- Berkeley’s Serenade op. 12, for string orchestra, was composed in 1939. The work was Berkeley’s first great professional success.1
- Berkeley wrote this piece while he was staying with Benjamin Britten in Suffolk right before, and during outset of, WWII.2
- This piece was first performed London, Jan. 30, 1940.3
- This recording (ENCO Cut # 17409) was conducted by the composer in 1975.4
- In 1984 the Serenade was choreographed5 by Jennifer Jackson as the ballet Common Ground. It was performed by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet in London.6
Sources
- Joan Redding and Peter Dickinson, “Berkeley, Sir Lennox,” Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2001), July 24, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044828.
- Ibid.
- Paul Conway, liner notes to Lyrita: Celebrating 50 Years Devoted to British Music, London Philharmonic Orchestra et al, Lyrita 2337, CD, 2009.
- Joan Redding and Peter Dickinson, “Berkeley, Sir Lennox,” Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2001), July 24, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044828.
- Ibid.
- Stewart R. Craggs, Lennox Berkeley: A Source Book, Ebook (London: Routledge, 2018), https://books.google.com/books?id=z3-YDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Cut IDs
17409