In a Summer Garden

This is worked out vigorously before the piece is concluded by a new theme, first from the violins and repeated by the woodwinds.

The published score of the fantasy contains two quotations which provide some clue as to its emotional content.

Beneath the shade of ancient trees, a quiet river with water lilies.

A thrush is singing in the distance.The first broadcast performance was conducted by Edward Clark.

[1] Philip Heseltine made a piano solo transcription in 1921, published only in 1982.