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 in Brussels by the NIR Chamber orchestra directed by Georges Béthume.[2][3]
Music
Parts
- I. Prelude
- Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- Allegro moderato
- time signature: 3/4
- duration: ca 6'
- Andante
- 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"
Sources
- 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
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The menuet seems to be an arrangement of an earlier work: in both autographs, Legley wrote down at the end of this movement: (1942.).
- ↑ De Roeck, p.330.
- ↑ Tessely (p.45) writes (probably mistakenly) Maastricht, o.l.v. André Rieu, the performance with Rieu took place on 18 July 1954. See also De Roeck, p.329.
- ↑ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and strings.
- ↑ CeBeDeM gives 16'. Legley however, wrote down the lengths of each movement in his autograph, the addition of all these lengths gives 19'20".
