Lennox Berkeley's Symphony No. 2 was commissioned by the Feeney Trust for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and premiered in 1959.
Lennox Berkeley, the composer, was born into an aristocratic family near Oxford in 1903 and had French ancestry.
This recording of Lennox Berkeley's Symphony No. 1 was a landmark when released in 1975, as there were few recordings of his major works at the time.
Lennox Berkeley was knighted in 1974 and received many honors throughout his career.
Lennox Berkeley's Symphony No. 1 was completed in 1941, with sketches dating back to 1936, and premiered in 1943 at the Proms.
Lennox Berkeley studied with Nadia Boulanger, a renowned French composition teacher, in Paris starting in 1926.
Lennox Berkeley converted to Roman Catholicism in 1928, likely influenced by his teacher Nadia Boulanger.
