WILLIAM ALWYN – LIST OF WORKS
The following list of musical works by William Alwyn has been arranged by genre (opera/ballet,
orchestral, choral, vocal, chamber, film etc.), and then chronologically by date with the exception of the
film music suites and extracts section, which for convenience has been listed alphabetically. Poets and
authors names in the relevant sections appear in brackets after the main title. Individual titles to some
works have been included where known. Works, which remain incomplete and untitled and as yet
unidentified, have not been included here.
Alwyn’s principle publisher is Alfred Lengnick & Co. Ltd, although some works have been published by
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, Oxford University Press, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music,
Corda Music Publications, Forsyth Bros. Ltd, Roberton/Goodmusic and Stainer & Bell. There remains
much un-published music, which is housed along with the original manuscripts to the published works,
letters, other writings and archival recordings in the William Alwyn Archive at Cambridge University
Library.
Additional information may be found at the Alwyn website: www.musicweb-international.com/alwyn
OPERA and BALLET
1922 – The Fairy Fiddler (Elizabeth Shane aka. Gertrude Hind)
1935-36 – King of the Mists (Ballet with scenario by W.B. Yeats)
1954-55 – Farewell Companions (H.A.L. Craig based on the life of the Irish patriot Robert Emmet)
1965-71 – Juan or the Libertine (William Alwyn adapted freely from Flecker’s play Don Juan)
1970 – Mirages (arrangement of Alwyn’s song cycle set to dance)
1973-76 – Miss Julie (William Alwyn after the play by August Strindberg)
CHORAL
1933-38 - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (William Blake)
1942 – Land of Our Birth for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra (Gordon Boshel)
1946 – Men of Gloucester – Overture in the form of a serenade for wordless chorus and orchestra –
a tribute to Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams, English Musicians
VOCAL
? - The Life of Subhuman (Marjorie Worthing) for voice and horn
1921 – Song (Robert Herrick) for voice and piano
1924 – Hush Song (Elizabeth Shane) for voice and piano
1924 – I Don’t Like Beetles (Rose Fyleman) for voice and piano
1927 – Three Children’s Songs - My Garden, Teddy and Me, Bed Time (Alec N Smith)
for unison voices
1927 – Duma (Marjorie Pickthall) for voice, flute and piano
1930 – I’ve Been Roaming (C. E. Horn to words of George Soame) for vocal duet, flute and piano
1931 – Songs of Innocence (William Blake): (Introduction-Piping Down the Valleys Wild, The Lamb,
The Blossom, The Echoing Green, The Divine Image, Infant Joy, The Little Boy Lost,
The Little Boy Found, Nurse’s Song, Spring, Laughing Song, The Little Black Boy)
for voice and string quartet and voice and piano
1931 – Songs of Experience (William Blake): The Tiger, My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah Sunflower, The Lilly,
A Poison Tree for voice and piano
1931 – My Silks and Fine Array (William Blake) for voice and piano
1931 – The Cuckoo (Gerard Manley Hopkins) for voice and piano
1931 – Heaven-Haven (Gerard Manley Hopkins) for voice and piano
1931 – Wood Magic (William Alwyn) for voice, violin and piano
1931 – Lament of the Tall Tree (William Alwyn for voice, violin and piano
1931 – Music Unheard (De La Mare) for voice and piano
1931 – Don Juan Aux Enfers (Charles Baudelaire) for voice and piano
1931 – La Pipe (Charles Baudelaire) for voice and piano
1932 – The Thousand and One Nights – five songs (Splendour, The Slave’s Song, Fragment,
Song of the Indian Lute, Epilogue) for voice, flute, cor anglais and cello
1933 – Pomegranates (Roy Campbell) for soprano and piano - also exists in partly orchestrated version
1933 – With Rue My Heart is Laden (A.E.Houseman) for voice and piano
1936 – Moonlight, The Rainbow, The River (William Alwyn) unison songs with piano
1940 – Three Songs – Nocturne, Illumination, Harvest (Trevor Blakemore) for voice and piano
1941 – Bells (Trevor Blakemore) for voice and piano
1945 – The Cherry Tree Carol (Traditional) for voice and harp
1947 – Three songs – The Streets of Laredo, Slum Song, Carol (Louis MacNeice)
1952 (before) – The Heated Minutes (Louis MacNiece) for voice and piano
1970 – Mirages (William Alwyn) – song cycle for baritone and piano 1. Undine. 2. Aquarium.
3. Honeysuckle. 4. The Metronome. 5. Paradise. 6. Portrait in a Mirror.
1973 – Six Nocturnes (Michael Armstrong) – song cycle for baritone and piano 1. Everything is Now.
2. Summer Rain. 3. Visitation. 4. Summer Night. 5. Circle. 6. Response.
1977 – Invocations (Michael Armstrong) – song cycle for soprano and piano 1.Through the Centuries.
2. Holding the Night. 3. Separation. 4. Drought. 5. Spring Rain.
6. Invocation to the Queen of the Moonlight. 7. Our Magic Horse.
1978 – A Leave-Taking (Lord de Tabley) – song cycle for tenor and piano 1.The Pilgrim Cranes.
2. Daffodils. 3. The Ocean Wood. 4. Fortune’s Wheel. 5. Study of a Spider.
6. The Two Old Kings. 7. A Leave-Taking.
1980 – Seascapes (Michael Armstrong) – four songs for soprano, treble recorder and piano
1. Dawn at Sea. 2. Sea-mist. 3. Song of the Drowned Man. 4. Black Gulls.
ORCHESTRAL
? - Symphony No. 2 in Eb (incomplete – sketches only)
1923 – Peter Pan Suite – four thumbnail sketches of characters from the story by J. M. Barrie:
1. Peter Pan. 2. Tinker Bell. 3. The Lost Boys in the Never-never Land. 4. Captain Hook
1925 – Prelude for Orchestra
1925 – Prelude and Derrybeg Fair music from the opera “The Fairy Fiddler”
1926 – Blackdown – a tone poem from the Surrey Hills
1927 – Five Preludes for Orchestra
1928 – Sinfonietta in C major in one movement (sketch only)
1929 – Ad Infinitum – a satire for orchestra
1930-31 – Piano Concerto No.1 (in one movement)
1932 – Aphrodite in Aulis (after George Moore) an eclogue for small orchestra
1932 – Serenade for Full Orchestra: 1. Prelude. 2. Bacchanal. 3. Air. 4. Finale
1933 – An English Overture “The Innumerable Dance”
1933 – Sonatina for Piano and Orchestra
1935 – Suite for School Orchestra
1935 – Suite for Small Orchestra: 1. Overture. 2. Pastoral. 3. Nocturne. 4. March
1936 – Seven Irish Tunes (The Little Red Lark, Country Tune, The Maiden Ray,
The Ewe with the Crooked Horn, The Gentle Maiden, The Sigh, Jig) – suite for small orchestra
1936 - Tragic Interlude for small orchestra
1937-39 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
1939 – Pastoral Fantasia for viola and string orchestra
1940 – Overture to a Masque
1942 – March from the film ‘They Flew Alone’
1942 – National Fire Service March from the film ‘Fires Were Started’
1943 – March of Liberation from the film ‘Tunisian Victory’
1943 – Concerto Grosso No.1 in Bb major
1943-44 – Concerto for Oboe, Harp and String Orchestra
1944 – March from the film ‘The Way Ahead’
1946 – Suite of Scottish Dances (The Indian Queen, A Trip to Italy, Colonel Thornton’s Strathspey,
The Perth-Shire Hunt, Loch Earn, Carleton House) arranged for small orchestra
1947 – Suite “Manchester” for Orchestra (from the documentary film, ‘A City Speaks’) 1. Prelude
2. March. 3. Interlude. 4. Scherzo. 5. Finale
1948 – Concerto Grosso No.2 in G major for string orchestra
1949 – Symphony No. 1
1951 – Festival March
1952 – Symphonic Prelude “The Magic Island”
1952 – Coronation March (Royal Heritage)
1953 – Symphony No. 2
1953-54 – Lyra Angelica – Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra
1954 – Autumn Legend for Cor Anglais and String Orchestra
1954 – Prologue for Narrator and Orchestra (Christopher Hassall)
1956 – Symphony No. 3
1956 – Dramatic Overture: The Moor of Venice (orchestrated Philip Lane from Brass original in 2001)
1956-57 – Elizabethan Dances
1959 – Symphony No. 4
1959-60 – Overture “Derby Day”
1960 – Piano Concerto No. 2
1964 – Concerto Grosso No. 3
1970 – Sinfonietta for String Orchestra
1972-73 – Symphony No. 5 (Hydriotaphia)
1976 – Miss Julie Suite (music from the opera arranged by Philip Lane in 2000)
1980 – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (arrangement of the Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind
Instruments by John McCabe in 2005)
FILM MUSIC SUITES AND EXTRACTS
All arrangements by Philip Lane unless otherwise stated.
A Night To Remember (Main Titles only)
Calypso from The Rakes Progress (arr. Christopher Palmer)
The Card – 1. Main Titles and Opening Scene. 2. The Countess’s Ball. 2a. Polka. 3. Denry and Nellie.
4. Coach Ride to Bursley. 5. Finale.
The Crimson Pirate - Overture
The Cure for Love – Waltz
Desert Victory – 1. Prologue. 2.Contact with the Enemy. 3. Factory. 4. Map Routes to Middle East.
5. Reinforcements Arrive. 6.Training Sequence. 7. Battle Preparations. 8. March.
The Fallen Idol (ed. Christopher Palmer) – 1. Overture. 2.Prelude and Opening Scene.
3. Love Scene (part 1). 4. Love Scene (part 2). 5. Hide and Seek (scherzo).
6. Panic and Flight. 7. Finale. 8. End Titles.
Geordie – 1. Main Titles. 2. Watching the Eagles. 3. The Samson Way. 4. Father and Son.
5. The Hammer Reel. 6. Geordie and Jean.
Green Girdle
The History of Mr Polly (arr. Christopher Palmer) – 1. Prelude. 2. The Wedding and Funeral.
3. Fire (Murder Arsonical). 4. Christabel. 5. Punting Scene. 6. Utopian Sunset (Finale).
In Search of the Castaways – 1. Ship’s Waltz. 2. Rumba.
Svengali – Libera Me
The Magic Box – 1. Main Titles. 2. Willie and Helena. 3. Willie’s First Customers.
4. Willie Goes to London. 5. Willie and Edith. 6. Death of Willie and Closing Scene.
The Million Pound Note – Waltz Theme
Odd Man Out (arr. Christopher Palmer) – 1. Prelude. 2. Police Chase. 3. Delirium and Lullaby.
4. Nemesis (Finale).
Penn of Pennsylvania – 1. Main Titles. 2. Banquet Scene. 3. Love Music. 4. The King’s Portrait. 5. Finale.
The Rocking Horse Winner – Paul’s Last Ride
The Running Man – 1. Main Titles. 2. Glider Flight. 3. Stella and Stephen. 4. Spanish Gipsy Wedding.
State Secret – 1. Main Titles and Escape. 2. Grand Ball. 3. Theatre Music. 4. On the Barge.
5. In the Mountains. 6. Finale.
Swiss Family Robinson – 1. Main Titles. 2. At Home. 3. Ostriches and Waterslides.
Take My Life - Aria
The True Glory - March
The Way Ahead - March
The Winslow Boy – 1. Prelude. 2. Home in Wimbledon. 3. Closing Scene and End Titles.
MUSIC FOR BRASS AND WIND
1943 – March: More Air Force
1943 – March: The Fraternity of Fellows for Military Band
1943 – March: Women of Empire for Military Band
1951 – Festival March arranged for Brass Band by Denis Wright
1951 – Festival March arranged for Military Band by W. J. Duthoit
1954 – Fanfare for a Royal Birthday
1956 – Dramatic Overture: The Moor of Venice
1958 – Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion for Brass and Percussion
1964 – Fanfare of Welcome
1968 – Homage March for Trombone Quartet
CHAMBER
? - Sonata for Violin and Piano
1913 – Sparkling Cascades for Solo Piccolo
1920’s – Four Little Irish Tunes (The Little Red Lark, Arranmore Boat Song, The Boys of Wexford,
What Shall I Do with this Silly Old Man) for Violin and Piano
1920 – String Quartet in G minor
1922 – Three Preludes for Viola and Piano
1923 – Seven Irish Tunes (The Little Red Lark, Air, The Maiden Ray, The Ewe with the Crooked Horn,
The Gentle Maiden, Who’ll Buy My Besoms?, Jig) - Suite for String Quartet
1923 – Leprechaun – A Fairy Fragment for String Quartet
1923 – String Quartet in F minor (unnumbered)
1923 – String Quartet in Bb minor (unnumbered)
1923 – Solitude and Dance – Two Pieces for viola and piano
1924 – Five Little Pieces (Winter Morning, A Marching Tune, Peter Puck, The Fairy Fiddler,
Hurdy-Gurdy) for String Quartet
1925 – String Quartet No.3 in F major
1925-27 – String Quartet No. 4 in C
1925-27 – String Quartet No. 5 in A minor
1927 – String Quartet No.6 in E minor
1927 – Three Pieces: Suite for String Quartet (1. Bhairvi ‘Renunciations’ - Dervish Song.
2. Snake Charmer. 3. Nautch Dance)
1928 – Phantasy Trio in one movement for Violin, Viola and Cello
1929 – String Quartet No.7 in A minor
1929 – Two Folk Tunes (1. Meditation on a Norwegian folk song fragment. 2.Who’ll buy my Besoms?)
arranged for cello and piano
1931 – String Quartet No.8 in D minor
1931 – String Quartet No.9 in C in one movement
1931 – Three Easy Pieces for Flute and Piano (also arr. violin and piano, ed. Spencer Dyke 1932)
1931 – Two Country Pieces – Meadow Grass and The Dewy Morn for two flutes and piano
1932 – String Quartet No.10 (En Voyage) 1. Departure. 2. Sea Birds. 3. The Lonely Waters.
4. Trade Winds.
1933 – String Quartet No.11
1933 – Sonatina for Violin and Piano
1930’s – Sonatina for Oboe and Piano
1930’s – Short Suite for Oboe: 1. Siciliano. 2. March. 3. Interlude. 4. Jig.
1930’s – Three Irish Tunes for Flute, Cello and Piano. 1. The Eagle’s Whistle.
2. The Maids of Mourne Shore. 3. Molly on the Shore.
1930’s – Four Folk Tunes: Suite for Cello Quartet
1930’s – Two Pieces for Oboe and Piano
1930’s – Three Negro Spirituals (Rise Brother Rise, Save Me, The Fountain)
arranged for Violin, Cello and Piano
1930’s – On Milton Hill: Tone Poem for Flute, Oboe and Piano. (only flute part in existence)
1934 – Sonata for Oboe and Piano
1934 – Eight Irish Folk Tunes – Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola and Harp
1935 – Three Negro Spirituals arranged for Cello and Piano (1. I’ll Hear the Trumpet Sound.
2. Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel? 3. I’m Trave’ling to the Grave.)
1935 – String Quartet No.12 (Fantasia)
1936 – String Quartet No.13 in Two Movements
1936 – All Day Long (Morning Song, Winter Dusk, Afternoon on the River) 3 Easy Pieces for Violin and Piano
1936 – Four Pieces (One Sunday Morning, Along the Road, A Happy Evening, When the Wind Blows)
for Violin and Piano
1937 – Mountain Scenes (In the Canoe, Emerald Lake, On the Trail): Suite for Cello and Piano
1937 – Two Russian Folk Tunes arranged for Flute Quartet
1937 – Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (Overture, Nocturne, March)
1937 – French Suite (Fanfare, Rondeau, Gavotte, Two Interwoven Tunes:
Les Matelots de L’isle de Cythere, Les Septs Sauts, Menuet I & II, Air de Chasse)
for Flute, Violin, Viola and Harp
1938 – Two Irish Folk Songs (They Say My Love is Dead, A Wee Bag of Praties)
arranged for Cello Quartet
1938-39 – Novelette for String Quartet
1939 – Movement for String Trio
1939 – Two Irish Pieces (Idyll, The Spinning Wheel) arranged for String Quartet
1939 – Sonata Impromptu (Sonata Quasi Fantasia) for Violin and Viola
1939 – Ballade for Viola and Piano
1939 – Rhapsody for Piano Quartet
1939-40- Irish Suite (As Through the Woods I Chanced to Roam, The Little Cuckoo of Ard Patrick,
Caoine - a Lament, Lower Ormond, The Fair Nurse’s Song, The Piper’s Finish) for String Quartet
1940 – Divertimento for Solo Flute
1941 – Sonatina (Short Suite) for Viola and Piano
1941 – The Londonderry Air arranged for Flute, Clarinet and Violin
1944 – Short Suite No. 2 for Viola and Piano
1944-45 – Suite for Oboe and Harp (1. Minuet. 2.Valse Miniature. 3.Jig).
1948 – Three Winter Poems (Winter Landscape, Elegy-Frozen Waters, Serenade-Snow Shower)
for String Quartet
1948 – Sonata for Flute and Piano
1950 – Conversations (originally titled Music for Three Players) 1. Prelude. 2. Romanza. 3. Chorale.
4. Fughetta. 5. Arioso. 6. Carillon. 7. Intermezzo. 8. Capriccio. for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
1951 – Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
1953 – String Quartet No.1 in D minor
1955 – Crépuscule for Solo Harp
1962 – String Trio
1962 – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
1970 – Moto Perpetuo for Descant, Treble, Tenor and Bass Recorder
1971 – Naiades (Fantasy Sonata) for Flute and Harp
1975 – String Quartet No.2 (Spring Waters)
1980 – Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments
1982 – Chaconne for Tom for Descant Recorder and Piano
1984 – String Quartet No.3
PIANO SOLO AND TWO PIANOS
1921 – Valse Caprice
1921 - Capricietto
1921 – Sonata in A minor
1921 – Bagatelle
1921 – Romanza
1921 – Prelude
1921 – Three Lyric Pieces (Song, Berceuse, Nocturne)
1922 – A Little Gurgling Brook
1923 – The Fairy Pool
1923 – Four Portraits from Sir J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (1. Peter Pan. 2. Captain Hook. 3. The Lost Boys in
Never-Never Land. 4. Tinker-Bell) See also Orchestral Section.
1923 – Four Sketches (Fairy Flute, Musical Box, Cello, Bagpipes)
1923 – More Sketches (Trumpets, Drums, Clarinet, Bassoon)
1923 – Guitar
1923 – The Gentle Maiden (transcribed from String Quartet)
1923 – Sunday Morning (The Tiny White Cottage in the Meadow, The Wee Piper,
The Rain Drops on Dead Leaves)
1924 – Two Pieces from Peter Pan (1. The Crocodile. 2. Red Indians.)
1924 – Preludes on Folk Tunes (Nobody Knows the Trouble I See Lord, The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies O,
Lullaby and Early One Morning)
1924-26 – April Morn (The Lost Lamb, April Shower, Bluebells, Violets)
1925 – Haze of Noon
1926 – Peter in the Park (A Game of Ball, Squirrels, The Old Tree, By The Lake)
1926 – Two Irish Pieces (From the Countryside, Paddy the Fiddler)
1926 – Three Piano Pieces (Allegro con Grazioso, Adagio, Allegro Giocoso)
1926 – Cuckoo Call
1927 – Fancy Free (Sunday Morning, Snowdrops, Twilight, Happy-Go-Lucky)
1927 – On Milton Hill – A Poem for Piano
1927 – Odd Moments (All Forlorn, Chattering, On the Heath, Light Foot)
1927 – A Happy Christmas and Christmas Bells
1930’s – The Wind and the Rain
1930-33 – Contes Barbares: Homage to Paul Gauguin (Auti Te Pape-Woman at the River,
Le Vivo-Danse Tahitienne, Manu Tapapau-She Dreams of Returning, Dance Fragment,
Nevermore, Te Atua-The Gods, Mahna No Varua-The Devil Speaks)
1931 – Spring Morning (The Whistle-Pipe Man, Gathering Primroses, Dog Days)
1931 – The Weather Vane (The Weather Prophet, The West-Wind, From the East, The Sunny South,
The North Wind Doth Blow)
1931 – Funeral Rites for the Death of an Artist
1931 – Caravans (Up With The Lark, Farewell to Spring, Caravans)
1931 – From Ireland (The Gobby O, The Dove, Lady Gordon’s Minuet, Blackbirds and Thrushes,
Lullaby, Lord Robert and Fair Ellen, Cousin Frog Went Out To Ride)
1931 – Two Intermezzi for Two Pianos (Andante Semplice, Intermezzo)
1932 – Five Pieces for Piano (Con Moto, Allegretto, Andante Semplice, Allegretto (Nude),
Allegro Ritmico)
1932 – Prelude for Piano (Nietzsche)
1932-33 – Hunter’s Moon (Midsummer Magic, The Darkening Wood, Ride By Night)
1933 – Seven Negro Spirituals (I’ve Just Come from the Fountain, I’m Troubled in Mind,
In the River of Jordan, The Ten Virgins, This Old Time Religion, I Ain’t Going to Die No More,
I’ll Hear the Trumpet Sound)
1934 – By the Farmyard Gate (The Duck Pond, A Ride on Dobbin, Sheep in the Paddock,
Swinging on the Gate)
1935 – Cradle Songs of the Panditaris – Kashmiri Folk Tunes arranged for the Piano
1935 – Wooden Walls (Riding at Anchor, Poor Jack, Powder Monkey, Heading for Harbour)
1935 – Two Pieces for Piano (Green Hills and Cricketty Mill)
1935-36 – The Orchard (Peach-Blossom, A Rest in the Shade, The Pear Tree is Laden with Fruit,
A Windfall of Apples, The Cherry Orchard, Ripe Plums)
1936 – Midsummer Night (The Trysting Oak, There Sleeps Titania, Faery Lands Forlorn,
The Piper’s Fancy)
1936 – Scenes from Old London (The Steeple Clock, Gossip in the Market Place, The Street Singer,
Lavender Seller, Poste Haste)
1938 – Harvest Home (The Village Band, The Tinker’s Tune, Harvest Moon, The Church Bells Ring)
1938 – From Town and Countryside (The Shepherd’s Song, A Ride on the Motor Bus, A Seat in the Park,
The Shade of the Woods, The Soldiers March Past, The Farm Cart, The Organ Grinder,
The Road Mender)
1939 – Night Thoughts
1940 – Down By The Riverside
1940 – Piece for Piano
1945 – Prelude and Fugue Formed on an Indian Scale
1945-46 – Sonata alla Toccata
1948 – Piece for Piano
1950 – A Carol for Christmas Day
1952 – Nine Children’s Piano Pieces published in the “Five By Ten” series:
The Trees are Heavy with Snow
The Village Bellringers
What the Mill Wheel Told Me
Hunting Scene
The Sun is Setting
The Sea is Angry
Bicycle Ride
Water Lilies
Cinderella
1954-55 – Fantasy Waltzes
1958 – Twelve Preludes
1961 – Movements (Allegro Appassionata, Evocation, The Devil’s Reel)
1963 – Twelve Diversions for the Five Fingers (1.Prelude 2.Crépuscule (Twilight) 3.Chimes 4.Siesta
5.Anvil Time 6.Berceuse (Cradle Song) 7.Rondel 8.Scherzetto 9. Nocturne (Night Song)
10. Aquarium 11.Valse Triste 12.Russian Dance
FILM MUSIC
Documentaries:
1937 – The Future’s in the Air
Air Outpost
Of All the Gay Places
1938 – Behind the Scenes
1938 – Zoo Babies
Birth of the Year
Free To Roam
Monkey into Man
Mites and Monsters
The Zoo and You
Fingers and Thumbs
New Worlds for Old
1939 – Roads Across Britain
Wings Over Empire
1940 – These Children are Safe
The New Britain
Big City
It Comes From Coal
1941 – SOS
Architects of Britain
Salute to Farmers
Living With Strangers
Night Watch
HMS Minelayer
Steel Goes To Sea
Queen Cotton
Playtime
The English Inn
Green Girdle
Jane Brown Changes Her Job
Post 23
1942 – WVS
Trinity House
Western Isles
Border Weave
Rat Destruction
Winter on the Farm
The Battle for Freedom
Life Begins Again
Lift Your Head, Comrade
British News (Newsreels)
Man of Science
1942 – Our Film
The Harvest Shall Come
A Modern Miracle
Worker and Warfront
1943 – Spring on the Farm
Wales: Green Mountains, Black Mountains
A Letter from Ulster
Desert Victory
1943 – I Was a Fireman
Crown of the Year
Summer on the Farm
World of Plenty
A Welcome to Britain
The Royal Mile
Africa Freed
Citizens of Tomorrow
ABCA: The Story of the Army Bureau of Current Affairs
ABCA Magazine (series of seven)
1944 – There’s a Future in it
Tunisian Victory
Potato Blight
1944 –The Grassy Shires
A Start in Life
Eye of Battle
Atlantic Trawler
Accident Service
The Gen
1945 – Our Country
Penicillin
French Town: September 1944
Country Town
What’s the Next Job?
Peace Thanksgiving
Soldier, Sailor
Your Children and You
Your Children’s Eyes
Your Children’s Ears
Your Children’s Teeth
The True Glory
Today and Tomorrow
The Proud City: A Plan for London
1946 – Land of Promise
Total War in Britain
Each for All
1947 – Home and School
Approach to Science
A City Speaks
1948 – City Government
Your Children’s Sleep
One Man’s Story
Three Dawns to Sydney
1949 – Under One Roof
Daybreak in Udi
1951 – Royal River (aka: Distant Thames)
Henry Moore: Sculpture (BBC Television)
Festival in London
1952 – Alliance for Peace
Royal Heritage
Feature Films:
1941 – Penn of Pennsylvania
1942 – They Flew Alone
Squadron Leader X
1943 – Escape To Danger
1944 – On Approval
Medal for the General
The Way Ahead
1945 – Great Day
The Rake’s Progress
1946 – I See A Dark Stranger
1947 – Odd Man Out
Green For Danger
Take My Life
The October Man
Captain Boycott
1948 – Escape
So Evil My Love
The Fallen Idol
The Winslow Boy
1949 – The History of Mr Polly
The Rocking Horse Winner
The Cure for Love
1950 – Madeleine
The Golden Salamander
State Secret
The Magnet
The Mudlark
Morning Departure
1951 – Night Without Stars
No Resting Place
The Magic Box
The House in the Square
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1952 – The Card
Saturday Island
Mandy
The Crimson Pirate
1953 – The Long Memory
The Malta Story
The Master of Ballantrae
A Personal Affair
1954 – The Million Pound Note
The Rainbow Jacket
1954 – The Seekers
Svengali
1955 – Bedevilled
The Ship That Died of Shame
Geordie
1956 – The Black Tent
Safari
Smiley
1957 – Zarak
Fortune is a Woman
The Smallest Show on Earth
Manuela
1958 – Carve Her Name With Pride
I Accuse
The Silent Enemy
A Night To Remember
1959 – Shake Hands With The Devil
The Killers of Kilimanjaro
Third Man on the Mountain
Devil’s Bait
1960 – The Professionals
1961 – The Swiss Family Robinson
The Naked Edge
1962 – Night of the Eagle
Life for Ruth
In Search of the Castaways
1963 – The Running Man
INCIDENTAL MUSIC
1. Radio:
1942 – Britain to America (P. D. G. Bridson)
1943 – Transatlantic Call: People to People (D. G. Bridson)
Made in Britain (Donald Stokes)
Four Years at War (Louis MacNeice)
Pulse of Britain
1944 – The Spirit of ’76 (P. D. G. Bridson)
The Chimes (Charles Dickens – P. D.G. Bridson)
1945 – Britain’s Our Doorstep (Leonard Cottrell)
Their Finest Hour, 5: The People of Britain (Leonard Cottrell)
London Victorious (Louis MacNeice)
Ex-Corporal Wilf (P. D. G. Bridson)
Armagh: A City Set on a Hill (Louis MacNeice)
Atlantic Flight (Leonard Cottrell)
Wherever You May Be: Christmas Feature (Laurence Gilliam, Leonard Cottrell)
Threshold of the New (Louis MacNeice)
1946 – Nalinakanti: Indian Folk Tune. Contribution to a features production
1946 – Flying Visit. Contribution to features production
Man from Belsen (Leonard Cottrell)
The Careerist: A Psycho-Morality Play of Modern Life (Louis MacNeice)
Home Again (Christmas feature) Laurence Gilliam, Leonard Cottrell
1947 – The Hare (Louis MacNeice)
The Pharaoh Akhnaton (Leonard Cottrell)
The Moon in the Yellow River (Denis Johnston)
1950 – Christmas Journey (Christmas Feature) Laurence Gilliam, Leonard Cottrell
1952 – The Queen’s Inheritance (Christmas feature) Laurence Gilliam, Alan Burgess
1951 – The Gifts of Christmas (Christmas feature) Laurence Gilliam, R. D. Smith
1953 – Long Live the Queen (Coronation programme) Laurence Gilliam, Alan Burgess
Coronation Day Across the World (Laurence Gilliam, Michael Barsley)
1958 – The Mouth of God: The Tragedy of Girolamo Savonarola (Douglas Claverdon)
The Seekers (Christmas feature) Laurence Gilliam, Alan Burgess
2. Television:
1951 – Henry Moore: Sculpture (BBC Television)
1953 – Colonel March of Scotland Yard (ITV)
1954 – Black on White (BBC Television)
1954-55- War in the Air: Fifty North and Eastern Victory (BBC Television)
1961 – Drawn from Life (Granada TV)
1961 – The Empty Sleeve. Episode in the TV series Tales of Mystery by Algernon Blackwood
(Associated Redifusion Network)
3. Stage:
1935 – Sweeney Agonistes (T. S. Eliot)
1935-36 – Japanese Noh Play
Queen of Sheba
The Sleeping Beauty (T. E. Ellis)
Spanish Scene
1937 - Panache
1937 – Harlequin’s Child
1938 – Shut the Window Please! (Music for a mime)
ARRANGEMENTS OF MUSIC BY OTHER COMPOSERS
1936 – J. S. Bach – Air in F major for Cello and Piano
J. S. Bach – Sleepers Wake for Cello and Piano
1938 – P. Tschaikovsky – 7 Pieces from ‘Album for the Young’ (Polka, Folk Song, Old French Melody,
Landler, The Nurse’s Tale, The New Doll, Waltz) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
J. B. McEwen – March of the Little Folk from Nugae: 7 Bagatelles for Strings
J. S. Bach – Siciliano for Flute, Violin and Piano
G. F. Handel – Bourée for Flute, Violin and Piano
1939 – L. Van Beethoven – Prelude and Fugue for String Orchestra freely arranged
from the String Quintet in D major, Op. 137