Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich) Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich) 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 Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II (see Eastern Front). The composer declared in October 1943 that the symphony would be a large composition for orchestra, soloists and chorus "about the greatness of the Soviet people, about our Red Army liberating our native land from the enemy". On the occasion
Symphony No. 2 (G. English) by heavy scoring, while their texture is a Schumann- or Brahms-like. Harmonic diversities of the first symphony are largely missing from the second, and regular sonata outlines are much more evident in it. Symphony No. 2 (G. English) Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 5 was composed by George English in 1933 (from 1 February to 2 November). It is a bit larger works than his First, but more conventional too. Like the English's Symphony No. 1, this symphony was performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the composer's direction during the Melbourne Centenary Celebrations (1934). On 28 October