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waltonuk | 15:55 Thu 30th Dec 2010 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Who composed the symphony called Antarctica?
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There are two, they are different pieces
16:32 Thu 30th Dec 2010
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Do you think this is right? My research has come up with Peter Maxwell Davies's 8th Symphony and also Eduard Tubin`s 2nd, but this is also known as 'Legendary', so I am a bit stuck
Ralph Vaughan Williams
There are two, they are different pieces
This site confirms it - you need to scroll down.

http://www.rvwsociety...smps/symphsounds.html
It was actually titled sinfonia antartica and got its premiere in 1953 in Manchester with the Halle Orchestra and I think Barbirolli was the conductor at that time. It was a 'testament' to the explorer Ernest Irving
two versions - so you can listen in stereo?
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Thanks, everybody! I appreciate the links. I`m still not sure which to use as my answer though. I think the question was meant to confuse!

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