Clifford: The Cowes Suite, A Pageant of Youth, Voyage at Dusk, Hunted and other works
BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp
The Australian-born Hubert Clifford was formerly the BBC’s head of light music. The BBC Concert Orchestra is on lively form in this portrait of his breezy orchestral music.
Clifford: The Cowes Suite, A Pageant of Youth, Voyage at Dusk, Hunted and other works
BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp
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The Australian-born Hubert Clifford was formerly the BBC’s head of light music. The BBC Concert Orchestra is on lively form in this portrait of his breezy orchestral music.
About
Australian-born Hubert Clifford started his musical career in Melbourne but came to England in 1930 and remained there for the rest of his career. He taught music in a boys’ grammar school, moved to the BBC and then became Alexander Korda’s music director at London Films, ending as the BBC’s Head of Light Music. This exploration of Clifford’s music, covering a 30-year span, presents his tuneful early orchestral works written in Melbourne, including Dargo: A Mountain Rhapsody, a glorious Moeranesque evocation of his childhood home. Two of his film scores, Left of the Line and Hunted, and his commission for the BBC’s 1958 Light Music Festival, the Cowes Suite, which celebrates famous yachtsman Uffa Fox, provide colourful contrast.
Contents and tracklist
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- World Premiere Recording
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
Awards and reviews
December 2017
The Australian-born Hubert Clifford was formerly the BBC’s head of light music. The BBC Concert Orchestra is on lively form in this portrait of his breezy orchestral music.