Henk Badings(1907-1987): the Symphonies and Concertos

[Alan Howe]

Started by Dundonnell and re-located here:

In an increasingly desperate attempt to clarify in my own mind the situation regarding this fine Dutch composer's immense worklist-

Symphony No.1/Symphony for 16 solo instruments(1932): 20 minutes
Symphony No.2(1932): 20 minutes (24 minutes on the Etcetera recording by Henrik Schaefer, 18 minutes on the CPO recording by David Porcelijn)
Symphony No.3(1934): 30 minutes (26 minutes on the CPO recording by David Porcelijn and 27 minutes on the Henrik Schaefer performance )
Symphony No.4(1943): 32 minutes (incomplete performance recently uploaded here)
Symphony No.5(1949): 30 minutes (25 minutes in the Mongrelia performance on this site)
Symphony No.6 'Psalmensymphonie"(1953): 32 minutes
Symphony No. 7 "Louisville Symphony"(1954): 25 minutes (22 minutes on the CPO recording by David Porcelijn)
Symphony No.8(1956): 17 minutes (18 minutes in the performance recently uploaded here)
Symphony No. 9 for string orchestra(1960): 17 minutes (available on cd)
Symphony No.10(1961): 17 minutes (and on the CPO recording by David Porcelijn)
Symphony No.11/Sinfonia Giocosa(1964):8 minutes ( 7 minutes in the performance recently uploaded on this site)
Symphony No.12 "Symphonische Klangfiguren"(1964): 18 minutes (14 minutes on the CPO recording by David Porcelijn)
Symphony No.13 for wind instruments(1966): (10 minutes in the performance recently uploaded on this site)
Symphony No.14 "Symphonic Triptych"(1968): 20 minutes (23 minutes on the CPO recording by David Porcelijn)
Symphony No. 15 "Conflicts and Confluences" for symphonic band(1983) (available on cd)

Symphonietta for small orchestra(1971): (11 minutes on the upload on this site).

Pittsburgh Concerto for wind and brass(1965)
Concerto for Orchestra(1982): 21 minutes


Piano Concerto(1940): 30 minutes
Double Piano Concerto(1964): 23 minutes
Violin Concerto No.2(135): 20 minutes
Violin Concerto No.3(1944): 30 minutes
Violin Concerto No.4 (1947)
Double Violin Concerto No.1(1954): 24 minutes
Double Violin Concerto No.2(1969): 20 minutes
Concerto for Violin, Viola and orchestra(1965): 21 minutes
Concerto for Viola and string orchestra(1965): 18 minutes
Cello Concerto No.1(1930)
Cello Concerto No.2(1939): 22 minutes  (25 minutes on the Etcetera recording by Michael Muller)
Flute Concerto No.1(1956): 23 minutes
Flute Concerto No.2 for flute and wind instruments(1963):
Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and orchestra(1981): 27 minutes
Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon and wind orchestra(1964): 16 minutes
Saxophone Concerto(1951): 20 minutes
Concerto for Four Saxophones and Orchestra(1984): 20 minutes
Concerto for Harp and small orchestra or wind orchestra(1967): 20 minutes
Organ Concerto No.1(1952): 24 minutes
Organ Concerto No.2(1966): 18 minutes

This list does not include any of the composer's other orchestral works, his choral works or his chamber and instrumental music

It is extracted from the following two sources:

http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Henk+Badings?name=Henk+Badings&

http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl/nl/archieven/archievenoverzicht?task=listhandschriften&tmpl=lexicon&id=365

but since I don't read Dutch I shall probably have made several mistakes and omissions.

[Alan Howe]

Reply from Christo:

Willem van Otterloo, conducting the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague) in the Third Symphony, recorded in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw 28-30 November 1955, takes 27'30 for it.
The recording is found on cd 9 of the 13cd box by Challenge Classics CC72142 ('The orginal recordings 1950-1960').

A cd with Symphony No. 15 labelled 'aspects of wind music from the netherlands' ("progressive spelling"  ), The Dutch Youth Wind Orchestra conducted by Jan Cober ('centre netherlands music' [same spelling], but without a spefic label or catalogue number, dating from 1989) takes 17'10 for all three movements.

« Last Edit: Today at 11:00 by Christo »

[Dundonnell]

I shall be revisiting this list over the next three or four days....once I have tried to deal with Bernard Zweers and Cornelis Dopper

[Christo]

Oh dear. You must have learnt quite a bit of Dutch in the process.