Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia Antartica

Information

Year of arrangement:  2018

Composer:  Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Instrumentation: 2 1 2 1 – 2 2 1 0 – 2perc, hp, pno, harm/cel, str – sop solo, SSA chorus

Duration: 41mins

Commission: Festival of the Mind/University of Sheffield

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Video

George Morton/Rep Orchestra
September 2018
The Octagon Centre, Sheffield
This chamber orchestra version of Sinfonia Antartica was commissioned by the Festival of the Mind/University of Sheffield Concert Series in 2018 for a project called Sounds of the Antarctic.  The reduction dramatically reduces the size of the ensemble required whilst still retaining Vaughan Williams' expansive textures. 

• Strings: this arrangement should be performed with a chamber orchestra-sized section (suggested 6 5 4 3 2)