Frederick Septimus Kelly Orchestral Works [2CD]

Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881-1916)

Orchestral Works

• ABC Classics
• 4818890
• 2CD set

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Johannes Fritzsch

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His music – crafted entirely in his head, and only committed to paper once perfected – displays touching lyricism and profound invention.

Even during the war, he never stopped writing music: on troop ships during long ocean crossings, in training camps, in the trenches of Gallipoli, in a military hospital recovering from war wounds, in a bombed-out cellar barely 300 metres from enemy lines in France. This album presents his complete catalogue of orchestral works, many recorded here for the first time.

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Contents:

Elegy in Memoriam Rupert Brooke
German Symphony
Scherzo
The Somme Lament
A Coin for the Ferryman
Two Organ Preludes
Serenade for flute, harp, horn and strings
Songs of Love and Loss

 Artists:

Benjamin Northey (conductor)
Johannes Fritzsch (conductor)
Douglas Mackie (flute)
Marshall McGuire (harp)
Geoff Lierse (horn)
Andrew Goodwin (tenor)
Christina Wilson (mezzo-soprano)
Erin Helyard (keyboard)