Symphony No.9, Op.140

2 flutes (II=piccolo), 2 oboes (II = cor anglais), 2 clarinets (II= bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (II = contrabassoon), 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion (1 player: side down, 3 suspended cymbals, triangle), harp, strings

The audience at St George's Bristol - where Kenneth Woods conducted the world premiere with the English Symphony Orchestra - actually cheered, and Matthews's habit of writing recognisable melodies might have helped there. One tune (and that really is the word) in the fourth movement was so unabashedly cheerful that I found myself thinking: he'll never get away with this