an adaptation of Robin Hood produced in 1860. A recording by Victorian Opera was recorded in 2011. A recording of the two act chamber opera The Soldier’s Legacy of 1864, scored for four soloists, piano and harmonium, was issued in 2023. His oratorios brought him some popular and critical success. The most enduringly successful of these, St John the Baptist, was first performed in 1873 at the Bristol Festival. The Resurrection premiered in 1876, Joseph in 1877 and King David in 1883. Macfarren also wrote chamber music, most notably the six string quartets that span over 40 years from 1834. Other chamber works include a piano trio in E minor, a piano quintet in G minor, sonatas for flute and violin, and three piano sonatas. Among his compositions of light music is a Romance and Barcarole for Concertina and Fortepiano written in 1856. Compositions (selective list) Orchestral 1828 – Symphony No. 1 in C (fp. Royal Academy of Music, London, September 1830) 1831 – Symphony No. 2 in D minor (fp. Royal Academy of Music, London, December 1831) 1832 – Symphony No. 3 in E minor 1832 – Overture in E-flat (fp. Royal Academy of Music, London, 26 June 1833) 1833 – Symphony No. 4 in F minor (fp. Society of British Musicians, London, 27 October 1834) 1833 – Symphony No. 5 in A minor 1834 – The Merchant of Venice, overture (fp. Society of British Musicians, London, October 1835) 1835 – Piano Concerto in C minor (fp. Society of British Musicians, London, 2 November 1835) 1835 _ Concerto for Two Pianos in C major (jointly as a student with William Sterndale Bennett) 1836 – Symphony No. 6 in B-flat 1836 – Romeo and Juliet, overture 1836 – Concertino in A, for cello and orchestra 1836 – "Chevy Chace", overture (fp. Society of British Musicians, London, 7 January 1838) 1839–40 – Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor (fp. Philharmonic Society, London, 9 June 1845) 1842 – Don Carlos, overture 1845 – Symphony No. 8 in D 1856 – Hamlet, overture (fp. New Philharmonic Society, London, 23 April 1856) 1863 – Flute Concerto in G (fp. Hanover Square Rooms, London, 24 February 1864) 1873 – Violin Concerto in G minor (fp. Philharmonic Society, London, 12 May 1873) 1874 – Symphony No. 9 in E minor (fp. British Orchestral Society, London, 26 March 1874) 1874 – Festival Overture (fp. Liverpool Festival, 1874)