Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 55 is one of his two completed symphonies. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter in Manchester, England, o
Elgar in 1917
The theme of the second movement (top) transformed in the third movement (bottom)
Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his Sixth Symphony between 1944 and 1947. It is a purely orchestral work, with the conventional four movements, but the orchestration adds a saxophone to the customary