This work draws from earlier material in the composer’s oeuvre. The first movement, the least tonal of the three, is wistful and nostalgic, and the emotion is restrained with controlled climaxes. The central movement is elegiac and traditionally melodic. It progresses from the opening D minor key to a celebratory D major ending. The finale revisits the composer’s favoured ‘Irish jig’ style; the entire movement derives from a rising five-note scalic motif.