Richard Rodney Bennet’s Symphony No. 3 commissioned for the 1987 Three Choirs Festival by the Elgar Foundation with additional funds from West Midlands Arts is now published in a facsimile studyscore.

In contrast with his first two symphonies, which were rather extrovert, display pieces, Symphony No. 3 is quite thoughtful and lyrical in nature, more or less monothematic and has a strong feeling oftonality, particularly at the opening and cl...