Symphony No. 2 (Svendsen) Explained

Symphony in D major
Subtitle:	No. 2
Composer:	Johan Svendsen
Opus:	15
Performed:	1877
Movements:	four

Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 15, was composed by Johan Svendsen in 1874.

The symphony has been characterized by Svendsen's biographers  - Finn Benestaf and Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe  - as Svendsen's "most mature and distinguished work".^[1]

Structure

There are four movements:

1. Allegro
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Intermezzo: Allegro giusto
4. Finale: Andante  - Allegro con fuoco.

Performance history

The symphony was premiered in Oslo on 14 October 1876. The music was well received, and the third movement repeated for an enthusiastic audience.^[2]

References

• Book: Finn Benestaf . Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe . Johan Svendsen: The Man, the Maestro, the Music . Peer Gynt Press . 1995 . 9-780-9645238-0-7 . William H. Halverson.

Notes and References

1. Benestaf & Schjelderup-Ebbe, p. 156.
2. Benestaf & Schjelderup-Ebbe, p. 155.