Second music director Frederick Stock led the CSO in the world premieres of Bax’s The Garden of Fand and Walton’s Scapino Overture as well as the U.S. premiere of Elgar’s Violin Concerto, all heard on this broadcast featuring works by English composers. Britten’s Serenade—featuring tenor Robert Tear and longtime principal horn Dale Clevenger—rounds out this program.
Britten, Elgar and Walton
Playlist
Crown Imperial, Coronation March, by William Walton
Jay Friedman conductor; Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
The Garden of Fand, by Arnold Bax
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, by Benjamin Britten
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; Robert Tear, tenor; Dale Clevenger, horn
Scapino, A Comedy Overture, by William Walton
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Frederick Stock, conductor
Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61, by Edward Elgar
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin