2(I,II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-2.2.1.1-timp.perc(3):crot/glsp/3anvils(in Db/Eb/Bb)/t.bells/marimba/3gongs(in G#/A#/C)/ltgl(lg)/susp.cym(sm,lg)/sizzle cym/cym/hi-hat/3lg cowbells of different sizes/6lg thundersheets of different sizes/tam-t(sm,lg)/whip/TD/6tom-t of different sizes/BD-harp-pft(=cel)-strings(min.12.10.8.6.4)
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"The initial inspiration for Detlev Glanert’s Third Symphony was Polanski’s film Macbeth, with its bloody landscapes and insidious violence. Its atmosphere is captured in five brief movements moving from eerie quarter-tone slithers on the strings to tearing brass phrases. Mahler’s influence is apparent in a racous Ländler. there are echoes of Berg in the ricocheting scherzo – a set of 11 variations on a theme. It’s gripping from start to finish." (Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 28 Aug 1966)
"This was a confidently and cunningly crafted work, distinctive of voice, while paying oblique tribute to Mahler and to Glanert’s great Mentor, Hans Werner Henze." (Hilary Finch, The Times, 27 Aug 1996)