Symphony 2
Opus 29
History
- Legley completed his second symphony on 21 December 1947 in Brussels.
- First performance on 22 January 1953 at Kursaal in Oostende, the conductor was Emile De Vlieger.[1][2]
Music
- instrumentation: symphony orchestra[3]
- duration: ca 20'
Parts
- I.
- Allegro impetuoso
- time signature: 3/4
- Molto allegro e appassionato
- time signature: 3/4
- Tempo primo
- time signature: 3/4
- Molto deciso
- time signature: 4/4
- Più ritenuto e poco pesante
- time signature: 4/4
- Tempo primo
- time signature: 3/4
- Molto tranquillo
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegro impetuoso
- II.
- Molto andante
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegretto scherzando (ma non troppo vivace)
- time signature: 3/8
- Subito tempo primo (molto andante)
- time signature: 3/4
- Molto andante
- III. Molto allegro[4]
- time signature: 2/4
Sources
- photocopy of the autographf[5]: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), Legley archives.[6]
- autograph orchestral parts: Music Library of the former NIR, shelf number SYMF 254.[7]
Notest
- ↑ De Roeck, p.299.
- ↑ An article in the Journal de Bruges on 21 Januari 1953 (Un grand concert et une réception) announces the performance of a work by Legley during a concert on the 22nd, without naming the composition.
- ↑ Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, harp, strings (16-14-12-10-8).
- ↑ In 1980, Legley rewrote this movement as the finale of Volharden.
- ↑ The autograph itself could not be found.
- ↑ The last movement of this photocopy contains many note by Legley, made when preparing Volharden in 1980.
- ↑ This shelf number contains a photocopy of the autograph score and handwritten orchestral parts (and photocopies of them), of which some are clearly written by Legley himself.
