Alan Hovhaness, Symphony No.1 “Exile”, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Hovhaness‘ First Symphony, composed in 1936, being premiered in London in 1939 by the BBC symphony orchestra; conducted by Leslie Howard.  Leopold Stokowski knew about the composer and the work, he premiered in 1942 in the United States, declaring the work as “powerful, virile and musically very solid.” In 1970, the composer revised the work, replacing the second movement with a new one.