Frank Bridge   1879-1941 Catalogue of works

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 1  early years
 2  quest for recognition
 3  change of course
 4  maturity

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Maturity (1924-1941): 'Spreading his wings'

Piano Sonata (H.160, 1922-25)
      (in memory of Ernest Bristow Farrar)
Recordings: Pearl 513/4 [LP] (P Wallfisch)
There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, for orchestra (H.173, 1927)
  First performed in London, 20 Aug 1927
Recordings: Chandos 6566 (Del Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta).
Enter Spring, symphonic poem (H.174, 1926)
  First performed at the Norwich Festival, 27 Oct 1927
Recordings: Pearl SHE 9601 (Baillie/Carewe/Cologne RSO)
String Quartet no.3 (H.175, 1926)
  Recordings: Meridian 84311 (Bridge Quartet)
Continuum 1035 (Brindisi SQ, out-of-print).
Print Editions: small study score [Stainer & Bell 2334]
score & parts, made to order [Stainer & Bell AC8]
Strongly recommended; possibly the finest of Bridge's four quartets.
Rhapsody Trio, for 2 violins, and viola (H.176, 1928)
Trio no.2, for piano, violin, cello (H.178, 1929)
  Recordings: Chandos 8495 (Borodin Trio)
Oration, for cello and orchestra (H.180, 1930)
  First performed in London, 17 Jan 1936
Recordings: Pearl SHE 9601 (Baillie/Carewe/Cologne RSO)
Phantasm, for piano and orchestra (H.182, 1931)
 First performed in London, 10 Jan 1934
Recordings: HNH 4042 [LP] (Wallfisch/Braithwaite/London PO)
full score & parts, for rental [Stainer & Bell Hire Library]
Sonata for violin and piano (H.183, 1932)
String Quartet no.4 (H.188, 1937)
 Recordings: Meridian 84369 (Bridge Quartet)
Continuum 1036 (Brindisi SQ, out-of-print)
Print Editions: small study score [Stainer & Bell 26037]
score & parts, made to order [Stainer & Bell AC9]
Divertimenti, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (H.189, 1934-38)
 Recordings:
3 Pieces, for organ (H.190, 1939)
 Prelude; Minuet; Processional
Recordings: Pearl 545 [LP] (Stuart Campbell/Memorial Chapel, Univ Glasgow)
Print Edition: Thames TH978078
Rebus, for orchestra (H.191, 1939-40)
 First performed (posthumously) in London, 23 Feb 1941.
Recording: Lyrita SRCS114 [LP] (Braithwaite/London Philharmonic)
Allegro moderato, for strings (H.192, 1940-41)
 At the time of his death, Bridge had completed in full score all but the concluding 20 measures, which he had left sketched. The score was completed by Anthony Pople at the request of the Frank Bridge Trust. This lone movement is thought to have intended by Bridge as the opening of a three-movement Symphony for Strings.


Sources: Schwann Opus (various editions); Hyperion record catalogue; Paul Hindmarsh Frank Bridge: A Thematic Catalogue; Anthony Payne Frank Bridge: Radical and Conservative; liner notes to recordings, new and old.

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