Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
00:00 Prélude : très modéré - allegro moderato
20:48 Très calme
34:08 Choral: allegro
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antonio de Almeida
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) was a French composer and organist, considered one of the greatest organists of his time. For more on Tournemire, see the description of my score video of his sixth symphony (youtube.com/watch?v=K_2T7QW5EjQ) and my blog (unknowncomposers.org/2018/11/04/the-journey-begins/).
Written in 1908-09, Tournemire's second symphony is named for and inspired by the rocky island of Ouessant in Brittany, which he visited regularly for many years to compose. Over 50 minutes long, it is a tempestuous work, yet still imbued with some of the languid and mystical qualities that characterize Tournemire's later music.
You can find the score on Tournemire's IMSLP page, under "Symphony No.2, Op.36": imslp.org/wiki/Category:Tournemire,_Charles
00:00 Prélude : très modéré - allegro moderato
20:48 Très calme
34:08 Choral: allegro
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antonio de Almeida
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) was a French composer and organist, considered one of the greatest organists of his time. For more on Tournemire, see the description of my score video of his sixth symphony (youtube.com/watch?v=K_2T7QW5EjQ) and my blog (unknowncomposers.org/2018/11/04/the-journey-begins/).
Written in 1908-09, Tournemire's second symphony is named for and inspired by the rocky island of Ouessant in Brittany, which he visited regularly for many years to compose. Over 50 minutes long, it is a tempestuous work, yet still imbued with some of the languid and mystical qualities that characterize Tournemire's later music.
You can find the score on Tournemire's IMSLP page, under "Symphony No.2, Op.36": imslp.org/wiki/Category:Tournemire,_Charles
