Symphony No. 5 (Raff)

He already achieved fame with his Third and Fourth symphonies, as well as the opera Dame Kobold, so the orchestras were eager to perform it.

Ebenezer Prout reported that at the English premiere "those who were present will remember the sensation created by its performance".

In this solitude evil forebodings take possession of her; she falls into a fever, in which her hallucinations prepare, in reality, only for her own death".

[1] The symphony is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, snare drum, triangle and strings.

In 2014 Chandos released a CD recording of the symphony played by L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Neeme Järvi.