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Heinz Tiessen was born at Königsberg in 1887. He composed two symphonies.First symphony, opus 15 (1911)No recording is available at present.Second symphony, in F minor, opus 17 (1912):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/8JxnzqKU-BM

Benjamin Frankel was born in London in 1906. He composed eight symphonies.His major creative production was in a remarkable output of symphonies, a form which he unfashionably held to remain ‘a wholly viable vehicle for the expression of the most compelling musical thought’. Eight symphonies appeared between 1958 and 1971, all concerned in a variety of ways with serial techniques. A single 12-note series is employed in all movements of both the Second and the Sixth; in the other symphonies individual movements tend to have their own series, to be freely diatonic or to apply serial techniques to other than 12-note material. The second movement of the Fifth uses two distinct series and, most originally, in the one-movement Third, diatonically presented material becomes gradually transformed into consistently 12-note serial music. Nor is it only in technique that the symphonies show variety, for each has its own atmosphere and design, varying from the broad, often ominous, canvas of the Second, through the relaxed geniality of the Fifth to the hard brilliance of much of the Seventh.The special feature of Frankel's approach to serialism was his strong belief in tonality as a continuingly vital principle in musical thought, and his striking demonstration that strictly serial deployment of the total chromatic is compatible with both expressive and structural uses of tonality. He viewed the series as a pervasively thematic melodic line of almost infinite versatility, out of which it was possible to derive harmonies often of a startlingly bold diatonicism.Symphony no. 1, opus 33 (1958):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/eGNj8r5WnKQSymphony no. 2, opus 38 (1962):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/ng5u1q1YLvYSymphony no. 3, opus 40 (1964):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/U0tn2qINhLwSymphony no. 4, opus 44 (1966):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/scqKOBrskWkSymphony no. 5, opus 46 (1967):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/nnfcJOibEfcSymphony no. 6, opus 49 (1969):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/EKGyXCP_BEcSymphony no. 7, opus 50 (1970):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/Y0G3GnzjzuESymphony no. 8, opus 53 (1971):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/rNg61GVIecc

Fernando Lopes-Graça was born at Tomar in 1906. He composed one symphony and one sinfonietta.Symphony, opus 38 (1943):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/iecsknw1_SoDecember Poem (1961):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/lca4G14bcIwSinfonieta, orchestra (1980):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/dNYwfe7eeVk

Werner Egk was born at Auchsesheim, near Donauwörth, in 1901. He appears to have composed only one symphony.Kleine Symphonie (1926):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/ftNp-znhmbo 

André Jolivet was born in Paris in 1905. He composed three numbered symphonies.Symphonie de danses (1940):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/2AXRz-O-b3cSymphony no. 1 (1953):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/rY8HLVg2m_kSymphony no. 2 (1959):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/ijlIhAfzSqsSymphony for strings (1961):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/64iqeffFzmoSymphony no. 3 (1964):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/Ra_o0QOiouc

Erich Korngold was born at Brno in 1897. He composed just the one symphony.Symphony in F sharp major, opus 40 (1952):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/N8mI6MvsWZA

Ernest Moeran was born at Heston in 1894. He wrote only one symphony.His music was dominated by the influences of Ireland and Delius, whose chromatic harmony was always to colour Moeran’s work. In the symphony the lyricism is still there, as in the first movement’s second subject, and themes in folksong style supply the basic material. However, Moeran was now capable of sustaining much wider spans, and his style extended to include vigorous fugato writing and a Sibelian thematic growth – the opening theme, for instance, is reconstituted at each appearance. The work has a strong vitality and nobility; the grandly proportioned first movement and the variegated textures of the Scherzo are possibly Moeran’s finest achievements.In the Mountain Country, symphonic impression (1921):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/cpt4bzxN8McTwo Rhapsodies for Orchestra (1922/1924):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/6CgJN0ZWTRQTwo Pieces for small orchestra (1932):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/sJ7gbOGwgdESymphony in G minor (1937):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/Z3cI58UA8wYViolin Concerto (1941):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/WWPJxLtGWVYRhapsody for piano and orchestra in F-sharp major (1943):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/X--q-loJL70Cello Concerto (1945):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/qIkZwULb63oSinfonietta (1944):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/Y9LtbN0Gfg4

Sir George Dyson was born at Halifax in 1883. He composed two symphonies.Choral Symphony (1910)There are four parts:Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/V9h0b9MWNE0https://youtu.be/kTqnphay6NUhttps://youtu.be/LK1SVzLfv2ghttps://youtu.be/TqgWxyOs5wUSymphony in G major (1937):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/myf3i-TEHJ8

William Walton was born at Oldham in 1902. He composed two numbered symphonies.Sinfonia concertante, orch, pf obbl (1927):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/WyD6XxiUodMFirst symphony (1935):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/yWe6VWRXo9QSecond symphony (1960):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/4mFkWWu5Cts------Belshazzar's Feast (1931):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/dLIJWE1RoEkViola Concerto (1929):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/glWuoZ61kA4Violin Concerto(1939):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/elCxwrGAoVsCello Concerto (1956):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/jkoX0sVHE5Y

Paul Hindemith was born at Hanau in 1895.Lustige Sinfonietta, in D minor, opus 4 (1916). There are three parts:Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/h_tba43SA5Ehttps://youtu.be/j0L5YudWp_khttps://youtu.be/2qVuJctzbV4Concerto for Orchestra, opus 38 (1925):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/MXY2IF41qrISymphony "Mathis der Maler" (1934):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/TsyOuyNh6oQSymphonische Tänze (1937):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/lC3WcK4LOkASymphony in E flat major (1940):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/jitbwlX0_dsSymphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Weber (1943):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/UzrcD4cIaIoSymphonia serena (1946):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/Wm5eGw0NIV8Sinfonietta in E major (1950):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/6-19dKyPCcgSymphony "Die Harmonie der Welt" (1951):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/Kd3bNuYEQkESymphony "Pittsburgh" (1958). There are three parts:Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/DoWvktv9h2ghttps://youtu.be/5VkDSogj6Dohttps://youtu.be/_h9hRFcNRPM