Bernard Stevens 1916-1983

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2005 CATALOGUE OF WORKS

OPUS

1. Sonata for violin and piano (1940) Bardic www.bardic-music.com

2.Theme and variations for piano (1941) Bardic

3.Trio for violin cello and piano (1942) Lengnick

4.Concerto for Violin and orchestra (1943) Lengnick

5. Four John Donne Songs for high voice and piano
(Three Donne Songs (1943) published with
Death be not Proud (1981) Stainer&Bell

6. Ricercar for string orchestra (1944) Lengnick

7. A Symphony of Liberation (1945) Lengnick

8. Eclogue for small orchestra (1946) Lengnick

9. Fugal Overture for orchestra (1947) Lengnick

10. Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1948) Lengnick

11. Theme and Variations for string quartet (1949) Lengnick

12. Two Fanfares for four natural trumpets (1949) Lengnick

13. Fantasia on The Irish Ho-Hoane for piano duet (1949) Lengnick

14. Five Inventions for piano or harpsichord (1950) Lengnick

15. Mimosa, an Opera in three acts (Montague Slater)
(1950 - unfinished, MS).

16.Overture East and West for wind band (1950) Bardic www.bardic-music.com

17. Ballad for piano No.1 (1951) Lengnick

18. Concerto for cello and orchestra (1952) Lengnick

19. The Harvest of Peace (Randall Swingler)
Cantata for soprano and baritone soloists, narrator,
chorus, string orchestra (or quartet) and Piano (1952) Lengnick

20. Fantasia for two violins and piano (1952) Lengnick

21. The Palatine Coast. Three Folkish Songs (Montague Slater)
for high voice and piano (1952) Lengnick

22. Fantasia on Giles Farnaby's Dreame
for piano (1953) Lengnick

23. Fantasia on a theme of Dowland,
for violin and piano (1953) Lengnick

24. Two Improvisations on Folk Songs
for brass quintet (1954) Bardic

25. Sonata in One Movement for piano (1954) Lengnick

26. Concerto for Piano and orchestra (1955) Lengnick

27. The Pilgrims of Hope (William Morris)
Cantata for soprano and baritone soloists,
chorus and orchestra 1956 (revised 1968) Lengnick

28. Dance Suite for Orchestra (l957) Lengnick

29. Introduction and Allegro for two pianos (1957) Bardic www.bardic-music.com

30. Lyric Suite for string trio (1958) Bardic

31a.* Adagio and Fugue for wind band (1959) Bardic

31b.* Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra (1960) Novello

32. Two Poetical Sketches (William Blake),
for women's voices and strings or piano (1961) Bardic

33. Two Dances for piano duet (1962) Bardic

34. String Quartet No.2 (1962) Bardic

35. Symphony No.2 (1964) Lengnick

36. Variations for Orchestra (1964) Lengnick

37. Thanksgiving (Tagore) Motet for SATB
chorus and string orchestra or organ (1965) Lengnick

38. Trio for horn, violin and piano (1966) Lengnick

39. Fantasia for organ (1966) Bardic

40. Suite for Six Instruments
violin, oboe, flute, viola da gamba or viola,
cello, harpsichord or piano (1967) Lengnick

41. Choriamb for orchestra (1968) Novello

42. Ballad No.2 for piano (1969) Roberton

43. Et Resurrexit (Ecclesiastes and Randall Swingler)
Cantata for alto and tenor soloists
chorus and orchestra (1969) Lengnick

44. Hymn to Light (Tagore)
Anthem for chorus, organ, brass and percussion (1970) Lengnick

45. The Bramble Briar, Ballad for Guitar (1970) Berben

46. The Turning World (Randall Swingler)
Motet for baritone solo, chorus orchestra and piano (1971) Lengnick

47. Introduction, Variations and Fugue on a theme of Giles Farnaby
for orchestra (1972) Lengnick

48. Improvisation for Solo Violin
Improvisation for Solo Viola (1974) Roberton

49. The True Dark (Randall Swingler)
Song-cycle for baritone and piano (1974) Roberton

50. The Shadow of the Glen (J.M.Synge)
an opera in one act for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone
and bass soloists and chamber orchestra (1978/9) Lengnick

51.*Nocturne on a note-row of Ronald Stevenson
for piano (1979) Roberton

52. Autumn Sequence for guitar and harpsichord (1980) Berben

53.*Death be not proud (John Donne) for high voice and piano
published with Opus 5, without Opus No. (1981) Stainer&Bell

54.*Concerto for piano and orchestra
(revised version of Opus 26) (1981) MS

55.*Concertante for two pianos (1982) Lengnick
* denotes Opus number added posthumously

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UNNUMBERED WORKS

1936 Toccata and Fugue for piano Bardic www.bardic-music.com

1937 Four Cannons for two oboes and bassoon Bardic

1937 Invention for piano Bardic

1937 Two Chorale preludes for organ Bardic

1937 Two Beddoes Songs (Beddoes) for tenor and piano Bardic

1938/9 Mass for unaccompanied double choir Bardic

1943 One Day (David Martin) SATB chorus and piano WMA

1946 The Password (Montague Slater) chorus and piano Bardic

1947 Collier's Song (Kathleen Nott) for male voices and piano WMA

1947 Three Pieces from The Upturned Glass for piano Bardic

1950 Take all of Man (Randall Swingler) Bardic
An ode for mixed choir unaccompanied

1952 Piano Pieces (9) contributed to Five by Ten
(Five Piano Albums for Study and Recreation)
also published separately Lengnick

1952 Barcarolle for Piano Solo Bardic

1953 If we Die (Ethel Rosenberg) for high voice and piano Bardic
(Rosenberg executed USA June 1953)

1953 Song of the Waking World
(Randall Swingler) SATB and piano Bardic

1957 Aria for Piano - first version Roberton

1962 Aria for Piano - second version Roberton

1963 Birthday Song for piano duet Bardic

1968 Running to Paradise (W.B.Yeats)
SATB chorus and piano Bardic

1974 Canto di Compleanno Bardic
(Birthday Song transcribed for solo piano by Ronald Stevenson)

1974 Fughetta for organ on one Manual Bardic

1980 Fuga alla Sarabanda for piano Roberton

1981 Elegiac Fugue on the name 'Geraldine' for piano Roberton


Aria - version 1 1957 and Canto di Compleanno
are published together Roberton

(1) Aria - version 2. (2) Elegiac Fugue. (3) Nocturne on a
note-row of Ronald Stevenson. (4) Fuga alla Sarabanda
are published as 'Four Concert Pieces for Piano.' Roberton

1952 Arrangements in 'Coal Dust Ballads'
compiled by A.L.Lloyd WMA
The Coal Owner and the Pitman's Wife
The Gresford Disaster
The Trimdon Grange Explosion

1957 Arrangements in 'The Singing Englishman'
compiled A.L.Lloyd WMA
Dives and Lazarus
The Dalghety Ploughboy

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FILM MUSIC

1947 The Upturned Glass
(Orchestral Sequence arr. Adrian Williams 1994) Bardic
www.bardic-music.com

1947 The Mark of Cain
(Orchestral Sequence arr. Adrian Williams 1994) Bardic

1948 Once a Jolly Swagman MS

Recordings of the majority of works can be heard at the
British Information Centre, 10 Stratford Place, London W1N 9AE or
British Library, National Sound Archive, 29, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AS

BERNARD STEVENS' original manuscripts have been acquired by the British Library as additional manuscripts 68944-69035 and 71998-72000, where they may be studied.

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