Composed between June to October 1968

3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contrabass), 4 horns , 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, cymbals, bass drum, 3 side drums, triangle, tambourine, tubular bells, harp, strings

I  Allegretto   7:05 [a]  5:33 [b]  5:54 [c]
II  Adagio   6:08 [a]  5:37 [b]  8:37 [c]
III  Allegro ma non troppo   4:50 [a]  4:18 [b]  5:01 [c]
IV  Allegro moderato   4:26 [a]  5:06 [b]  6:11 [c]
(20-24´)

[a] Fredman (22:00)  [b] Leaper (20:34)  [c] Russell (25:43)

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Reading

The symphonies of Havergal Brian - Malcolm MacDonald / volume 3 chapter 22 - see bibliography

Performances

28 January 1971 [first performance/first public performance] . St John's Smith Square, London
Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head

22 December 1978 [first professional performance] (recording)/12 March 1979 (BBC Radio 3 broadcast) 
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
Recording Brian with the Philharmonia - Rodney Stephen Newton

5th November 2005 [first US (public) performance], Symphony Hall, Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, California

OCHSA Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chris Russell

Commercial recording

15-16 June 1992 . National Concert Hall, Dublin / Marco Polo
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
Review - Malcolm MacDonald
see also Discography

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