THE BERNARD STEVENS FILM-SCORE ADAPTATIONS
In the 1940's Bernard Stevens wrote music for two films, 'The Upturned Glass' and 'The Mark of Cain'.
The full scores for these were lost, as frequently happened with
film scores, but sketches and snatches of piano-score remained.
At the behest of Stevens' widow, Bertha, and commissioned by the Stevens Trust, Adrian Williams reorchestrated the music and from it constructed two short concert works for full orchestra.
This involved two dictation sessions at the British Film Institute in addition to the use of the sketches.
BERNARD STEVENS arr. Adrian Williams: THE MARK OF CAIN (1994)
Part of this was used in Ken Russell's film 'Classic Widows' (LWT South Bank Show), when the Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra were conducted by Richard Hickox. A complete performance was given by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Carl Davis
for Davis's Radio 3 series 'Music from the Movies' (1994-5).
DURATION 10'
(published by Bardic Edition)