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Symphony No. 2 (Dutilleux)

Henri Dutilleux's Symphony No. 2 Le Double is an orchestral work completed in 1959, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation for the 75th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It is written for an orchestra and a second group comprising an oboe, a clarinet, a bassoon, a trumpet, a trombone, two violins, a viola, a cello, a harpsichord, a celesta, and timpani.[1]

Symphony No. 2

1955–59

To the memory of Serge and Nathalie Koussevitzky

ca. 30 minutes

Three

Orchestra

11 December 1959

Boston