Symphony No.2 Op. 67 (1999)

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

c.38'00"

1. Moderato (listen to sample)
2. Tempo di marcia (listen to sample)
3. Largo (listen to sample)
4. L'istesso tempo (listen to sample)

Commissioned by Ford Lacy and Cece Smith for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
First Performed on February 10th, 2000 in Meyerson Hall, Dallas, Texas by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Andrew Litton, conductor

Published by Theodore Presser Company | Pno/Voc Score #412-41084 | Full Score #416-41270

Recordings:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Andrew Litton, conductor | Delos DE 3256

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 open-hearted lyricism."

Terry Teachout, Time magazine

"...music alternating between sensuous dreaminess and sonorous affirmation...The audience in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center gave the composer a standing ovation."

Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News

"Although he has just turned 40 Lowell Liebermann has already established a reputation as one of America's most performed and admired young composers. Hearing this magnificent Symphony it is easy to understand why....this is a symphony which more than retains its own identity and 'voice', a work of consummate craftsmanship which more than repays repeated listening."

Marc Bridle, Music Web UK

"Liebermann displays a talent for soaring melody that takes one's breath away...it achieves a sweeping grandeur that is hard to resist."

Robert R. Reilly, Crisis Magazine