Symphony Edward Elgar, Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen, Igor Stravinsky, Bohuslav Martinů, Roger Sessions, and Dmitri Shostakovich composed symphonies "extraordinary in scope, richness, originality, and urgency of expression" (Steinberg 1995, 404). One measure of the significance of a symphony is the degree to which it reflects conceptions of temporal form particular to the age in which it was created. Five composers from across the span of the 20th century who fulfil this measure are Sibelius, Stravinsky, Luciano Berio (in his Sinfonia, 1968–69), Elliott Carter (in his "Symphony of Three Orchestras", 1976), and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (in "Symphony/Antiphony", 1980). Beginning in the
Symphony No. 2 (G. English) Symphony No. 2 (G. English) Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 5 was composed by George English in 1933 (from 1 February to 2 November). It is a bit larger works than his First, but more conventional too. Like the English's Symphony No. 1, this symphony was performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the composer's direction during the Melbourne Centenary Celebrations (1934). On 28 October 1934 another performance of the Second followed, again with the composer conducting. An advertisement in "The Argus" described it as "The Australian Symphony". On 30 June 1935 the First was heard for another