Bainton, Edgar: Before Sunrise. Symphony No. 1. Rental
Full score, vocal scores and instrumental material
Description
Duration: 60 minutes
For contralto soloist and SATB choir, with three flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (two players), two harps and strings
Completed 16 Devember 1907, but not published until 1917 as a recipient of one of the First Carnegie British Music Awards.
First performanced 6 April 1921, Newcastle and Gateshead Choral Union and Orchestra, conducted by the composer; Newcastle Town Hall.