Symphony No. 8 (Rautavaara)

Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote his Symphony No. 8, subtitled The Journey, in 1999. The total playing time is approximately 28 minutes.

Movements

Adagio assai - Andante assai
Feroce -
Tranquillo
Con grandezza - Sciolto - Tempo I

Instrumentation

Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, 4 tom-toms, cymbal (suspended), gong (30"), 3 tam-tams, 2 harps, strings.

Premiere

Philadelphia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch, April 2000

Recordings

Since its 1999 composition, the piece has already been recorded four times.

Orchestra	Conductor	Record Company	Year of Recording	Format
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	Leif Segerstam	Ondine Records		CD
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra	Pietari Inkinen	Naxos Records	2006	CD
Lahti Symphony Orchestra	Osmo Vänskä	BIS records		CD
Philadelphia Orchestra	Wolfgang Sawallisch	RM Associates / Image Entertainment (Region 1)	2000 (First European Performance in Kölner Philharmonie)	DVD

Symphonies by Einojuhani Rautavaara

Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 'Vincentiana' Symphony No. 7 'Angel of Light' Symphony No. 8 'The Journey'

List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara

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