Symphony No. 1
Instrumentation: *3,*3,*3,*3/4,3,3,1/T,3P,Hp,Pf.,Cel./Stgs
Duration: 29 mins.
This youthful symphony shows Jones’ early mastery of form and orchestration. A gregarious, sweeping work, it alternates moments of reflective beauty with passages of driving intensity, all undergirded with Jones’ distinctive harmonic palette and embellished by his melodic gift.
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