BORN
April 17, 1941 in Rochester, New York

DURATION
40 minutes

INSTRUMENTATION
Three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings

PROGRAM NOTES

Recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Adolphus Hailstork has written five symphonies, the third of which is dedicated to the artists on the recording, David Lockington ("My most consistently supportive conductor") and the Grand Rapids Symphony.

"The goal in my third Symphony was to write a piece that was lighter in approach than my second.  I created a snappy little trumpet tune that intrigued me and used it as the point of departure." - Adolphus Hailstork