The Symphony No. 1, Op. 33 was the first of eight symphonies composed by

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composer

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, written in 1958. It is a

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symphony, deeply serious in tone. It was premiered on March 25, 1959 in

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by the Westphalia Symphony conducted by Hubert Reichert,List of selected important works by Frankel
in musicweb-international.com while the British premiere took place in the 1960

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. Lasting for c. 25 minutes, it consists of three movements, with two moderate outer movements framing an energetic scherzo. # Moderato # Molto ritmico, robusto # Lento

Recordings

* Queensland Symphony –

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, 1990.

References

Compositions by Benjamin Frankel

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1958 compositions {{symphony-stub