List of works commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society
This list includes the compositions commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society (until 1912 Philharmonic Society of London) and works dedicated to the Society, provided that they were performed by the Society. These include works such as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 , Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 , the "Italian", and Camille Saint-Saëns ' Symphony No. 3 in C minor , the "Organ Symphony".
This part deals with the period up to 1917 (last documented commissioned work before the Second World War). After that, practice had changed with the introduction of a composer's prize and a music prize. Unless otherwise stated, the performance locations are the Argyll Halls until 1830 , the Hanover Square Rooms from 1830 to 1864 , St. James's Hall from 1864 to 1884 and the Queen's Hall from 1884 .
Abbreviation: WP = world premiere
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| 1814 | Ludwig Berger (1777–1839) | Overture / overture | (further not specified) |
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| 1814 | Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) | Overture / overture | Premiere: May 16, 1814 |
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| 1815 | Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) | Overture in G / Overture in G major | (further not specified) | ||
| 1815 | Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) | Symphony in D / Symphony in D major | Premiere: May 1st, 1815 | ||
| 1815 | Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) | Symphony / Symphony | May 15, 1815 |
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| 1816 | Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) | Bardic Overture / Ouverture bardique [concertante] WoO 24 | Premiere: February 26th, 1816, with six harps. First printing: Berlin, Ries & Erler 2008. | ||
| 1816 | August Alexander Klengel (1783-1852) | Piano Quintet | Quintet for piano, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass Premiere: February 26, 1816 |
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| 1816 | Cipriani Potter (1792–1871) | Overture / Overture in E minor | WP: March 11, 1816; (2nd version 1848) | ||
| 1816 | Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) | Symphony in Eb / Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op.90 | First print: March 25, 1816. First printing: Bonn, Simrock 1826; New edition: Berlin, Ries & Erler. |
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| 1816 | Iwan Müller (1786-1854) | Clarinet Quintet | (further not specified) | ||
| 1816 | John Freckleton Burrowes (1787-1852) | Overture / overture | WP: April 15, 1816 | ||
| 1816 | Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842): | Pastoral Cantata "La Primavera" | WP: April 29, 1816 | ||
| 1816 | Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) | Symphony / Symphony | WP: April 29, 1816 | ||
| 1816 | Cipriani Potter (1792–1871) | Septet [sic!] For piano, flute and strings / sextet for piano, flute and strings | Premiere : April 29, 1816. Foster recorded: Sestett for Pianoforte, Flute and Strings with the musicians C. Potter, Ashe, Spagnoletti, Watts, Cudmore and Dragonetti | ||
| 1816 | François Fémy (1790-1853) | Symphony in E minor / Symphony in E minor | Premiere: May 13th 1816 | ||
| 1817 | John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland , Lord Burghersh (1784-1859) | Symphony / Symphony | Premiere: May 26th 1817 | ||
| 1819 | Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) | Scena Sia Luminosa | (?) | ||
| 1821 | Louis Spohr (1784-1859) | Overture in F / Overture in F major | (?) |
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| 1821 | Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856) | Septet for Harp, Wind and Double Bass / Septet for harp, wind instruments and double bass | (?) |
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| 1825 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | Symphony No.9 / Symphony No.9 | First performance on May 7, 1824 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. First performed in London on May 21, 1825 under the direction of George Smart . |
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| 1832 | Sigismund von Neukomm (1778–1858): | Septet (Fantasia Concertante) for wind and double bass | March 12, 1832 |
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| 1832 | George Onslow (1784-1853) | Symphony / Symphony | Premiere: June 18, 1832 |
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| 1833 | Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858) | Piano Quintet in Bb | WP: February 25, 1833; also: Quintett for Pianoforte and Strings in B ♭ |
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| 1833 | Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870) | Grand Septet for Piano, Strings, Clarinet and Horn / Large Septet for Piano, Strings, Clarinet and Horn | WP: April 15, 1833 |
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| 1833 | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) | Symphony No. 4 in A (Italian) / Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian") op. 90, MWV N 16 | WP: May 13, 1833; 1833 also counted as Symphony in A (No. 2) |
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| 1833 | Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) | Piano Concerto in F / Piano Concerto in F major | Premiere: May 27, 1833, piano: JN Hummel |
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| 1833 | Sigismund von Neukomm (1778-1858) | Fantasia Dramatica on "Paradise Lost" | Premiere: May 27, 1833 | ||
| 1833 | Cipriani Potter (1792–1871) | Symphony in A minor / Symphony in A minor | Premiere: May 27, 1833, conductor: C. Potter | ||
| 1833 | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) | Trumpet Overture in C / Overture in C major (" Trumpet Overture ") op. 101, MWV P 2 | Premiere: June 10th, 1833 |
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| 1834 | Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855) | Cantata "The Seventh Day" | Premiere: March 3rd, 1834 |
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| 1834 | Vincent Novello (1781–1861) | Dramatic Cantata "Rosalba" | Premiere: March 17th, 1834 |
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| 1834 | William Horsley (1774-1858) | Motet "Exultabo Te" | Premiere: April 7th, 1834 |
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| 1834 | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) | Concert Aria Infelice (op.94) / “Infelice! - Ah, ritorna, età felice "/" Unglücksel'ge! - Return again, golden days " op. 94, MWV H 5 | Performance: May 19, 1834 |
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| 1835 | Henri Herz (1803-1888) | Piano Concerto in D minor / Piano Concerto in D Minor , Op. 87 | Premiere: June 8th 1835, piano: Heinrich Herz |
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| 1836 | Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855) | Cantata "The Departure from Paradise" | Premiere: June 6th, 1836 |
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| 1848 | Louis Spohr (1784-1859): | Symphony No. 8 in G minor [sic!] / Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 137 (1847) | Performance: May 1, 1848 |
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| 1862 | William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) | Overture Paradise and the Peri / Fantasy Overture Paradise and Peri Op. 42 | Premiere: July 14th 1862. Printed by Kistner, Leipzig 1862 |
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| 1864 | William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) | Symphony in G minor / Symphony in G minor , Op. 43 | Premiere: June 27, 1864. Revised in 1867. Printed by Kistner, Leipzig 1872. Sheet music and audio files by Sterndale Bennett on the International Music Score Library Project |
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| 1867 | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | Overture Marmion / Concert Overture "Marmion" | Premiere: June 3rd, 1867 |
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| 1868 | John Francis Barnett (1837-1916) | Overture Symphonique / Symphonic Overture | Premiere: May 11th 1868 |
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| 1868 | Julius Benedict (1804-1885) | Overture "La selva incantata" | Performed July 6, 1868 |
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| 1875 | George Alexander Macfarren (1813-1887) | Idyll in Memory of Sterndale Bennett | Premiere: July 5th, 1875 |
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| 1881 | Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) | Sinfonietta in A minor / Sinfonietta in A minor | Premiere: May 12, 1881 | ||
| 1883 | Oliver A. King | Prize Overture Among the Pines | Performed on April 25, 1883 | ||
| 1885 | HW Ernst | Dramatic overture | (?) | ||
| 1885 | Thomas Wingham | Serenade for Orchestra | Premiere: March 26th, 1885 under the direction of the composer | ||
| 1885 | Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) | Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 | Premiere: April 22nd, 1885 under the direction of the composer |
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| 1886 | Henry Robert Gadsby (1842-1907) | Scene "The Forest of Arden" | Premiere: March 4th, 1886 | ||
| 1886 | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 , organ / organ symphony | Premiere: May 19, 1886 under the direction of the composer |
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| 1886 | Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) | Suite for orchestra / Première Suite d'Orchestre op.39 MoszWV 141 | Premiere: June 2nd, 1886. |
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| 1887 | Frederick Corder (1852-1932) | Roumanian suite | Premiere: May 19, 1887 under the direction of the composer | ||
| 1887 | Alberto Randegger (1832-1911) | Scena "Prayer of Nature" | Premiere: June 9th, 1887 under the direction of the composer | ||
| 1895 | Hubert Parry (1848-1918) | Symphony No.3 [sic!] In F (revised) | The count today is: Symphony No. 2 in F major, "The Cambridge" (1883) and Symphony No. 3 in C major, "The English" (1889) |
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| 1898 | Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) | Ballet music from "Diarmid" | Premiere: March 10th, 1898 |
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| 1910 | Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921) | Romantic overture | Premiere: February 24, 1910 |
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| 1917 | Edward German (1862-1936) | Song Have you news of my boy Jack? |
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Individual references and sources
- ↑ a b Commissions RPS , accessed February 18, 2011
- ↑ Note: Initially, no precise information was given in the programs for symphonies and other works; Catalogs of works with opus numbers followed later.
- ↑ Music in the past and present. (MGG), Vol. 7, 1958, Col. 1220.
- ↑ MGG. Vol. 10, 1962, p. 1523
- ↑ Cipriani Potter on www.classical-mp3.co.uk ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Foster, The Philharmonic Society, 1912, p. 25
- ↑ MGG. Vol. 12, 1962, Col. 1064
- ↑ Bennett, op. 43 online pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Barnett, John Francis. In: A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 1. 1900, pp. 141-142
- ↑ Gadsby, Henry Robert. In: Dictionary of National Biography. 2nd supplementary volume, 2001, p. 68
- ↑ Bojan Assenov: Moritz Moszkowski– a work monograph. Berlin 2009, p. 489 (with complete catalog raisonné; PDF; 16.0 MB), accessed on February 20, 2011
