Who composed the symphony dedicated to the 1st Viscount St Alban?
Symphony No. 1 (Hovhaness) The Symphony No. 1, Op. 17, Exile is the first symphony by the American composer Alan Hovhaness. The piece was composed in 1936 and was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Leslie Heward in 1939. The work commemorates the genocide of the Armenian people, including Hovhaness's paternal family, during the Ottoman Turkish occupation of World War I. The symphony is dedicated to English writer and philosopher Francis Bacon.
Symphony No. 1 (Corigliano) John Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra was written between 1988 and 1989 during the composer’s tenure as the Composer-In-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The symphony’s first performance was by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim on March 15, 1990.