User:Silence of Järvenpää/Work (2)
| Symphony No. 2 | |
|---|---|
| by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer (c. 1902) | |
| Key | D major |
| Catalogue | Op. 43 |
| Composed | 1901–1902 |
| Publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel (1903) |
| Duration | Approx. 45 mins. |
| Movements | 4 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 8 March 1902 |
| Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
| Performers | Helsinki Philharmonic Society |
The Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43, is a four-movement work for orchestra written from 1901 to 1902 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Two themes that eventually ended up in Movement II were briefly intended for projected works that never materialized: first, a theme labeled "Death" (related to Don Juan) was meant for 'Festival: Four Tone-Poems for Orchestra'; and second, a theme labeled "Christus" was related to a composition after Dante's Divine Comedy. Finally, in 1902, Sibelius made a few minor changes in preparing the symphony for publication.[1]
History
[edit]Composition
[edit]Premiere
[edit]Instrumentation
[edit]Music
[edit]Movement I
[edit]Movement II
[edit]Movement III
[edit]Movement IV
[edit]Context and analysis
[edit]Modern reception
[edit]Relation to Sibelius's other symphonies
[edit]Discography
[edit]The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Symphony No. 2.
| No. | Conductor | Ensemble | Rec.[a] | Time | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
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| 1 | [[]] | [[]] | |||||
| 1 | [[]] | [[]] |
Notes, references, and sources
[edit]- Notes
- References
- ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 143–148.
- Sources