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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]
Symphony No. 5 "Carnival" (1955, arrangement of a string quartet from 1912) [9] [10] Symphony No. 13 for Strings (1959) [9] Vincent d'Indy: Symphony No. 1 (1872) [11] Mykola Kolessa: Symphony No. 2 (1966) George Lloyd: Symphony No. 1 (1932) [12] George Alexander Macfarren: Symphony No. 5 (1833) [9] Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (1903-4, revised ...
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."
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".
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The Symphony No. 6 ("Fantaisies symphoniques"), H. 343, by Bohuslav Martinů was begun in New York City in 1951, after a hiatus of four years since its predecessor, and was tentatively completed three years later on 23 April 1953. In Paris, in the months following its completion, Martinů undertook some revisions to the score.
[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 ...
Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 6 in C major, Perger 4, Sherman 6, Sherman-adjusted 8, MH 64, was written in Salzburg, completed in 1764. It is the 31st symphony in C major attributed to Joseph Haydn in Anthony van Hoboken's catalog. Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings, in three movements: Vivace; Andante in C minor; Tempo di Menuetto