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Sinfonietta for Winds and Percussion
Allegro moderato - Elegy: Adagio pesante - Allegro non troppo


Zubin Mehta conducted the première of Sinfonietta for Winds and Percussion after it won the Critics' Award at the International Competition for Contemporary Music in Cava dei Tirreni, Italy in 1966.


Zubin Mehta
Photo: Graetz Bros. Ltd
Dedication:
To Oscar wishing more works
Zubin Mehta


Oskar Morawetz and
Zubin Mehta, 1966

Zubin Mehta,
1974

Walter Susskind conducted the Sinfonietta at the Aspen Summer Festival in 1966.


Susskind calling Morawetz to stage after performance in Aspen, Colorado.


Walter Susskind

Walter Susskind, 1966
Photo: Cavouk
Dedication:
To my very dear lifelong friend Oskar - affectionately
Walter Susskind Sept. 66

Walter Susskind and wife Janice, 1973

Victor Feldbrill gave a 1972 performance of the Sinfonietta.


Morawetz and Feldbrill,
In front of Morawetz' home, 1989


Kazuyoshi Akiyama presented the Sinfonietta with the Vancouver Symphony in 1978 and again in 1981.


Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Morawetz, 1979