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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1164
Title:: John McCabe: Orchestral Works, 1982-1994
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-12. Concerto for Orchestra; 1982. Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra for its fiftieth anniversary season, with funds from the Arts Council, and first performed in 1983. Sketches. ff. 13-57. ‘Red Leaves’, for chamber orchestra; 1991. Commissioned by the European Community Ch...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1982-1994
Extent:: 1 volume (231 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1162
Title:: John McCabe: Orchestral Works, 1971-1976
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-56. Symphony no. 2; 1971. Commissioned by the John Feeney Trust for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and first performed in 1971. Sketches and draft short score. ff. 57-145. ‘The Chagall Windows’, for orchestra; 1974. Commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society and first performed...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1971-1976
Extent:: 1 volume (166 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1163
Title:: John McCabe: 'The Chagall Windows', for orchestra
Scope & Content:: Full score in ink, on transparencies. For sketches see MS Mus. 1162, ff. 57-145.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1974
Extent:: 1 volume (113 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1161
Title:: John McCabe: Piano Concerto no. 2, 'Sinfonia Concertante'
Scope & Content:: Commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation for the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra. First performed on 23 November 1971, Middlesbrough Town Hall. Autograph draft (ff. 1-33); autograph full score (ff. 34-171).
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1970
Extent:: 1 volume (171 folios)

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