9780571195381
Elgar's Third Symphony: The Story of the Reconstruction
Anthony Payne
ISBN 13: 9780571195381
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Softcover
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The story behind the last symphony by Sir Edward Elgar, recently finished and performed for the first time. Commissioned in 1932 by the BBC, the third symphony by Sir Edward Elgar, perhaps the major British composer of the twentieth century, was left unfinished when he died in 1934. A few months before his death, he despairingly asked for his sketches to be destroyed, saying, "No one must tinker with it." But shortly after Elgar's death, many of his sketches were published in facsimile, allowing a glimpse into the great composer's final thoughts. Later, Elgar's family asked the composer Anthony Payne to create a full-length realization of the work, which was first performed-to great acclaim-in February 1998 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis. Payne's account of this twenty-five-year process constitutes one of the most absorbing stories in recent music history. The first U.S. performances will take place in Philadelphia in November 1998 and in Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C., in March 1999. Praise for the first performance of the Third Symphony:
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