Year: 1935-37

Opus: 18

Duration: 57 minutes

Text: Randall Swingler

Dedication: "To Nancy Bush."

3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timpani/percussion/harp/strings

British Library, London. MS Mus. 329-330: Three volumes, full score in ink.
British Library, London. MS Mus. 331: Arrangement for two pianos by the composer. Score in ink.

Alan Bush (piano), Dennis Noble (baritone), BBC Male Voice Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult, BBC Broadcasting House, London, 4 March 1938.

1. Con moto moderato ma deciso
2. Con vivicato, ma non troppo allegro
3. Grave
4. Allegro vigoroso ma non troppo
The last movement includes a setting of words by Randall Swingler for baritone solo and male chorus (TTBB).

Joseph Williams (now Stainer & Bell), London, 1938.

Year: 1941

Opus: 22

Duration: 9 minutes

British Library, London. MS Mus. 334: Full score in ink.

Max Rostal (violin) and the London String Orchestra, conducted by Alan Bush. Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 9 November 1941.

The German song on which this song is based is Reiterlied or The Trooper's Pledge, words by George Herwegh, translated by Nancy Bush.
Alternative arrangement of Meditation on a German Song of 1848 for Solo Violin and Piano, Opus 22+.

Joseph Williams (now Stainer & Bell), London, 1948. Full score. Violin part edited by Max Rostal.

Year: 1946-48

Opus: 32

Duration: 26 minutes

Dedication: "To Max Rostal as a grateful tribute to his artistry as a violinist and encouragement as a friend."

2.2.2.2/4.3.3+1.0/timpani/percussion/strings

British Library, London. MS Mus. 338, ff. 177: Full score. Sketches in Deposit 2005/32.
British Library, London. MS Mus. 339: Arrangement for violin and piano by the composer, date-stamped 4 Nov 1949. Score in ink.

Max Rostal (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Basil Cameron, Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 25 August 1949

Joseph Williams (now Stainer & Bell), London, 1951. Piano score and violin part.

 Alan Bush (2002) CD

Year: 1952

Opus: 37

Duration: 28 minutes

2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timpani/percussion/harp/strings

British Library, London. MS Mus. 340, ff. 1-82. Sketches in Deposit 2005/32.

Vera Denes (cello), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Alan Bush, Budapest 1952.

1. Introduction and Divisions on a Ground
2. Ballett
3. Poem
4. Dance

Joseph Williams (now Stainer & Bell), London, 1957. Arrangement for cello and piano by the composer. Score and part.

 Cello Concertos (2011) CD

Year: 1961

Opus: 58

Duration: 5 minutes

2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timpani/percussion/strings(optional)

British Library, London. MS Mus. 354, ff. 54-70: Full score in ink.

Peter Hurford (organ), London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Melville Cook, Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral, 3 September 1961.

Year: 1962

Opus: 60

Duration: 21 minutes

Dedication: "Dedicated in friendship and admiration to Sir Thomas Armstrong."

2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani/percussion(2)/strings

British Library, London. MS Mus. 342: Full score. Sketch in Deposit 2005/32.

David Wilde (piano), BBC Northern and Midland Light Orchestras, Conductor: Meredith Davies, Cheltenham Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 7 July 1965.

1. Variations
2. Nocturne
3. Finale
Originally written for piano solo; see Nocturne, Op. 46.

Novello, London, 1973. Arrangement for two pianos by David Lyon.

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Year: 1972

Opus: 73

Duration: 25 minutes

4.4.4.4/4.3.3.1/timpani/percussion(2)/strings

British Library, London. MS Mus. 345, ff. 1-52: Full score in ink.
British Library, London. MS Mus. 345, ff. 53-105: Arrangement for two pianos by the composer. Score in ink.

Alan Bush (piano), Halle Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Olaf Koch, Halle, German Democratic Republic, 16 October 1972.

Edition Peters, Leipzig, 1974.

 Alan Bush (2013) CD

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