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Havelock Nelson

p, IE
Singer / Composer / Conductor of Classical, Folk and World

Irish composer and conductor (1917–1996). Co-founder of the Dublin Orchestral Players in 1939, joined the BBC in Belfast in 1947 - and conducted the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, the Studio Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Singers. On his retirement in 1977 he went to Trinidad to direct a local opera company. Nelson's compositions included orchestral works, a ballet, a choral suite and many partsongs, anthems and (particularly) unison songs, song cycles and other solo songs, piano pieces, instrumental works, incidental music for films and radio and TV plays, and many arrangements of Irish and other folksongs.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Nelson: 4 Irish Songs: I. Lovely Jimmie on Joyce and Tony by Joyce DiDonato & Antonio Pappano
In Venezuela on By the River in Spring by Kenneth Smith
Four Irish Songs: I. Lovely Jimmie on In the Twilight: Romantic Music for Soprano, Horn and Piano by Annette Betanski, James Sommerville & Rena Sharon
Dirty Work on Sheaf of Songs From Ireland by Bernadette Greevy
Four Irish Songs: II. Poor Auld Ass on In the Twilight: Romantic Music for Soprano, Horn and Piano by Annette Betanski, James Sommerville & Rena Sharon
Four Irish Songs: IV. Linking O'er the Lea on In the Twilight: Romantic Music for Soprano, Horn and Piano by Annette Betanski, James Sommerville & Rena Sharon
Dirty Work (John O' The North) on Dreams and Fancies: Favourite Songs in English by Sarah Walker
Four Irish Songs: III. Lovely Armoy on In the Twilight: Romantic Music for Soprano, Horn and Piano by Annette Betanski, James Sommerville & Rena Sharon
The Heavenly Babe on Let Christians All with Joyful Mirth by The Priory Singers, Belfast, Philip Stopford & Harry Grindle
Eirie Cherie on By the River in Spring by Kenneth Smith

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
A Sheaf Of Songs From IrelandJohn Larchet, Charles Villiers Stanford, Arnold Bax, Havelock Nelson, Hardebeck Carl, Vincent O'Brien, Gerard Victory1998Album
Love's Shining Circle – The Melodies of Thomas MooreBernadette Greevy, Havelock Nelson : Thomas Moore1987Album
Around The Ring Of KerryVeronica Dunne, Eric Hinds, Havelock Nelson1970Album
She Moved Thro' The Fair - An Album Of Irish Love SongsVeronica Dunne • Eric Hinds With Havelock Nelson1968Album
Celtic SongsVeronica Dunne, Havelock Nelson1965Album
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