Symphony No. 3 (Hanson)

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Symphony No. 3 (1938) is a

Swedish settlement in Delaware in 1638.[1][2]

Instrumentation

Symphony No. 3 is scored for two

English horn, two clarinets in B♭, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets in C, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, and strings.[1]

Movements

  1. Andante lamentando – Agitato
  2. Andante tranquillo
  3. Tempo scherzando
  4. Largamente e pesante

Performances and publishing

The first three movements were performed on September 19, 1937, conducted by the composer himself. The first performance of the work in its entirety was given on March 26, 1938 by the composer conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra.[2] It was later performed in its first subscription season appearance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November, 1939, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. The symphony was published by C. C. Birchard of Boston for the Eastman School of Music in 1941.[1]

Recordings

There are three commercial recordings of this work currently released,[

Seattle Symphony Orchestra.[5]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Hanson, Howard. Symphony No. 3. Rochester, NY: Eastman School of Music.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Steven. "Symphony No. 3 • Merry Mount Suite" CD Booklet, Naxos 8.559702. Naxos Recording. pp. 2–3.
  3. ^ "Koussevitzky conducts Hanson Symphony No. 3". All Music. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 3/Elegy/The Lament for Beowulf". All Music. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  5. ^ "HANSON, H.: Symphonies (Complete), Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / Merry Mount Suite (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)". Naxos. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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