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Nine symphonies, nine composers, one orchestra: @kennethwoods & @EnglishSymphony's wonderful #21stCenturySymphony project passes the halfway mark in style. Hear some of its richest and most moving musical bounty so far on my spellbinding #RecordOfTheWeek. spoti.fi/3yvEo5F 
Adrian Williams dedicated his symphony to Kenneth Woods "for giving me hope". With five premieres and four recordings to its name already this project gives me hope that it will banish the baffling (to me anyway) idea that no one wants to write, play or hear new symphonies today.
The symphony opens with an arresting theme on violins and violas whose first three notes (E♭ - F - C) are soon driving the thematic and harmonic progress. I quickly realised that here was a true symphonic architect: this expansive 50-minute four-movement structure never falters.
