Description
Ireland, John: Forgotten Rite, The and Mai-Dun
Ref
B646
Categories
Instrumental Music
,
Orchestra
By
John Ireland
The Forgotten Rite
, written in 1913, was Ireland’s first mature work for full orchestra;
Mai-Dun
, written in 1920-21, the largest work without solo instrument. Ireland left no clue as to the precise nature of the primitive ritual embodied in
The Forgotten Rite
; but like his piano piece ‘The Scarlet Ceremonies’ it was probably suggested by the writings of Arthur Machen. The virile writing for orchestra in
Mai-Dun
owes much to the practical experience gained when Ireland was a pupil of ‘that great man, Stanford’ at the Royal College of Music.
Orchestral material available for rental (Ref.
HL107
and
HL109
).
