SUITE:A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY op.446 (June 1992) Listen to this Work

A concert work for string orchestra adapted from the film score

Instrumentation: vn1,vn2,va,vc,cb
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Duration: 15 mins
First Performance: Recording by the Northern Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel 6th February 1993 Leeds Town Hall

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Recordings Available

ASV digital CD/PAUL DANIEL CD DCA 905 with Violin Concerto (The Leeds)

Movements

1: Larghetto 3 minutes 02 seconds
Idyll
2: Alla Marcia 1 minutes 19 seconds
March
3: Adagio 3 minutes 53 seconds
Elegy
4: Scherzando 1 minutes 33 seconds
Scherzo
5: Andante espressivo 3 minutes 06 seconds
Finale

Notes

Film directed by Pat O’Connor for Channel 4, BFI ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD FOR MUSICAL EXCELLENCE 1988

Performances

5th July 2006	Ensemble Orchestral Stringendo/Jean Thorel, Annexe de la mairie XIV arrt. Paris
21st May 2000	Barry Wordsworth, The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Millenium concert 2000 in Hove Town Hall including Robert Cohen playing 'Diversions'

Reviews

A lovely suite of string music written for the film A Month in the Country is also inspired. The bittersweet nostalgia of the three slow movements makes a telling contrast with the Alla Marcia second and the folksy Scherzando fourth.

Ivan March, Gramophone, 12/1994

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