Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, scientific transliteration: ''Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin''; also transliterated variously as Skriabin, Skryabin, and (in French) Scriabine. The composer himselused the French spelling "Scriabine" which was a ...

's Symphony No. 2, Op. 29, in

C minor C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E major and its parallel major is C major. The C natural minor scale is: Cha ...

was written in 1901 and first performed in St Petersburg under Anatol Lyadov on 12 January 1902.

Structure

The second symphony is the most structurally conventional of all Scriabin's symphonies. However, it features extensive thematic transformation establishing a cyclic link between its movements. The sombre initial theme of the first movement is developed to a triumphant hymn functioning as the main subject of the finale. The symphony consists of five movements, although the first two and the final two are connected to each other without a break:

Reception

When Vassily Safonoff first conducted Scriabin's Second Symphony (which he did in Moscow sometime between 1902 and 1903), he waved the score at the orchestra and said, "Here is the new Bible, gentlemen..."Aspen no. 2, item 2: Scriabin Again and Again
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References

External links

* Symphonies by Alexander Scriabin 1901 compositions Compositions in C minor {{Symphony-stub