Symphony No 3 in A minor

1 - Allegro

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Symphony No 3 in A minor

2 - Andante

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Symphony No 3 in A minor

3 - Scherzo

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Symphony No 3 in A minor

4 - Finale

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This symphony also draws on a trip to Vienna. But this is a different Austria to that of the 2nd Symphony. This symphony relates to the early nineteenth century and the world of Schubert. Of bitter sweet harmonies and romantic melodies framed within well defined classical forms but prepared to break out of them when an emotional point is to be made. I had one or two very encouraging conversations on the phone with Eileen Silcocks while I was writing this symphony. I never actually met her but I was at a point near the end of the second movement , which will be obvious to the listener on hearing it, when I heard of her death. And so this symphony is dedicated to her memory as my acknowledgment of what she did for the recorder orchestra.

There is a performance of this symphony - please click here.

There is another, much better, performance on Youtube of the last movement by das Blockflötenconsort Dortmund in March 2019 - please click here.