The Symphony No. 9, Op. 128 by Malcolm Arnold was finished in 1986. It is in four movements:
The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons. 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp and strings. [1]
The symphony is dedicated to Anthony Day, who looked after Malcolm Arnold from 1984 to 2006. [1]
It was first performed in 1988 in a private run-through by the now defunct Orchestra of the National Centre for Orchestral Studies conducted by Charles Groves in Greenwich. [2]
The first professional and public performance was given on Monday 20 January 1992 by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Manchester also conducted by Charles Groves. [2]
The last movement is as long as the previous three together, uses a theme similar to the last movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony, and is very sparsely scored and bleak. [3]
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