The Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 by

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music ...

was finished in

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. It is in three

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: I. Allegro – Vivace
II. Lento
III. Allegro con brio – Presto – Lento e maestoso – Presto The work was commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society. The first performance was given by John Pritchard conducting the

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on 2 December 1957 at the

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Commercial recordings

*1959

and the

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SDBR 3021 (re-released on Everest 9001) *1994

Richard Hickox Richard Sidney Hickox (5 March 1948 – 23 November 2008) was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music. Early life Hickox was born in Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire into a musical family. After attending the Royal Gram ...

and the

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and the

on Conifer Records 75605-51258-2 (re-released on Decca 4765337) *1998 Andrew Penny and the

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8.553739 (recorded 13–14 June 1996, in the presence of the composer)

References

Chester-Novello page on the Symphony
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