The Overture to a Picaresque Comedy is a concert overture composed by Arnold Bax in 1930. It was premiered by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by the dedicatee...
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Arnold Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonora Nr 1 Leonora Nr 2 Leonora Nr 3 Fidelio Coriolan Overture Creatures of Prometheus...
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Cortège (1925) Romantic Overture (1926) Overture, Elegy and Rondo (1927) Three Pieces (1928) Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (1930) Sinfonietta (1932)...
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Arnold Bax (category Pages containing links to subscription-only content)
Rondo (1927) – a lightweight piece, according to Grove. The Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (1930), was for a time one of his most popular works. It was...
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shepherds and a satyr. It inspired Bax to compose a piano piece with the same title. Completed in May 1914, it was dedicated to Farjeon. After the First World...
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economic sanctions against Japan. The Arnold Bax composition Overture to a Picaresque Comedy was performed for the first time in Manchester. The Jean Renoir-directed...
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of T'ung Kuan, with the Oslo Philharmonic Sir Arnold Bax's Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (first recording) Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's Symphony No...
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The Garden of Fand (category Pages containing links to subscription-only content)
overwhelms the island, and the garden of Fand is lost from sight. In a preface to the score states that “The Garden of Fand is the sea” and sets out the...
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Foreman writes, "A rhythmic figure drives the music until the mood becomes calmer and soon the second subject tune appears which Bax asks to be played 'clear...
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Tintagel (Bax) (category Pages containing links to subscription-only content)
Tintagel is a symphonic poem by Arnold Bax. It is his best-known work, and was for some years the only piece by which the composer was known to many concert-goers...
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