Symphony No. 6
Full title | Symphony No. 6 in A Minor | |
Date composed | 1947 | |
Details |
Andante Mosso Allegro Adagio Allegro Composition completed 1 August 1947. Orchestration: 3(3rd alt.=Picc.),3(3rd alt.=E.H.), 3(2nd alt.=E-flat-Cl.), 3rd alt.-B-Cl.),3(3rd alt.=C.Bn.),4,3,3,1/Timp.,Perc.(glsp/cyms/tgl),Hp.,Str. Performance duration: ca. 38 min. |
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Manuscript sources | NYPL JPB 78-16, reproduction of holograph full score (101 p.); see also NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 113, holograph full score in ink on transparent paper, with composer's note at end: Moylan, Pa, August 1, 1947, KW; this holograph accompanied by a note in Vally Weigl's hand: 101 pages of original manuscript by Karl Weigl, his 6th symphony written on . . . transparencies by the composer himself. | |
Publication details | Boosey & Hawkes, 2001 | |
Availabiity | Performance score and parts available from B&H and FCP; full score for study available from KWF | |
Recordings | Berlin Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, cond. Thomas Sanderling (BIS CD-1167; 2004; recorded 20-24 Jan 2004, Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin; and 6-7 Sept 2004, Haus des Rundfunks, Großer Sendesaal des RBB, Berlin) | |
Listen |
Symphony 6: movement 1, Andante mosso |