Symphony 12

1 movement, 1957†, 12:00

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

Adagio – Allegro moderato – A tempo marcia lento – Adagio espressivo – Allegro vivo [147 bars]

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

Timings

Newstone 1959del Mar 1966Leaper 1992
Adagio – Allegro moderato – A tempo marcia lento – Adagio espressivo – Allegro vivo12:5110:3610:59

Performances

8 April 1959 [first performance] Hammersmith Town Hall
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
10-11 February 1992 Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), conductor Adrian Leaper

Recordings

Aries LP 1604
4 August 1966 [first public performance] Royal Albert Hall, London (Prom)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Norman del Mar
Naxos 8.570308 released January 2007
10-11 February 1992 Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), conductor Adrian Leaper
• Adrian Leaper’s Brian – Malcolm MacDonald
• MarcoPolo CD of symphonies 4 & 12
• Review of Marco Polo 8.223447 – Martin Anderson
• The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown