Symphony No. 24 (Haydn) inclusion of an obvious cadential point at the end of the movement. (This is also true of the slow movement of Haydn's Symphony No 13.) In the final movement, Haydn again incorporates the same figure as seen in his Symphony No. 13 and Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41. Symphony No. 24 (Haydn) Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 24 in D major, Hoboken I/24, in 1764. The work is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, and strings with continuo. The work is in four movements: The second movement very likely derives from the Adagio movement of a now lost
Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) Rachmaninoff wrote not only his Second Symphony, but also the tone poem "Isle of the Dead". Rachmaninoff was not altogether convinced that he was a gifted symphonist. At its 1897 premiere, his Symphony No. 1 (conducted by Alexander Glazunov) was considered an utter disaster; criticism of it was so harsh that it sent the young composer into a bout of depression. Even after the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2 (which won the Glinka Award and 500 rubles in 1904), Rachmaninoff still lacked confidence in his writing. He was very unhappy with the first draft of his Second Symphony