Legend »Ave atque vale«
1968

Completed 31 May 1968

3 flute (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoon (1 also contra), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombone, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, cymbals, bass drum, 3 side drum, triangle, tambourine, jingles, castanets, gong, strings

in one movement

Fredman - 7:41

Russell - 8:12

Walker - 7:03

unpublished

 

Reading

The symphonies of Havergal Brian - Malcolm MacDonald / volume 3 chapter 22 - see bibliography

 

Performances

1 April 1973 [first performance] - BBC recording, not broadcast
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman

24 October 2008 [public première]

Orange County High School for the Arts Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christopher Russell [Meng Concert Hall, OCHSA, Orange County, California USA]

 

Commercial recording

23/24 July 2009, City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Garry Walker

Toccata Classics TOCC 0110

 

 


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