Simply Sullivan - Dalmaine, Cyril

Twelve favourite pieces from Gilbert and Sullivan including pieces from The Mikado, Yeoman of the Guard, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S Pinafore and The Gondoliers. Suggested grade 3-4.

1. Themes from the Overture to 'The Mikado'
2. Tit Willow
3. The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
4. I Have a Song to Sing O!
5. Poor Wandering One
6. When A Felon's Not Engaged in His Profession
7. I'm Called Little Buttercup
8. Things Are Seldom What They Seem
9. I am a Courtier Grave and Serious
10. Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
11. The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
12. Soon as We May, Off and Away

Composer and critic Cyril Carr Dalmaine graduated from the Royal College of Music and was Music Master at Uppington School before going on to become chorus master to the BBC. He is most famous for coining the term 'Lord Haw-Haw' in his work as radio critic of the Daily Express under the pseudonym Jonah Barrington, in reference to the Nazi propaganda broadcasts of William Joyce during the Second World War.

Dalmaine was also a record presenter in the pre-1955 days and responsible for the 'discovery' of the then deceased Italian tenor, Alessandro Valente, giving Valente enjoyed a considerable posthumous vogue. As a composer Dalmaine wrote chamber music, and transcribed the cantatas of J.S. Bach to piano as well as a wide range of piano and string works published by Forsyth.

His works such as Variations from Versailles and Pathway to the Proms remain in print and are well worth re-discovering, while his arrangements of popular classics in our Silhouette Series remain best sellers.