Composition: 1968
First Performance: 7 December 1968. Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, André Kostelanetz conductor.
Duration: About 7 minutes
Dedication: To André Kostelanetz
Craggs Catalogue Number: C80
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B-flat, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 3 percussion (small side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbal, tambourine, xylophone, castanets, whip, block, bongos) – harp – strings
Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 598. Autograph full score. 43 pages. With six additional pages of full score, of earlier versions of certain sections.
Publication: Oxford University Press. Study score, 1969, 019 368117X. Score and parts are available on hire. [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]
Recordings:
| Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Charles Groves | 1969 | EMI Classics 5 67222 2 | 7’17” |
| unknown | André Kostelanetz | 1969 | Sony Classical 58931 | 6’53” |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Sir William Walton | 1970 | Lyrita SRCD.224 | 7’25” |
| London Philharmonic | Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8968 | 7’29” |
| Florida Philharmonic Orchestra | James Judd | 1991 | Harmonia Mundi 907070 | 7’16” |