The Goshawk TV documentary |
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Date of composition | January 1969 |
Opus number | (No opus number) |
Type of work | Music for a film or documentary |
Duration | 15 mins |
Musical forces | Piccolo/Flute/Alto Flute, Piccolo Trumpet/[Trumpet], Horn, Harp and Cello |
Commissioner | BBC-tv & Crescent Productions |
Writer | T. H. White |
Producer | David Cobham Productions Ltd |
Director | David Cobham |
Recording session | 3rd March 1969 |
Session information | Recorded at Star Sound Studios by Harold Clarke (flute, piccolo and alto flute), David Mason (piccolo trumpet in B flat and trumpet in B flat), Neil Saunders (horn), Denis Vigay (cello) and Tryphena Partridge (harp), conducted by the composer |
Publication status | Manuscript |
Archive location | British Film Institute (BFI) |
Archive contents | Original bound music manuscript |
Notes | A 50-minute colour film; awarded the Golden Gate award in the 13th San Francisco International Film Festival (Films as Communication category) |
More info… | See the dedicated section about The Goshawk |
…after the first minute of the film I suspected: here again was so much underlined with such telling economy … So it was with a certain sense of self-satisfaction that I saw, at the end of the film, ‘Music by Carey Blyton’.