▁scored ▁for ▁a ▁large ▁or chestra , ▁including ▁three ▁sa x oph ones , ▁a ▁fl ugel horn , ▁and ▁an ▁en larg ed ▁per cussion ▁section . ▁The ▁m ood ▁is ▁more ▁som bre ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁E ighth ; ▁Gro ve ▁calls ▁its ▁m ood ▁" at ▁once ▁hero ic ▁and ▁cont empl ative , ▁def i ant ▁and ▁w ist fully ▁absor bed ". ▁The ▁work ▁received ▁an ▁ov ation ▁at ▁its ▁premi ere , ▁but ▁at ▁first ▁the ▁critics ▁were ▁not ▁sure ▁what ▁to ▁make ▁of ▁it , ▁and ▁it ▁took ▁some ▁years ▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁generally ▁ranked ▁alongside ▁its ▁eight ▁prede cess ors . ▁ ▁Other ▁orch est ral ▁music ▁ ▁Gro ve ▁lists ▁more ▁than ▁thirty ▁works ▁by ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁for ▁or chestra ▁or ▁band ▁over ▁and ▁above ▁the ▁sym phon ies . ▁They ▁include ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁popular ▁works — the ▁Fant asia ▁on ▁a ▁Th eme ▁by ▁Thomas ▁T all is ▁( 1 9 1 0 , ▁re vised ▁ 1 9 1 9 ), ▁and ▁The ▁L ark ▁As c ending , ▁originally ▁for ▁viol in ▁and ▁piano ▁( 1 9 1 4 ); ▁orch estr ated ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁Other ▁works ▁that ▁surv ive ▁in ▁the ▁re per toire ▁in ▁Britain ▁are ▁the ▁Nor folk ▁R haps ody ▁No ▁ 1 ▁( 1 9 0 5 – 1 9 0 6 ), ▁The ▁Was ps , ▁Arist oph an ic ▁suite — part icular ly