Mitchell highlights Britten's "marvellously keen, spare and independent writing for the wind in ... the first movement of the Cello Symphony of 1963 clearly belongs to that order of dazzling transparency and instrumental emancipation which Mahler did so much to establish."
Mitchell salienta de Britten o "marabillosamente entusiasta, libre e independente escrito polo vento en ... o primeiro movemento da Sinfonía para violonchelo de 1963 pertence claramente á orde da transparencia e a emancipación instrumental á que Mahler contribuíu en gran medida".