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Lobgesang

Lobgesang
Choral symphony by Felix Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn in 1846
EnglishHymn of Praise
Other nameSymphony No. 2
KeyB-flat major
CatalogueMWV A 18
Opus52
Occasion400th anniversary of printing
TextPsalms, other biblical verses, "Nun danket alle Gott"
LanguageGerman
Composed1840 (1840)
Performed25 June 1840 (1840-06-25)
Movements10
Scoring
  • 2 sopranos
  • tenor
  • choir
  • organ
  • orchestra
External audio
audio icon You may hear Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 Hymn of Praise performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra led by Kurt Masur in 1990
Here on Archive.org

Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 (MWV A 18[1]), is an 11-movement "Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra" by Felix Mendelssohn. After the composer's death it was published as his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, a naming and a numbering that are not his. The required soloists are two sopranos and a tenor. The work lasts almost twice as long as any of Mendelssohn's purely instrumental symphonies.

  1. ^ Wehner, Ralph (2009). Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-3-7651-0317-9.

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