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The Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 23 by Nikolai Myaskovsky was composed between 1921 and 1923. It is the largest and most ambitious of his 27 symphonies, and uses a chorus in the finale. It has been described as "probably the most significant Russian symphony between Tchaikovsky's Pathétique and the Fourth Symphony of Shostakovich". [1]
The Symphony No. 6 by Arnold Bax was completed on February 10, 1935. The symphony is dedicated to Sir Adrian Boult . It is, according to David Parlett, [ 1 ] "[Bax's] own favourite and widely regarded as his greatest ... powerful and tightly controlled".
Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his Symphony in E minor, published as Symphony No. 6, in 1944–47, [1] during and immediately after World War II and revised in 1950. Dedicated to Michael Mullinar , [ 1 ] it was first performed, in its original version, by Sir Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony Orchestra on 21 April 1948.
The Symphony No. 6 has been praised by music critics. John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune called it "one of [Hanson's] most formally innovative" symphonies. [1] Andrew Achenbach of Gramophone similarly wrote, "it boasts a formidable thematic economy and intriguing formal scheme of which Hanson himself was justifiably proud." [2]
The purely instrumental Symphony No. 6 was completed in September 1939. Shostakovich commented on it in the press: The musical character of the Sixth Symphony will differ from the mood and emotional tone of the Fifth Symphony, in which moments of tragedy and tension were characteristic. In my latest symphony, music of a contemplative and ...
[1] Ian Craft, the symphony dedicatee, suggested that the emergence of life from a fertilized cell could be paralleled in symphonic form, with motives developing by thematic metamorphosis. This idea appealed to Simpson who took it even further by dividing the one-movement work into two parts: the first a steady build up to a large climax which ...
[9] [10] Born in the Netherlands, Keetbaas was a naturalized Canadian citizen. He also performed in the CBC Symphony Orchestra and in chamber music groups. [11] He joined the TSO in 1949. [10] William Kuinka, double bassist. [12] Born in British Columbia, he had served in the Second World War. He was self-taught in mandolin and guitar as well. [13]
The Symphony No. 6 of Roger Sessions, a symphony written using the twelve-tone technique, was composed in 1966. It was commissioned by the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. [1] The score carries the dedication: "In celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the state of New Jersey". [2]