Symphony 31

1 movement, 1968†, 13:00

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

United Music Publishing Limited

Timings

Mackerras 1979Mackerras 1987Walker 2014
Total13:0413:1812:46

Performances

9 January 1979 [first performance] Henry Wood Hall
18 March 1979 BBC Radio 3
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
3–4 May 1987 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
20 May 2014 Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker

Recordings

EMI Classics 7243 5 75782 2 6 (2 discs) released November 2002
3–4 May 1987 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Naxos 8.573408 released March 2015
20 May 2014 Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker