Editing Anthony Burgess (section)

=== Orchestral and chamber ===
He began composing seriously while in the army during the war, and then while working as a teacher in [[Malaysia|Malaya]], but could not earn a living from it. His early symphony, ''[[Sinfoni Melayu]]'' (now lost), was an attempt "to combine the musical elements of the country [Malaya] into a synthetic language which called on native drums and xylophones".<ref>''Contemporary Composers'', ed. Brian Morton and Pamela Collins, Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1992 – {{ISBN|1-55862-085-0}}</ref> A second symphony has also been lost. But his Symphony No 3 in C was commissioned by the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra in 1974, resulting in the first public performance of an orchestral work by Burgess – a momentous occasion for the composer which spurred him on to renew his composing activities with other large scale works, including a violin concerto for [[Yehudi Menuhin]] which remained unperformed due to the violinist's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.violinist.com/discussion/thread.cfm?page=5705 |first=Raymond |last=Concannon|title=Concerto awaiting world premiere|website=violinist.com|date=24 March 2022}}</ref> More recently, the Symphony was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 3]] as part of the Manchester International Festival in July 2017.<ref>[https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/manchester-international-festival-symphony-c/ "Manchester International Festival: Symphony in C"], International Burgess Foundation.</ref>

Burgess also wrote a good deal of chamber music. He wrote for the recorder as his son played the instrument. Several works for recorder and piano, including the Sonata No.&nbsp;1, Sonatina and ''Tre Pezzetti'', have been recorded by [[John Turner (recorder player)|John Turner]] with pianist Harvey Davies.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Man And His Music |url=https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/the-man-and-his-music/ |website=The International Anthony Burgess Foundation |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330091320/https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/the-man-and-his-music/ |archive-date=30 March 2023 |date=30 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> His collected guitar quartets have also been recorded by the Mēla Guitar Quartet.<ref>[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.574423 ''Anthony Burgess: Complete Guitar Quartets''], Naxos 8.574423 (2023).</ref>  A recently recovered work is a string quartet from 1980, influenced by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], which unexpectedly turned up in the archive of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.<ref name=Alberge2023>{{cite news |last1=Alberge |first1=Dalya |title=Newly discovered string quartet by Clockwork Orange author Anthony Burgess to have premiere |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/19/newly-discovered-string-quartet-by-clockwork-orange-author-anthony-burgess-to-have-premiere |work=The Observer |date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119161316/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/19/newly-discovered-string-quartet-by-clockwork-orange-author-anthony-burgess-to-have-premiere |archive-date=19 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> For piano, Burgess composed a set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, ''The Bad-Tempered Electronic Keyboard'' (1985), which has been recorded by [[Stephane Ginsburgh]].<ref>[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=GP773 Grand Piano CD GP 773] (2018).</ref>