Vernon Handley
Type
Person
Location
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Formed
11 November 1930
Ended
10 September 2008
Albums117
- BBC Music, Volume 26, Number 9: Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture / Organ SonataEdward Elgar; BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Juanjo Mena, Vernon Handley2018
- Raphael Wallfisch plays British Cello ConcertosRaphael Wallfisch, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson, Norman Del Mar, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra & Bournemouth Sinfonietta2016
- Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 97 / Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, op. 81Cyril Rootham; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Vernon Handley2016
- Elgar: Enigma Variations / Serenade for Strings / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on Greensleeves / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisElgar, Vaughan Williams; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2011
- Tone Poems, Volume 2: Three Northern Ballads / Into the Twilight / The Happy Forest / Red Autumn / NympholeptSir Arnold Bax; BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley2008
- Cello ConcertoElgar; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Natalie Clein2007
- Omar KhayyamBantock; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence, Roderick Williams, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley2007
- Orchestral WorksFinzi; Rodney Friend, Peter Katin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Vernon Handley2007
- Cello Concerto / Piano ConcertoWilliam Busch; Raphael Wallfisch, Piers Lane, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2007
- Overture "Proud Thames" / Music for Strings / Symphony for Double String Orchestra / Serenata Concertante for Violin and OrchestraElizabeth Maconchy; Parikian, LPO, LSO, Handley, Wordsworth2007
- 2007
- Symphony no. 6 / Symphony no. 8 / SoliloquyEdmund Rubbra; Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Rohan de Saram, London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley2007
- Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto / Ernest Chausson: PoèmeEdward Elgar, Ernest Chausson; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Philippe Graffin2006
- Orchestral Works, Volume 8Bax; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Brighton Festival Chorus, Vernon Handley2006
- Tone Poems: In the Faery Hills / November Woods / The Garden of Fand / SinfoniettaSir Arnold Bax; BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley2006
- Sinfonia Antartica / Serenade to Music / Partita for Double String OrchestraVaughan Williams; Alison Hargan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Vernon Handley2005
- Cello Concerto / Eight SongsEdvard Grieg; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Raphael Wallfisch2004
- The Ride of the Valkyries / OverturesWagner; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2004
- Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello ConcertoBliss; Linda Finnie, Raphael Wallfisch, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2004
- Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 / In the Mountain Country / Serenade / NocturneMoeran; Hugh Mackey, The Renaissance Singers, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2004
- Symphony No. 5 / Flos campi / Oboe ConcertoVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley2004
- Classical FavouritesBeethoven, Schubert, Mozart; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2004
- Romantic FavouritesUlster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2004
- The SymphoniesSir Arnold Bax; BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley2003
- The Song of Songs / The Wilderness and the Solitary Place / Pierrot of the Minute / Overture to a Greek TragedyBantock; Elizabeth Connell, Kim Begley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2003
- St. Paul's Voyage to Melita / AgincourtSir George Dyson; Neil Mackie, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Vernon Handley2003
- A Sea SymphonyVaughan Williams; Joan Rodgers, William Shimell, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Vernon Handley2002
- A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony no. 4 in F minor / English Folk Song SuiteRalph Vaughan Williams; Alison Barlow, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2002
- Symphony no. 2 in E-flat / Sea PicturesElgar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bernadette Greevy2002
- Thalaba the DestroyerBantock; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2001
- Symphony no. 9Robert Simpson; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley2000
- Florida Suite / North Country Sketches / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Air and DanceDelius; Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra2000
- Bainton: Symphony No. 2 - Gough: Serenade for Small Orchestra - Clifford: Symphony 1940Bainton, Gough, Clifford; BBC Philharmonic & Vernon Handley1999
- Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra / In Memoriam / The Bard of the DimbovitzaBax; Jean Rigby, Margaret Fingerhut, BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley1999
- Falstaff / Wand of Youth Suites Nos.1 & 2Elgar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1999
- Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concert Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men"Stanford; Margaret Fingerhut, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1998
- Violin Concerto / Pibroch SuiteSir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie; Malcolm Stewart, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Vernon Handley, David Davies1998
- Symphonies Nos 3 & 5Vaughan Williams, Vernon Handley1998
- The Planets / St. Paul’s SuiteGustav Holst; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy1998
- Violin ConcertosBrahms, Sibelius; Tasmin Little, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1998
- Symphony no. 4 / Piano Concerto in G / Soliloquy for Cello & OrchestraRubbra; Raphael Sommer, Malcolm Binns, London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley1997
- The Essential British Light Music CollectionBBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley1997
- Sapphic Poem / SapphoSir Granville Bantock; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Susan Bickley, Julian Lloyd Webber1997
- Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Lalo: Symphonie EspagnoleTasmin Little, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Vernon Handley1997
- Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 8Robert Simpson; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1996
- Job – A Masque For Dancing / The Pilgrim’s ProgressVaughan Williams; BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Sir Charles Groves, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate1996
- Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / Piano ConcertoEdvard Grieg; Margaret Fingerhut, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1996
- 50th Anniversary CelebrationThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Alexander Gibson, Vernon Handley, Sir Charles Mackerras, Yehudi Menuhin, André Previn1996
- Ballads / Fairest of Stars / Symphony no. 2Grace Williams; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Janet Price1996
- Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 5Malcolm Arnold; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1996
- Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27Rachmaninov; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1996
- The Cyprian Goddess / Dante and Beatrice / The Helena VariationsBantock; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1995
- The Delius Collection, Volume 2Frederick Delius; Philip Fowke, Ralph Holmes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Eric Fenby, Vernon Handley1995
- Symphony no. 6 / Fantasy / Sweeney Todd / Tam OShanterMalcolm Arnold; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1994
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minorBeethoven, Bruch; Arve Tellefsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1994
- Symphony no. 6 in E minor / Symphony no. 9 in E minorVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1994
- A London Symphony / Symphony no. 8 in D minorVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1993
- Songs of Travel / On Wenlock Edge / Orchestral SongsVaughan Williams, Elgar, Butterworth; Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Vernon Handley1993
- The Dream of Gerontius / Organ SonataElgar; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Michael George, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, The Huddersfield Choral Society, Vernon Handley1993
- Pagan Symphony / Fifine at the Fair / Two Heroic BalladsBantock; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1992
- Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concerto for Strings / Three DancesHowells; Kathryn Stott, Malcolm Stewart, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vernon Handley1992
- Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 4Robert Simpson; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley1992
- Hymnus Paradisi / An English MassHerbert Howells; Julie Kennard, John Mark Ainsley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1992
- A Pastoral Symphony (no. 3) / Symphony no. 4Vaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1992
- Symphony no. 1 in B flat major / Irish Rhapsody no. 2 "The Lament for the Son of Ossian"Stanford; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1992
- Symphony No. 2, “Elegiac” / Clarinet ConcertoStanford; Janet Hilton, Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra1991
- Symphony no. 10Robert Simpson; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1991
- Celtic Symphony / Hebridean Symphony / The Witch of Atlas / The Sea ReiversBantock; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1991
- Cello Concerto / Hymn to Apollo / The EnchantressBliss; Raphael Wallfisch, Linda Finnie, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1991
- Oboe Concerto / English Folksongs / Suite Partita / Fantasia on "Greensleeves" / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Jonathan Small1991
- Sinfonia Antartica / Serenade To MusicVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley1991
- Symphony No. 4, Irish Rhapsody No. 6 & Oedipus Rex PreludeStanford; Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra & Lydia Mordkovitch1990
- Moeran: Serenade in G / Nocturne / Warlock: Capriol Suite / SerenadeErnest John Moeran, Peter Warlock; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Hugh Mackey, The Renaissance Singers1990
- Symphony no. 7 in D minor / Irish Rhapsody no. 3 / Concert PieceStanford; Raphael Wallfisch, Gillian Weir, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1990
- Piano Concerto in A minor / Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 / Lyric SuiteGrieg; Margaret Fingerhut, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1990
- Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26 / Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53Bruch, Dvořák; Tasmin Little, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1990
- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor / Chausson: PoèmeJean Sibelius, Ernest Chausson; Alan Brind, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1990
- Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major / Symphony no. 39 in E-flat majorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, The London Philharmonic, Vernon Handley1990
- Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters/ Whythorne's ShadowErnest John Moeran; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Lydia Mordkovitch1990
- Symphony no. 3 / Oboe ConcertoRutland Boughton; Sarah Francis, Royal Philharmonic, Vernon Handley1989
- Serenade No. 1 in D Major & Variations on a ThemeJohannes Brahms; Ulster Orchestra & Vernon Handley1989
- Symphony no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by HindemithWalton; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley1989
- Three Rhapsodies / In the Mountain CountryErnest John Moeran; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Margaret Fingerhut1989
- William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante / John Ireland: Piano Concerto / Frank Bridge: Phantasm for Piano and OrchestraWilliam Walton, John Ireland, Frank Bridge; Kathryn Stott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1989
- Irish Rhapsody No. 1 / Symphony No. 6Stanford; Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra1988
- Orchestral WorksDelius; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1988
- Symphony No. 5 in D Major & Irish Rhapsody No. 4Stanford; Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra1988
- A Sea SymphonyVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley1988
- Symphony in G Minor / Overture for a MasqueErnest John Moeran; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1988
- Symphony no. 1Elgar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1988
- Symphony no. 5 / Lieutenant Kijé - SuiteProkofiev; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1988
- Symphonic Dances and other Orchestral WorksEdvard Grieg; Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra1987
- A Colour Symphony / Checkmate SuiteSir Arthur Bliss; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1987
- Symphony no. 3 in F minor "Irish" / Irish Rhapsody no. 5Stanford; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1987
- Symphony no. 5 in D / Flos CampiVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1987
- Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite “Veris Gratia”Finzi, Leighton; Raphael Wallfisch, George Caird, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1986
- Spring Fire / Symphonic Scherzo / Northern Ballad No. 2Arnold Bax; Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1986
- Britten: Four Sea Interludes / Passacaglia / Bridge: The Sea / Bax: On the Sea ShoreBenjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Sir Arnold Bax; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1986
- Concert OverturesAntonín Dvořák; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1986
- Virtuose PaukenkonzerteJohann Wilhelm Hertel, Jean-Baptiste Prin, Werner Thärichen; Werner Thärichen, Nicholas Bardach, Guy Touvron, Radio-Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Vernon Handley1986
- Rhapsody in Blue / An American in ParisGeorge Gershwin; Michael Reeves, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1985
- The Lark Ascending / Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" / The Wasps - Aristophanic SuiteVaughan Williams; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, David Nolan1985
- Symphony no. 8 / Nocturne for StringsAntonín Dvořák; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1984
- Vaughan Williams: The Wasps / Serenade to Music / Delius: Summer Night on the River / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Summer Evening / Air and DanceVaughan Williams, Delius; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1984
- Violin ConcertoElgar; Nigel Kennedy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1984
- Delius: Cello Concerto / Holst: Invocation / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Sussex Folk TunesDelius, Holst, Vaughan Williams; Julian Lloyd Webber, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley1983
- Enigma Variations / Introduction & Allegro for Strings / Serenade for StringsElgar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley19834.00 ★
- Symphony no. 2Elgar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley19814.00 ★
- A London SymphonyRalph Vaughan Williams; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1978
- A Song of Summer / Brigg Fair / In a Summer Garden / EventyrDelius; Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley
- Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi SuiteFerde Grofé; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
- Job - A Masque for Dancing / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Five Variants of Dives and LazarusVaughan Williams; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
- Job: A Masque for DancingVaughan Williams; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
- Songs of the AuvergneJoseph Canteloube; Jill Gomez, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
- Symphony no. 2 / Concerto for 2 Pianos (3 hands) / A Grand, Grand, Overture / Carnival of AnimalsMalcolm Arnold; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Nettle & Markham Piano Duet
- Violin Concerto / Viola ConcertoEdmund Rubbra; Tasmin Little, Rivka Golani, Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Violin Concerto, op. 33 / Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 11York Bowen; BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Michael Dussek, Lorraine McAslan
Live Albums1
- Symphony no. 6 / Philharmonic ConcertoMalcolm Arnold; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2006
Compilations20
- British SymphoniesNicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Sir Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, Sir John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn & Josef Krips2016
- The Complete Conifer RecordingsSir Malcolm Arnold; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Handley, London Musici, Stephenson2016
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Tallis FantasiaRalph Vaughan Williams, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Vernon Handley, Sarah Chang, Ian Partridge & Anthony Rolfe Johnson2010
- Love’s Labours Lost, Let Us Garlands Bring etcGerald Finzi; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Vernon Handley2007
- Cello Concerto / Clarinet ConcertoFinzi; Yo‐Yo Ma, John Denman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley20075.00 ★
- Violin Concerto / Introduction and AllegroElgar; Nigel Kennedy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2006
- Violin and Cello ConcertosGerald Finzi; Tasmin Little, Raphael Wallfisch, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2006
- Finlandia / Karelia Suite / The Swan of Tuonela / Violin ConcertoSibelius; Mariss Jansons, Tasmin Little, Vernon Handley2005
- Orchestral Works, Volume 4: The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew / Into the Twilight / In the Faery Hills / Roscatha / A Legend / On the Sea ShoreSir Arnold Bax; Ulster Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, Vernon Handley2003
- Orchestral Works, Volume 2: Mediterranean / Spring Fire / Symphonic Scherzo / Northern Ballads nos. 2 & 3Sir Arnold Bax; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson2003
- Serenade / Violin Concerto / Concerto for Double StringsBritten, Tippett; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, Vernon Handley2003
- Symphony no. 1 in A‐flat / Pomp and Circumstance Marches nos. 1‐5Elgar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2002
- The Nine Symphonies / JobVaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2002
- WagnerRichard Wagner; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2000
- Symphony in G minor / Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra / Overture for a MasqueMoeran; Margaret Fingerhut, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1998
- A London Symphony / Songs of TravelVaughan Williams; Vernon Handley, Thomas Allen, Simon Rattle1998
- Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello ConcertoMoeran; Lydia Mordkovitch, Raphael Wallfisch, Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar1998
- Romeo and Juliet Highlights / Lieutenant Kijé / Classical SymphonyProkofiev; Riccardo Muti, Vernon Handley, André Previn1997
- Symphonies nos. 1-7Stanford; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1994
- An Irish RhapsodyUlster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, Vernon Handley1991









































































































