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Sir Arnold Bax | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle

August 28, 2021

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In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Sir Arnold Bax.

Photo reproduced by the courtesy of Graham Parlett

Sir Arnold Bax

1883-1953

Sir Arnold Bax was a British composer whose choral works exemplify the neo-romantic music popular between World War I and II. Born in London to a prosperous family, he was encouraged by his parents to pursue a career in music, and his private income enabled him to follow his own path as a composer. In 1900, he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he studied the piano. Largely influenced by the Celtic Revival and Irish poetry, he wrote in 1909 the symphonic poem In the Faëry Hills. In 1916 and 1917 he wrote three symphonic poems, The Garden of Fand, Tintagel, and November Woods, which established his reputation. Living for long periods on the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, he wrote music that was romantically evocative and richly orchestrated. Bax wrote a substantial number of choral works, both secular and religious. The choral works with religious texts include his largest-scale unaccompanied vocal piece, Mater ora Filium. Bax’s other choral works include settings of words by Shelley (Enchanted Summer), Henry Vaughan (The Morning Watch), John Masefield (To Russia), and Edmund Spenser (Epithalamium).

Suggested Choral Pieces:

  1. St. Patrick’s Breastplate (Faber Music)
  2. I Sing of a Maiden (Banks 456) 
  3. Mater ora Filium (Banks DUBLO274) 
Posted in: Musical Moments
Tags: British Composers • Composers of the Early-Mid 20th Century

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