Charles Villiers Stanford's Serenade in F major, Op.
[1][2][3] Stanford composed the Serenade between June and July 1905, at the same time as he was working on his sixth symphony.
[1] The composition is scored for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass.
The composition is in four movements: According to Dibble the first performance of the Serenade took place at the Aeolian Hall, London on 25 January 1906.
However, Wilcox, citing Michael Bryant, states that the first public performance was in Sheffield in 1937.