The Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 15 (JSV 66), is a four-movement orchestral work written in 1874 by the Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen. The symphony was premiered in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, on 14 October 1876. The music was well received, and the third movement repeated for an enthusiastic audience.
The symphony has been characterized by Svendsen's biographers – Finn Benestaf and Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe – as Svendsen's "most mature and distinguished work".
The Second Symphony's predecessor in the genre is the Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 4, which Svendsen had completed seven years earlier, in 1867.
The Symphony No. 2 is in four movements:
The Second Symphony is scored for the following instruments, organized by family (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings):
The score was published by the Leipzig-based firm of in 1877.
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of Svendson's Second Symphony: