TheSinfonietta inB major, Op. 5, is the first large-scale orchestral work written by the 20th-centuryAustriancomposerErich Wolfgang Korngold.
Korngold began sketching the work in the spring of 1912 (about a year after his childhood mentor,Gustav Mahler, died), just before his 15th birthday and finished the sketches in August 1912. The orchestration of it dragged on for another year, until September 1913, by which time Korngold had composed hisViolin Sonata, Op. 6, and had begun his first operaDer Ring des Polykrates, Op. 7.[1] TheSinfonietta was premiered inVienna on 30 November 1913 under the direction ofFelix Weingartner (to whom the work is dedicated, in thanks for his support of Korngold), and was a sensational success, resulting in further performances all over Europe and America.
The work is in four movements:
The work is scored for 2flutes,piccolo (also third flute), 2oboes (the second alsocor anglais), 2clarinets,bass clarinet in B♭, 2bassoons,contrabassoon, 4horns in F, 3trumpets in C, 3trombones,tuba,timpani,glockenspiel,triangle,snare drum,cymbals,bells in F♯ and B, 2harps,celesta, uprightpiano andstrings.
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