete.

ANTHONY HEDGES: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1955:   Sinfonietta, op.1a (withdrawn)
1962:   Comedy Overture: 10 minutes
1963:   Sinfonia Semplice for orchestra: 10 minutes
            "War and Piece" for orchestra: 9 minutes
1964:   Expressions for orchestra: 26 minutes
1965:   Prelude, Romance and Rondo for string orchestra: 12 minutes
1966:   Introduction, Romance and Rondo for string orchestra: 12 minutes
                  (possibly a confusion with previous composition?)
1967:   Four Miniature Dances for small orchestra: 9 minutes     +  (Marco Polo cd)
             Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: 9 minutes
1968:   Holiday Overture(1978 revised as Overture "Heigham Sound"): 5 minutes        + (Marco Polo cd)
1969:   Variations on a Theme of Rameau for chamber orchestra: 16 minutes    *
            Kingston Sketches for orchestra: 8 minutes     + (Marco Polo cd)
            Ayrshire Serenade for orchestra, op.42: 11 minutes       + (ASV and Resonance cds)
             A British Folksong Suite for strings: 7 minutes
            "Epithalamion" for tenor, choir, piano and orchestra: 30 minutes
1971:   Four Diversions for string orchestra
1972:   "To Music" for choir, string orchestra and piano: 25 minutes
1973:   Psalm 104 for soprano, chorus and orchestra: 18 minutes
1974:   A Manchester Mass for chorus, orchestra and brass band: 40 minutes
            "Musick's Empire" fo chorus and orchestra: 10 minutes
1975:   Symphony No.1: 25 minutes    *
            Cantata "Bridge for the Living" for tenor, chorus and orchestra (later revised): 19 minutes
1976:   Festival Dances for orchestra, op.64      + (Dutton cd)
1977:   Songs of David for chorus and orchestra: 26 minutes
1978:   Overture "Saturday Market"        + (Dutton cd)
1979:   "The Temple of Solomon" for tenor, chorus and orchestra: 25 minutes
            "Dancing Days" for chorus and orchestra: 17 minutes
1980:   "The Jackdaw of Rheims" for soprano, speaker and orchestra
            "Scenes from the Humber" for orchestra: 19 minutes    + (Marco Polo cd)
            Suite: Four Breton Sketches for orchestra: 14 minutes   + (Marco Polo cd)
1982:   Sinfonia Concertante for orchestra: 17 minutes (later revised)
1984:   A Cleveland Overture: 7 minutes   +  (ASV cd)
            "Showpiece" for orchestra
             Concertino for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
1985:   Cantata "I Sing the Birth(Canticles for Christmas" for soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra, op.100: 32 minutes
                    (and last section as Fantasia on "A Virgin most pure" for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra)
1987:   Concertino for Horn and String Orchestra, op.105: 16 minutes
1990:   "I'll Make me a World" for chorus and orchestra
1992:   "In such a night" for string orchestra
1997:   Symphony No.2
1998:   Divertimento for String Orchestra (revised version of Four Diversions of 1971):21 minutes   +  (ASV cd)
2000:   Concertino for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra
2001-02:"Fiddler's Green" for string orchestra     + (ASV cd)
2002:   "Free and Easy" for string orchestra
2003:   "West Oxford Walks" for string orchestra        +  (Dutton cd)
2004-05:Three Miniatures for Recorder, strings, harp and percussion    +  (Dutton cd)
2005:   "The Lamp of Liberty" for bass, chamber choir and orchestra, op. 155

and   Cantilena for orchestra         +  (Marco Polo cd)
         Concertino for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra