sentences:  4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp and strings.The symphony is dedicated to Anthony Day, who looked after Malcolm Arnold from 1984 to 2006.It was first performed in 1988 by the now defunct Goldsmiths' College's NCOS Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves in Greenwich in the presence of a selected audience.