Premieres
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The work was premiered on June 26, 1912, at the Vienna Festival by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. It was first published in the same year by Universal Edition.
- Dutch premiere: May 2, 1918, Amsterdam, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Willem Mengelberg
- UK premiere: February 27, 1930, Manchester with the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hamilton Harty
- American premiere: October 16, 1931, Boston, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
- Japanese premiere: April 16, 1967, Tokyo, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin
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