Lou Harrison (1917-2003)

Elegiac Symphony (1975)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1975
    • Duration: 33 mn
    • Publisher: Peer Music
    • Opus: 211
    • Commission: Koussevitzky Foundation
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, vibraphone, celesta, 2 pianos [dont 1 tack piano] , organ, 2 harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 7 December 1975
    Location:

    États-Unis, Oakland, Paramount Theater


    Performers:

    Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Denis de Coteau, direction.