Divertimento for orchestra

dedicated to André Rieu

Opus 41

History

Legley composed this work from August till 31 December 1952 in Bormes and Woluwe.^[1]
The first performance was played on 19 May 1954 in the Museum for Antique Arts^[2] in Brussels by the NIR Chamber orchestra directed by Georges Béthume.^[3]

I. Prelude
- Andante
  - time signature: 4/4
- Allegro moderato
  - time signature: 3/4
- duration: ca 6'
II. Lied [Song]
- tempo: Andante espressivo
- time signature: 4/4
- duration: ca 4'40"
III. Menuet^[1]
- time signature: 3/4
- duration: ca 3'10"
IV. Finale
- tempo: Allegro, molto energico e giocoso
- time signature: 2/4
- duration: ca 5'30"

autograph 1: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4019
autograph 2: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4020
first edition: CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1955

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The menuet seems to be the reworking of an earlier work: in both autographs, Legley wrote down at the end of this movement: (1942.).
↑ Nowadays Musée Oldmasters Museum.
↑
See:
- De Roeck, p.330
  - Anonymous: Concert de midi in Le Soir of 25 May 1954, p.2
Tessely (p.45) writes Maastricht, o.l.v. André Rieu, the performance with Rieu, however, did not take place until 18 July 1954 (cf. De Roeck, p.329).
↑ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and strings.
↑ CeBeDeM gives 16'. However, Legley wrote down the duration of each movement in his autograph, the addition of all these lengths gives 19'20".