Composed spring and summer 1903, completed September 1903
Revised thereafter, but no later than 1912
Full score not heard of after 1907 until it was re-discovered in 1974

3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals,

suspended cymbal, tambourine, triangle, tam-tam, snare drum, bass drum, 1-2 harps [harp 2 ad lib], organ [ad lib], strings

Theme Andante (quasi allegretto ma serioso), B minor
Variation 1:  Imitando Allegro, B minor/major
Variation 2:  Tempesto Vivace, C sharp minor/D minor
Variation 3:  Elegy Andante languido, E flatmajor/B minor
Variation 4:  Allegretto grazioso, G major
Variation 5:  Allegro risoluto, B minor/G minor
Variation 6: Adagio e rubato e mistico, B major
Variation 7:  Finale en form d'Overture Allegro determinato - Chorale  Largamente e grandioso, B major

(Helad Smith 29:00, Walker 25:35)

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Article

Brian and variation form (1) : Malcolm MacDonald

Performance

13 March 1980 [first performance] . City Hall, Hull, UK
City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith

Commercial recordings

26-27 July 1980 . City Hall, Hull UK / Cameo Classics
City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith

Cameo Classics CC9014CD

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

Toccata Classics TOCC 0110

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