Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony No.7) (Vaughan Williams, Ralph)

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		Movements/Sections 5 movements I. Prelude: Andante maestoso II. Scherzo: Moderato III. Landscape: Lento – IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto V. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro) Composition Year 1952 Genre Categories Symphonies; For voice, female chorus, organ, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring female chorus; Scores featuring the organ; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra

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 Complete score [TB]
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London: Oxford University Press, 1953

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 I. Prelude: Andante maestoso [TB]
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 II. Scherzo: Moderato [TB]
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 III. Landscape: Lento – [TB]
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 IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto [TB]
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 V. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro) [TB]
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London: Oxford University Press, 1953

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1968

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General Information

Work Title	Sinfonia Antarctica
Alternative Title	Symphony No.7

Composer	Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Movements/Sections	5 movements I. Prelude: Andante maestoso II. Scherzo: Moderato III. Landscape: Lento – IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto V. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro)
Year/Date of Composition	1952
First Performance	1953-01-14 Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
First Publication	1953
Language	[none]
Dedication	Ernest Irving
Average Duration	42 minutes
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	Soprano, Women's Chorus and Orchestra 3 Flutes (3rd also Piccolo), 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (all in B♭), 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon 4 Horns (in F), 3 Trumpets (in B♭), 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Triangle, Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Side-Drum, Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, Gong, Bells, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Wind Machine, Celesta, Harp, Piano, Organ, Strings

Misc. Comments

The score of each movement is prefaced by a quote (appearing on page iv of the OUP edition):

1. Prelude: Andante maestoso

   To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite,

   To forgive wrongs darker than death or night,

   To defy power which seems omnipotent,

   Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent:

   This … is to be

   Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free,

   This is alone life, joy, empire and victory.

   Shelley: Prometheus Unbound

2. Scherzo: Moderato

   There go the ships

   and there is that Leviathan

   whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein.

   Psalm 104

3. Landscape: Lento

   Ye ice falls! Ye that from the mountain’s brow

   Adown enormous ravines slope amain—

   Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice,

   And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge!

   Motionless torrents! Silent cataracts!

   Coleridge: Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni

4. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto

   Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime

   Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

   Donne: The Sun Rising

5. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro)

   I do not regret this journey; we took risks, we

   knew we took them, things have come out against

   us, therefore we have no cause for complaint.

   Captain Scott’s last journal