Symphony 15

In A major, 1 movement, 1960†, 20:30

Sketched February 1960, completed ?April 1960

4 flutes (1 also piccolo), 3 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (1 also contrabassoon), 6 horns , 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, euphonium, timpani, tambourine, triangle, castanets, bass drum, 3 side drums, cymbals, suspended cymbal, xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 harps, celesta, strings

United Music Publishing

Timings

Pope 1976Rowe 1997
Total20:1322:54

Performances

23 June 1976 [first performance]
14 May 1978 BBC Radio 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
27 May 1997 National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Tony Rowe
• Brian and theurban pastorale – PJ Taylor

Recordings

Aries LP 3601 (3 discs)
23 June 1976 [first performance]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
Naxos 8.572014 released July 2010
27 May 1997 National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Tony Rowe
• Introduction to the Marco Polo CD – Malcolm MacDonald
• The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
• Review – John Grimshaw