Symphony No 1 in C (Scandinavian)

1 - Adagio

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Symphony No 1 in C (Scandinavian)

2 - Scherzo

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Symphony No 1 in C (Scandinavian)

3 - Cortege

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Symphony No 1 in C (Scandinavian)

4 - Finale

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Two or three years ago I had a busy week where the recorder orchestra of which I am a member, EROS, had a rehearsal on one of Dietrich Schnabel's bigger pieces and I played in a performance of Sibelius 5th symphony on consecutive days. This got me to thinking about how Sibelius might have written if he was writing a symphony for recorder orchestra and giving recorder players the exciting experience of playing in conventional symphonic forms. Given that I spent a couple of years working in Scandinavia, Iceland in fact I could not resist drawing on the experience and so all of these influences came together in this work. I sent the score to Dietrich and he invited me to Bietigheim for the premier of the work and when we met we became firm friends.