Divertimento, Op. 5 (1922)

Performing version for orchestra and male chorus by David Drew and Christopher Shaw (1971).

List of Movements

1) Fantasia
2) Ostinato
3) Aria
4) Waltz

Note: The first two movements are derived from Two Movements for String Quartet.

List of Movements--Original Version

1) Fantasia
2) Ostinato
3) Aria
4) Waltz
5) Scherzo
6) Chorale-Fantasy

Note: Most of the original orchestral material is missing, and there is some uncertainty whether the original version had five or six movements.

Performance Information--Performing Version Only

Orchestra: 0.0.1.1; 1.0.2.0; strings.
Duration: 24 minutes
First performance of original version: April 10, 1923, Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Heinz Unger, cond.
First performance of performing version: January 10, 1972, Baden-Baden, Südwestfunkorchester, Ernst Bour, cond.
 

Recordings
Largo CD 5130 Testimonies of War, 1914-1945, Poznán Philharmonic, Andrzej Borejko, cond
(Chorale-Fantasy from original version only)