Instrumentation

1(=picc).1.1.1 - 1000 - timp - harp - strings

Availability

Score 0-571-51653-X on sale, parts for hire

Programme Notes

BENJAMIN BRITTEN IRISH REEL (Original orchestral work) Britten wrote Irish Reel in 1936 as the title music for a documentary film entitled “Around the Village Green”. It is a bravura piece, exhibiting all the energy, sparkle and strong orchestral colours typical of the composer’s output at that time, which makes use of a traditional reel tune with the evocative title “The Bottom of the Punch Bowl”.

Irish Reel

Concert Hall, Korundi House of Culture (Rovaniemi, Finland)

The Chamber Orchestra of Lapland/John Storgårds

Irish Reel

St John's Smith Square (London, United Kingdom)

London Phoenix Orchestra/Levon Parikian

Irish Reel

Curtis M Phillips Performing Arts Center (Gainesville, FL, USA)

BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart

Irish Reel

Peabody Auditorium (Daytona Beach, FL, USA)

BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart

Irish Reel

Northland, A Church Distributed (Longwood, FL, USA)

BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart