symphony no. 1
Three Movements
Duration: 24 minutes
Orch: 3232 4331 Timp 4 Perc Hp Strings
Premiere: January 6, 1965, San Francisco
Symphony, Josef Krips, Conductor
Recording: Russian Disc 005
USSR Radio-TV Concert Orchestra
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
audio
San Francisco Symphony
Josef Krips, Conductor
1 Allegro recapitulation
2 Intermezzo beginning
3 Theme and Derivations complete
press
“ . . . an almost unprecedented outburst of curtain calls . . . spoke out with fresh personality, a lucid, clean flow of vital instrumental colors, and a lively bounce of tricky rhythmic life.”
— San Francisco Examiner
“ . . . one of the world’s great pieces of music—the best piece of contemporary music I have performed in three years.”
— Joseph Krips, quoted by Associated Press
“From the first notes, his score attracts attention by the originality of his unique musical signature and specific emotional atmosphere.”
— Musical Observer, Moscow