Symphony No. 2 (Berwald)

Franz Berwald completed the Symphony No. 2 in D major, "Capricieuse", on June 18, 1842, in Nyköping. The original score has been lost since the 1850s. In 1909, the Franz Berwald Foundation commissioned to reconstruct the score from 4-stave sketches containing indications for orchestration. Ellberg's reconstruction was published in 1913 and first performed on January 9, 1914. Towards the end of the century, reviewed Ellberg's reconstruction and published an "urtext" for Bärenreiter. The work is in three movements, 1. * Allegro 2. * Andante 3. * Allegro assai

Symphony No. 2 (Berwald)

Franz Berwald completed the Symphony No. 2 in D major, "Capricieuse", on June 18, 1842, in Nyköping. The original score has been lost since the 1850s. In 1909, the Franz Berwald Foundation commissioned to reconstruct the score from 4-stave sketches containing indications for orchestration. Ellberg's reconstruction was published in 1913 and first performed on January 9, 1914. Towards the end of the century, reviewed Ellberg's reconstruction and published an "urtext" for Bärenreiter. The work is in three movements, 1. * Allegro 2. * Andante 3. * Allegro assai