Prelude for Orchestra: Granada

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:
1962, as the prelude for the call music for Granada TV.

First Performance:
Saturday, 25 June 1977. St. John's, Smith Square, London. Young Musicians' Symphony Orchestra, James Blair conductor.

Duration:
About 6 minutes

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C75a

Instrumentation:

3 flutes (third doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (third doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 3 percussion – harp – strings

Manuscript:

See manuscript information for the call music for Granada TV.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.

Arrangements:

March for Concert Band, arranged by Gilbert Vinter.
Note: This is the version of the prelude which was broadcast by Granada TV from 1965.
Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.

Recordings:

Orchestra Conductor Year Compact Disc Timing
London Philharmonic Bryden Thomson 1991 Chandos CHAN 8968 6'09"
The Band of the Scots Guards  [March for Concert Band] Major R. J. Owen 2002 SRC 107 5'16"

 

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