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First Performances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
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Maxwell Davies's Vesalii Icones (Michael Taylor)
Harrison Birtwistle's Medusa (Howard Rees)
Stockhausen's Setz die Segel zur Sonne (Robin Maconie)
Richard Rodney Bennett's Victory (Norman Kay)
Gordon Crosse's Violin Concerto No. 2 (Stephen Walsh)
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page 22 note 1 First performed by William Louther and the Pierrot Players at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on December 9 1969
page 28 note 1 Medusa was commissioned by the BBC for a Third Programme Invitation Concert given by the Pierrot Players, conducted by the composer, at the Firth Hall, Sheffield University, on October 22 1969; it was subsequently revised, and first given in the new version by the same performers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on March 3
page 30 note 1 Performed for the first time in England by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.under the direction of the composer, at Maida Vale Studios on January 14
page 30 note 2 Reproduced by permission of Universal Edition (London) Ltd.
page 32 note 1 Commissioned by the Friends of Covent Garden and first performed at the Royal Opera House on April 13, conducted by Edward Downes and produced by Colin Graham, with sets by Alix Stone.
page 34 note 1 Commissioned by the Oxford Subscription Concerts for their 50th Anniversary season, and first performed by Manoug Parikian, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis, at the Sheldonian Theatre on January 29