Summer Night on the River

[2][3] His compositions from this period include Songs of Sunset (1906–07), Brigg Fair (1907) and In a Summer Garden (1908).

[4] He completed the first of his Two Pieces for Small Orchestra – Summer Night on the River – in 1911, and worked on the second, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, during 1912.

[1] Although completed first, Summer Night on the River is designated the second of the two, which were billed as "Stimmungsbilder" – "mood-pictures" – with the titles "Beim ersten Kuckucksruf im Frühling" and "Sommernacht am Flusse".

[1] The first performance in Britain was presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society at a Queen's Hall concert on 20 January 1914, conducted by Willem Mengelberg.

[7] The orchestral score of the Two Pieces for Small Orchestra was published by Tischer & Jagenburg of Cologne in 1914, with a dedication to the composer and musical benefactor Balfour Gardiner.