Adam Pounds: Symphony No. 3 "Elegy" "Hommage to Anton Bruckner"

Adam Pounds was born in Walthamstow, east London, the youngest son of Annie Margaret Pounds (neé Crisp) and Edward Arthur Pounds. He was educated at William Morris High School in Walthamstow, before gaining a place at the London College of Music, where his studies focused principally upon classical guitar, oboe, composition and conducting, the latter with Christopher Fry. During this period, Pounds also studied composition privately with Sir Lennox Berkeley after winning the Lillian Hunt Memorial prize for composition with an oboe quartet. In May 2021, during the COVID pandemic, Pounds completed his Third Symphony and this was recorded by the Sinfonia of London, conducted by John Wilson for Chandos Records in November 2022. This work is a reflection upon the psychological effects of the lockdowns imposed during the Covid pandemic, an expression of Pounds’ varied emotional reactions to the changes wrought upon everyday life. The third movement, entitled "Elegy" is in hommage to Anton Bruckner.