Completed 4 February 1957

3 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 6 horns , 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, euphonium, timpani, tam-tam, triangle, tambourine, castanets, cymbals, bass drum, 3 side drums, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, celesta, strings

in one movement Adagio - Allegro moderato - A tempo marcia lento - Adagio espressivo - Allegro vivo  [147 bars]

[a] Newstone 1959 (12:51)  [b] del Mar 1966 (10:36)  [c] Leaper/Marco Polo (10:59)

Schott and Co, 1957
rights assigned to Musica Viva, 1972
rights assigned to United Music Publishers Limited, 1985

Articles  

Marco Polo CD of symphonies 4 & 12

Reading

The symphonies of Havergal Brian - Malcolm MacDonald / volume 1 chapter 14 - see bibliography

Performances

8 April 1959 [first performance]. Hammersmith Town Hall, BBC recording (live audience?)

Broadcast 5 November 1959 (Third Programme [BBC Radio 3])
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry Newstone

4 August 1966 [first public performance] . Royal Albert Hall, London (Prom)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Norman del Mar

Commercial recording

10-11 February 1992 . Concert Hall of Slovak Radio (Bratislava) / Marco Polo
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), conductor Adrian Leaper
Review - Malcolm MacDonald
see also Discography

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