Paradise regained (1967-1986)/en
Opus 70
Contents
History
- This work is related to Paradise regained from 1946.
Version 1 (rejected)
- The original version of this work was written by Legley in 1967[2] or 1968[3] at the occasion of his first grandchild David's birth, and was a composition for symphony orchestra.
- The first performance took place in Liège on 21 November 1969, Paul Strauss leading the symphony orchestra of Liège.[4]
Version 2
- Legley started working on the final version of Paradise regained on 13 February 1986 in Koksijde[5] and completed it in Augustus 1986 in Koksijde. It is not merely a transcription for concert band, but a reworked version of the previous work.[6]
- On 4 November 1986, the Groot Harmonieorkest der Gidsen conducted by Norbert Nozy played this work for the first time in the big BRT concert studio [7] in Brussels.[8]
Music
Version 1
Parts
- Allegro[5]
- time signature: 4/4
- Più vivo
- time signature: 9/8
- Poco meno mosso
- time signature: 4/4
- A tempo
- time signature: 9/8
- Adagio
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegro vivace
- time signature: 5/8
- Lento
- time signature: 4/4
- Het schip van de wind ligt gereed voor de reis
- tempo: Maestoso (l'istesso tempo )
- time signature: 4/4
Version 2
- instrumentation: concert band
- duration: ca 10'
Parts
- Allegro
- time signature: 4/4
- Più vivo
- time signature: 9/8
- Subito molto più lento
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegro energico
- time signature: 5/8
- Het schip van de wind ligt gereed voor de reis
- tempo: Lento
- time signature: 4/4
Sources
- autograph - version 2: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4088
- photocopy of the autograph - version 1: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), no shelf number yet (Legley archives). Contains Legley's annotations preparing version 2
Notes
- ↑ The original version of this work was dedicated to Legley's grandson David: voor de 0de verjaardag van David [for David's zero birthday].
- ↑ Tessely, p.33.
- ↑ De Roeck, p.433.
- ↑ De Roeck, p.434.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 See photocopy of the autograph - version 1.
- ↑ Legley writes in his autograph: N.B Dit is geen transcriptie van het vorige werk voor symphonieorkest. Het is een nieuwe compositie die het oude materiaal gebruikt. Dit werk vernietigt en vervangt het vorige.[N.B This is not a transcription of the previous work for symphony orchestra. It is a new composition reusing the old material. This work destroys and replaces the previous one.] Prior to the first page of the autograph, a page containing the following text has been glued: Paradise Regained, op. 70 was oorspronkelijk een symfonische schets naar het gedicht van H. Marsman. Dit nieuwe stuk voor harmonie-orkest is geen "bewerking" van het vorige; het is een totaal nieuwe compositie die hetzelfde muzikale materiaal gebruikt en tevens de eerste compositie vervangt. Het dateert van 1986. [Paradise Regained, op. 70 was originally a symphonic sketch inspired by the poem by H. Marsman. This new piece for concert band is not an "arrangement" of the previous one; it is a totally new composition reusing the same musical material and replacing the first composition as well. It dates from van 1986.]
- ↑ Presumably Studio 4 in concert hall Flagey.
- ↑ De Roeck, p.437.
- ↑ Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, harp and strings.
