November Woods is a tone poem completed in 1917 by British composer Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953). Of his many tone poems, this may not be the most famous, but for me it is the best. Bax stated that the piece "may be taken as an impression of the dank and stormy music of nature in the late autumn, but the whole piece and its origins are connected with certain rather troublous experiences I was going through myself at the time...." The average playing time is 18 minutes (AllMusic). My version is by the Ulster Orchestra under Bryden Thomson on a Chandos CD.
