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)

I Moderato – Allegro con anima
II Adagio non troppo ma pesante

United Music Publishing Limited

Timings

Goodman 1973Walker 2012
I Moderato – Allegro con anima6:536:56
II Adagio non troppo ma pesante6:386:48
Total13:3113:44

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