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WILLIAM WALTON

WILLIAM WALTON

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I am delighted to introduce to you the website of William Walton Trust. As international appreciation continues to grow for one of the great men of British music we hope that this site will prove interesting and informative both to those who are looking for general information and to those seeking specialist help.

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The trust

The William Walton Trust holds a special position in the United Kingdom, achieved through the active role which the Trust plays in running arts education projects and ...

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Mission

The William Walton Trust and the Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella have the following general objectives:

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Giardini la Mortella

Partita for Orchestra (1957)

• Composition: 1957
• First Performance: 30 January 1958. Severance Hall, Cleveland. Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell conductor.
• Duration: About 16 minutes
• Movements: I. Toccata-Brioso - II.    Pastorale siciliana-Andante comodo - III. Giga burlesca-Allegro gioviale
• Dedication: To George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C67
• Instrumentation: 3 flutes (third doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets (third doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon) – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 4 percussion (snare drum, military drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, castanets, triangle, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone) – celesta – harp – strings
• Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 631. Autograph full score. 113 pages.
• Publication: Oxford University Press. Study score, 1958, 019 3683350. Score and parts are available on hire.
• Recordings:

Orchestra Conductor Year Compact Disc Timing
Philharmonia Orchestra Sir William Walton 1959 EMI Classics 65006 15’48”
Cleveland Orchestra George Szell 1959 EPIC 62753 15’12”
London Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin 1990 RCA Victor 60813-2 16’04”
London Philharmonic Bryden Thomson 1991 Chandos CHAN 8959 17’34”
English Northern Philharmonia Paul Daniel 1994 Naxos 8.553180 17’26”