For the middle decades of the twentieth century Cedric Thorpe Davie (1913–83) was a mainstay of musical life in Britain – and in Scotland in particular – as an administrator, academic, choral director and, especially, composer. His many film scores brought him a wide audience, but the orchestral works he wrote for the concert hall are as good as unknown. The five works heard here, all in their first recordings, reveal craftsmanship of a high order and a natural melodic gift, in a style anchored in the sound-worlds of Sibelius and Vaughan Williams – both of whom he knew personally – combined with a Scottish accent that gives this music a unique personal voice.
Cedric Thorpe Davie: Orchestral Music Vol.1 – St Andrews Chamber Orchestra
Festal Overture (1950)
Symphony in C major (1946)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro non troppo
Diversions on a Tune by Dr Arne (1953–54)
Theme: Allegretto grazioso
Var. 1: Grave
Var. 2: Andante piacevole
Var. 3: Allegro scioltamente
Var. 4: Adagio
Var. 5: Comodo
Var. 6: Tempo guisto
Var. 7: Poco lento
Var. 8: Allegretto grazioso –
Var. 9: Più vivo
Solemn Music from the music to Shakespeare’s King Lear, for strings (1950)
Fantasia No. 1 on Four Scottish Tunes (1937)
St Andrews Chamber Orchestra, Bede Williams
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