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The obscurity, length, large scoring and technical difficulty (not to mention the existence of only a few sets of parts worldwide) all conspire to make the performance of Glière 3 a rare event. The following is a list of known performances (excluding recordings).

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Known performances

Date	Venue	Orchestra	Conductor
2023 April 22	La Monnaie De Munt, 5 Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium \| MAP	La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Belgian National Orchestra	Alain Altinoglu
2018 December 14	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	The Orchestra Now	Leon Botstein
2018 December 12	Fisher Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY	The Orchestra Now	Leon Botstein
2018 March 2	Great Hall of the Kolarac Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia [read reviews] [programme note]	Belgrade Philharmonic	Gabriel Feltz
2017 April 26	Temple du Bas, Neuchâtel, Switzerland	Orchestra of the Zurich University of the Arts and the Haute école de musique de Genève	Yuri Simonov [documentary]
2017 April 25	Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland	Orchestra of the Zurich University of the Arts and the Haute école de musique de Genève	Yuri Simonov [conversation]
2017 April 24	Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland	Orchestra of the Zurich University of the Arts and the Haute école de musique de Genève	Yuri Simonov [media archive]
2017 February 28	Symphony Center, Chicago, IL	Civic Orchestra of Chicago	Jay Friedman
2014 March 1	Jöhvi Concert Hall, Jöhvi, Estonia	Estonian National Symphony Orchestra	Neeme Järvi
2014 February 28	Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonian National Symphony Orchestra	Neeme Järvi

2013 May 8	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	Buffalo Philharmonic	JoAnn Falletta
2013 May 4	Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY	Buffalo Philharmonic	JoAnn Falletta
2013 May 3 at 10.30 am	Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY	Buffalo Philharmonic	JoAnn Falletta
2011 May 19	Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra	Enrique Arturo Diemecke
2011 February 26	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota, Colombia	Enrique Arturo Diemecke
2011 February 25	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota, Colombia	Enrique Arturo Diemecke
2008 February 15	Cluj, Romania	Cluj Philharmonic Orchestra	Gottfried Rabl
2007 September 2	Radley College, Oxfordshire, England	Purely for Pleasure Orchestra	Mark Fitz-Gerald
2007 July 19	BBC Proms: Albert Hall, London [read reviews] [programme note]	BBC Philharmonic Orchestra	Vassily Sinaisky
2007 Feb 9 (arr Stokowski)	INB Performing Arts Center, Spokane, WA, USA	Spokane Symphony	Eckart Preu
2006 Nov 19 (3rd mvmt)	First United Church, Oak Park IL, USA	The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest	Jay Friedman
2006 May 18	Symphony Hall, Madrid, Spain	Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid	Jesús López Cobos
2005 March 12	Bridgewater Hall, Manchester	BBC Philharmonic Orchestra	Vassily Sinaisky
2003 July 18	Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld, Germany	Bielefelder Philharmoniker	Peter Kuhn
2002 April 4	Barbican Hall, London	BBC Symphony Orchestra	Martyn Brabbins
2002 February 13+15+16	Verizon Hall, Philadelphia	Philadelphia Orchestra	Neeme Järvi
2002 February 15+16	Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Symphony	Jesús López-Cobos
2001 October 28	Carnegie Hall, New York	Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal	Charles Dutoit
2001 October 23+24	Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada	Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal	Charles Dutoit
2000 October 17	State College, Pennsylvania, PA	Nittany Valley Symphony	Michael Jinbo
2000 April 16	Lincoln Center, New York, NY	American Symphony Orchestra	Leon Botstein
1999 September 12	Reading, Berkshire, England	Purely for Pleasure Orchestra	Mark Fitz-Gerald
1999 April 24	Cologne, Germany	Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra	Neeme Järvi
1981 January 7+8	Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL	Chicago Symphony	Eugene Ormandy
1971 May 13, 14, 15	Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1967 November 19, 20	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	American Symphony Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1962 October 4		Chicago Symphony	Leopold Stokowski
1958 January 9, 10	Symphony Hall, Chicago, IL	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1956 November 27	Houston Music Hall, Houston, TX	Houston Symphony Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1955 August 30	Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Philarmonic	Leopold Stokowski
1949 October 20, 21, 23, 29	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	New York Philharmonic	Leopold Stokowski
1946		Cincinnati Symphony
1946 August 20	Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl Symphony	Leopold Stokowski
1943 November 25, 26, 27, 28	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	New York Philharmonic	Artur Rodzinski
1942 July 18 (3rd mvmt)	Lewisohn Stadium, New York, NY	New York Philharmonic	Artur Rodzinski
1942 April 20, 21	Symphony Hall, Boston	Boston Symphony	Richard Burgin (Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor)
1940 March 19	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1940 March 15, 16	Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1934 March 20	Carnegie Hall, New York, NY	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1933 December 20	Baltimore, MD	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1933 December 15, 16	Academy of Music, Lyric Theatre, Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski
1918 January 18	Chicago, IL	Chicago Symphony Orchestra (US premiere)	Frederick Stock
1912 March 23	Moscow, Russia	Orchestra of the Russian Musical Society (first performance)	Emil Cooper

Note: All performances conducted by Leopold Stokowski were of his own performing version in which approximately 26 minutes of music are cut.

Purely for Pleasure Orchestra performance of Gliere's Third Symphony, 12 April 1999

The victorious horn section after the Purely for Pleasure Orchestra performance on 12-9-99.
Photo by Alan Greeley (top left), with the author at bottom right.