• Composition: 1938. Music arranged from Façade.
• First Performance: 30 March 1938. Carnegie Hall, New York. New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli conductor. [The ‘Tango-Pasodoblé’ from the First Suite was played instead of ‘Old Sir Faulk’, for reasons unknown.]
• Duration: About 10 minutes
• Movements: I. Fanfare. Vivo - II. Scotch Rhapsody. Molto vivace - III. Country Dance. Allegretto piacevole - IV. Noche espagnola. Maestoso - V. Popular Song. Grazioso - VI. Old Sir Faulk. Tempo di Fox-trot
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C12e
• Instrumentation: 2 flutes (second doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais (or alto saxophone, or, preferably, both), 2 clarinets in B-flat (both doubling clarinets in A), 2 bassoons – 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, trombone – 1 or 2 percussion (side drum, cymbals, castanets, tambourine, triangle, wood block, Chinese blocks) – strings
• Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Manuscript FRKF 638b. Autograph full score. Only ‘Country Dance’ and ‘Noche espagnola’ are in Walton’s hand. The other movements are in an unknown copyist’s hand. 63 pages.
• Publication: Oxford University Press. Study score, 1938 and 1968, 019 3681536. Score and parts are available on hire. [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]
• Arangements: Arranged for piano duet, by Constant Lambert. Publication: Oxford University Press. Score, 1939, discontinued.
• Recordings:
Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir William Walton | 1936/8 | EMI Classics 7 63381 2 Pearl GEM 0171 |
9’34” |
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir William Walton | 1968 | BBC Legends 4098-2 | * 4’19” |
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Louis Frémaux | 1976 | EMI Classics 7 64201 2 | 10’53” |
London Philharmonic | Jan Latham-Koenig | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 9148 | 10’30” |
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Andrew Litton | 1996 | Decca 470 200-2 | 10’44” |
* Only ‘Popular Song’ and ‘Old Sir Faulk’ were released.