Completed 16 April 1968

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

in one movement  13:04 [a]  13:18 [b]
(14´)

[a] Mackerras 1979  [b] Mackerras CD

United Music Publishers Limited

Reading

The symphonies of Havergal Brian - Malcolm MacDonald / volume 3 chapter 21 - see bibliography

Performances

9 January 1979 [first performance] (recording)/18 March 1979 (BBC Radio 3 broadcast)
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Recording Brian with the Philharmonia - Rodney Stephen Newton

1 April 1979 [first US performance]
Orchestral Society of Philadelphia, conductor Robert Fitzpatrick

Commercial recording

3-4 May 1987. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool / EMI
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras

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