Symphony 32

In A flat, 4 movements, 1968†, 22:30

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
II Adagio
III Allegro ma non troppo
IV Allegro moderato

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Timings

Head 1971Fredman 1978Leaper 1992Russell 2005
I Allegretto5:387:055:335:54
II Adagio7:586:085:378:37
III Allegro ma non troppo5:054:504:185:01
IV Allegro moderato4:254:265:066:11
Total23:0622:2920:3425:43

Articles

• Attacca? – Alan Marshall

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] Maida Vale Studios, London
12 March 1979 BBC Radio 3
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Myer Fredman
• Recording Brian with the Philharmonia – Rodney Stephen Newton
15–16 June 1992 National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
5 November 2005 [first US public performance] Symphony Hall, Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, California
OCHSA Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chris Russell

Recordings

Naxos 8.572020 released December 2010
15–16 June 1992 National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Adrian Leaper
• Adrian Leaper’s Brian – Malcolm MacDonald
• The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown