Symphony 4
dedicated to André Cluytens
Opus 61
History
- Legley worked on this symphony from December 1963 to April 1964 in Woluwe and La Gaude.
- The work was commissioned by the Rijksuniversiteit of Gent [Ghent University] for the Festival van Vlaanderen 1964.
- First performance on 29 August 1964 in the Royal Opera in Ghent by the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by André Cluytens.[1]
Music
- instrumentation: symphony orchestra[2]
- duration: ca 25'
Parts
- I. Allegro
- time signature: 3/4
- II. Andante
- time signature: 4/8
- III. Theme with variations
- Theme
- tempo: Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso
- time signature: 2/4
- Var. I
- tempo: Più tranquillo e pesante
- time signature: 3/4
- Var. II
- tempo: Allegro
- time signature: 4/4
- Var. III
- tempo: Tempo di Valse
- time signature: 3/4
- Var. IV
- tempo: Allegro con fuoco
- time signature: 2/4
- Var. V
- tempo: Presto
- time signature: 4/4
- Var. VI
- tempo: Tempo du début
- time signature: 2/4
- Allegro con fuoco
- time signature: 2/4
- Theme
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4033
- first edition (study score): CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1966
Notes
- ↑ See:
- Anonymous: Les Journées du week-end in Le Soir of 29 August 1964, p.8
- TINEL, Paul: Au Festival de Flandres in Le Soir of 17 September 1964, p.10
- De Roeck, p.409.
- ↑ Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, 2 harps and strings.
