Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966)

Sinfonia espressiva
[Symphony no. 2]

Print

1. Lento con espressione
2. Allegro scherzando
3. Adagio
4. Allegro risoluto — Lentando, Grave — Tempo I

  • Year of composition: Särö 1935
  • Work category: Symphony
  • First performed: 18 February 1937, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tor Mann
  • Duration: 30 min

Instrumentation

2*.2.3*.3* / 4.3.3.1 / timp, 2 perc / str
(picc, bass clar, dbn)

Examples of printed editions

Nordiska Musikförlaget, Stockholm 1956 (N.M.S.5000) [also study score]

Description of work

1. Lento con espressione (no key signature, recitative-like with crosshatched bar lines, mixed time signatures 4/4, 6/4, 5/4, 2/4, 3/4)
2. Allegro scherzando (no key signature) 4/4
3. Adagio (no key signature) 5/2
4. Allegro risoluto (no key signature) alla breve