Symphonies in one movement

[snyprrr]

Yun, No.3 I believe??? It has all the same hallmarks as the other great one mvmt works mentioned: concentration, and forward movement with that inevitable feeling.

1) Sibelius 7
2) Harris 3
3) Orr
4) Yun 3
5) Pettersson 6
6) Brian 8
7) Simpson 9
Lutoslawski 3
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10)



Peter? (Robert) Hall Lewis has a Lutoslawskian No.4. Don't forget the Lutoslawski!

[CRCulver]

Per Nørgård's Symphony No. 2 evolves in one single movement without pauses as its basic material is the first 4,096 notes of a chromatic infinity series played as semiquavers in the woodwinds.

Vagn Holmboe's Seventh is also in one movement, trying to reconcile the organic growth of Sibelius and the more varied writing of Nielsen. I think Holmboe's Tenth is a poor example of a one-movement symphony since it clearly stops and starts so often.

[Maciek]

Lutoslawski's 4th and Szymanowski's 3rd haven't been mentioned (on CD, the Szymanowski is sometimes split up into 3 tracks according to tempo markings but, personally, I wouldn't call those segments movements; I don't mind if others do, however - I'm just saying I wouldn't).

[Lethevich]

As the thread seems to have moved onto mentioning any rather than "great" ones - Vasks' 2nd and 3rd are in one-movement and kind of follow Pettersson's model, albeit with some rounded edges and plusher textures. Can't say that they're that good, though. Kancheli and Langgaard are others, who wrote accomplished music in this form, although as always, Langgaard's could sometimes equally accurately be described as tone poems.

[Maciek]

As the thread seems to have moved onto mentioning any rather than "great" ones -

Er... I hope you didn't mean my post? I'd say both of them (Szymanowski's and Lutoslawski's) are great symphonies, regardless of the number of movements! The Lutoslawski has the additional merit of being one of my favorite symphonies (again, regardless of the number of movements). 0:)

[Lethevich]

Er... I hope you didn't mean my post? I'd say both of them (Szymanowski's and Lutoslawski's) are great symphonies, regardless of the number of movements! The Lutoslawski has the additional merit of being one of my favorite symphonies (again, regardless of the number of movements). 0:)

Hehe nope, just a general feeling when the OP later suggested Simpson's 1st - it's enjoyable to a few people (myself included), but not really qualifying for greatness by any criteria.

[jowcol]

Echo on SImpson's 9th.  Powerful work.

I like Alwyn's 5th Hydrotaphia.  (A meditation on urn burial and transitories of life) The bells at the end are pretty stirring.

[vandermolen]

Yes, I should have included Brian Symphony 10 (and Symphony No - these are great works.

[Grazioso]

I think Holmboe's Tenth is a poor example of a one-movement symphony since it clearly stops and starts so often.

Hey, Bruckner gets away with that within movements and no one complains 

[vandermolen]

Why do I get the face with sunglasses when I type 'Eight' as a number (as in Havergal Brian Symphony No ?

[vandermolen]

Echo on SImpson's 9th.  Powerful work.

I like Alwyn's 5th Hydrotaphia.  (A meditation on urn burial and transitories of life) The bells at the end are pretty stirring.

The Alwyn has a valedictory feel - I'm sure you'll agree 

[Maciek]

Why do I get the face with sunglasses when I type 'Eight' as a number (as in Havergal Brian Symphony No ?

Because the forum software is intelligent and thinks Brian is cool...

[Maciek]

Seriously though, there are solutions offered in this post and the one that follows:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,302.msg22145.html#msg22145

[vandermolen]

Because the forum software is intelligent and thinks Brian is cool...

Excellent - now I understand 

[Gurn Blanston]

Why do I get the face with sunglasses when I type 'Eight' as a number (as in Havergal Brian Symphony No ?

Because you simultaneously closed your parenthetical expression with the next character. Put a space between and it will be OK.

[ChamberNut]

Why do I get the face with sunglasses when I type 'Eight' as a number (as in Havergal Brian Symphony No ?

It's puzzling.  It can only be attributable....to human error.

[karlhenning]

Excellent - now I understand  :D

If you want 8 + [close paren] to appear as such, you need to disable the smileys 8)

[Maciek]

That's it. I'm leaving this thread!

[Sef]

As the thread seems to have moved onto mentioning any rather than "great" ones - Vasks' 2nd and 3rd are in one-movement and kind of follow Pettersson's model, albeit with some rounded edges and plusher textures. Can't say that they're that good, though. Kancheli and Langgaard are others, who wrote accomplished music in this form, although as always, Langgaard's could sometimes equally accurately be described as tone poems.

Quite agree about the Vasks, but if you really want a one movement symphony that follows the Pettersson model then Rouse's first symphony hits the nail in my opinion. Also hear Bruckner, Shostakovich and Hartmann in it - quite bewildering in fact.

[vandermolen]

It's puzzling.  It can only be attributable....to human error.

Yes, you're right - I shall go and take a stress pill to calm down