Symphony 23
1965

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)

Moderato - Allegro con anima   6:53 [a]
II  Adagio non troppo ma pesante   6:38 [a]

[a] Goodman  13:31

United Music Publishers Limited

 

Reading

The symphonies of Havergal Brian - Malcolm MacDonald / volume 2 chapter 18 - see bibliography

 

Performances

4 October 1973 [first performance] . Galesburg, Illinois
University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman

5 October 1973 . Quincy, Illinois
University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman

7  October 1973 / 14 October 1973 (broadcast WILL-AM)/ 16 November 1974 (broadcast BBC Radio 3) . Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana, Illinois
University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Goodman


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