As the years passed Moyzes' symphonies became increasingly querulous, diaphanous in texture and probing. He became more the Pierrot - in serenade, in enchantment or in rebellion. The Tenth bucks the trend but the trend is still there.

With his Ninth Symphony Moyzes was far distant from heavily-laden Mahlerian orchestration. If Mahlerian at all he favoured the delicate soloistic lace of Das Lied's Abschied rather than anything else. Shostakovich (who died in 1975 between the completion of Moyzes' two symphonies) must also have been an influence. There is some uproariously exultant horn and trombone work in the Allegro con brio and the blazing final 4 minutes grips in