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26 Jan 2015, City Halls
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Â鶹Éç SSO 2014-15 Season Discovering Music - Hans Gal at City Halls

Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Discovering Music - Hans Gal at City Halls
14:00 Mon 26 Jan 2015 Grand Hall
Writer and Â鶹Éç Radio 3 broadcaster Stephen Johnson examines Gál's Symphony No.2.
Writer and Â鶹Éç Radio 3 broadcaster Stephen Johnson examines Gál's Symphony No.2.

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Though composed in 1942/3, Gál had to wait until 1948 before the Second Symphony received its first complete performance - in Wiesbaden; UK performances by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra followed in 1950 and 1951, conducted by Gál’s pupil Rudolf Schwarz. The symphony then remained more or less unheard until being performed (and recorded) recently by the Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair, and by the Orchestra of the Swan (Stratford-upon-Avon)/Kenneth Woods.

Writer and Â鶹Éç Radio 3 broadcaster Stephen Johnson will examine the score in detail, before the Â鶹Éç SSO and Otto Tausk give a complete performance of this rarely heard work.