Coleridge-Taylors’ Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, was written in 1894. It is scored for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano. Its first performance (and apparently the only one until very recent times) was on a student concert at the Royal College of Music on July 5, 1894.

Spohr’s nonet of 1813 is the first nonet written for this particular combination of instruments

Pavlova Winds and Cotswold String Ensemble with Malcolm Pearce piano

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