KSS85 Piano Symphony No. 4

Piece details

  • Written for: Piano
  • Date composed: 1962–64
  • Dedicatee: Harold Rutland
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 290
  • Manuscript pages: 242
  • Manuscript location: Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
  • Comments:
    I Moderatamente
    II
    Preludio-corale
    Interludio
    Ostinato
    Variazioni (thetaa and 49 variations)
    III Finale

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Typeset edition (Alex Abercrombie), A3L. 232 pages.
    Price: £65 (paper), £20 (pdf)
    Right-click to download high resolution sample page: PDF PNG

  • Manuscript, A3L. 242 pages.
    Price: £60 (paper), £20 (pdf)
    Right-click to download high resolution sample page: PDF PNG

Recordings

  • Tellef Johnson (piano),
    Opus A Records Opus A Records #002 (2024)
    Track 10 Variation XVI (3:27)

Performances

  • 16/03/2003 Reinier van Houdt (piano)
    Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
    “Rondom Kaikhosru Sorabji”
  • 17/05/2003 Reinier van Houdt (piano)
    Theater Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 20/09/2003 Reinier van Houdt (piano)
    Church of St George the Martyr, Toronto, Canada
    Music Gallery/New Music Concerts
  • 23/11/2003 Reinier van Houdt (piano)
    Cenakel, Tilburg, Netherlands
  • 25/01/2004 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [ii[4]]
    Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 13/03/2004 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [ii[4,8]]
    Church, , Netherlands
  • 10/04/2005 Reinier van Houdt (piano)
    Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 27/09/2005 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [ii[2]]
    Logos Tetraëder, Ghent, Belgium
    “Ceci n’est pas un piano”
  • 18/07/2006 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [ii[2,3]]
    Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde, Ghent, Belgium
    “Gentse Vleugels” Festival
  • 19/06/2011 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [Theme/1/3/5/8/15/16/17/26/27/32/35/46]
    Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK
    Ray Davies’ Meltdown — Current 93: Honeysuckle Sunset
  • 07/09/2014 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [ii[8]]
    Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, USA
    Poncho Concert Hall
  • 29/03/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [ii[variation 16]]
    Annett Recital Hall, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse WI, USA

Broadcasts etc.

  • 08/12/1969 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    WBAI (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
    “The Composer Sorabji” (Erik Chisholm): illustrated talk read by Frank Holliday
  • 13/12/1970 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
  • 12/12/1971 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
  • 10/12/1972 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
  • 08/11/1973 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    KPFA (radio), Berkeley CA, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
  • 19/02/1975 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    WMUK (radio), Kalamazoo MI, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
  • 19/06/1976 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
    Minnesota Public Radio (broadcast over KSJR/KSJN/KCCM/WSCD/KRSW/KLSE), Collegeville MN, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
  • 20/04/2003 Reinier van Houdt (piano)
    NPS (Nederlandse Programma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
    “4 FM in Concert / Supplement” (broadcast of concert given on 16/03/2003)
  • 19/04/2006 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [i]
    Swedish Radio, P2, Stockholm, Sweden [broadcast]
    “Kalejdoskop sen Musik” programme
  • 01/08/2006 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [i]
    Swedish Radio, P2, Stockholm, Sweden [broadcast]
    “Kalejdoskop sen Musik” programme
  • 08/12/2011 Reinier van Houdt (piano) [iii-Theme/1-47]
    Netherlands Radio: Radio 4, Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast of recording]