3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, side drum, cymbals, tam-tam, glockenspiel, triangle, tubular bells, 2 harps, organ, strings

in one movement (~20´) (Vandernoot - 20:17, Groves - 20:26, Pickard - 19:36)

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Music excerpts

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Articles

Introduction - Gerard Cunliffe

Performances

26 December 1921 [first performance] . Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Scottish Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald

27 December 1921 . St Andrew's Hall, Glasgow
Scottish Orchestra, conductor Sir Landon Ronald

14 June 1974 [public rehearsal] . St Paul's Church, Hammersmith
Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot

16 November 1974 / 28 November 1974 (BBC Radio London broadcast) . Hammersmith Town Hall
Fulham Municipal Orchestra, conductor Josef Vandernoot

10 October 1976 / live BBC Radio 3 broadcast . invitation concert at Royal Albert Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves

11 February 2012 . Victoria Rooms Concert Hall, Bristol

University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Pickard

Commercial recordings

1979 . City Hall, Hull UK / Cameo Classics
City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith

15-16 June 1992 . National Concert Hall, Dublin / Marco Polo
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
Review - Malcolm MacDonald
see also Discography

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