Havergal Brian: Complete Choral Songs, Vol. 1

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
June 13, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Havergal Brian
    • PERFORMER
      Joyful Company of Singers, Ascolta, Gavin Roberts, Christine Hankin, Imogen Barford, Finchley Childr
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 13, 2025
    • UPC
      5060113443953
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0395
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral
    Works ⌄

    1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    2. Soul Star

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    3. Come o'er the sea

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    4. Lullaby of an Infant Chief

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    5. Ah! County Guy!

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    6. Violets

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    7. Fair Pledges of a Fruitful Tree

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    8. Grace for a Child

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    9. A Song of the Willow

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    10. And Will He Not Come Again?

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    11. Ye Spotted Snakes

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    12. Fear No More the Heat of the Sun

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    13. Under the Greenwood Tree

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    14. Full Fathom Five

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    15. Come Away, Death

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    16. The Blossom

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    17. The Fly

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    18. The Little Boy Lost

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    19. The Little Boy Found

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    20. Piping Down the Valleys Wild

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    21. The Chimney Sweeper

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    22. The Little Black Boy

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Gavin Roberts

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    23. From Unremembered Ages

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    24. The Path

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    25. There the Voluptuous Nightingales

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Performer: Christine Hankin, Imogen Barford

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    26. There those Enchanted Eddies

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    27. Spring: Sound the Flute

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    28. Summer has Come, Little Children

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    29. Goodbye to Summer

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group

      Performer: John Evanson

      Conductor: Grace Rossiter

    30. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent


The reputation of Havergal Brian (1876-1972) as a late-blossoming symphonist obscures the fact that he was an early-blossoming composer of choral music for the huge market of amateur choirs thriving in Edwardian England. His choral songs range from simple unison settings for children's or women's voices to harmonically complex essays intended to tax the ability of groups taking part in the choral competitions once popular in many parts of Britain.