Symphony No. 16 (Myaskovsky)

Nikolai Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 16 in F major, op. 39, was composed in 1935-6^[1] and has the nickname Aviation-Symphony.

The Symphony is in four movements:

Allegro vivace
Andantino e semplice, in B♭ major
Sostenuto. Andante marciale, ma sostenuto in A minor
Tempo precedente. Allegro ma non troppo (A minor followed by F major)

The symphony was said to be inspired by the crash of the Maxim Gorky.

The premiere was on October 24, 1936, in Moscow with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by E. Szenkar.^[2]

The first movement begins with a triplet accompaniment and a chromatic main theme. The second movement is a dance-like intermezzo. This is followed by a funeral march, and following without pause, a finale that quotes a song written by Myaskovsky, "The Aeroplanes are Flying".^[3]

References

↑ NL page on the symphony
↑ "Opus by Miaskovsky". Retrieved 14 January 2010.
↑ "Review of Recording of Symphony 16". November 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2010.

Symphonies by Nikolai Myaskovsky

Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 4
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 6
Symphony no. 7
Symphony no. 8
Symphony no. 9
Symphony no. 10
Symphony no. 11
Symphony no. 12
Symphony no. 13
Symphony no. 14
Symphony no. 15
Symphony no. 16, "Aviation"
Symphony no. 17
Symphony no. 18
Symphony no. 19
Symphony no. 20
Symphony no. 21
Symphony no. 22
Symphony no. 23
Symphony no. 24
Symphony no. 25
Symphony no. 26
Symphony no. 27

List of compositions by Nikolai Myaskovsky

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