George Templeton Strong(1856-1948):Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Mus

[Dundonnell]

(My 100th Composer Catalogue )

GEORGE TEMPLETON STRONG: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1870s:      Symphonic Poem "Spring"  (lost)
1878:        Symphonic Poem "Dance of the Dead", op.11
1879?:      "A Fairy Tale for Orchestra and Violin Obligatto: 'He strove to win but failed'", op.12
                  Symphonic Poem "Darkness", op.13
1882-83/1939:Symphonic Poem "Undine", op.14: 25 minutes     + (Naxos cd)
1882-86:  Symphony No.1 in F major "In the Mountains", op.14a (first two movements lost)
1880s:      An Eclogue for Orchestra with English Horn Obligatto, op. 19  (lost)
                  Cantata "The Elf Queen" for soprano, chorus and orchestra, op. 25  (lost)
1884:        Cantata "The Trumpeter" for tenor, baritone, male chorus and orchestra, op.26
1885:        Cantata "Asmund" for soloists, male chorus and orchestra, op.28   
1885/1923:Suite for Cello and Orchestra
1887:         Cantata "The Haunted Mill" for tenor or soprano, male chorus and orchestra, op.30
1886-87/1943:Three Songs for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra, op. 32
1880s:      Cantata-A Forest Idyll "The Knights and the Naiads" for two sopranos, contralto, baritone, male chorus and orchestra, op. 33a  (lost)
1890:         Ballad "In the Night She Told a Story" for voice and orchestra, op. 45a     (lost)
1887-88:   Symphony No.2 in G minor "Sintram: the struggle of the people(Mankind) against evil powers), op.50: 59 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
1890/91/
    1915-16:Symphonic Poem "King Arthur (Le Roi Arthur)": 41 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
1890/1940:"From a Notebook of Sketches": Third Suite for Orchestra: 16 minutes      +  (Naxos cd)
1892:         "On the Ocean"  (Symphony No.3) for orchestra  (lost)
1893/1940-41:"From a Notebook of Sketches": First Suite for Orchestra: 15 minutes    + (Naxos cd)
1893/1943:"From a Notebook of Sketches: Athens"-Second Suite for Orchestra: 10 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
1904;1915:"Americana: "Smiles and Sighs"-two poems for violin and orchestra
1913:         Suite of short symphonic poems "The Night(Die Nacht)": 26 minutes      + (Naxos cd)
                  "Berceuse: God Bless you, Mr. Blackbird, but don't wake the baby" for violin, viola, or cello and small orchestra
1913/37:   "To the Fields"-Symphonic Poem for Violin and Small Orchestra
                    Three Pieces for Violin and Small Orchestra
1916-17:   Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
1919:         "Une vie d'artiste" for orchestra
                  "Festival at Fenalet" for orchestra
1922/28:   "Songs of an American Peddler" for middle voice and orchestra
1923:         "Hallali" for Horn and Orchestra    +  (Ars Produktion cd)
1926:         "An Indian Chief's Reply" for low voice and orchestra
1929:         Adagio: When the Last Hour Comes"-Chorale for String Orchestra on a Theme of Hans Leo Hassler: 7 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
                  "The Voyage: Melody-Symphonic Poem" for middle voice and orchestra
1929/43:"The Ford" for voice and orchestra
1930-31:"Pollainiana"-six pieces for cello and orchestra
1931/39:"Le menusier des trespasses" for voice and orchestra
                  "Three Watercolours" for voice and orchestra
                  "A la claire fontaine" for soprano and orchestra
                  "Marche des cornemuseaux" for soprano and orchestra  (lost?)
1934:         Two Pieces for Orchestra

and         "Renunciation" for Horn or Cello and Orchestra  (lost)

[TerraEpon]

That Hallali piece is short but sweet. A real catchy rip roarer.