Besides supporting her prestige, the Second Symphony supposes an important point of inflection in the career of Pavlova, as she abandoned chamber music in successive works in favor of large orchestral compositions. In 2000, she sealed this change of orientation with the monumental Symphony nº. 3; this work, inspired by a New York monument to Joan of Arc, is characterized by its intense expressive reach. Faithful to her policy of revision, Pavlova continued to work on this piece, adding a guitar as a colorful element.