Serenade
for string orchestra, Op.46 (1937) (originally 1935 as Sonatina for Violin and Piano - unpublished) (version for mandolin orchestra of nos. 1, 3, 4 also available ="Kleine Suite" - unpublished)

Amabile con moto, Scherzino, Cavatina, Rondo
Duration: 13'
Publisher: Novello, London, 1942
score and parts available on hire

First performance: Vienna, Dec. 1937 (Wiener Frauen-Symphonieorchester/Lehnert)

Other performances (selection):

BBC Scottish Orchestra/Warrack, BBC Radio, Oct. 1938, Jul. 1941
Edinburgh, Apr. 1940
BBC Scottish Orchestra/Whyte, Edinburgh, Dec. 1942, Jul. 1943, Mar. 1944, Jan. 1946, Mar. 1949, , Feb. 1950, Aug. 1950
BBC Scottish Orchestra, BBC Radio, Nov. 1943
Jacques String Orchestra/Reginald Jacques, London, Mar. 1944
Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra/Claire Spence, Edinburgh, Mar. 1946
Wiener Kammerorchester/Hladky, Vienna, Mar. 1947, Sep. 1947
Auckland String Players/Tintner, Auckland (NZ), Apr. 1949, Jun. 1949; Hamilton (NZ), Jul. 1949
Nederlands Philharmonia/Plukker, Amsterdam, Apr. 1950
Edinburgh Chamber orchestra/Hans Gál, Edinburgh, Jan. 1952
Radiotjänsts Kammarorkester/Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish Radio, Jun. 1953
Sydney String Orchestra/Tintner, Sydney Radio, Apr. 1955, Aug. 1959
London Studio Players/Owen, London, Aug. 1959
BBC Scottish orchestra/Bryden Thomson, BBC Radio, Oct. 1959
Glasgow String Orchestra/Secchi, Glasgow, May 1960
Städtisches Orchester/Schmidtgen, Mainz, Nov. 1960 (70th birthday concert)
BBC Scottish Orchestra/Lockart, BBC Radio, Feb. 1961
London Studio Players/James Lockart, BBC Radio, Jan. 1962
Alex Lindsay String Orchestra/Tintner, Wellington, 1964
Edinburgh Chamnber Oorchestra/Coates, Feb. 1967, Dec. 1970
Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra/Miles Baster, Edinburgh, Nov. 1978
Queensland Theatre Orchestra/Tintner, Brisbane, Feb. 1984
Symphony Nova Scotia/Tintner, Halifax (Canada), Jan. 1988