Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey - Fs Kelly Orchestral Works (CD DOUBLE (SLIMLINE CASE))

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey - Fs Kelly Orchestral Works (CD DOUBLE (SLIMLINE CASE)) Frederick SeptimusKelly was one of Australia's great cultural losses of World War One: a composer the equal of Vaughan Williams, who survived Gallipoli but was cut down in the final days of the Battle of the Somme. His music Ücrafted entirely in his head, and only committed to paper once perfected Üdisplays touching lyricism and profound invention. This album presents his complete catalogue of orchestral works, many recorded here for the first time. Born in Sydney, 'Sep' Kelly's precocious musical talent quickly moved beyond his local piano teachers, and he was sent to boarding school in England at Eton. There he also began a career in rowing Üa sport in which he would win gold at the 1908 Olympic Games. He wrote his first symphony (which he modestly titled a Suite) in his mid 20s; it displays an astonishing fluencyand command of orchestral colour, with hints of Brahms and Mahler and finishing with a magnificently extravagant fugue. Tantalisingly, we know from Kelly's diaries that he composed at least two other symphonies, but never wrote them down. We do, however, have two major orchestral works which highlight the depth of the talent which was lost to us. The first is an exquisite Serenade for flute, harp, horn and strings, written at sea, on a journey home to Australia. The second is his Elegyinmemoriam Rupert Brooke. The two had become close friends enroute to Gallipoli, but Brooke died of septicaemia before they reached the Dardanelles. The music, composed in a dug-out with bullets whistling overhead, recalls the strange beauty of his funeral, conducted by moonlight on the eve of battle in a Greek island olive grove, the air fragrant with wild sage and thyme. Tracklistings: CD1 1.Elegy in memoriam Rupert Brooke German Symphony- 2.I.Allegro con brio 3.II.Waltz 4.III.Intermezzo 5.IV.Introduction and Fugue 6.Scherzo- 7.The Somme Lament arr. Christopher Latham- CD2 1.A Coin for the Ferryman- arr. Latham Two Organ Preludes arr. Latham 2.Prelude No. 1 on 'Good King Wenceslas' (Christmas Prelude)- 3.Prelude No. 2- Serenade for flute, harp, horn and strings 4.I.Prelude 5.II.Idyl 6.III.Minuet 7.IV.Air and Variations 8.V.Jig Songs of Love and Loss arr.Latham & Kelly- 9.It Is Not Dawn Till You Awake 10.Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day 11.Music, When Soft Voices Die 12.Aghadoe 13.Crossing the Bar Andrew Goodwin tenor, Christina Wilson mezzo-soprano Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey, Johannes Fritzsch(CD1 tk1) conductors - World premiere recordings