Symphony No.3, Op.37

Category		Orchestral > Symphonies
Composed		1983-1985
Duration (approx)		20 minutes
Parts		Large orchestra: 3(=picc). 3(III=ca). 3(II=Ebcl.III=bcl). 3(III=cbsn) - 4431 - timp - perc(2): 2 timp/BD/susp. cym/ch. cym/tam-t/gong/glsp/vib/ant. cym/3 crot - strings
Recording(s)		Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 & 5
Publisher		Faber Music
Commission		The Halle Orchestra for European Music Year.
First performance		27 September 1985
Venue		City Hall, Sheffield
Orchestra / Ensemble		Halle Orchestra
Conductor		Bryden Thomson
Review		Paul Griffiths, The Times, December 1985
		The argument proceeds inexorably in wave-like periods of accumulating tension and crashing release, with much colourful use of the orchestra: in pealing bell bursts, for instance, or in sustained plateaux of fascinating texture.