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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.
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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 Nelson: 4 Irish Songs: I. Lovely Jimmie on Joyce and Tony by Joyce DiDonato & Antonio Pappano The Heavenly Babe on Let Christians All with Joyful Mirth by The Priory Singers, Belfast, Philip Stopford & Harry Grindle Dirty Work (John O' The North) on Dreams and Fancies: Favourite Songs in English by Sarah Walker 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: III. Lovely Armoy 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 Eirie Cherie on By the River in Spring by Kenneth Smith Dirty Work on Sheaf of Songs From Ireland by Bernadette GreevyTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Sheaf Of Songs From Ireland | John Larchet, Charles Villiers Stanford, Arnold Bax, Havelock Nelson, Hardebeck Carl, Vincent O'Brien, Gerard Victory | 1998 | Album |
| Love's Shining Circle – The Melodies of Thomas Moore | Bernadette Greevy, Havelock Nelson : Thomas Moore | 1987 | Album |
| Around The Ring Of Kerry | Veronica Dunne, Eric Hinds, Havelock Nelson | 1970 | Album |
| She Moved Thro' The Fair - An Album Of Irish Love Songs | Veronica Dunne • Eric Hinds With Havelock Nelson | 1968 | Album |
| Celtic Songs | Veronica Dunne, Havelock Nelson | 1965 | Album |
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