Vernon George "Tod" Handley CBE (11 November 1930 – 10 September 2008) was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers.
Vernon Handley
British conductor
Vernon George "Tod" Handley CBE was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. Wikipedia
Born: November 11, 1930, London Borough of Enfield, United Kingdom
Died: September 10, 2008 (age 77 years), Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
Songs
The Lark Ascending
Elgar Enigma Variations, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending · 2001
Overture: The Flying Dutchman
Wagner: Opera Excerpts · 1993
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20
Favourite Elgar · 1993
Coronation Scot
The Best Of British Light Music · 1997
Peterloo Overture, Op. 97
Arnold: Philharmonic Concerto/Anniversary Overture/Peterloo Overture/Flourisch For Orchestra/Water Music/ Symphony For Strings/Beckus The Dandiprait · 1998
The Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner: Opera Excerpts · 1993
Sailing By
The Best Of British Light Music · 1997
Elizabethan Serenade
The Best Of British Light Music · 1997
Edinburgh Overture
Icon: Vernon Handley
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
Moeran: Symphony in G Minor, Overture for a Masque & Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra · 1988
Tintagel
Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song · 1987
Sappho: Prelude
Sapphic Poem / Sappho · 1997
Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Opera Excerpts · 1993
A Grand Grand Overture
The Malcolm Arnold Edition, Vol.3 - Orchestral, Brass & Piano Music · 2006
Symphony no. 1, op. 22: I. Allegro
Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 5 · 1996
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation XIV. Finale. E.D.U.
Elgar Enigma Variations, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending · 2001
Jumping Bean
The Best Of British Light Music · 1997
Die Walküre - Act III - Vorspiel
Richard Wagner, Die Walküre
Westminister Waltz
The Essential British Light Music Collection · 1997
Overture: Tännhauser
The Ride of the Valkyries / Overtures · 2004
Tanhauser Overture
Wagner: The Ride Of The Valkyries
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 - Arr. Benjamin Wallfisch for cello and orchestra: Solveig's Song
Grieg: Cello Concerto; 8 Songs arr. cello & orchestra · 2001
Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - Arr. Benjamin Wallfisch for cello and orchestra: The Wounded Heart
Grieg: A Classical Morning
Dante and Beatrice
Bantock: The Cyprian Goddess; Helena Variations; Dante and Beatrice · 1995
Fantasy for Oboe, Op. 90
Sir Malcolm Arnold: The Complete Conifer Recordings (Sony Classical Masters)
Symphony No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 28, "Irish": II. Allegro molto vivace
An Irish Rhapsody - The Ulster Orchestra play Music of Bax, Moeran, Stanford & Harty · 1983
The Planets Suite, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Holst: The Planets Suite & St. Paul's Suite · 1994
Florida Suite: II. By the River
Delius: Florida Suite & North Country Sketches · 1984
5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major
Favourite Classic Elgar · 2005
Barwick Green
The Best Of British Light Music · 1997
In a Summer Garden
A Song of Summer / Brigg Fair / In a Summer Garden / Eventyr
Symphony No. 2 in G Major "A London Symphony": II. Lento
Vaughan Williams A London Symphony, Symphony No.8 in D minor · 1993
Albums
Job: A Masque for Dancing
1984
Symphony no. 2
1981
Florida Suite / North Country Sketches / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Air and Dance
2000
Icon: Vernon Handley
2011
Symphony in G minor / Overture for a Masque
1988
Thalaba the Destroyer, etc. (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Vernon Handley)
2001
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Sep 11, 2008 · The conductor Vernon Handley, who has died aged 77, was one of the finest masters of his craft and a tireless champion of British music.
Vernon “Tod” Handley succeeded William Boughton as principal conductor of the ESO in 2007, and led the orchestra until his death in 2008.
Vernon Handley was unique amongst front rank conductors in that he unashamedly championed British repertoire before that of all other countries.
Sep 11, 2008 · Vernon Handley, who has died aged 77, music has lost one of its finest conductors, a master of his craft and a tireless champion of British music.
Vernon Handley is currently Conductor Emeritus of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and in ...
One of England's busiest and most recorded conductors of the late 20th century, Vernon Handley emerged in the 1970s as the successor to Sir Adrian Boult and Sir ...
Sep 16, 2008 · Vernon Handley, a conductor who championed British composers and made many premiere recordings of neglected music, died on Wednesday at his ...
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British conductor, born 11 November 1930 in Enfield, London, England, UK and died 10 September 2008 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.