its explicitness when it premiered in 1959. In 1943 she responded to war with "The Voice of the City", for women's chorus, about the Battle of Stalingrad. In 1981 she set to music prose versions of some Petrarchan sonnets, by the Irish writer J.M. Synge, under the title 'My Dark Heart'. String quartets String Quartet No. 1 (1932/33) String Quartet No. 2 (1936) String Quartet No. 3 (1938) String Quartet No. 4 (1942/43) String Quartet No. 5 (1948) String Quartet No. 6 (1950) String Quartet No. 7 (1955) String Quartet No. 8 (1967) String Quartet No. 9 (1968) String Quartet No. 10 (1972) String Quartet No. 11 (1976) String Quartet No. 12 (1979) String Quartet No. 13 Quartetto Corto (1982–83) Symphonic works Suite in E minor for string orchestra (1924) Fantasy for flute, harp and string orchestra (1926, lost) Elegy for flute, horn and string orchestra (1926, lost) Fantasy for Children for small orchestra (1927–28) Theme and Variations for orchestra (1928) The Land, symphonic suite after V. Sackville-West's poem, for orchestra (1929) Symphony (No. 1), for orchestra (1929–30, withdrawn) Suite for chamber orchestra (1930, withdrawn) Comedy Overture for orchestra (1932–33) Two Dances from the ballet Puck Fair, for orchestra (1940) Variations on a Well-Known Theme, for orchestra (1942) Theme and Variations for string orchestra (1942–43) Suite from the ballet Puck Fair, for orchestra (1943) Symphony (No. 2), for orchestra (1945–48, withdrawn) Nocturne for orchestra (1950–51) Proud Thames : Coronation Overture, for orchestra (1952–53) Symphony for double string orchestra (1952–53) Suite on Irish Airs, for small orchestra (1953 ; arr. for full orch, 1954) Suite on Irish Airs, version for full orchestra (1955) A Country Town, 6 short pieces for orchestra (c. 1956) [arr. of piano pieces from 1939] Music for Woodwinds and Brass (1965–66) An Essex Overture, for orchestra (1966) Three Cloudscapes for orchestra (1968, withdrawn) Genesis for chamber orchestra (1972–73) Sinfonietta, for orchestra (1976) Little Symphony, for orchestra (1980–81) Music for Strings (1981–82) Life Story, for string orchestra (1985) Concertante works Andante and Allegro, for flute and string orchestra (1926–27) Concertino (No. 1) for piano and chamber orchestra (1928 ; rev. 1929–30) Viola Concerto (1937, withdrawn) Dialogue for piano and orchestra (1940–41) Concertino (No. 1) for clarinet and string orchestra (1945) Concertino (No. 2) for piano and string orchestra (1949) Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra (1950) Toombeola, for violin and string orchestra (1954, withdrawn) Concerto for oboe, bassoon