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List of compositions by William Sterndale Bennett

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Bennett aged about 35

This is a list of compositions by William Sterndale Bennett.

Piano

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Piano Solo

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  • Capriccio, Op 2
  • Three Musical Sketches, Op 10
  • Six Studies, Op 11
  • Three Impromptus, Op 12
  • Sonata No. 1, Op 13
  • Three Romances, Op 14
  • Fantasia, Op 16
  • Three Diversions, as duets, Op 17
  • Allegro Grazioso, Op 18
  • Suite de Pièces, Op 24
  • Rondo piacevole, Op. 25
  • Scherzo, Op. 27
  • Introductione e pastorale, Rondino, Capriccio Op 28
  • Two Characteristic Studies, Op 29
  • Tema e Variazione, Op 31
  • 30 Preludes and Lessons, Op. 33
  • Rondo Pas Triste, pas gai, Op 34
  • January and February, Op 36
  • Rondeau a la polonaise, Op 37
  • Toccata Op 38
  • Sonata No 2, The Maid of Orleans, Op. 46

Chamber music

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Cello and Piano

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  • Sonata Duo for Cello and Piano, Op 32

Piano Trio

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  • Chamber Piano Trio in A major, Op. 26

Other

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Orchestral

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Symphonies

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  • Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major (completed 6 April 1832)[1]
  • Symphony No. 2 in D minor (1832-33)[1]
  • Symphony No. 4 in A minor (1833-1834)[note 1]
  • Symphony No. 5 in G minor (1835-36)[1]
  • Symphony in G minor, Op 43[1]

Overtures

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  • Parisina, Op 3
  • The Naiades, Op 15
  • Die Waldnymphe, Op 20
  • Paradise and the Peri, Op 42

Piano and Orchestra

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  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op 1
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, Op 4
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op 9
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op 19 (1838)
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor
  • Piano Concerto No. 6 in A minor
  • Caprice for Piano and Orchestra, Op 22
  • Adagio for Piano and Orchestra

Choral Music

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  • Pastoral: The May Queen, Op 39
  • Sacred Cantata: The Woman of Samaria, Op 44 (Birmingham Festival, 1867)
  • Duet: Remember Now Thy Creator
  • Exhibition Ode (1862), Op 40
  • Cambridge Installation Ode, Op 41
  • Now, my God, Let, I beseech Thee
  • God is a Spirit
  • Several other anthems, Hymn and Psalm tunes

Songs

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  • Six Songs: first set, Op 23
  • Six Songs: second set, Op 35
  • Maiden Mine Op 47
  • Part song: Come Live With Me
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References
  1. ^ a b c d e Jürgen Schaarwächter (2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism. Vol. 2. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 851. ISBN 9783487152288. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
Notes
  1. ^ According to Bennet's son, James Robert Sterndale Bennett, the first movement of the Symphony No. 3 was intended to be an Overture in D minor composed in October 1833, however the symphony was abandoned but still numbered.[1]