Variations on a Theme by Hindemith

for large orchestra

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings

General Information: 

Composition:
October 1962 through February 1963. The theme is from the second movement of Hindemith's Cello Concerto.

First Performance:
8 March 1963. Royal Festival Hall, London. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir William Walton conductor.

Duration:
About 23 minutes

Movements:

Dedication:
To Paul and Gertrud Hindemith

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C76

Instrumentation:

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

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 600. Autograph full score. Dated 'Forio 6.2.63'. 104 pages. With an additional 54 pages of full-score sketches.

William Walton Museum, Forio d'Ischia. One page of manuscript, together with notes.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1963, 019 3684500. Score and parts are available on hire.
                [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music