KSS53 Organ Symphony No. 2

Piece details

  • Written for: Organ
  • Date composed: 1929–32
  • Dedicatee: E.Emlyn Davies
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 490
  • Manuscript pages: 350
  • Manuscript location: Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
  • Comments:
    I Introduction
    II Thema cum 50 variationibus
    III Finale
    Preludio
    Adagio
    Toccata
    Fuga triplex

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Typeset edition (Kevin Bowyer), A3L. 297+168 pages.
    Price: £115 (paper), £40 (pdf)
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  • Toccata, extracted from finale (performing edition) (Kevin Bowyer), A3L. 24 pages.
    Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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  • New edition (Kevin Bowyer), A3L. 396 pages.
    Price: £95 (paper), £35 (pdf)
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  • Manuscript, A3L. 350 pages.
    Price: £75 (paper), £30 (pdf)
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Performances

  • 22/11/1994 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [i]
    Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Warwick, UK
  • 03/02/2008 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [i]
    Glasgow University Chapel, Glasgow, UK
  • 07/06/2009 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, UK
    Glasgow Pipeworks 9
  • 06/06/2010 Kevin Bowyer (organ)
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, UK
  • 20/06/2010 Kevin Bowyer (organ)
    Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 10/07/2010 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [toccata]
    Berlin Cathedral, Berlin, Germany
  • 31/07/2010 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [i]
    York Minster, York, UK
  • 23/05/2011 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii[3]]
    St Michael’s Church, Cornhill, London, UK
    Lunchtime recital
  • 26/05/2011 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii[3]]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
  • 10/02/2017 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [I, II(1-22), III]
    Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
  • 23/02/2018 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii(3)]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    “Sounds from the Silent Land” recital series, no.3
  • 21/03/2018 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ii[18/19]]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    To the Edge of Madness and (hopefully) Back, 1
  • 04/04/2018 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ii[27/28]]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    To the Edge of Madness and (hopefully) Back, 2
  • 02/05/2018 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ii[43a/38]]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    To the Edge of Madness and (hopefully) Back, 3
  • 25/01/2019 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [i]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    Sounds from the Silent Land series: 5
  • 13/02/2019 Collin Miller (organ) [iii[3]]
    Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
  • 01/07/2019 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ii]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    Sounds from the Silent Land series: 6
  • 07/07/2019 Collin Miller (organ) [iii[3]]
    Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Denver, CO, USA
    American Guild of Organists' Southwest Regional Convention
  • 30/08/2019 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii]
    Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland
    Sounds from the Silent Land series: 7
  • 15/09/2019 Kevin Bowyer (organ)
    Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany
  • 26/01/2020 Ryan Kennedy (organ) [iii[3]]
    Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Broadcasts etc.

  • 17/05/2012 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [i,ii]
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [broadcast of recording]
  • 24/05/2012 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii]
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [broadcast of recording]
  • 31/05/2012 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [iii]
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [broadcast of recording]
  • 30/05/2019 Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ii extract]
    ORF Austrian Radio, Vienna, Austria [broadcast of recording]
    Faszinosum Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: Opus - das Musikkolloquium