Symphony No. 16 (Myaskovsky)

Nikolai Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 16 in F major, op. 39, was composed in 1935-6 and has the nickname "Aviation Symphony".
The Symphony is in four movements:
The symphony was said to be inspired by the crash of the Tupolev ANT-20 "Maksim Gorky".
The premiere was on 24 October 1936, in Moscow with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by E. Szenkar.
The first movement begins with a triplet accompaniment and a chromatic main theme. The second movement is a dance-like intermezzo. This is followed by a funeral march, and following without pause, a finale that quotes a song written by Myaskovsky, "The Aeroplanes are Flying".