• Composition: 1957–60
• First Performance: 2 September 1960. Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard conductor.
• Duration: About 28 minutes
• Movements: I. Allegro molto - II. Lento assai - III. Passacaglia: Theme. Risoluto — Variations — Fugato — Coda. Scherzando
• Dedication: “Commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and re-dedicated to the memory of George Szell”
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C68
• Instrumentation: 3 flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 4 percussion (military drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, tambourine, tuned bell in D – 2 harps – piano – celesta – strings
• Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 634. Autograph full score. Dedication reads: ‘Dedicated to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society’. The final movement is dated ‘22.7.60, Forio d’Ischia’. 117 pages.
FRKF 634a. An earlier version of the first movement.
• Publication: Oxford University Press. Study score, 1960, 019 3684217. Score and parts are available on hire. [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]
• Recordings:
| Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
| Cleveland Orchestra | George Szell | 1962 | Sony Classical SBK 62753 | 26’57” |
| London Symphony Orchestra | André Previn | 1973 | EMI Classics 73371 EMI Classics 86595 |
27’28” |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Charles Mackerras | 1989 | EMI Classics | 28’23” |
| London Philharmonic | Bryden Thomson | 1989 | Chandos CHAN 8772 | 29’29” |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy | 1991 | London 433 703-2 | 27’53” |
| BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Martyn Brabbins | 1993/5 | BBC Music Mag. 34D | 28’19” |
| Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Andrew Litton | 1994 | London 444 114-2 | 28’05” |
| English Northern Philharmonia | Paul Daniel | 1995 | Naxos 8.553402 | 27’41” |