Recreated by Lawrence Killian and resurrected for modern performance of this piece commissioned by Michael Tippett and the Bath Festival in 1970.
Premiere in June 1970 by Harry Mortimer and his Men O' Brass and then broadcast Radio 3 the next month.

Bath Festival Overture High Fives

Played on the organ of St Michael's Chapel, Glasgow University by Kevin Duggan February 3 2016
1. Earth: Old Hundredth: All people that on earth do dwell
2. Air: Irish air: The Lark in the Clear Air
3. Water: Homage to JSB: Crüger: He shall come down like showers...
4. Fire: Down Ampney (RVW): Come down o love divine

Sonata for Organ No 1 The Four Elements

Year Songs
1. Idyll (Siegfried Sassoon) 2.The Ecchoing Green (William Blake)3. Ode to Autumn (John Keats) 4. Clock o Clay (John Clare)5. Flight (Latin medieval. Anon trans. Helen Waddell) 6.The Foddering Boy (John Clare) 7. On Hearing the First Flute (Li Bai)8. Spring (William Blake)
The song cycle goes from a summer dawn to a spring morning, through autumn and winter, hence the title. Copies of score are available on request from the composer.

Year Songs

8.Spring

7.First flute

6.Foddering Boy

5.Flight

4.Clock o clay

3.Ode to Autumn

2.The Ecchoing Green

1.Idyll

Composer, lecturer, writer 
Head of Research and Staff Development, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1999 - 2007
Professor of Music and Music Education, Bath Spa University 1966 - 1999

George Odam

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