Symphony No. 2

SKU: FG.042-07944-7

ISBN 979-0-042-07944-7.

Written in 1948, the Blackbird Symphony was one of the weightiest contributions to Finnish symphonic literature by the country's foremost neo-classicist. It is a three-part work with a sonata-form first movement, a lyrical andante and a finale in which themes are drawn in from earlier movements. The subtitle Blackbird can be construed as a reference to the woodwind accompaniments in the first movement.