Symphony: 'Vigil' - Third Part of the Orchestral Triptych Triduum: Hawkes Pocket Score 1552

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Symphony: 'Vigil' (1997) is the last of three interrelated works forming Triduum, commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, the other works being The World's Ransoming, for cor anglais and orchestra, and the Cello Concerto (both 1996). All three relate to the historical events and religious liturgies of the Easter Triduum, namely Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil. The symphony's first movement, 'Light,' deals with the promise of a glimmer...