KSS59 Symphonic Variations

Piece details

  • Written for: Piano
  • Date composed: 1935–38
  • Dedicatee: Edward Clarke Ashworth
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 600
  • Manuscript pages: 484
  • Manuscript location: Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
  • Comments:
    VOLUME 1
    Theme and variations 1–27
    VOLUME 2
    Variations 28–54
    VOLUME 3
    Variations 55–81

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Typeset edition with commentary (Frazer Jarvis), A3L. 693+46 pages.
    Price: £165 (paper), £50 (pdf)
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  • Manuscript, A3L. 484 pages.
    Price: £120 (paper), £40 (pdf)
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Recordings

  • Michael Habermann (piano),
    BIS Records BIS-CD-1306 (2003)
    Track 11 Variation 56 (2:41)

Performances

  • 07/10/2011 Chappell Kingsland (piano) [56]
    Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
  • 08/10/2011 Chappell Kingsland (piano) [56]
    Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
  • 06/11/2022 Tellef Johnson (piano) [34]
    Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland CA, USA
    Starting at 3pm
  • 29/03/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [34]
    Annett Recital Hall, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse WI, USA
  • 29/08/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [extract]
    Founders’ Hall, South Dakota State University, Brookings SD, USA
  • 30/08/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [extract]
    Hamre Hall, Augustana University, Sioux Falls SD, USA