Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten

for orchestra

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings

General Information: 

Composition:
August through November 1969

First Performance:
14 January 1970. War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips conductor.

Duration:
About 16 minutes

Movements:

Dedication:
To the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips, Conductor and Music Director, in memory of Adeline Smith Dorfman

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C82

Instrumentation:

3 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 3 percussion (glockenspiel, xylophone, bells, cymbals, suspended cymbal, bass drum, tambourine, 3 bongos, snare drum, side drum) – harp – strings

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 622. Autograph full score. 58 pages.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1970, 019 3682443. Score and parts are available on hire.
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music