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dedicated to Carine Tessely and Hendrik Stubbe
Opus 121
History
- Legley worked on this symphony from 1988 to 4 July 1993[1], in Navacelles, Woluwe, Awenne, Serruys, Koksijde and Quillan.
- Composed on commission of BRT Radio en Televisie - Nederlandse Uitzendingen.[2]
- First performance on 27 October 1994 in the concert hall of the Lemmens Institute in Leuven. Performers were Avi Ostrovsky and the BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra.[3]
Music
- instrumentation: symphony orchestra[4]
- duration: ca 24'
Parts
- I. Où donc le silence sidéral enterre-t-il ses chants, et où se perdent-ils, quand arrive la nuit? (Abou Kacam Chabbi)
- tempo: Adagio, dolcissimo e molto tenuto
- time signature: 4/4
- II. Will meine Zeit mich bestreiten, ich lasse es ruhig geschehen, ich komme aus anderen Zeiten und hoffe in andre zu gehen (after Franz Grillparzer)
- completed on 9 October 1992 in Awenne
- tempo: Allegro feroce
- time signature: 3/4
- III. Tussen droom en daad [Between dream and deed] (Willem Elsschot)
- completed on 8 December 1992
- Adagio
- time signature: 4/4
- harp solo
- Molto adagio e dolcissimo
- time signature: 4/4
- Adagio
- completed on 8 December 1992
- IV. Faith, we were told, like art, feeds on illusion (Derek Walcott)
- composed in Navacelle
- Con fuoco
- time signature: 3/4
- Giochevole, non troppo vivo
- time signature: 4/4
- Subito molto più lento (tempo dell'introduzione). Maestoso
- time signature: 4/4
- Con fuoco
- composed in Navacelle
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4080
Notes
- ↑ De Roeck, p.566.
- ↑ De Roeck, p.568.
- ↑ DE SMET, Marc Michael: Legley's oude nieuwe muziek in Muziek en Woord of December 1994, p.48.
- ↑ Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet in e ♭, 2 clarinets in b ♭, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, euphonium, harp, percussion and strings.