Suite for large orchestra
dedicated to Corneel Mertens
Opus 18
History
- Legley completed this suite on 22 November 1944 in Brussels.
- With this work Legley won the Irène Fuerison prize in 1945, the device of the work was La seule chose qu'il faut craindre, c'est la peur [The only thing to fear is fear].[1]
- The suite was first performed on 8 March 1946 by the NIR orchestra under the baton of Léonce Gras at Flagey in Brussels. This concert was also broadcast on Radio Brussel.[2]
Music
- instrumentation: symphony orchestra[3]
- duration: ca 24'
Parts
- I. Prelude
- tempo: Allegro con fuoco
- time signature: 2/4
- II. Sarabande
- tempo: Pochissimo meno vivo
- time signature: 3/4
- III. Menuet
- time signature: 3/4
- IV. Pavane
- time signature: 4/4
- V. Gigue
- time signature: 6/8
Recording
- Youtube: recording by the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by Fernand Quinet.
Sources
- autograph 1: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4007[4]
- autograph 2: Académie royale de Belgique, shelf number 13625
Notes
- ↑ The jury report of the competition can be found in the Académie royale de Belgique under the same shelf number as autograph 2. It consists of 3 letters by the jury members to the academy:
1. François Rasse (18 January 1945),
2. Joseph Jongen (January or February 1945) and
3. Joseph Ryelandt (March 1945). - ↑ Anonymous: La Radio in La Libre Belgique of 8 March 1946, p.4. Only year, conductor and place can be found in CeBeDeM - lijst werken: Œuvres de Victor Legley, p.1. On 8 June 1946 a first performance of the work was announced in the section Radio in Gazet van Antwerpen, p.3.
- ↑ Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet in E b, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, celesta, piano, 2 harps and strings (16-14-12-10-8).
- ↑ This autograph was completed on 18 October 1945.
