Symphony No.2 for orchestra and chorus Op. 67 (1999) c.38'00"
poems adapted from Walt Whitman by the composer

3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp/perc(4)/hp/pno/cel/org/strings/SATB chorus + optional brass band of 3 tpts and 3 tbns

In one movement

Commissioned by Ford Lacy and Cece Smith for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

First Performed on February 10th, 2000 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Andrew Litton conductor

RECORDINGS

REVIEWS

“…the first-nighters earlier this month jumped to their feet and shouted with understandable delight. Now brazen and glittering, now radiantly visionary, the Liebermann Second, a resplendent choral symphony based on the poetry of Walt Whitman, is the work of a composer unafraid of grand gestures and openhearted lyricism.

“Liebermann displays a talent for soaring melody that takes one’s breath away…it achieves a sweeping grandeur that is hard to resist.”
Crisis Magazine

“…this is a symphony which more than retains its own identity and ‘voice’, a work of consummate craftsmanship which more than repays repeated listening.”
MusicWeb UK