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Symphony No. 9 (arr. Mertens-Suykerbuyk)
Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Hardy Mertens and J.M. Suijkerbuijk)
This work bears the designation Opus 70.
General Info
Year: 1945 / 1986
Duration: c. 25:25
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €267.00 | Score Only (print) - €54.00
Movements
1. Allegro – 5:20
2. Moderato – 7:15
3. Presto – 2:45
4. Largo – 3:35
5. Allegretto - Allegro – 6:30
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe (div. a2)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Solo Soprano Clarinets I-II (both doubling A Soprano Clarinet)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III (all div. a2)
E-flat Alto Clarinet (div. a2)
B-flat Bass Clarinet (div. a2)
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone (div. a2)
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (div. a2)
Tuba
String Bass (div. a2)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70, was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1945. It was premiered on 3 November 1945 in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky.
The ninth symphony was originally intended to be a celebration of the Russian victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The composer declared in October 1943 that the symphony would be a large composition for orchestra, soloists and chorus "about the greatness of the Russian people, about our Red Army liberating our native land from the enemy".
The symphony turned out to be a completely different work from the one he had originally planned, with neither soloists nor chorus and a much lighter mood. He forewarned listeners, "In character, the Ninth Symphony differs sharply from my preceding symphonies, the Seventh and the Eighth. If the Seventh and the Eighth symphonies bore a tragic-heroic character, then in the Ninth a transparent, pellucid, and bright mood predominates." The symphony is a playful and vivid musical work, with a neoclassical air that has led to comparisons to Haydn's symphonies and to Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. Shostakovich himself considered it "a joyful little piece".
Shostakovich once remarked that "musicians will like to play it, and critics will delight in blasting it". But the initial reaction of his peers to the new symphony was generally favourable. Shostakovich's prediction was right in the long run, however: less than a year after its première, Soviet critics censured the symphony for its "ideological weakness" and its failure to "reflect the true spirit of the people of the Soviet Union". By order of Glavrertkom, the central censorship board, the work was banned on 14 February 1948 in Shostakovich's second denunciation together with some other works by the composer. It was removed from the list in the summer of 1955 when the symphony was performed and broadcast.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 1)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 2)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 3)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 4)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 5)
- Audio CD: Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) – 2007
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Waltz No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (post 1956/2021)
All Wind Works
- Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
- Ballet Suite #4 (arr. Pappajohn) (1953)
- Batterie from "The Nose" (arr. Schaefer) (1928/1978)
- Concertino (orch. Singleton) (1953/)
- Dance I. See: Jazz Suite No. 2
- Ein Volksfest (arr. Rembach) (1955/1995)
- Ein Volksfest. See: Folk Festival
- Excerpts from "Symphony No. 5" Finale (arr. Longfield) (1937/2007)
- Festive Overture (arr. Frost) (1954/2016)
- Festive Overture (tr. Hunsberger) (1954/1965)
- Festive Overture (tr. Martin) (1954/2016?)
- Festive Overture (tr. Patterson) (1954/)
- Festive Overture (tr. Takahashi) (1954/1998)
- The Fire of Eternal Glory (tr. Timothy Rhea) (1960/2011)
- Fire of Eternal Glory (arr. Curnow) (1960/2011)
- Folk Dances (tr. Reynolds) (1942/1979)
- Folk Dances (arr. Erickson) (1942/1979)
- Folk Dances (arr. Curnow) (1942/2000)
- Folk Festival (tr. Hunsberger) (1955/1971)
- Folk Festival. See also: Ein Volksfest
- Fortinbras March from "Hamlet" (tr. Suchoff) (1932/1967)
- The Gadfly (1955/)
- The Gadfly (tr. Patterson) (1955/)
- Galop (tr. Hunsberger) (1959/1971)
- Galop (from "The Limpid Stream") (tr. Miller) (1935)
- Hamlet Suite (tr. Suchoff) (1964/1975)
- Intermezzo (arr. Cahn) (1928/1986/1994)
- Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934)
- Jazz Suite No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- March (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Lyric Waltz (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance I (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance II (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Waltz No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Finale (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- March (arr. Curnow) (2014)
- March (arr. de Meij). See: Jazz Suite No. 2
- March of the Soviet Militia (ed. Iakubov) (1970/2006)
- October, Op 131 (arr. Mitchell) (1967)
- Overture on Russian and Kirg (arr. Janssen)
- Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs (tr. Duker) (1963/1989)
- Overture to "The Gadfly" (arr. Geert Flik) (1955/2006)
- Piano Concerto No 2 (tr. Pontini) (1957/2012)
- Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major (arr. Bamonte)
- Piano Trio No. 2 (arr. Graham)
- Priest and His Servant Balda, The (1934)
- Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 (arr. Reynolds) (1988)
- Prelude 21 and Fugue 1 (arr. McCullough) (1952/)
- Prelude (Variations) from "Ballet Suite No. 4" (arr. Blankenship) (1953/)
- Romance (arr. Peel) (1955/1985)
- Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" (arr. Curnow)
- Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 1. See: Jazz Suite No. 1
- Symphony No. 1 (tr. Scarbrough) (1924-25)
- Symphony No. 5, Mvmt I (tr. Schaeffer)
- Symphony No. 5, Mvmt II (tr. Smith) (1937/1944)
- Symphony No. 5: Finale (tr. Righter) (1937/1947)
- Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Rogers) (1937/2003)
- Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Bocook) (1937/2005)
- Symphony No. 9 (arr. Mertens and Suykerbuyk) (1945/1986)
- Symphony No. 9 (tr. Schaefer) (1945/1976)
- Symphony No. 10, Mvt. II (tr. Fisher) (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
- Symphony No. 10, Mvmt II (tr. O'Brien) (1954)
- Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (arr. Daehn) (1957/1989)
- Tahiti Trot (tr. Brubaker) (1927/2009)
- Three Symphonic Preludes (arr. Reed)
- Two Scarlatti Pieces (1928)
- Waltz No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (post 1956/2021)
- Waltz No. 2 (arr. Connery) (post 1956/1996)
- Waltz No. 2 (arr. Curnow) (post 1956/2010)
- Waltz No. 2 (arr. De Meij). See: Jazz Suite No. 2