I can second Martin's recommendation of the violin sonata - it is excellent!
As a chorister, I've sung a fair number of works by Harold Darke and enjoyed them immensely. I'd been interested to see what his other works are like, and two years ago I wrote to the RCM to ask whether I might have permission to obtain copies of the piano works. They duly put me in touch with his son Michael who kindly gave permission to obtain scans. In my opinion, the unpublished piano works are very good and certainly are well worth publishing and performing.
In 2010, Michael wrote a 64-page book that was circulated to close friends and family, and a copy was given to the RCM. Of the Symphony, he writes:
"In the autumn of 1910, Harold started writing his Switzerland Symphony for full orchestra- 'in remembrance of a holiday in Switzerland, it is dedicated to my friends Mr and Mrs H B Calkin'. It was two years before this was completed. It was never published, but a first performance was given by the Guildford Symphony Orchestra. Later, Harold arranged it as a Sextet for strings, horn and piano."
cheers,
Daniel
As a chorister, I've sung a fair number of works by Harold Darke and enjoyed them immensely. I'd been interested to see what his other works are like, and two years ago I wrote to the RCM to ask whether I might have permission to obtain copies of the piano works. They duly put me in touch with his son Michael who kindly gave permission to obtain scans. In my opinion, the unpublished piano works are very good and certainly are well worth publishing and performing.
In 2010, Michael wrote a 64-page book that was circulated to close friends and family, and a copy was given to the RCM. Of the Symphony, he writes:
"In the autumn of 1910, Harold started writing his Switzerland Symphony for full orchestra- 'in remembrance of a holiday in Switzerland, it is dedicated to my friends Mr and Mrs H B Calkin'. It was two years before this was completed. It was never published, but a first performance was given by the Guildford Symphony Orchestra. Later, Harold arranged it as a Sextet for strings, horn and piano."
cheers,
Daniel