Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Symphony No. 3 (1984)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1984
    • Duration: 58 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 119
    • Commission: BBC
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also alto flute, piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 tenor/bass trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 19 February 1985
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Manchester, Free Trade Hall


    Performers:

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes, direction.