The Symphony No. 4, Op. 49, is an orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen, who wrote the piece from 1978–79 for a commission from the City of Turku, to celebrate its 750th anniversary. The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work on 9 August 1979, under the direction of its principal conductor, Pertti Pekkanen.
Structure The symphony is in three movements:
Instrumentation According to the publisher, Novello & Co, Symphony No. 4 is scored for the following: Woodwind: 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets in B (1 doubling B bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon) Brass: 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B, 3 trombones, 1 tuba Percussion: timpani, 3 percussionists (individual instruments?) Strings: violins, violas, cellos, double basses, harp, celesta
Recordings To date, Symphony No. 4 has received three recordings, the first of which is from 1984 with Okko Kamu conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic on the Finlandia label. Finnish conductor Ari Rasilainen has also recorded the symphony as part of cpo's compendium of Sallinen's orchestral works. The Fourth Symphony joins the Second (Op. 29, 1972), the Horn Concerto (Op. 82, 2002), and Mauermusik (Op. 7, 1963) on the third volume of the cpo series.
Conductor Orchestra Year Recording venue Duration Label (Available on) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1984 Kulttuuritalo (Helsinki) 24:55 Finlandia (346) Malmö Symphony Orchestra 1993 Malmö Concert Hall (Malmö) 23:38 BIS (607) Norrköping Symphony Orchestra 2003 De Geerhallen (Norrköping) 23:05 cpo (999969-2)
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