 The "Lyric Movement" for viola and small orchestra (1933) was written for Lionel Tertis.Quiet and contemplative, and requiring little virtuosity from the soloist, the piece was slow to gain popularity among violists.Robin Hull, in "Penguin Music Magazine", praised the work's "clear beauty—impossible to mistake for the art of any other composer"; in Dickinson's view, however, it remains "a frail creation".