Symphony No. 2

for large orchestra

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:
1957–60

First Performance:
2 September 1960. Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard conductor.

Duration:
About 28 minutes

Movements:

Dedication:
"Commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and re-dedicated to the memory of George Szell"

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C68

Instrumentation:

3 flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 4 percussion (military drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, tambourine, tuned bell in D – 2 harps – piano – celesta – strings

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 634. Autograph full score. Dedication reads: 'Dedicated to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society'. The final movement is dated '22.7.60, Forio d'Ischia'. 117 pages.
FRKF 634a. An earlier version of the first movement.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1960, 019 3684217. Score and parts are available on hire.
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music