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Andrzej Panufnik 9790060039782 (Full score) Andrzej Panufnik Katyn Epitaph 1967, rev.1969 7 min for orchestra 3(III=picc).2(II=corA).2.2.dbn-0.0.0.1-timp-strings(min 4db) 9790060039805 (Full score) Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world Nocturne Andrzej Panufnik photo © Camilla Jessel 1947, rev.1955 15 min for orchestra FULL ORCHESTRA 3(III=picc).2.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(4):SD/TD/cyms/tgl(sm)/BD/tam-t-pft-strings 9790060039812 (Full score) Autumn Music 9790060039829 Pocket or Study Score 1962, rev.1965 17 min Old Polish Music for orchestra 1969 23 min 3fl.3cl-perc(1):glsp/tgl/BD/SD/TD-harp-cel-pft-strings(0.0.6.6.4 or 0.0.3.3.2) 9790060039690 (Full score) Three pieces for brass and strings Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world tpt-timp-harp-hpd(ad lib)-strings(15.0.12.8.6) 9790060039706 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 874 9790060039836 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 871 Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world World Premiere: 16 Jan 1968 Paris, France Polonia L'Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF 1959 20 min Conductor: Serge Fournier for orchestra Concerto Festivo 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-perc(2):BD/SD/TD-strings 1979 15 min Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world for orchestra A Procession for Peace 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2/3):glsp/xyl/t.bells/4unpitched membrane drums of different sizes-strings(14.12.10.8.6.min) 1982-83 11 min 9790060039720 (Full score) for orchestra World Premiere: 17 Jun 1979 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2):SD/TD/BD-strings 9790060065637 (Full score) Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom London Symphony Orchestra Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world Heroic Overture 1952, rev.1969 6 min for orchestra picc.2.2.2.bcl.2.dbn-4(6).3.3.1-perc(4):glsp/SD/TD/BD/tam-t/cyms-strings 9790060039799 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 880 FULL ORCHESTRA 1 FULL ORCHESTRA 1 Rhapsody Sinfonia Sacra (Symphony No.3) 1956 17 min 1963 22 min for orchestra for orchestra picc.2.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.2.1.1-timp.perc:tgl.picc/BD/SD-pft-strings 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4(6).4.3.1-timp.perc(3):SD/TD/BD/tam-t/cyms(lg)/susp.cy 9790060039850 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 887 m(sm)/2tgl(sm,lg)-strings 9790060039928 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 797 Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world World Premiere: 12 Aug 1964 Sinfonia di Sfere (Symphony No.5) Monte Carlo, Monaco 1975 33 min Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra Conductor: Louis Fremaux for orchestra Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world picc.2.2.2.bcl.2.dbn-1.1.1.1-perc(3):12unpitched membrane drums of 4 different sizes-pft-strings 9790060039935 (Full score) Sinfonia Votiva (Symphony No.8) Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world 1981, rev.1984 25 min for orchestra Sinfonia Elegiaca (Symphony No.2) picc.2.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-perc(5):glsp/vib/t.bells/3tgl/3susp.cym/3tam-t-2harps(II 1957, rev.1966 22 min ad lib)-strings (14.12.10.8.6 min) for orchestra Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3):glsp/2SD/TD/cyms/tam-t-harp-strings Symphony No.10 9790060039881 (Full score) 1988 17 min Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world for orchestra Sinfonia Rustica (Symphony No.1) 3.2.3(III=bcl).2.dbn-6.3.3.1-perc(2):SD/TD/BD/cyms/gong/tam-t-pft(with amplification if 1948, rev.1955 29 min possible)-harp-strings 9790060092756 (Full score) for orchestra 1.2.0.2-2.1.0.0-strings(14.12.10.8.6) World Premiere: 01 Feb 1990 9790060039911 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 798 Chicago, IL, United States Chicago Symphony Orchestra World Premiere: 13 May 1949 Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik Roma Hall, Warsaw, Poland Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world Symphony No.9 (Sinfonia di Speranza) 1986/1987/1990 38 min for orchestra 3.2.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp-hpd-strings World Premiere: 25 Feb 1987 Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world FULL ORCHESTRA 2 FULL ORCHESTRA 2 Tragic Overture 1942, recon. 1945, rev. 1955 7 min for orchestra 3(III=picc).0.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-perc(3):cyms/tam-t/BD/SD-strings 9790060039997 Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 841 Availability: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world FULL ORCHESTRA 3 FULL ORCHESTRA 3.
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