Sir Malcolm Sargent Conductor (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages. Handel's Messiah (M23).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages. Handel's Messiah (M23).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages. Handel's Messiah (M23).

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. Text: "I am so sorry that I have not answered your before with regard to your 'Te Deum'. | I fear I cannot offer you the possibility of a performance with any of my Societies. It is a very musicianly made work but I feel is mopre suited for a perfomance in some church or cathedral rather than is some [elided and "the" added in MS] concert hall. | It is written more or less in the Mendelssohn idiom and today it is hard to place anything unless it is definitely a classic or one feels that it is modern (or at least as modern as Elgar). There are some mis-calculations, I feel, for example, the fifth [part MS] bar - the [in MS] flutes and clarinet passage would be quiote inaudible against trumpets and strings. On page 5 the two clarinets would sound very piano after the chorus voices if the choir is at all big, and on p.6 the altos would sound lonely in that the 4 horns double the men's voices and the altos are left alone etc. etc. but these are small details which could easily be altered. My difficulty is that I have no concert available at present where I could place the work. I am so sorry. | I am very much looking forward to the 'Morning Heroes'. I have had magnificent performances of it with ["John Gielgud & Edith Evans" added in MS]". Subscription added in his hand.…

2pp, 12mo. The five signatures in pencil on a single Festival letterhead. In good condition, slightly discoloured, with two unobtrusive dabs of glue from mount at head of reverse. The three signatures on the recto are headed by Noni's large bold one: 'Alda Noni / Edinburgh 1953'. Beneath this is that of '[Raul Herrman?] / (beardless) / Aug. 28, '53'. At the foot is an indecipherable Easter European signature, with small pencil illustration: '[Woftniltuntz?]'. On the reverse: 'Malcolm Sargent' above 'Michael Hordern'. Image on request.…