KSS92 Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis

Piece details

  • Written for: Piano
  • Date composed: 1973
  • Dedicatee: Alistair Hinton
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 140
  • Manuscript pages: 120
  • Manuscript location: Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
  • Comments:
    I Andante
    II
    Adagio
    Preludio quasi toccata
    Aria fiorita
    Interludio
    Notturno
    Nexus
    Quasi fuga
    Coda-epilogo

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Typeset edition (Simon Abrahams), A3L. 113 pages.
    Price: £32 (paper), £15 (pdf)
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  • Manuscript, A3L. 120 pages.
    Price: £30 (paper), £15 (pdf)
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Recordings

  • Donna Amato (piano),
    Altarus Records AIR-CD-9064 (2011)
    Track 1-7 (114:27)
    Track 1 I - Movimento Libero. Intreccio ()
    Track 2 IIA - Adagio ()
    Track 3 IIB - Preludio Quasi Toccata ()
    Track 4 IIC - Aria Fiorita ()
    Track 5 IID - Interludio ()
    Track 6 IIE - Notturno ()
    Track 7 IIF - Nexus ()

Performances

  • 02/07/1996 Donna Amato (piano) [i]
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
  • 26/10/2000 Donna Amato (piano) [iii]
    Music Building, Room 132, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
  • 17/06/2004 Donna Amato (piano)
    Merkin Hall, New York NY, USA