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''dedicated to [[Tessely/en|Carine Tessely]] and Hendrik Stubbe''

Opus 121

== History ==
*Legley worked on this symphony from 1988 to 4 July 1993<ref>[[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]], p.566.</ref>, in Navacelles, Woluwe, Awenne, Serruys, Koksijde and Quillan.
*Composed on commission of ''BRT Radio en Televisie - Nederlandse Uitzendingen''.<ref name="een">[[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]], p.568.</ref>
*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.<ref>DE SMET, Marc Michael: ''Legley's oude nieuwe muziek'' in ''Muziek en Woord'' of December 1994, p.48.</ref>

== Music ==
*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>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.</ref>
*duration: ca 24'

=== Parts ===
*I. Où donc le silence sidéral enterre-t-il ses chants, et où se perdent-ils, quand arrive la nuit? ''([https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abou_el_Kacem_Chebbi 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Grillparzer 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] ''([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Elsschot Willem Elsschot])''
**completed on 8 December 1992
***Adagio
****time signature: '''4/4'''
****harp solo
***Molto adagio e dolcissimo
****time signature: '''4/4'''

*IV. Faith, we were told, like art, feeds on illusion ''([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott 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'''

== Sources ==
*autograph: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [http://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28227 '''BV-03-4080''']

==Notes==
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