Sinfonie per orchestra

Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Op. 82 in Full Score.

A symphony in one movement, composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) in 1924. The work lasts approximately 22 minutes. Oversized Score, spiral-bound

Sibelius completed this work in February 1923 and conducted the premiere at Helsinki on February 19 of that same year. His first reference to the work, in 1918, described it as wild and passionate in...

Lera Auerbachs Beziehung zur Literatur durchzieht alle Genres ihres kompositorischen Schaffens. Auch in ihrer 1. Sinfonie ist ein solcher Bezug zu finden. Homer beschrieb die im Untertitel der Sinfoni...

This is indeed a substantial piece of music and there is never any doubt it was written by a symphonist. The orchestration is both clever and brilliant. . .a contemporary masterpiece.Schenectady Gazet...

... The symphony is the work of a modern Ravel. The Independent, 27 June 1988 Oliver Knussen’s reputation as a master of the large orchestra was cemented by his Third Symphony. Composed in 1979 when K...

Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3.3(II=bcl.III=Ebcl+bcl).3(III=cbsn) – 4431 – timp – perc(5): vib/2 whip/TD/indonesian bell tree/9 c.bells/mar/glsp/2 SD/t.bells/BD/12 tom-t or timb/5 susp.cym/2 claves/4...

Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3(III=ca).3(II+III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) - 4331- timp(2) - perc(3): 4 tam-t/BD/3 tom-t/TD/bongos/4 susp.cym/glsp/vib/mar/xyl/3 bells/crot - cel - harp - strings (ideally 16.14....

The chilling slow movement seems to me to be one of the great symphonic essays written by an Englishman.Michael Kennedy, Daily Telegraph, 1 June 1991, Instrumentation: picc.2.2.2.2.cbsn – 4331 – timp...

There are few musical minds in the world capable of completing such a large and complex symphonic structure,. . .Paul Driver, The Sunday Times, 26 April 1987, Instrumentation: 2.picc.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).2(II=ca).0.2 - 2000 - strings (65432)

Work for Orchestra commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

This 1975 work was commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American bicentennial celebrations. It was premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato,...

Critical Edition. Revision approved by The Ives Society, 2001.