Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Symphonie No. 2 (C dur), WoO 153


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Symphonie No. 2 (C dur), WoO 153
Foreign language / English title
Symphonie No. 2 (C dur), WoO 153
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
In memoriam Kossuth Lajos
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl. in Bb, 2 fg. - 4 cor. in F, 2 tr. in F, 3 trb., tuba - timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
46 min

Movements, parts
1. Andante maestoso - Allegro con brio
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Scherzo. Molto vivace con brio
4. Allegro poco maestoso (C minor)

Premiere information
14 March 1895, London; Henschel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
N. Simrock, Leipzig © 1895, Plate 10339.
Available here!
Recordings
Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra, János Kovács (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)