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Schubert began writing his Symphony No. 8 in B minor in late 1822. Though the composer lived for another six years, he left only two movements and a two orchestrated pages of a scherzo, thus the work became known as the ‘Unfinished’ symphony.

The symphony starts in a quiet, dreamlike state, unlike the majority of confident symphony openers in the Romantic period. The rest of the work unfolds with a variety of textures and sudden, surprising changes in harmony.

This performance by Â鶹Éç NOW took place at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, in 2011 with conductor Jac van Steen.