Dies Natalis, Op.8 (Finzi, Gerald)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements
Composition Year 1925-1939
Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For voice, strings; For voices with strings; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring string ensemble; Scores featuring the tenor voice; English language

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#872653 - 52.40MB - 23:41 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/59/27 - 7×⇩ - FLAC - Dbmiller

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Performer Pages Boyd Neel (conductor)
Joan Cross (soprano)
Publisher Info. London: Decca, 1948.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The composer may have conducted during one of the sessions for this recording. Finzi was not satisfied with the choice of Cross and Neel as singer and conductor.
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 Complete Performance
#872654 - 22.47MB - 23:47 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 9×⇩ - OGG - Dbmiller

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Performer Pages Christopher Finzi (conductor)
Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Publisher Info. London: EMI, 1963.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Brown previously performed this piece under the composer's baton.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score (CA)
#872646 - 2.21MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/42/27 - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. London: Hawkes & Son, No. HPS 97, 1946. Plate B. & H. 9129.
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Parts

 Violins I (CA)
#875920 - 0.58MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/27 - Dbmiller

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⇒ 4 more: Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Double Basses

 Violins II (CA)
#875921 - 0.59MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/27 - Dbmiller

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 Violas (CA)
#875922 - 0.56MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/27 - Dbmiller

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 Cellos (CA)
#875923 - 0.53MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/27 - Dbmiller

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 Double Basses (CA)
#875924 - 0.24MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/27 - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. London: Hawkes & Son, 1949. Plate B. & H. 16147.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Revised ed. 1949.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score (CA)
#872647 - 4.63MB, 43 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/35/27 - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. London: Winthrop Rogers, 1939.
Reprinted London: Boosey & Hawkes, n.d. Plate H. 15139.
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General Information

Work Title Dies Natalis
Alternative. Title
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Finzi, Gerald
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.8
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGF 15
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements
  1. Intrada (instrumental) (?c.1926-29, with likely later revisions)
  2. Rhapsody (Recitativo Stromentato) (c.1926-29, with likely later revisions)
  3. The Rapture (Danza) (1939)
  4. Wonder (Arioso) (1926-27, with likely later revisions)
  5. The Salutation (Aria) (1925-26, with likely later revisions)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1925-1939
First Performance. 1946
First Publication. 1939 (vocal score)
1946 (full score)
Librettist Thomas Traherne (1637–1674)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation soprano or tenor, string orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article, McCullough: A History and Analysis of Gerald Finzi’s Dies Natalis
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