Dr David Russell Hulme
Director of Music
BA (Hons), MA, PhD, PGCE
Contact
Email: drh@aber.ac.uk
Office: University Music Centre, 10 Laura Place, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2AU
Phone: +44(0)1970 622744
Responsibilities
As the University’s Director of Music responsible for the University Music Centre, David promotes a wide-ranging programme of ensembles and activities for members of the University and the wider community. He is personally involved as conductor of the symphony orchestra, Philomusica, and the large mixed-voice choir, Choral Union. Biography
David was appointed Director of Music in 1992. In demand as a conductor, his schedule has taken him to major venues throughout Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada, with appearances as far-flung as the Royal Canada Opera, Christchurch Festival (New Zealand) and Buxton International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival. He works regularly with the renowned Carl Rosa Opera Company, the world’s foremost English language operetta company, and in 2001 toured Australia and New Zealand, conducting the State Orchestra of Victoria, the Auckland Philharmonia and the Sydney Opera House Orchestra, followed by tours of the United States and Canada in 2004 and 2006.
David studied music at Aberystwyth under Ian Parrott, and conducting with the great Sir Adrian Boult. Gaining MA and PhD degrees for his research into British Music, he has published extensively, including articles for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the BBC Proms. Described in Opera as ‘our leading authority on Sullivan’s manuscripts’, he has been closely involved in productions by leading opera companies including WNO, ENO, New Sadler’s Wells and D’Oyly Carte, as well as others in America and Australia. He edited Sullivan’s music and advised for Mike Leigh’s Oscar-winning film Topsy-Turvy and his ground-breaking and critically acclaimed edition of Ruddigore, published by Oxford University Press, is currently in the repertoire of Opera North. Other editing for OUP ranges from Haydn’s Paukenmesse to Walton’s Second Symphony.
David attracts much attention and praise for his programming of neglected British music, bringing alive his scholarly interests through performance. The composer Edward German is an example. David is not only a leading authority on German’s music, he regularly conducts it with leading artists at events such as the Edward German Music Festivals. He also recently recorded the composer’s light opera Tom Jones with a cast of international soloists. Released on the Naxos label, this shot immediately to No. 3 in the classical charts. Chosen as a Recording of the Year, it has attracted outstanding critical praise.
Additional Interests
David is custodian of ‘The Edward German Archive’, an extensive collection of the composers’ manuscripts, papers and memorabilia. He is also a Vice President of the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society. Staff Publications
Books:
Nell Gwyn by Edward German, full and piano scores to the incidental music edited with a Preface, Munich, Musicproduktion Hofflich, 2008.
Symphony No.2 by William Walton, full score edited with an introduction and critical commentary, Oxford, OUP, 2006.
Missa in Tempora Belli by Joseph Haydn, full score edited with an introduction and critical commentary, Oxford, OUP, 2003.
Missa in Tempora Belli by Joseph Haydn, piano/vocal score edited with an introduction, Oxford, OUP, 2002.
Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello by Arthur Sullivan, full score edited with an introduction and critical commentary, Newmarket, Mayhew, 2001.
Ruddigore by Arthur Sullivan and W.S.Gilbert, full score and libretto edited with a critical commentary, introduction and appendices, Oxford, OUP, 2000.
Ruddigore by Arthur Sullivan and W.S.Gilbert, piano/vocal score, edited with an introductory note and appendices, Oxford, OUP, 2000.
Contributions to Edited Books
The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sulivan (ed. David Eden, Meinhard Saremba), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009;
‘Adventures in musical detection: scholarship, editions, productions and the future of the Savoy Operas’
The New Grove Dictionary of Music (ed. Stanley Sadie), London, Macmillan, 2000;
Entry for Sir Edward German with catalogue of works.
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (ed. Stanley Sadie), London, Macmillan, 1992;
Entry for Sir Edward German and Sir Arthur Sullivan and entries on fourteen individual works.
Princess Ida (ed. David Eden);
‘Some thoughts on the autograph score’; Saffron Walden, the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1984.
The Yeomen of the Guard and Macbeth (ed. David Eden)
‘Sullivan’s Macbeth Music’; Saffron Walden, the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1988.
Cox and Box and The Chieftain (ed. David Eden)
'The Evolution of Cox and Box '; Saffron Walden, the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1994.
Ruddigore (ed. David Eden)
'Ruddigore: An Investigation of Musical Sources'; Saffron Walden, the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1987.
The Mikado (ed. David Eden)
'O Ni! Bikurri Shakurri To!'; Saffron Walden, the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1985.
Trial by Jury and The Sorcerer (ed. David Eden)
'Sidelights on The Sorcerer' (pp. 1 – 4); 'Trial by Jury: Towards a First Night Text'); 'The Usher's Song' (p23); Saffron Walden, the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1984.
Audio and Film
Tom Jones, comic opera in three acts, music by Edward German, Naxos 2 CDs, (2 CDs: 8.660270 – 71), 2009 (conductor).
Topsy-Turvy, feature film directed by Mike Leigh, Thin Man Films, 2000 (musical advisor/historic text editor).
Performing Editions
Performing material edited from autograph and other sources for professional performance and film.
National Festival Orchestra & Chorus; soloist
Edward German: ‘Tom Jones’ (cond. David Russell Hulme), Naxos Records, 2009.
BBC Concert Orchestra
Edward German: Symphony No. 1, Overture to The Tempter, The Willow Song, Hamlet (BBC Radio 3 broadcast, 2005) – recorded by Dutton.
Carl Rosa Opera
The Pirates of Penzance (2001).
Thin Man Films
Topsy-Turvy (dir. Mike Leigh) (2000). Performing material for the ‘live’ theatre footage (The Sorcerer, Princess Ida, The Mikado).
Welsh National Opera
The Yeomen of the Guard (cond. Sir Charles Mackerras) (1994) – recorded by Telarc.
English National Opera
Princess Ida (cond. Jane Glover, dir. Ken Russell) (1992).
D'Oyly Carte Opera<
Patience (1994) – recorded by TER ((with reconstructions of 'The Duke's Song' and a discarded finale).
The Yeomen of the Guard (1993) – recorded by TER (with editions of three 'lost' songs).
H.M.S. Pinafore (1990).
Trial by Jury (1990).
The Mikado(1898) – recorded by TER(with reconstruction of a discarded version of ‘Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted’).
The Pirates of Penzance (1989) – recorded by TER.
New Sadler's Wells Opera
The Gondoliers (1988).
Ruddigore (1987) (including restoration of original musical text and ‘lost’ material) - recorded by TER; broadcast by B.B.C. Radio 3 (August 1987).
H.M.S. Pinafore (1987) - recorded by TER (with a reconstruction of a ‘lost’ finale).
Boston Academy of Music
Ruddigore (1987).
Selected Articles & Conference Papers
The Sir Arthur Sullivan Society Magazine
‘Recording Tom Jones’, Spring 2010.
Brio (journal of The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres.)
‘Orpheus with his lute: sources of Edward German’s music for the Victorian and Edwardian drama’, Autumn / Winter 2000 .
Lost and Only Sometimes Found (conference on music publishing and archives)
British Music Information Centre, London, May 1990
'Sullivan and German: auctions and publishers' (transcript published in Lost and Only Sometimes Found (ed. Lewis Foreman), Upminster, The British Music Society, 1992)
The Savoyard
The Zoo: a study of the autograph full score':
Part I – M ay 1978 ; Part II – September 1978.
'Cox and Box; or, the Long-lost Music', March 1981.
Welsh Music
'Ian Parrott's The Lady of Flowers', Summer 1983.
Selected articles published to accompany professional productions and audio recordings that contain original critical and /or textual commentary.
Performances
‘Blood & Thunder & Creative Conflict’, historical/critical essay for Ruddigore (Sullivan)– Opera North, 2010.
Historical/critical essay and synopsis for Patience (Sullivan) – B.B.C. Proms 2009.
W. S. Gilbert’, author profile for BBC Proms, 2009.
Historical/critical essay and synopses for H.M.S Pinafore, Pineapple Poll, etc. – B.B.C. Proms 2005.
‘Arthur Sullivan’, Composer Profile for BBC Proms, 1997; reprinted 2002, 2005, 2009.
Historical/critical essay for The Gondoliers – BBC Proms, 1997.
'A Great English Opera' - The Yeomen of the Guard, Welsh National Opera, 1994.
'A Respectful Per-Version of Tennyson's The Princess ' – Princess Ida, English National Opera, 1992.
Historical/critical essay for Ruddigore – New Sadler's Wells National Tour, 1986.
Audio Recordings
Edward German – ‘Tom Jones’ (conducted and edited by David Russell Hulme), Naxos, 2009.
Edward German – Symphony No. 1 and other orchestral works (edited by David Russell Hulme), Dutton, 2005.
Cox and Box & Trial by Jury (Sullivan), Chandos, 2005.
The Golden Legend (Sullivan), Hyperion, 2001.
Six Sullivan Overtures, BBC Music Magazine recording, May 1999.
Edward German Orchestral Works - Vol II, Marco Polo, 1995.
Edward German Orchestral Works - Vol I, Marco Polo, 1995.
HMS Pinafore (Sullivan)(New Sadler's Wells Opera), TER, 1987.
Ruddigore (Sullivan)(New Sadler's Wells Opera), TER, 1987.
Numerous essays written for recording by D’Oyly Carte Opera include the following which contain discussions of the author’s textual investigations.
Patience, TER, 1994.
The Yeomen of the Guard, TER, 1993.
The Mikado, TER, 1990