Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia Antartica
InformationYear 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 Sample RecordingFull recording available on request
Sample Score/Part
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August 2022 Kendall Leisure Centre George Morton/Rep Orchestra
September 2018 The Octagon Centre, Sheffield |
Previous PeformancesSaturday 29 September 2018
Octagon Centre, Sheffield Rep Orchestra George Morton, conductor Andrea Tweedale, soprano Sunday 7 August 2022 Kendall Leisure Centre Royal Northern Sinfonia Stephen Threlfall, conductor Jessica Harper, soprano About this arrangementThis 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) | ||