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Symphonie no. 4

By Ignace Lilien

genre
Orchestra
instrumentation
Orchestra (orch)
year
1944
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 009/118 009/119a+b 009/120
status
published score
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number NMI 19933
dedication

Very gratefully to my friend Mr. D. Spritzen

Details

1. Allegro ma non troppo-Maestoso
2. Andante (Molto tranquillo)
3. Scherzo
4. Finale (Fuga a 9 voci a 3 soggetti)

+ piano reduction (piano 4 hands)

First performance

Apr 19, 1947 Residentie Orkest conducted by Jan Out Den Haag, Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen

About Ignace Lilien

Ignace Lilien

His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.

by Frans van Ruth