Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. This symphony was one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his lifetime. It was his first major work that established his lifelong view of the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. In this large work, the composer further developed the creativity of "sound of the distance" and creating a "world of its own", aspects already seen in his First Symphony. The work has a duration of eighty to ninety minutes and is conventionally
Symphony on a Hymn Tune by Thomson in his score to the 1938 documentary "The River" by Pare Lorentz. Movements from "The River" were later used to score the 1983 television film "The Day After" by the director Nicholas Meyer. "Symphony on a Hymn Tune" was also arranged for piano duet by American pianist John Kirkpatrick. Symphony on a Hymn Tune Symphony on a Hymn Tune is a four-movement orchestral composition by the American composer Virgil Thomson. The work was Thomson's first symphony and was composed between 1926 and 1928 while Thomson studied with the composer Nadia Boulanger in Paris. However, the work was not