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Symphony 30
In B flat minor, 2 movements, 1967†, 15:30
Completed 13 November 1967
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, tambourine, tam-tam, castanets, tubular bells, 2 harps, strings
II Passacaglia
United Music Publishing Limited
Timings
Newstone 1976 | Friend 1989 | Lai 2008 | Brabbins 2010 | |
I Lento | 6:59 | 7:35 | 7:06 | 6:09 |
II Passacaglia | 8:10 | 9:58 | 10:14 | 8:45 |
Total | 15:09 | 17:33 | 17:20 | 14:54 |
Articles
• In the mountains, there you feel free’ – David Hackbridge Johnson• Some thoughts on the thirtieth – Rodney Stephen Newton
Performances
24 September 1976 [first performance] invitation concert at Alexandra Palace, London live broadcast BBC Radio 3 New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone |
March 1989 Invitation concert, BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London BBC Radio 3, 16 July 1991 BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Geoffrey Trabichoff, conductor Lionel Friend |
4 March 2008 (Transmission date) BBC Radio 3 in the ‘British Symphony’ series BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jason Lai |
15–16 September 2010 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Studio recording for Dutton Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins |
Recordings
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7267 15–16 September 2010 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins |