"light which no eye has penetrated! Die shall I in order to live. Rise again, yes, rise again, Will you, my heart, in an instant! That for which you suffered, To God shall it carry you!</poem> On 29 November 2016 the original handwritten score was sold at Sotheby's of London for £4.5 million, the highest ever price for a musical manuscript sold at auction. There were four telephone bidders for the manuscript, with the winning bidder choosing to remain anonymous. Sources Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888"
"Symphony No. 2 (Villa-Lobos) Symphony No. 2, ""Ascensão"" (Ascension) is a composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written between 1917 and 1944. Villa-Lobos composed (or began composing) his Second Symphony in Rio de Janeiro in 1917, but the score was not completed until late in 1943 or early in 1944 . It was first performed on 6 May 1944 in a radio broadcast by the Orquestra Sinfônica da Rádio Nacional, conducted by the composer. The first North American performance took place a little more than six months later, on 26 November 1944 in Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, by the"
"Symphony No. 2 (Milhaud) The Symphony No. 2, Op. 247, is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud. It was written in the U.S. in 1944 on a commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundations in memory of Serge Koussevitzky's second wife Natalie, who had died in 1942. The premiere of the work was played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1946, with the composer himself conducting. Milhaud's Second Symphony is in five movements, with a total running time of about 27 minutes. The titles of the movements, which are more character descriptions than tempo markings, are as follows:"
"This symphony (not to be confused with Milhaud's 1918 Chamber Symphony No. 2 ""Pastorale,"" op. 49) is published by Heugel & Cie. Symphony No. 2 (Milhaud) The Symphony No. 2, Op. 247, is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud. It was written in the U.S. in 1944 on a commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundations in memory of Serge Koussevitzky's second wife Natalie, who had died in 1942. The premiere of the work was played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1946, with the composer himself conducting. Milhaud's Second Symphony is in five movements, with a total"
"Symphony No. 2 (Albert) The Symphony No. 2 is a three-movement symphony for orchestra by the American composer Stephen Albert. The work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for their sesquicentennial anniversary. However, the piece had to be completed posthumously by the composer Sebastian Currier after Albert died suddenly in a car crash on December 27, 1992. Albert's previous Symphony No. 1 ""RiverRun"" had won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1985. The symphony has a duration of approximately thirty minutes and is composed in three movements: Fellow composer and music critic Steve Schwartz wrote about the work: In"
"second-longest of Villa-Lobos' symphonies, after No. 10. Symphony No. 2 (Villa-Lobos) Symphony No. 2, ""Ascensão"" (Ascension) is a composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written between 1917 and 1944. Villa-Lobos composed (or began composing) his Second Symphony in Rio de Janeiro in 1917, but the score was not completed until late in 1943 or early in 1944 . It was first performed on 6 May 1944 in a radio broadcast by the Orquestra Sinfônica da Rádio Nacional, conducted by the composer. The first North American performance took place a little more than six months later, on 26 November 1944"
"also in Heinz Hall. The Pittsburgh Symphony has continued the series in subsequent years. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, with the support of the Knights of Columbus, commissioned American composer John Harbison, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, to write a sacred motet “Abraham,"" for double chorus and brass, which received its world premiere at this concert. The major work on the program was Mahler's Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection."" Harbison dedicated the work ""to His Holiness Pope John Paul II in honor of his pontificate-long dedication to fostering reconciliation of the people of Abraham -- Jews, Christians, and Muslims --"
"Second Rhapsody The Second Rhapsody is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin, written in 1931. It is sometimes referred to by its original title, ""Rhapsody in Rivets"". The Second Rhapsody was seldom performed in the twentieth century, and only in recent years has critical and popular attention turned to the work. In 1930, George Gershwin, together with his brother Ira Gershwin, was invited to go to Hollywood to provide the music for the film ""Delicious"". After completing work on most of the film's songs and ""The Melting Pot"" sequence, George began sketching music to"
"Symphony No. 2 (Górecki) Symphony No. 2, the ""Copernican,"" Op. 31 ""(II Symfonia ""Kopernikowska"")"" () is a choral symphony composed by Henryk Górecki in 1972 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Composed in a monumental style for solo soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, it features text from Psalms no. 145, 6 and 135, along with an excerpt from Copernicus' book ""De revolutionibus orbium coelestium"". The symphony was commissioned by the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York and presented to Górecki as an opportunity to reach an audience outside his native Poland. Typically, he undertook extensive"
"idea symbolic of triumph. Symphony No. 2 (Khachaturian) The Symphony No. 2 in E minor, is one of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's most well-known pieces of music. Completed in 1944, it was nicknamed ""The Bell"" or ""Symphony with Bells"" by Georgi Khubov for its bell motif that begins and ends the piece. A typical performance lasts about 50 minutes. Written during the height of the Second World War, Khachaturian's second symphony illustrates the pain that humanity, and the composer himself, felt at the time, although he was comfortably tucked away in the Composer's Union retreat in Ivanovo, with the"
"it is likely that Second Rhapsody will be an early release. Second Rhapsody The Second Rhapsody is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin, written in 1931. It is sometimes referred to by its original title, ""Rhapsody in Rivets"". The Second Rhapsody was seldom performed in the twentieth century, and only in recent years has critical and popular attention turned to the work. In 1930, George Gershwin, together with his brother Ira Gershwin, was invited to go to Hollywood to provide the music for the film ""Delicious"". After completing work on most of the film's"
"Symphony No. 2 (Khachaturian) The Symphony No. 2 in E minor, is one of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's most well-known pieces of music. Completed in 1944, it was nicknamed ""The Bell"" or ""Symphony with Bells"" by Georgi Khubov for its bell motif that begins and ends the piece. A typical performance lasts about 50 minutes. Written during the height of the Second World War, Khachaturian's second symphony illustrates the pain that humanity, and the composer himself, felt at the time, although he was comfortably tucked away in the Composer's Union retreat in Ivanovo, with the likes of Sergei Prokofiev"
"Symphony No. 2 (Harbison) The Symphony No. 2 is an orchestral composition by the American composer John Harbison. The work was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony for its 75th anniversary. It was composed in 1987. The symphony has a duration of roughly 23 minutes and is composed in four connected movements: The work is scored for a large orchestra comprising three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, three bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), four horns, four trumpets (1st and 2nd doubling piccolo trumpet), three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (doubling celesta),"
"Symphony No. 2 (Piston) The Symphony No. 2, by Walter Piston is a symphony composed in 1943. Piston's Second Symphony was commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and was premiered in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 1944, by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Kindler. On the day after the premiere, Kindler sent Piston a note declaring that the symphony ""is without even the shadow of a doubt one of the half dozen great works written during the last ten years. It sings forever in my heart and in my consciousness, and it does not"
"Symphony No. 2 (Moore) Symphony No. 2 in A major is a classical composition by American composer Douglas Moore. It was composed in 1945 and received its premiere in Paris on May 5, 1946 directed by Robert Lawrence. In the following year the American premiere was given in Los Angeles, Alfred Wallenstein directing. The symphony is Moore's second essay in that form and is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Vincent Benét, who supplied the libretto for Moore's opera ""The Devil and Daniel Webster"". A work of moderate length and a classical conception inspired by Haydn, it represents Moore's fully"
"Symphony No. 2 (Schubert) The Symphony No. 2 in B major, D 125, is a symphony by Franz Schubert composed between 1814 and 1815. It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. There are four movements: The work runs about 31 minutes. \relative c' { </score> In the opening movement, the initial theme of the ""Allegro vivace"" is based on the corresponding first theme of Ludwig van Beethoven's overture to ""The Creatures of Prometheus"". The second movement is a theme with five variations in E major, Schubert's only set"
"Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (Stucky) The Second Concerto for Orchestra is a concerto for orchestra by the American composer Steven Stucky. The work was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic while Stucky was their composer-in-residence for the inaugural season of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. It was completed in 2003 and was first performed on March 12, 2004, with the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The piece was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Stucky conceived the piece as a celebration of his musical influences. Thus, the work freely references passages from many previous classical"
"Journal articles Symphony No. 2 (Madetoja) The Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 35, is a four-movement orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja, who wrote the piece from 1916–18 immediately following the success of his First Symphony (1916). Composed during the Finnish Civil War, the Second stands as ""the most significant musical document"" of the conflict and finds its composer, ""deeply scarred by the experience"", reflecting upon national tragedy and personal loss (his brother, Yjrö, and close friend, Toivo Kuula, both perished during the hostilities). Accordingly, Madetoja's Second is the longest and most dramatic of his three"
"Symphony No. 2 (Barber) Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 is a three-movement work for orchestra by American composer Samuel Barber. The 25-minute work was originally written in 1944. The work underwent many revisions and was finally published in 1950. The original manuscript was withdrawn by Barber in 1964. He ordered that G. Schirmer destroy the original manuscript and all scores in their library. The work remained unpublished for many years until 1984 when a set of parts turned up in a warehouse in England. Renewed interest in Barber's work led to a 1990 reprint of the 1950 edition. Samuel Barber"
"Symphony No. 2 (Rouse) Symphony No. 2 is a symphony in three connected movements for orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The piece was commissioned by the Houston Symphony and completed July 15, 1994. The work premiered later that year and is dedicated to then Houston Symphony director Christoph Eschenbach. The symphony has a duration of approximately 25 minutes and is composed in three connected movements: Rouse intended the work as a tribute to the music of composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann. Though Rouse conceived the piece concurrently with his Symphony No. 1 in the summer of 1984, he took"
"to write the piece with the understanding that the army would receive all of the royalties forever. General Barton K. Yount approached Samuel Barber about the commission and asked him to include ""modern devices"" in the composition. Barber honored this request by using an electronic tone-generator built by Bell Telephone Laboratories in the second movement. This device was intended to represent the sound of a radio beam used to guide night flyers. The symphony was revised in 1947 to replace the electronic tone-generator with an E-flat clarinet. Symphony No. 2 was premiered on March 3, 1944, by the Boston Symphony"
"Symphony No. 2 (Schnittke) Russian composer Alfred Schnittke wrote his Symphony No. 2, subtitled ""St. Florian"" and ""Invisible Mass"" in 1979. It is a choral symphony, written for contralto, countertenor, tenor and bass, plus chorus and orchestra. The symphony was written in homage to 19th century Austrian composer and organist Anton Bruckner, who was closely associated with St. Florian's Priory in the town of Sankt Florian, Upper Austria, and who is buried under the organ there. The symphony is written in six movements, structured after the Ordinary of the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church, and lasts approximately 60 minutes."
"clarity of texture in the first movement drawn from the full resources of a large orchestra, this symphony is a feast for the ears..."" Symphony No. 2 (Harbison) The Symphony No. 2 is an orchestral composition by the American composer John Harbison. The work was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony for its 75th anniversary. It was composed in 1987. The symphony has a duration of roughly 23 minutes and is composed in four connected movements: The work is scored for a large orchestra comprising three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet,"
"Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven) The Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36, is a symphony in four movements written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1801 and 1802. The work is dedicated to Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky. Beethoven's Second Symphony was mostly written during Beethoven's stay at Heiligenstadt in 1802, at a time when his deafness was becoming more pronounced and he began to realize that it might be incurable. The work was premiered in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 5 April 1803, and was conducted by the composer. During that same concert, the Third Piano Concerto"
"Symphony No. 2, known as ""The Ocean"". Rubinstein was as well known during his lifetime for his sarcasm as well as his sometimes penetrating insight. During one of Rubinstein's visits to Paris, French pianist Alfred Cortot played the first movement of Beethoven's"" Appassionata"" for him. After a long silence, Rubinstein told Cortot, ""My boy, don't you ever forget what I am going to tell you. Beethoven's music must not be studied. It must be reincarnated."" Cortot reportedly never forgot those words. Rubinstein's own piano students were held just as accountable: he wanted them to ""think"" about the music they were"
"Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein) Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 ""The Age of Anxiety"" is a piece for orchestra and solo piano. The piece was composed from 1948 to 1949 in the US and Israel, and was revised in 1965. It is titled after W. H. Auden's poem of the same name, and dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky. A friend is claimed to have given Bernstein the idea to write music based on ""The Age of Anxiety"" in a letter: When beginning to write the piece, Bernstein stated that Auden's poem was ""one of the most shattering examples of pure virtuosity in"
"(Bridgewater Hall, Oct. 14, 2010) Seaman — Rochester Philharmonic — Harmonia Mundi HMU 807567 (March 2011) Yates — Royal Scottish National Orchestra — Dutton Epoch CDLX 7322 (Jan. 13, 2015) Manze — RLPO — Onyx 4155 (Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, March 29-30, 2015) Brabbins — BBC SO — Hyperion CDA 68190 (Henry Wood Hall, Nov. 2016) A London Symphony A London Symphony is the second symphony composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The work is sometimes referred to as the Symphony No. 2, though it was not designated as such by the composer. First performed in 1914, the four-movement symphony was lost,"
"he decided that the symphony was, in his words, ""not a good work"". A set of orchestral parts that somehow escaped destruction were found in an English G. Schirmer warehouse in 1984. The parts were returned to New York where they were used for a recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Schenck conducting. A renewed interest in the music of Samuel Barber led to a re-release of Barber's revised second symphony in 1990. In 1964 Barber salvaged the second movement of Symphony No. 2 as a tone poem, to which he gave the title ""Night Flight"", Op."
"coda nearly three times as long as the recapitulation . Symphony No. 2 (Enescu) Symphony No. 2, Op. 17, in A major by the Romanian composer George Enescu was written in 1912–14. A performance lasts about 55 minutes. Enescu began writing his Second Symphony late in 1912, and the manuscript score specifies the date of completion on 18 November 1914 . The composer conducted its premiere by the Orchestra of the Ministry of Public Education at the Athenaeum in Bucharest on 15 March (Old Style = 29 March New Style) 1915. Enescu was not satisfied with the result, and set"
"Symphony), received its world premiere recording in 2011 for CD label Cameo Classics, nearly 100 years after its composition. Written in 1912, the second movement, 'Elegy', commemorates Robert Falcon Scott's death in the Antarctic that year. The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by its Musical Director, Michael Laus. The symphony (of nearly 37 minutes duration) is coupled with two other premiere recordings of British orchestral works, Alexander MacKenzie's Tone Poem, 'La Belle Dame sans Merci', and Josef Holbrooke's Pantomime Suite op.16 on CC9034CD. Arthur Somervell Sir Arthur Somervell (5 June 18632 May 1937) was an English composer and art song"
"Symphony No. 2 (Madetoja) The Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 35, is a four-movement orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja, who wrote the piece from 1916–18 immediately following the success of his First Symphony (1916). Composed during the Finnish Civil War, the Second stands as ""the most significant musical document"" of the conflict and finds its composer, ""deeply scarred by the experience"", reflecting upon national tragedy and personal loss (his brother, Yjrö, and close friend, Toivo Kuula, both perished during the hostilities). Accordingly, Madetoja's Second is the longest and most dramatic of his three essays in"
"A London Symphony A London Symphony is the second symphony composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The work is sometimes referred to as the Symphony No. 2, though it was not designated as such by the composer. First performed in 1914, the four-movement symphony was lost, reconstructed and later modified by Vaughan Williams. The work is scored for: Vaughan Williams said that while the title may suggest a programmatic piece (and the work includes sounds heard in London such as the Westminster Quarters), it was intended to be heard as absolute music. In a programme note in 1920, he suggested that"
"Symphony No. 2 (Hovhaness) Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain is a three-movement orchestral composition by the Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness. The symphony was commissioned by the conductor Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony, and premiered live on NBC television in October 1955 on the Houston Symphony's first program with Stokowski as conductor. The first and most popular recording of the work, released in 1958 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing under Fritz Reiner, is often regarded as the foremost performance of the piece. This recording, like early performances of the work, predates the composer's decision to categorize the"