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TitlecodeEBM0610108
Title NameSymphony No. 5
Marketing CopyThe Symphony No. 5 of Roger Sessions was commissioned in 1960 and completed in 1964.[1][2][3] It was commissioned by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the first movement only was premiered by them in February 1964,[3] the rest not being completed until that December. It is in three connected movements, with a pause after the first.[2] It is scored for three flutes, three oboes, four clarinets, three bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp and strings.[4] Andrea Olmstead describes all of Sessions's symphonies as "serious" and "funereal", with No. 5 being one of four with, "quiet reflective endings."
Instrumentation3343 4231 Timp Pc Pno/Cel Hp Str
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Year Composed1964
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Date Created2019-01-11 20:19:53.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:19:53
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