Henry V: Suite for Orchestra

arranged by Muir Mathieson

General Information – About the Score – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings

General Information:

Arrangement:
Arranged by Muir Mathieson in 1963, from the music for the film Henry V, composed 1943–4.

First Performance:
Tuesday, 15 October 1963. Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir William Walton conductor. Abbey Road Studios, London. Recording session.

Duration:
About 16 minutes

Movements:

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C50b

Instrumentation:

2 flutes (doubling piccolos), 2 oboes (second doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons – 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba (optional) – timpani, 3 percussion (2 side-drums, cymbal, bell, tabor, suspended cymbal, tambourine) – harp – strings

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1964, 019 3682303. Score and parts are available on hire.

Arrangements:

Arranged for wind band, by Don Phillips, 1976.
Instrumentation: 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, 3 B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 bassoons – 3 B-flat cornets, E-flat trumpet, B-flat trumpet, 4 horns in F, 3 trombones, baritone, bass – timpani, 3 percussion (side-drum, cymbal, tabor) – harp
Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire only.

'Charge and Battle', for brass band, arranged by Arthur Wills.

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music – Henry V