Symphony No. 2 (Klami)

Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 2
by Uuno Klami
	The composer in 1959
Opus	35
Composed	1945
Duration	Approx. 35 minutes
Movements	4
Premiere
Date	15 December 1946
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Conductor	Toivo Haapanen
Performers	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The Symphony No. 2 is a four-movement orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Uuno Klami, who wrote the piece from in 1945;^[1] it is the final of Klami's two numbered symphonies. Toivo Haapanen and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work at the Helsinki Conservatory on 15 December 1946.^[2]

Orchestration

The Second Symphony is scored for the following instruments: ([1] Score)

Woodwind: piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, and contrabassoon
Brass: 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba
Percussion: timpani, bass drum, snare drum, and cymbals
Strings: violins, violas, cellos, and double basses

The Second Symphony is in four movements. They are as follows:^[3]

The sortable table below lists the only commercially available recording of the Second Symphony:

Conductor	Orchestra	Year	Runtime	Venue	Label	Ref.
Conductor	Orchestra	Year	Runtime	Venue	Label	Ref.	Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen	Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra	1995	35:40	Tampere Hall	Ondine (ODE 858–2)	[2]

Poroila, Heikki (2012). Yhtenäistetty Uuno Klami (List of Works by Uuno Klami). Helsinki: Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistys (Finnish Music Library Association). ISBN 978-952-5363-30-2.
Tyrväinen, Helena (1996). Uuno Klami: Symphony No. 2 / Symphonie enfantine (CD booklet). Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen & Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Ondine. ODE 858-2. OCLC 36076789
"Uuno Klami: Years, Compositions: 1940–1961". uunoklami.fi/en. The Uuno Klami Society. 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

v t e Uuno Klami
Symphonies	Symphonie enfantine (1928) Symphony No. 1 (1938) Symphony No. 2 (1945)
Concerti	Violin Concerto (1943, rev. 1954)
Other orchestral	Suomenlinna (1940, rev. 1944)
Film scores	Ne 45000 [fi] (1933) Jumalan myrsky [fi] (1940) Yli rajan [fi] (1942)
Influences	Sergei Prokofiev Maurice Ravel Igor Stravinsky Les Six
Teachers	Hans Gál Helsinki Music Institute Ilmari Hannikainen Leevi Madetoja Erkki Melartin Florent Schmitt
Select interpreters	Leo Funtek Toivo Haapanen Tauno Hannikainen Jussi Jalas Armas Järnefelt Georg Schnéevoigt
Military service	Finnish Civil War (1918) Estonian War of Independence (1919) Winter War (1939–1940) Continuation War (1941–1942)
Related articles	Academy of Finland Helsingin Sanomat International Uuno Klami Composition Competition Kalevala Society [fi] Society of Finnish Composers [fi]
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