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Symphony 23
2 movements, 1965†, 13:30
Sketches started in March 1965, full score completed 4 April 1965
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns , 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, 3 side drums, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam, castanets, tambourine, triangle, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, strings (16.14.12.10.8)
II Adagio non troppo ma pesante
United Music Publishing Limited
Timings
Goodman 1973 | Walker 2012 | |
I Moderato – Allegro con anima | 6:53 | 6:56 |
II Adagio non troppo ma pesante | 6:38 | 6:48 |
Total | 13:31 | 13:44 |
Performances
4 October 1973 [first performance] Galesburg, Illinois University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman |
5 or 6 October 1973 Quincy, Illinois University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman |
7 October 1973 Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana, Illinois 14 October 1973 WILL-AM, Illinois, USA, repeated 16 October 1973 BBC Radio 3 University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman |
August 2012 [world première recording] New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker |
Recordings
Aries LP 1604 7 October 1973 Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana, Illinois University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman |
Naxos 8.572833 released May 2013 August 2012 [world première recording] New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker |