The Gentle Shepherd
Editions in the Wighton Collection
- The Gentle Shepherd, a pastoral comedy, with a glossary, songs set to music and 12 plates engraved in aqua tinta by D. Allan, with a portrait of the author. pp. XII+148. 4to.(Glasgow 1788)
- The Gentle Shepherd. The overture, songs and duetts in the pastoral opera of the Gentle Shepherd, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. pp. 24. oblong 4to.
A setting by Cedric Thorpe Davie of The Gentle Shepherd.
- The Gentle Shepherd, 1947, for solo
voices and small orchestra. Full score in the hand of CTD
— 37pp; pencil sketches — 15pp. Music for the
play by Allan Ramsay which was adapted for broadcasting
by Maurice Lindsay. The music consists of fourteen songs
to traditional tunes. . The SMIC possesses a photocopy of
the full score.
Performances:
Broadcast 9 July 1947 in a production by Robert Kemp, by the BBC Scottish Orchestra, conducted by Ian Whyte, with soloists Mary Ferrier, Mary Alexander, Kenneth MacKellar and Alex Carmichael, and Duncan Macrae as storyteller.
Broadcast 5 January 1958 in a production by Robin Richardson and conducted by CTD.
- The Gentle Shepherd, 1949, for 8 solo
voices, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and 1810-20 piano.
Full score in the hand of CTD — 115pp; pencil
sketches — 43pp.
This is not the same version as the above, although it uses some of the same tunes, reworked and rescored, and there are additional instrumental numbers. Both versions were adapted by Maurice Lindsay, this one for the Edinburgh Festival, where it was produced by Tyrone Guthrie. The SMIC possesses a complete set of vocal and instrumental parts and a photocopy of the full score.
Performances:
1949 Edinburgh Festival in the Royal High School. It was broadcast by the same performers in October of that year. The instrumentalists, all members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, were Gerald Jackson (flute), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Terence McDonagh (oboe) and Edward Wilson (bassoon), with CTD conducting from the keyboard.
1962 Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow.
1986 Edinburgh Festival, by students of the Royal Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow.