f have never been able to discover whether f like this piece or not, Arnold Bax said of the second Northern Ballad. He probably conceived the three Ballads as a Single symphonic work. and It receives Its world première In this form with the first performance of the Third Ballad.
Two Nocturnes for sopranoandorchestra
(1911) (world premiere): No 1, Aurbllck
(Dehmel); No 2, Llebesode (Hartleben)
Northern Ballad No 1: Northern Ballad No 2; Northern Ballad No 3: Prelude to a solemn occasion (world premiere) RITA CULLIS (soprano) BBC PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by EDWARD DOWNES