Symphony No. 1

Full title Symphony No. 1 in E Major op. 5 / 1. Symphonie E-Dur op. 5
Date composed 1908
Details Leicht bewegt
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Composed 1908.
Orchestration: 3(alt. 3 Picc),2,2,2/4,3,3,1/Timp.,Perc./Hp./Str.
Performance duration: ca. 40 min.
Manuscript sources Holograph full score missing, possibly still with Universal Edition; but see WSLB, set of manuscript parts with Weigl's corrections. See also NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 111, manuscript of arrangement for piano four hands by Paul Frankl, with arranger's note at end: 14.IX.1918 Frkl.
Publication details Universal Edition, 1911: U.E. 3374, miniature score, full score, and parts; reprint UE/AEM (Musikproduktion Höflich), 2002: miniature score.
Availabiity Performance score and parts available from UE/EAM and FCP; miniature study score available from UE/AEM (Musikproduktion Höflich); piano reduction for four hands (Paul Frankl) available from KWF.
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Symphony No. 1: movement 1, Leicht bewegt
Reno Symphony and unidentified conductor

Performances (click icon to expand or collapse list)
28 May 1910*** Zurich, Großer Tonhallessaal, ADMV Tonkünstler festival: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, cond. Volkmar Andreae. Also on program: Frederick Delius, Brigg Fair; Siegmund von Hausegger, Zwei Gesänge für eine Tenorstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung; Bela Bartók, Rhapsody for piano and orchestra op. 1; Ludwig Heß, Die verlassene Ariadne.
10 January 1911** Munich, Tonhalle: Münchener Konzertvereins-Orchester, cond. Hugo Reichenberger. Also on program: Rossini, Rosina’s aria from Barber of Seville; Gustav Mahler, three songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Schubert, ballet from Rosamunde; Verdi, Elvira’s aria from Ernani; Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3.
4 March 1911** Vienna, Konzertverein: Vienna Tonkünstlerorchester, cond. Oskar Nedbal.
30 May 1920 Vienna, Konzertverein, Großer Konzerthaussaal: Wiener Sinfonie-Orchester, cond. George Szell. Also on program: Georg Szell, Orchestra Variations; A.J. Scholz, Melodrama; Hugo Kauder, Fantasy for violin and orchestra.
April 1923* Berlin: unidentified orchestra, cond. Bernhard Seidmann.
7 May 1925* Dortmund, Städtische Symphonie-Konzerte, Ufa Palast: Dortmund Symphonie-Orchester, cond. Wilhelm Sieben. Also on program: Joan Manén, Concerto espagnol for violin and orchestra; Wagner, Overture to Der fliegende Holländer.
12 July 1925 Vienna, Burggarten Konzerte: unidentified orchestra, cond. Karl Weigl.
7 November 1925* Meißen: Stadtkapelle Meißen, cond. Walter Helm.
24 March 1926* Utrecht: Utrechtsch Stedelijk Orchest, cond. Evert Cornelis.
8 July 1932 Vienna, Burggarten Konzerte: Wiener Sinfonie-Orchester, cond. Karl Weigl. Also on program, cond. Walter Cornelius: Richard Wagner, Overture to Tannhäuser; Camille Saint-Saens, Danse macabre; and Egon Lustgarten, Slowakische Volksliederbearbeitungen, cond. Lustgarten and with Jella Braun-Fernwald.
9 February 1982 Reno, Nevada, Pioneer Theater Auditorium: Reno Philharmonic, cond. Ron Daniels. Also on program: Schubert, Symphony No. 5.