KSS95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Claviensis
Piece details
- Written for: Piano
- Date composed: 1975–76
- Dedicatee: Alistair Hinton
- Approximate duration (minutes): 285
- Manuscript pages: 270
- Manuscript location: Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
- Comments: The work was originally called Symphonia Magna but Sorabji changed the name in the course of the composition.
- PRIMA PARTE
- i. Introito. Intrecciata. Interludio fugato. Coda-epilogo
- SECONDA PARTE
- ii. Preludio. Interludio placido. Animato quasi scherzo. Moto perpetuo. Ostinato
iii. Quasi adagio. Toccata-quasi cadenza
iv. Quasi Alkan - TERZA PARTE
- v. Arabesque-nocturne
vi. Quasi fuga
vii. Coda-epilogo
Editions available from the Sorabji Archive
- Typeset edition (Alex Abercrombie, Jonathan Powell), A3L. 272 pages.
Price: £70 (paper), £25 (pdf)
Right-click to download high resolution sample page: PDF PNG - Manuscript, A3L. 270 pages.
Price: £65 (paper), £25 (pdf)
Right-click to download high resolution sample page: PDF PNG
Performances
- 27/10/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
De Toonzaal, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
(12.30pm) - 02/11/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
(2.30pm)
Broadcasts etc.
- 14/08/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
De Concertzender, , Netherlands [broadcast] - 21/08/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
De Concertzender, , Netherlands [repeat broadcast]