1. Lento — Allegro — Lento, attacca
2. Allegro scherzando — Lento, chiaroschuro, molto semplice — Allegro
3. Allegro — Lento soave — Allegro — Lento

• Year of composition: Marstrand 29 January 1952, revised in 1962
• Work category: Symphony
• First performed: 4 November 1952, the Göteborgs konserthus. Göteborgs Orkesterförening [Gothenburg Concert Hall. Gothenburg Orchestral Society (now the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)], cond.: Sixten Eckerberg
• Duration: 26 min

Instrumentation

3*.3*.3**.3* / 4.3.3.1 / timp, 4 perc, hp, pno, cel / str
(picc, cor angl, bass clar, ten sax, dbn)

Examples of printed editions

Eriks förlag, Stockholm, 1964

Description of work

1. Lento (no fixed key signatures) 3/4 34 bars, Allegro 4/4 (C) 10 bars, Allegro II (poco meno mosso ma non troppo) 65 bars, Allegro I (misterioso) 31 bars, 6/4 8 bars, Tempo I (Lento) 3/4 32 bars, in total 180 bars, attacca
2. Allegro scherzando (no fixed key signatures) 3/8 163 bars, Lento, chiaroschuro, molto semplice 4/4 (C) 36 bars, Allegro (Tempo I) 3/8 104 bars, in total 303 bars
3. Allegro (no fixed key signatures) 4/4 (C) 9 bars, Lento 1 bar, Agevole [= lightly mobile] ad libitum, poco mosso 4 bars, Allegro 10 bars, Agevole ad lib. poco mosso 6 bars, Lento 8 bars, Allegro (4/4 (C) with inserted bars in 2/4, 3/4, 6/4) 153 bars, Poco meno mosso e cantando 14 bars, Lento soave 16 bars, Agevole ad lib. 5 bars, Lento 7 bars, Allegro (4/4 (C), with inserted bars in 2/4, 3/4, 6/4) 33 bars, Lento molto espressivo (4/4 (C)) 8 bars, in total 274 bars