Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein)
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Leonard Bernstein's 2nd Symphony known as The age of anxiety was composed from 1948 to 1949 in the US and Israel. It is a tonal poem after W.H. Auden's homonymous poem. It was dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky. The symphony was revised in 1965.
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[edit] Instrumentation
The symphony is for orchestra and piano.
[edit] Movements
The symphony is two parts, One and Two, each of them comprising 3 sections A,B, and C.
[edit] Part One
- a) The Prologue: Lento moderato
- b) The Seven Ages: Variations 1 - 7
- Variation 1 L'istesso tempo
- Variation 2 Poco più mosso
- Variation 3 Largamente, ma mosso
- Variation 4 Più mosso
- Variation 5 Agitato
- Variation 6 Poco meno mosso
- Variation 7 L'istesso tempo
- c)The Seven Stages: Variations 8 - 14
- Variation 8 Molto moderato, ma movendo
- Variation 9 Più mosso (Tempo di Valse)
- Variation 10 Più mosso
- Variation 11 L'istesso tempo
- Variation 12 Poco più vivace
- Variation 13 L'istesso tempo
- Variation 14 Poco più vivace
[edit] Part Two
- a) The Dirge: Largo
- b) The Masque: Extremely Fast
- c) The Epilogue: Adagio; Andante; Con moto
[edit] Premiere
The work was premiered on April 8, 1949 with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the composer at the piano.
[edit] Analysis
[edit] Ballet
The symphony was choreographed in 1950 by Jerome Robbins.
[edit] External links
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