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It is with the deepest regret that we have to announce that Robert Farnon passed away peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning, 23 April 2005, aged 87, at his home in the Channel Islands. He was a prolific and successful composer who will be remembered by harmonica players world wide for his Prelude and Dance for Harmonica & Orchestra which he wrote for his friend Tommy Reilly. They were both Canadians and he maintained his links with the Reilly family until his death. The composition was premiered for King Olav V of Norway in 1967 and it was the first time Tommy had played the silver harmonica he had designed and had made by a silversmith in London. You can hear the performance of Prelude and Dance which they recorded together in London in 1968 on the Chandos CD CHAN 9248.
For more information visit the web site of The Robert Farnon Society
To hear the begining of the Prelude and Dance for Harmonica & Orchestra, click here.
You can purchase the Chandos Harmonica Concertos CD which includes this recording by clicking here.
Ena, Tommy's widow, organised a celebration of Tommy's life on the latest anniversary of his death on Sept 25th, 2001.
For more details and images click here. You may want to save the file and then play it. - This site is being worked on and new material will be added as it becomes available.
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