Willem Pijper - Six Symphonic Epigrammes (1928) {Two different performances}

Bartje Bartmans
Bartje Bartmans
Oct 4, 2026

Willem Frederik Johannes Pijper (8 September 1894 – 18 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher. Pijper is considered to be among the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century.

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6 Symphonic Epigrammes, K. 78 (1928)
Dedication: to the 40th Anniversary of the Concertgebouw Orchestra

I. Grave (0:00)
II. Grazioso - Veloce (1:28)
III. Molto Tranquillo (1:56)
IV. Allegro assai (3:07)
V. Adagio molto (3:44)
VI. Pesante, maestoso (5:34)

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis
AVROTROS Friday Concert November 4, 2022, in Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht

I. Grave (7:20)
II. Grazioso - Veloce (8:28)
III. Molto Tranquillo (18:55)
IV. Allegro assai (10:01)
V. Adagio molto (10:30)
VI. Pesante, maestoso (12:08)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
Year of recording: 1999 (Live)